English Wordbook/E

Staff E of the English Wordbook.

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eager adj keen, hungry ease vb allay easy adj soft ebony adj & n black, blackwood ebullition n outburst, flare-up, blowup ecclesiastical adj churchly, church economics n wealthlore economy n landgeld ecstatic adj blissful, beside oneself edible adj eatable, eatbear edifice n building educate vb teach, teach lore to educated adj learned, lorefast education n learning, teaching, lorecraft effort n work, tew ego n me, pride egocentric adj selfish egotism n selflust egregious adj glaringly bad, outstanding egressive adj outflowing eject vb throw out, outthrow elaborate adj overwrought elate vb uplift elect vb choose electricity n wattflow, thunderflow, thundermight, thundersprack, ghostfire(Icelandic) elevate vb hoist, lift, heave up, raise, aloofen elevation n raising elevator n lift elongate vb lengthen email vb wirewrite, thundersend email n wirewrit, thunderwrit embrace vb hug, beclip, umgripe embroidery n needlework, needlecraft embryo n wightbloom emerge vb arise, unwhelm, forthcome, kythe, forthkythe emit vb give out, send out emotion n feeling emphasize vb underscore, highlight empire n kyserdom employ vb hire employee n underling, hired worker, ,worker, underworker, staff employer n hirer employment n hired work emporer n overlord en- pref um(be)-  encircle vb begirt, beclip, beset enchant vb spellbind, bewitch enchantment n spell enchantress n witch enclose vb umfold, shut in, hem enclosure n haw, paddock, field, yard encourage vb hearten encumber vb burden, hinder encumbrance n burden, hindering encyclopedia n wisdombook, alkenbook endeavour vb undertake, seek endeavour n undertaking, ettle endure vb withstand, undergo, bear, dree enemy n foe enervate vb weaken, unsettle, faze engaged adj betrothed enjoyment n fun enlarge vb swell en mass adv in bulk en route phrase on way ensue vb follow enter vb go into, come into, begin enter(data entry) vb input enterprise n undertaking entire adj whole entirely adv outright, wholly entrance n way in, ingang entrance vb bewitch entrepreneur n businessman/woman ensnare vb swarl envelop vb overspread, bewrap envelope n overspread, errandwritholder environment n lifescape envision vb foresee, mindsee ephemeral adj fleeting, short-lived equal adj even, alike, same equal n match equality n evenhood, evenness, sameness, fairness equate vb liken equip vb gear, graith, bedight, begear, fit equipment n gear, graith 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 erection n hardon, uprighting, building erotic adj lewd, kinky error n mistake, slip, slip-up, untruth eruption n outbreak, outburst escape n breakout, fleeing especially adv moreso, above all, mainly establish vb build, begin, settle, install estimate vb & n guess, forecast estuary n firth, inlet, cove esurient adj hungry, greedy et al(ia) phr and others et cetera phr and so on, and the like, and others, and so forth eternal adj everlasting ethnic minority n outlandish fellowship etymology n truewordlore, wordbirthlore, sothwudlore evade vb dodge, sidestep event n happening eventually adv in time evolve vb unfold, grow example n lodestar, loadstar example (for) n thus exaptation n kludging exceed vb overgo, overshoot, outstrip exception n standout excessive adj overmuch exchange vb swap excise vb cut out exclude vb outshut excoriate vb chide excrement n keich excuse vb forgive ex– prefix former, erstwhile exaggerate vb overplay, overdo exaggeration n overblowing, whid ex-directory adj unlisted exhaust vb overwork, wear out, forspend, tire exhaustive adj thoroughgoing exile vb & n outcast exist vb be existence n being exit n way out, outgang exit vb leave, move out of exotic vb outlandish expand vb swell, spread expanse n spread expedition n ladenfare expel vb drive out, outcast, throw out expenditure(s) n outgoing(s) expensive adj dear experience vb undergo experience (bad) n ordeal expertise n know-how explain vb tell thoroughly of exploit vb overwork expose vb bare exposé n bewraying, naked truth expulsion n outcast, driving out, throwing out extend vb lengthen, outstretch, stretch; ~ for span extensive adj far-reaching, fulsome, sweeping extensively adv fulsomely, wholesale extent n length, breadth exterior adj outer exterior n outside exterminate vb wipe out, kill all external adj outward, outer extinguish vb Douse, dout, put out extraordinary adj amazing, geason extra adj spare, more extra time n overtime extroverted adj outgoing