Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ensuing – entire
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ensuing, verbal adj. [see ensue, v.] (webplay: peace).
- Next; proximate; following; succeeding; coming after in time.
- Resulting; consequent; subsequent; future; later.
entail (-ed), v. [OFr < L. in, into + taleāre, to cut.]
Include; to settle on.
enter (-ed, -s), v. [Fr. < L.]
- Join; descend into.
- Proceed; advance; go forward.
- Register; record; account for.
- Strike; pierce; penetrate.
entering, verbal n. [see enter, v.]
- Access; [fig.] partaking; participating in.
- Passing into; coming in; proceeding forward; being allowed to go in; crossing over into the Promised Land (see Deuteronomy 34:4).
enterprise, n. [OFr entre, between + prendre, to take.]
Work; business; challenging task; difficult operation.
entertain (-s, -ed, -ing), v. [L. inter, among + tenir, to hold.]
- Receive; acquire; welcome.
- Accommodate; allow; [word play] be overwhelmed by.
- Harbor; protect; keep.
- Amuse; show hospitality.
enthrall, v. [OE.]
- Mesmerize; hold spellbound.
- Enslave; bring into bondage.
enthralling, adj. [see enthrall, v.]
Captivating; entrancing; mesmerizing; transfixing; gripping; enchanting; completely engaging; causing dizziness; capturing absolute attention.
entice (-ed), v. [OFr 'to set on fire, to add fuel to'.]
Allure; attract seductively.
entire, adj. [Fr. < L. in, not + *tag-, to touch.]
Whole; having no part left out.