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Embower

To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. To lodge or rest in a bower.

Embowl

To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.

Embox

To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Embrace

Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

Embracery

An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Embracive

Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.

Embrew

To imbrue; to stain with blood.

Embrocate

To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Embrocation

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Embroider

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Embroidery

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

Embroilment

The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.

Embronze

To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.

Embrown

To give a brown color to; to imbrown.

Embryo

Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Embryogeny

The production and development of an embryo.

Embryology

The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Embryonal

Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

Embryonic

Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.

Embryoplastic

Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

Embryotomy

The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

Embryotroph

The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

Embulk

To enlarge in the way of bulk.

Emburse

To furnish with money; to imburse.

Embush

To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush.

Emeer Emir

An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

Emend

To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.

Emendation

The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

Emerald

Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.

Emeraldine

A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

Emerge

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.

Emergence

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

Emergency

Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Emergent

Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

Emerited

Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged.

Emeritus

A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

Emersed

Standing out of, or rising above, water.

Emersion

The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

Emery

Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.

Emetic

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. A medicine which causes vomiting.

Emetical

Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic.

Emetine

A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

emeute

A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Emforth

According to; conformably to.

Emgalla

The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Emication

A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.

Emigrant

One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.

Emigration

The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

emigre

One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Eminence

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Eminency

State of being eminent; eminence.

Eminent

High; lofty; towering; prominent.

Eminently

In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

Emission

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.

Emissive

Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Emissivity

Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place; the rate of emission of heat from a bounding surface per degree of temperature difference between the surface and surrounding substances (called by Fourier external conductivity).

Emit

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

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