| bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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| (verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
| (verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
| (verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
| blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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| clench | (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
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| (verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
| commence | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, lead off, start |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: embark on, start, start up |
| disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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| disencumber | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disentangle, extricate, untangle |
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| drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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| (verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
| (verb) force to drink | - |
| (verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
| encamp | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camp, camp out, tent |
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| encapsulate | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule or other small container | - |
| encase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, incase |
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| enchain | (verb) restrain or bind with chains | - |
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| enchant | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
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| (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| encipher | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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| encircle | (verb) bind with something round or circular | Synonyms: gird |
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| (verb) form or draw a circle around | Synonyms: circle |
| enclose | (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in |
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| (verb) surround completely | Synonyms: close in, inclose, shut in |
| (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
| (verb) close in | Synonyms: confine, hold in |
| enclothe | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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| encompass | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, embrace |
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| encore | (verb) request an encore, from a performer | - |
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| encounter | (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
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| (verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen |
| (verb) be beset by | Synonyms: run into |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: meet, receive |
| encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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| (verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
| encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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| encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
| encrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: incrust |
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| (verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: incrust |
| (verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, incrust |
| encrypt | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, inscribe, write in code |
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| encumber | (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, restrain |
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| entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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| (verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
| evidence | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest |
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| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify |
| (verb) give evidence | Synonyms: tell |
| experience | (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
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| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
| (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
| fence | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, contend, debate |
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| (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence in, palisade, surround, wall |
| (verb) fight with fencing swords | - |
| (verb) enclose with a fence | Synonyms: fence in |
| (verb) receive stolen goods | - |
| inconvenience | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble |
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| influence | (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
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| (verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: charm, tempt |
| (verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, work |
| intrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: entrench |
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| licence | (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: certify, license |
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| pencil | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a pencil | - |
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| quench | (verb) suppress or crush completely | Synonyms: quell, squelch |
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| (verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid | - |
| (verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | - |
| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, assuage, slake |
| (verb) suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | - |
| (verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | Synonyms: blow out, extinguish, snuff out |
| recommence | (verb) begin again | - |
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| (verb) cause to start anew | - |
| reference | (verb) refer to | Synonyms: cite |
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| retrench | (verb) make a reduction, as in one's workforce | - |
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| (verb) tighten one's belt; use resources carefully | - |
| reverence | (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, revere, venerate |
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| sentence | (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | Synonyms: condemn, doom |
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| sequence | (verb) arrange in a sequence | - |
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| (verb) determine the order of constituents in | - |
| silence | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still |
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| (verb) keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | - |
| stencil | (verb) mark or print with a stencil | - |
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| trench | (verb) cut or carve deeply into | - |
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| (verb) dig a trench or trenches | - |
| (verb) cut a trench in, as for drainage | Synonyms: ditch |
| (verb) fortify by surrounding with trenches | - |
| (verb) set, plant, or bury in a trench | - |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, entrench, impinge |
| wench | (verb) frequent prostitutes | - |
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| wrench | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrick |
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| (verb) twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | Synonyms: twist |
| (verb) twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | Synonyms: wring |
| (verb) make a sudden twisting motion | - |