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English Wordbook/E

From The Anglish Moot

Staff E of the English Wordbook.

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eager adj keen, hungry
eagle n arne
ease n eath(Scots, from A-S), allaying, soothing, freedom from, smoothness, frith of mind, sweetness of life, straightforwardness
ease vb allay, unburden, unlade, smoothen, sooth, quell
easy adj eath, eathy, soft, light
ebony adj & n black, blackwood
ebullition n outburst, flare-up, blowup
ecclesiastical adj churchly, church
echo n witherclank
eclipse v & n behide, behiding
economics n wealthlore
economy n landgeld, wealthdom
ecstatic adj blissful, beside oneself
ecumenopolis n Allworldburg
edelweiss n ethelwhite
edible adj eatbere
edifice n building
edifying adj enlightening, teaching, uplifting, mindworthy
edition n number, run, putting-out, forthsending
educate vb teach, teach lore to
educated adj learned, lorefast
education n learning, teaching, lorecraft
effervescent adv bubbling, bubbly, lively
effect n outworking
effort n work, tew
effrontery n barefacedness
e.g. abbrev. t.bs., to-byspell
ego n me, pride
egocentric adj selfish
egotism n selfishness, selflust, overweeningness
egregious adj glaringly bad, outstanding
egressive adj outflowing
Egypt n Two Narrows
Egypt, Ancient n Blackland, Bankland
eject vb throw out, outthrow
elaborate adj overwrought
elastic adj rubbery, widercraft
elate vb uplift
elect(politics) vb choose as leader
election n leadership poll
electric adj sparkwork(an electrician is often called a "sparky")
electrician n sparksmith
electricity n sparkflow, wattflow, thunderflow, thundermight, thundersprack, ghostfire(Icelandic)
electron n amberling
element n firststuff
elevate vb hoist, lift, heave up, raise, aloofen
elevation n raising, raisedness
elevator n lift
elite n picky group, (social elite)swelldom
elite adj picky
elocution n thylecraft
elongate vb lengthen
eloquent adj smooth spoken, silvery speech, silver-tongued, spoken readily
email vb wirewrite, thundersend
email n wirewrit, thunderwrit
emasculate vb unman
embarrass vb faze
embody vb inbody
embrace vb hug, beclip, umgripe
embroidery n needlework, needlecraft
embryo n wightbloom, womb-berry
emerge vb arise, unwhelm, forthcome, kythe, forthkythe
emigrant n outcomer
eminence n hill, knoll, link, mound, barrow, hurst, down, wold
emit vb forthsend, give out, send out, shine
emnity n foehood
emotion n feeling, heartfeeling,
emotional adj heartfelt
emotional phr full of feeling
empathy n fellow-feel
emphasize vb underscore, highlight
empire n kyserdom, rike, ryk
employ vb hire
employee n underling, hired worker, ,worker, underworker, staff
employer n hirer
employment n hired work
emporer n overlord
emulate vb underfollow(nb. att'd)
emulsion n forblending
en- pref um(be)-
en mass adv in bulk
en route phrase on way
enchant vb spellbind, bewitch
enchantment n spell
enchantress n witch
encircle vb begirt, beclip, beset, umring
enclose vb umfold, shut in, hem
enclosure n haw, paddock, field, yard
encounter vb meet
encourage vb hearten, foster, feed, help, egg on, spur
encroachment n inroads
encryption n forkeying
encumber vb burden, hinder
encumbrance n burden, hindering
encyclopedia n wisdombook, alkenbook
endeavour vb undertake, seek
endeavour n undertaking, ettle
endoplasmic reticulum n (biol) lifebrick net, lifebrick web
endure vb abear, withstand, undergo, bear, adree, brook, keep on, put up with
enemy n fiend, foe
energy n spring, drive, go, might, tirelessness, unweariness, unwaningness, trim
energy phr get-up and go, might and main
enervate vb weaken, unsettle, faze
engaged adj betrothed
engine n iron horse, spincraft, turncraft
enigma n riddle, brainteaser, hidden meaning
English/ Inglish n/adj the national language of England/ Inglelond. see AngloUS/Anglonic
enjoyment n fun
enlarge vb swell
enmity n fiendship
ennui n boredom, doldrums, dullness, flatness, lifelessness, life-weariness, wanfeelingness
ensnare vb swarl
ensue vb follow
enter vb go into, come into, begin
enter(data entry) vb input, key in
enterprise n undertaking
entice vb draw to, sweet talk,
entire adj whole
entirely adv outright, wholly
entirety n whole, fulness, all-hood
entrance n way in, ingang
entry n coming in, going in, in-going, way, way in, threshold
entrance vb bewitch
entrepreneur n businessman/woman
envelop vb overspread, bewrap
envelope n overspread, errandwritholder
envious aj nithfull
environment n lifescape
envision vb foresee, mindsee
envy vb benithe
envy, malice n nithe, green-eyedness
envy adj green-eyed
enzyme n yeaster, yeastuff
ephemeral adj fleeting, short-lived
epic n saga
epicentrum n quakebeginning, quakeheart
epilepsy n brothfall
epilogue n end-speech, ending, afterthought, aftertale, afterword, last words, last thing, end tale, wind up
epithet n byword, byname, nickname
Epsom salts n bitter salts
equal adj even, alike, same
equal n match
equality n evenhood, evenness, sameness, fairness
equalness n draw, tie, deadlock, deadheat
equate vb liken
equation n besaming, bematching
equidistant adj midway, evenfar
equines n horse, steed, ass, mare, broodmare, drafthorse, foal, gelding, stot
equip vb gear, graith, bedight, begear, fit
equipment n gear, graith
equitable adj fair
equivalent adj crossmatching, worthwhile
