English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
E'NEMY, _s._ foe; antagonist; any one who regards another with
malevolence
ENERGE'TIC, _a._ operative; active; vigorous
E'NERGY, _s._ activity; quickness; vigour
ENGA'GE, _v.a._ employ; stake; unite; enlist; induce; fight
ENGINE'ER, _s._ one who manages engines; one who directs the artillery
of an army
ENGRA'VER, _s._ a cutter in wood or other matter
ENGRA'VING, _s._ the work of an engraver
ENGRO'SS, _v.a._ thicken; increase in bulk; fatten; to copy in a large
hand
ENJO'Y, _v.a._ feel or perceive with pleasure; please; delight
ENLA'RGEMENT, _s._ increase; copious discourse
ENNO'BLE, _v.a._ to dignify; to exalt; to make famous
ENO'RMOUS, _a._ wicked beyond the common measure; exceeding in bulk the
common measure
ENQUI'RY, _s._ interrogation; examination; search
ENRA'GE, _v.a._ irritate; make furious
ENSNA'RE, _v.a._ entrap; entangle in difficulties or perplexities
E'NTERPRISE, _s._ an undertaking of hazard; an arduous attempt
E'NTERPRISING, _a._ fond of enterprise
ENTHU'SIASM, _s._ a vain belief of private revelation; beat of
imagination; elevation of fancy
E'NTRAILS, _s._ the intestines; internal parts
ENU'MERATE, _v.a._ reckon up singly; number
ENVE'LOPEMENT, _s._ covering; inwrapment
E'PIC, _a._ narrative
EPI'STLE, _s._ a letter
EPI'STOLARY, _a._ transacted by letters; relating to letters
E'QUAL, _a._ even; uniform; in just proportion
EQUITY, _s._ justice; impartiality
ERE'CT, _a._ upright; bold; confident
ERE'CT, _v.a._ raise; build; elevate; settle
E'RMINE, _s._ an animal found in cold countries, of which the fur is
valuable, and used for the adornment of the person. A fur worn by
judges in England
ERRO'NEOUS, _a._ wrong; unfounded; false; misled by error
ERU'PTION, _s._ the act of bursting out; sudden excursion of a hostile
kind
ESCO'RT, _v.a._ convoy; guard from place to place
ESPE'CIAL, _a._ principal; chief
ESPE'CIALLY, _ad._ principally; chiefly; in an uncommon degree
ESPLANA'DE, _s._ the empty space between a citadel and the outskirts of
a town
ESSE'NTIAL, _a._ necessary to the constitution or existence of anything;
important in the highest degree
ESTA'BLISHMENT, _s._ settlement; fixed state
ESTRA'NGE, _v.a._ keep at a distance; withdraw
ETE'RNAL, _a._ without beginning or end; perpetual; unchanging
ETE'RNALLY, _ad._ incessantly; for evermore
ETE'RNITY, _s._ duration without beginning or end
ETHE'REAL, _a._ belonging to the higher regions
EVA'PORATE, _v.a._ to drive away in fumes
E'VENING, _s._ the close of the day; beginning of night
EVE'NTUALLY, _ad._ in the event; in the last result
E'VIDENT, _a._ plain; notorious
EXA'CT, _a._ nice; not deviating from rule; careful
EXA'MINE, _v.a._ search into; make inquiry into
EXA'MPLE, _s._ copy or pattern
E'XCAVATE, _v.a._ hollow; cut into hollows
EXCE'L, _v.a._ to outgo in good qualities; to surpass
E'XCELLENCE, _s._ the state of abounding in any good quality; dignity;
goodness
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