The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

The Illustrated London Reading Book eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 377 pages of information about The Illustrated London Reading Book.

ENDU’RANCE, s. continuance; lastingness; delay

E’NEMY, s. foe; antagonist; any one who regards another with
    malevolence

ENERGE’TIC, a. operative; active; vigorous

E’NERGY, s. activity; quickness; vigour

ENGA’GE, v.a. employ; stake; unite; enlist; induce; fight

ENGINE’ER, s. one who manages engines; one who directs the artillery
    of an army

ENGRA’VER, s. a cutter in wood or other matter

ENGRA’VING, s. the work of an engraver

ENGRO’SS, v.a. thicken; increase in bulk; fatten; to copy in a large
    hand

ENJO’Y, v.a. feel or perceive with pleasure; please; delight

ENLA’RGEMENT, s. increase; copious discourse

ENNO’BLE, v.a. to dignify; to exalt; to make famous

ENO’RMOUS, a. wicked beyond the common measure; exceeding in bulk the
    common measure

ENQUI’RY, s. interrogation; examination; search

ENRA’GE, v.a. irritate; make furious

ENSNA’RE, v.a. entrap; entangle in difficulties or perplexities

E’NTERPRISE, s. an undertaking of hazard; an arduous attempt

E’NTERPRISING, a. fond of enterprise

ENTHU’SIASM, s. a vain belief of private revelation; beat of
    imagination; elevation of fancy

E’NTRAILS, s. the intestines; internal parts

ENU’MERATE, v.a. reckon up singly; number

ENVE’LOPEMENT, s. covering; inwrapment

E’PIC, a. narrative

EPI’STLE, s. a letter

EPI’STOLARY, a. transacted by letters; relating to letters

E’QUAL, a. even; uniform; in just proportion

EQUITY, s. justice; impartiality

ERE’CT, a. upright; bold; confident

ERE’CT, v.a. raise; build; elevate; settle

E’RMINE, s. an animal found in cold countries, of which the fur is
    valuable, and used for the adornment of the person.  A fur worn by
    judges in England

ERRO’NEOUS, a. wrong; unfounded; false; misled by error

ERU’PTION, s. the act of bursting out; sudden excursion of a hostile
    kind

ESCO’RT, v.a. convoy; guard from place to place

ESPE’CIAL, a. principal; chief

ESPE’CIALLY, ad. principally; chiefly; in an uncommon degree

ESPLANA’DE, s. the empty space between a citadel and the outskirts of
    a town

ESSE’NTIAL, a. necessary to the constitution or existence of anything;
    important in the highest degree

ESTA’BLISHMENT, s. settlement; fixed state

ESTRA’NGE, v.a. keep at a distance; withdraw

ETE’RNAL, a. without beginning or end; perpetual; unchanging

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