Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
embarge |
verb t. |
To put in a barge. |
embargo |
noun |
An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail., To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; — said of ships, also of commerce and goods. |
embassy |
noun |
The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message., The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys., The residence or office of an ambassador. |
embathe |
verb t. |
To bathe; to imbathe. |
embayed |
imp. & past participle |
of Embay |
emblaze |
verb t. |
To adorn with glittering embellishments., To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. |
embloom |
verb t. |
To emblossom. |
embogue |
verb i. |
To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. |
embolic |
adjective |
Embolismic., Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess., Pushing or growing in; — said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination. |
embolus |
noun |
Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe., A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism. |
embosom |
verb t. |
To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster., To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. |
embowel |
verb t. |
To disembowel., To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. |
embower |
verb t. |
To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees., To lodge or rest in a bower. |
embrace |
verb t. |
To fasten on, as armor., To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug., To cling to; to cherish; to love., To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome., To encircle; to encompass; to inclose., To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences., To accept; to undergo; to submit to., To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court., To join in an embrace., Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. |
embraid |
verb t. |
To braid up, as hair., To upbraid. |
embrave |
verb t. |
To inspire with bravery., To decorate; to make showy and fine. |
embrawn |
verb t. |
To harden. |
embread |
verb t. |
To braid. |
embroil |
verb t. |
To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife., To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble., See Embroilment. |
embrown |
verb t. |
To give a brown color to; to imbrown. |
embrute |
verb t. |
To brutify; to imbrute. |
embryos |
plural |
of Embryo |
embryon |
noun & adjective |
See Embryo. |
emburse |
verb t. |
To furnish with money; to imburse. |