Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EMBODY

EMBOD'Y, verb transitive [en, in, and body.] To form or collect into a body or united mass; to collect into a whole; to incorporate; to concentrate; as, to embody troops; to emb...

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EMBODYING

EMBOD'YING, participle present tense Collecting or forming into a body.

651

EMBOGUING

EMBO'GUING, noun The mouth of a river or place where its waters are discharged into the sea. [An ill formed word.]

652

EMBOLDEN

EMBOLDEN, verb transitive [en and bold.] To give boldness or courage; to encourage. l Cor.8.

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EMBOLDENED

EMBOLDENED, participle passive Encouraged.

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EMBOLDENING

EMBOLDENING, participle present tense Giving courage or boldness.

655

EMBOLISM

EM'BOLISM, noun [Gr. to throw in, to insert.]1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity. The Greeks made use of the l...

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EMBOLISMAL

EMBOLIS'MAL, adjective Pertaining to intercalation; intercalated; inserted.The embolismal months are either natural or civil.

657

EMBOLISMIC

EMBOLIS'MIC, adjective Intercalated; inserted.Twelve lunations form a common year; and thirteen, the embolismic year.

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EMBOLUS

EM'BOLUS, noun [Gr. to thrust in.] Something inserted or acting in another; that which thrusts or drives; a piston.

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EMBORDER

EMBOR'DER, verb transitive To adorn with a border.

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EMBOSS

EMBOSS', verb transitive [en, in, and boss.] In architecture and sculpture, to form bosses or protuberances; to fashion in relievo or raised work; to cut or form with prominent ...

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EMBOSSED

EMBOSS'ED, participle passive Formed with bosses or raised figures.

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EMBOSSING

EMBOSS'ING, participle present tense Forming with figures in relievo.

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EMBOSSMENT

EMBOSS'MENT, noun A prominence, like a boss; a jut.1. Relief; figures in relievo; raised work.

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EMBOTTLE

EMBOT'TLE, verb transitive [en, in, and bottle.] To put in a bottle; to bottle; to include or confine in a bottle.

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EMBOTTLED

EMBOT'TLED, participle passive Put in or included in bottles.

666

EMBOW

EMBOW, verb transitive To form like a bow; to arch; to vault.

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EMBOWEL

EMBOW'EL, verb transitive [en, in, and bowel.] To take out the entrails of an animal body; to eviscerate.1. To take out the internal parts.Fossils and minerals that the embowele...

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EMBOWELED

EMBOW'ELED, participle passive Deprived of intestines; eviscerated; buried.

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EMBOWELER

EMBOW'ELER, noun One that takes out the bowels.

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EMBOWELING

EMBOW'ELING, participle present tense Depriving of entrails; eviscerating; burying.

671

EMBOWER

EMBOW'ER, verb intransitive [from bower.] To lodge or rest in a bower.

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EMBRACE

EMBRA'CE, verb transitive1. To take, clasp or inclose in the arms; to press to the bosom, in token of affection.Paul called to him the disciples and embraced them. Acts 20:1.2. ...

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EMBRACED

EMBRA'CED, participle passive Inclosed in the arms; clasped to the bosom; seized; laid hold on; received; comprehended; included; contained; accepted.1. Influenced corruptly; bi...

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EMBRACEMENT

EMBRA'CEMENT, noun A clasp in the arms; a hug; embrace.1. Hostile hug; grapple. [Little used.]2. Comprehension; state of being contained; inclosure. [Little used.]3. Conjugal en...

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EMBRACER

EMBRA'CER, noun The person who embraces.1. One who attempts to influence a jury corruptly.