equivalent n crossmatch, match
era n timestretch, time, world
eradicate vb kill, uproot
erase vb rub out, outrub, kill, uproot
eraser n rubber
erect n upright
erect vb rear, raise, set up, uprighten
erection n hardon, uprighting, building
ergo conj & adv therefore
erinacine n hedgehog, hedgepig, furze-pig
eritrocyte n red bloodcell
erotic adj love, lewd, kinky
error n mistake, slip, slip-up, untruth
erupt vb burst out, break out
eruption n outburst, outbreak
escape vb , break free, flee, get away, break out
escape n breakout, getaway, fleeing, breaking free
especially adv moreso, above all, mainly
essence n nub, heart, kernel, pith, being, whatness, broth
essential adj key
essentially adv & phr mostly, all but, all-in-all, as good as, as much as, mainly, at heart, in itself, on the whole, really, uterrly, well-nigh
establish vb build, begin, settle, install, set up
established adj longstanding
establishment n body, steadyhood
estimate vb & n guess, forecast, looking at, roughcast
estuary n firth, inlet
esurient adj hungry, greedy
et al(ia) phr and others
et cetera phr and so on, and the like, and others, and so forth, and what-not
etc. abbrev. a.s.f. (and so forth), a.s.o. (and so on)
eternal adj everlasting
ethnic minority n outlandish fellowship
etymology n truewordlore, wordbirthlore, sothwudlore
eucalyptus n gumtree
eucalyptus pilularis n flintwood
eukaryote n pithaving
euphemism n nicetalk, mellowspeak, mildname
euphoria n good-feeling, well-at-burden
Europe n broadfaceland
euthanasia n freedeath
evacuate vb out[clear]
evade vb dodge, sidestep
evaluate vb think over, weigh up, look carefully at, sift through
evaluation n bedeeming (calque from Dan. bedømme), worthreckoning
evangelism n holy errand
event n happening
eventually adv in time
evidence n word, witness, truth of
evince vb *becouthe
evocative adj meaningful, mindful,uprooting, weighty
evoke vb awake, call forth, call up, bring to mind, stir up, kindle again
evolve vb unfold, grow, turn into
ex– prefix former, erstwhile, or-
exaggerate vb overplay, overdo, overdrive (calque of many Germanic languages)
exaggeration n overblowing, whid, overdriving
examine vb go over, con
example n bisen, byspell, lodestar, loadstar
example (for) n as byspell, thus
exaptation n kludging
excavate n make hollow, unearth, hollow out, dig up
exceed vb overgo, overshoot, outstrip, overstep, overreach
excel vb overtop
excellent adj swell
except prep but, other than
exception n standout
excessive adj overmuch, steep, sharp, rank
excessively adv overly
exchange vb swap
excise vb cut out
excite vb thrill, key up
exclude vb outshut
excommunication v amonzing
excoriate vb chide, flay
excrement n keich
excursion n outing
excuse vb forgive
ex-directory adj unlisted
execute vb put to death, kill, quell, slay
executioner n hangman, deathman, headsman, headman
exercise vb work out
exert vb put forth
exhale vb breathe out
exhaust vb overwork, wear out, forspend, tire
exhausted adj tired, weary, worn out, drained, overtired, work-wearied, fordone, windless
exhaustive adj all-out
exhaustive adj thoroughgoing
exhibit vb show
exhume vb dig up, unearth
exile vb send away, outlaw, blackball, blacklist
exile n outcast, outlaw, castaway, banling
exist vb be, live
existence n being, hereness, life, lifetime, witsith
exit n way out, outgang
exit vb leave, move out of, go out
exotic vb altheodish, farlandish, outlandish
expand vb swell, spread, bloat
expanse n spread
expect vb await, ween
expectation n brighthope,
expectorate vb spit
expedient n makeshift, stopgap
expedite vb hurry, quicken
expedition n ladenfare, outing
expeditious adj fast, quick, swift, speedy
expel vb drive out, throw out,
expenditure(s) n outgoing(s)
expenses n overheads
expensive adj dear, dearbought, unthrifty
experience vb undergo
experience (bad) n ordeal
experiment n checkout
expertise n know-how, skill
expiate vb atone
expiration date n sell-by
explain vb clear up, tell thoroughly of, unravel, unriddle, speak out, bespeak
explicit n outfold
explode vb burst, toburst, blow up
exploit vb overwork
explorer n pathfinder, foregoer, forerunner, groundbreaker
explosive n fireshot (from "shotfirer")
exponent n mightscore
export vb outsend
expose vb bare
exposé n bewraying, naked truth
express n outthrimp, utter
expulsion n outcast, driving out, throwing out
extant adj lasting, still-living, still being, still going, keeping on
extend vb lengthen, outstretch, stretch;
extend for vb span
extension n furthering
extensive adj far-reaching, farflung, fulsome, sweeping, wide, widespread, broad, great, bounding, no-end-of, deep
extensively adv fulsomely, wholesale
extent n length, breadth, reach
exterior adj outer
exterior n outside
exterminate vb wipe out, kill all
external adj outward, outer
extinct adj dead, gone, lost
extinction n passing-way, death, death knell, doom, knell, wiping out
extinguish vb Douse, dout, put out, adwesch
extra adj spare, more, more other(s), more else, othermore
extra time n overtime
extract vb take out, draw out, pull out, pluck, unearth, harvest,
extraordinary adj amazing, geason
extraterrestrial adj unearthly
extreme adj utmost
extrinsic adj outborn
extroverted adj outgoing
exuberant adj outgoing, sparkling
exultation n glee
exuviate vb shed, cast off, slough