Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: erudite – espouse
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erudite, adj. [L. 'instruct, train'.] (webplay: teach).
- Clever; cunning; shrewd; crafty; learned in the occult.
- Wise; perceptive; astute; learned; adroit; smart; intelligent; knowledgeable.
escapade, n. [see escape, v.]
Flight; departure; risky adventure; runaway excursion; breaking loose from restraint.
escape ('scape), n. [see escape, v.] (webplay: flight, life, retaken, sight, soldier, windy).
- Flight; [fig.] liberation; release from bondage; [the quoted form of the word may refer to the imperative form of the verb, meaning “Flee!”].
- Deliverance; respite; rescue; relief; release; [fig.] salvation; redemption.
- Departure; passage; disappearance; going away; [fig.] death; termination.
- Freedom; [fig.] play; recreation; diversion; pleasure; [metaphor] joy; delight; exhilaration.
- Avoidance; evasion.
- Adventure; escapade; risky situation; close call; near miss.
escape (-s, -ed, -ing, 'scaping), v. [ME < L. ex, out & cappa, cloth.] (webplay: flee, flight, life, obtain, pass, retaken, sea, warrant, will, world).
- Retreat; move away.
- Fly; take flight; [fig.] collide; [word play on “scraping”] crash.
- Abandon; flee; break free; [fig.] die; expire.
- Evade; elude; avoid.
- Leave; depart; pass away.
escaped, verbal adj. [see escape, v.]
Dead; emancipated; liberated from mortality; released from pain, grief, sorrow.
escapeless, adj. [see escape, v.]
Unavoidable; inescapable; boundless; certain; impossible to flee from.
escort (-s, -ed), v. [Fr. < L. < ex, out + corrigěre, to set right.]
Accompany; protect; conduct; direct; guard.
escutscheon (escutcheon), n. [ONF < L. < scūtum, shield.] (webplay: shield).
Protection; shield; defense; symbol; coat of arms; mark of identification.
esoteric, adj. [Gk 'within'.]
Private; interior; confidential; fathomless; incomprehensible.
espouse (-ed, -ing), v. [OFr < L. spondēre,'to bethroth'.]
- Support; nourish; accept; attach to.
- Marry; unite; embrace; pledge; promise; adopt; join eternally with.