| employ | (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, use, utilise, utilize |
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| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: engage, hire |
| empower | (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, authorize |
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| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: endow, endue, gift, indue, invest |
| empty | (verb) excrete or discharge from the body | Synonyms: evacuate, void |
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| (verb) become empty or void of its content | Synonyms: discharge |
| (verb) make void or empty of contents | - |
| (verb) remove the contents of a container | - |
| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: abandon, vacate |
| empurple | (verb) color purple | Synonyms: purple, purpurate |
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| emulate | (verb) compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with | - |
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| (verb) strive to equal or match, especially by imitating | - |
| (verb) imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software | - |
| emulsify | (verb) form into or become an emulsion | - |
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| (verb) cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion | - |
| enable | (verb) render capable or able for some task | - |
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| enact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, reenact |
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| (verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree | Synonyms: ordain |
| enamel | (verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel | - |
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| enamor | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| enamour | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| 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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| end | (verb) bring to an end or halt | Synonyms: terminate |
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| (verb) put an end to | - |
| (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, finish, stop, terminate |
| (verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | Synonyms: terminate |
| endanger | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: expose, peril, queer, scupper |
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| (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten |
| endear | (verb) make attractive or lovable | - |
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| endeavor | (verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavour, strive |
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| endeavour | (verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavor, strive |
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| endorse | (verb) sign as evidence of legal transfer | Synonyms: indorse |
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| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| (verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: certify, indorse |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: back, indorse, second |
| endow | (verb) furnish with an endowment | Synonyms: dower |
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| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endue, gift, indue, invest |
| endue | (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, gift, indue, invest |
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| endure | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: suffer |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: hold out, wear |
| (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, weather |
| (verb) persist for a specified period of time | Synonyms: last |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, persist, prevail, run |
| energise | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energize, excite |
| energize | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energise, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energise, excite |
| enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally | - |
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| (verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle |
| enfeeble | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, drain |
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| enfeoff | (verb) put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society | - |
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| enfilade | (verb) rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | - |
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| enfold | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, envelop, enwrap, wrap |
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| enforce | (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, implement |
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| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, impose |
| enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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| (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
| engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
| (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
| (verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
| (verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
| (verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
| engender | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, father, generate, get, mother, sire |
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| (verb) call forth | Synonyms: breed, spawn |
| engild | (verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold | Synonyms: begild, gild |
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| engineer | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize |
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| (verb) design as an engineer | - |
| englut | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| engorge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| engraft | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, imbed, implant, plant |
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| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: graft, ingraft |
| engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| engulf | (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
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| (verb) flow over or cover completely | - |
| enhance | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: heighten, raise |
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| (verb) make better or more attractive | - |
| enjoin | (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: order, say, tell |
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| (verb) issue an injunction | - |
| enjoy | (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: delight, revel |
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| (verb) have benefit from | - |
| (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, relish, savor, savour |
| (verb) get pleasure from | Synonyms: love |
| (verb) have for one's benefit | - |
| enkindle | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
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| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, inflame, kindle |
| enlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| enlarge | (verb) become larger or bigger | - |
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| (verb) make large | Synonyms: blow up, magnify |
| (verb) make larger | - |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| enlighten | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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| (verb) make understand | Synonyms: edify |
| (verb) give spiritual insight to; in religion | Synonyms: irradiate |
| enlist | (verb) join the military | - |
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| (verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: draft, muster in |
| (verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: engage |
| enliven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, invigorate, liven, liven up |
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| (verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: animate, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
| enmesh | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: ensnarl, mesh |
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| ennoble | (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: entitle, gentle |
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| (verb) confer dignity or honor upon | Synonyms: dignify |
| enounce | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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| enplane | (verb) board a plane | Synonyms: emplane |
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| enquire | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: inquire, wonder |
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| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: ask, inquire |
| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: inquire, investigate |
| enrage | (verb) put into a rage; make violently angry | - |
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| enrapture | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| enrich | (verb) make better or improve in quality | - |
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| (verb) make wealthy or richer | - |
| enrobe | (verb) adorn with a robe | - |
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| (verb) provide with a coating | - |
| enrol | (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enroll, enter, inscribe, raise, recruit |
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| enroll | (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enter, inscribe, raise, recruit |
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| ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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| enshrine | (verb) enclose in a shrine | Synonyms: shrine |
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| (verb) hold sacred | Synonyms: saint |
| enshroud | (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, hide, shroud |
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| ensile | (verb) store in a silo | - |
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| ensky | (verb) exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise | - |
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| enslave | (verb) make a slave of; bring into servitude | - |
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| ensnare | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: entrap, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: entrap, frame, set up |
| ensnarl | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: enmesh, mesh |
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| ensue | (verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end | Synonyms: result |
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| ensure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| entail | (verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs | Synonyms: fee-tail |
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| (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: implicate |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: imply, mean |
| entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: mat, snarl, tangle |
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| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: mire |
| enter | (verb) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) | Synonyms: embark |
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| (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: put down, record |
| (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: participate |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: infix, insert, introduce |
| (verb) come on stage | - |
| (verb) to come or go into | Synonyms: come in, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: accede |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, inscribe, raise, recruit |
| (verb) be or play a part of or in | Synonyms: figure |
| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| enthral | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| enthrall | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport |
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| enthrone | (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: throne |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: invest, vest |
| enthuse | (verb) utter with enthusiasm | - |
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| (verb) cause to feel enthusiasm | - |
| entice | (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: lure, tempt |
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| entitle | (verb) give a title to | Synonyms: title |
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| (verb) give the right to | - |
| (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, gentle |
| entomb | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
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| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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