Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: enclosed – endanger
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enclosed, adj. [see close, v.]
Separated; barricaded; bound by a mass of material.
encomium, n. [L.]
Praise; commendation; recognition; approval.
encore, v. [Fr. 'still, yet, again'.]
Summon again; call to return; request repetition of; demand a repeat performance of.
encounter (-ed, -ing), v. [L. in, in + contrāre, against.]
Meet; find suddenly; discover unexpectedly; come face to face with.
encourage (-s), v. [see courage, n.]
- Inspire; motivate; give confidence to.
- Facilitate; recommend; advocate.
encouragement, n. [see courage, n.]
Incentive; inducement; assurance; trust; confidence; faith; motivation.
encroach (-ed), v. [OFr 'to seize'.]
Intrude; interfere; trespass; enter another's territory.
end (-s), n. [OE 'boundary'.] (webplay: beyond, breadth, come, death, earth, extremities, finger, good, house, life, made, man, mark, months, reached, ship, stands, summer, time, two, ultimate, views, work).
- Conclusion; close; final part; last section; [fig.] death; close of life.
- Bound; limit of duration; concluding time; temporal boundary; final segment.
- Tip; point; terminus; extremity.
- Goal; object; purpose; destination; determination; [fig.] final doom; point of no more progress.
- Result; consequence; outcome; resolution; solution.
- Finish; culmination; diminishing; closure; [fig.] frost; blight.
- Edge; boundary; outer limit; far border.
end (-ed, -s), v. [see end, n.] (webplay: beyond, death, finger, finish, God, head, house, made, old, other's, summer, time, words, world).
- Stop; cease; halt; terminate; finish; conclude.
- Excuse; allow to go; be done with a task.
endanger (-ing), v. [see danger, n.] (webplay: life).
Imperil; jeopardize; expose to danger; put into a threatening situation.