English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
EA'STERN, _a._ belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental
EA'SY, _a._ not difficult; ready; contented; at rest
ECLI'PSE, _s._ an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness;
obscuration
ECO'NOMY, _s._ frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter
E'DIFICE, _s._ a fabric; a building
EDI'TION, _s._ publication of anything, particularly of a book
EDUCA'TION, _s._ formation of manners in youth
EFFE'CT, _s._ that which is produced by an operating cause; success;
purpose; meaning; consequence
EFFE'CTUAL, _a._ productive of effects; expressive of facts
EFFE'MINACY, _s._ softness; unmanly delicacy
E'FFLUENCE, _s._ what issues from some other principle
E'FFULGENCE, _s._ lustre; brightness; splendour
EFFU'SE, _v.a._ to pour out; to spill, to shed
EJA'CULATION, _s._ an exclamation
ELA'BORATE, _a._ finished with care
ELE'CTRIC, _a._ relating to electricity
ELE'CTRO-MA'GNETISM, _s._ a branch of electrical science
E'LEGANCE, _s._ beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without
grandeur
E'LEGY, _s._ a mournful song; short poem without points or turns
E'LEPHANT, _s._ a large quadruped
E'LEVA'TED, _a._ exalted; raised up; progressed in rank
ELEVA'TION, _s._ the act of raising up aloft; exaltation
ELOCU'TION, _s._ the power of fluent speech; the power of expression;
eloquence; flow of language
E'LOQUENCE, _s._ the power or speaking with fluency and elegance
ELU'DE, _v.a._ to mock by unexpected escape
E'MANATE, _v.a._ to issue; to flow from something else
EMBA'LM, _v.a._ impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist
putrefaction
EMBA'RK, _v.n._ to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair
EMBROI'DERY, _s._ variegated work; figures raised upon a ground
E'MERALD, _s._ a precious stone of a green colour
EME'RGE, _v.n._ to issue; to proceed; to rise
EME'RGENCY, _s._ the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion;
pressing necessity
E'MINENCE, _s._ loftiness; height; summit; distinction
E'MINENT, _a._ celebrated; renowned
EMI'T, _v.a._ to send forth; to let fly; to dart
EMO'LUMENT, _s._ profit; advantage
E'MPEROR, _s._ a monarch of title and dignity superior to a king
EMPLO'Y, _v.a._ busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the
management of any affairs; use as means
E'MULATE, _v.a._ to vie
EMULA'TION, _s._ rivalry; desire of superiority
ENA'BLE, _v.a._ make able; confer power
ENCA'MPMENT, _s._ the act of encamping or pitching tents; a camp
ENCHA'NTMENT, _s._ magical charms; spells; irresistible influence
ENCI'RCLING, _a._ environing; surrounding
ENCLO'SE, _v.a._ part from things or grounds common by a fence;
surround; encompass
ENCOU'NTER, _v.a._ meet face to face; attack
ENCRO'ACHMENT, _s._ an unlawful gathering in upon another man; advance
into the territories or rights of another
ENDA'NGER, _v.a._ put in hazard; incur the danger of
ENDU'RANCE, _s._ continuance; lastingness; delay
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account