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Filtering: EM | Found: 500 words.
The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a ...
A prefix. See En-.
To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
Emaciation.
Emaciate
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Emaciated.
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Emaciation
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The act of making very lean.
To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
The act of clearing from spots.
Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.
Emanate
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Issuing forth; emanant.
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Emanation
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That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.
Issuing forth; effluent.
By an emanation.
Emanative; of the nature of an emanation.
Emancipate
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Set at liberty.
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The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emanc...
An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.
One who emancipates.
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation.
A freed convict.
Emarginate
2 defs
Alt. of Emarginated
Emarginated
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Having the edges truncated.
In an emarginate manner.
The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.
Emasculate
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Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak.
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Emasculation
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The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
One who, or that which, emasculates.
Serving or tending to emasculate.
See Embase.
Embale
2 defs
To bind up; to inclose.
To encircle or embrace.
Embalm
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To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs t...
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One who embalms.
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The act of embalming.
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
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Embanking
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Embankment
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A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
Embar
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To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.
Same as Embarkation.