Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Emmanuel

Em‐man″u‐el (?), n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.

1433

Emmarble

Em‐mar″ble (?), v. t. To turn to marble; to harden.Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.

1434

Emmenagogue

Em‐men″a‐gogue (?), n. [Gr. �, n. pl., menses (� in + � month) + � leading, fr. � to lead: cf. F. emménagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

1435

Emmet

Em″met (ĕm″mĕt), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant.Emmet hunter(Zoöl.), the wryneck.

1436

Emmetropia

‖Em′me‐tro″pi‐a (–mē̍‐trō″pĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἔμμετροσ in measure, proportioned, suitable (εν̓ in + μέτρον measure) + ὤψ, ωπὄσ, eye.] (Med.) That refractive condition of the...

1437

Emmetropic

Em′me‐trop″ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.

1438

Emmetropy

Em‐met″ro‐py (?), n.(Med.) Same as Emmetropia.

1439

Emmew

Em‐mew″ (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.] To mew or coop up. Shak.

1440

Emmove

Em‐move″ (?), v. t. [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.] To move; to rouse; to excite.

1441

Emodin

Em″o‐din (?), n.(Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; — so called fro...

1442

Emollescence

Em′ol‐les″cence (?), n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the firs...

1443

Emolliate

E‐mol″li‐ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a.] To soften; to render effeminate.Emolliated by four centuries of Roman ...

1444

Emollient

E‐mol″lient (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.] Softening; making supple; a...

1445

Emollient (2)

E‐mol″lient (?; 105), n.(Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

1446

Emollition

Em′ol‐li″tion (?), n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

1447

Emolument

E‐mol″u‐ment (?), n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf...

1448

Emolumental

E‐mol′u‐men″tal (?), a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. Evelyn.

1449

Emong

{ E‐mong″ (?), E‐mongst″ (?) }, prep. Among.

1450

Emotion

E‐mo″tion (?), n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of ...

1451

Emotional

E‐mo″tion‐al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

1452

Emotionalism

E‐mo″tion‐al‐ism (?), n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

1453

Emotionalize

E‐mo″tion‐al‐ize (?), v. t. To give an emotional character to.Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of tho...

1454

Emotioned

E‐mo″tioned (?), a. Affected with emotion. “The emotioned soul.” Sir W. Scott.

1455

Emotive

E‐mo″tive (?), a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. — E‐mo″tive‐ly, adv.

1456

Emotiveness

E‐mo″tive‐ness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.

1457

Emotivity

E′mo‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. Emotiveness. Hickok.

1458

Emove

E‐move″ (?), v. t. To move. Thomson.