Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: employ – enamel
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employ, n. [Fr.]
Occupation; past-time.
employ (-ed), v. [see employ, n.]
- Fill; occupy; keep busy.
- Use; use as a means.
- Commission; entrust.
empower (-ed), v. [see power, n.]
Enable; give physical strength or authorization.
empress, n. [ME < OFr, see emperor, n.]
Queen; commander's wife.
emptiness, n. [see empty, adj.]
[Lit.] nothingness; [fig.] loneliness.
empty, adj. [OE < æmetta, leisure.]
- Without; void.
- Vacant; abandoned.
- Phrase. “empty pack”: loneliness; solitude; destitution; desolation; forlornness; extreme poverty.
empty (emptied), v. [see empty, adj.]
Drain; pour out.
enable (-s, -d, -ing), v. [see able, adj.]
Give power to; allow.
enact (-s, -ed, -ing), v. [L. en, in + see act.]
- Perform or represent in action.
- Happen; take place; put into place.
- Create; influence; cause to act.
- Accomplish; do.
enamel, v. [AFr.]
Polish; form a glossy surface.