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execute,
executed,
executing,
executes.transitive
verbs
to put
into effect;
carry
out; to perform; do (execute a U-turn); to make valid,
as by signing (execute a deed);
to perform or carry out what is required
by (execute the terms of a will); in computer administration, to run a
program or an instruction
executable.adjective
executer.noun,.plural.executers
the individual performing or the one to carry
out what is required
to execute the terms of a deceased's will
execution.noun,.plural.executions
the act or an instance of putting to death or
being put to death as a lawful penalty for such horrible.crimes
as Crimes Against
Humanity and Treason; effective,
punitively.destructive
action; the act of executing something or a criminal;
the carrying into effect of a court judgment; a writempowering
the enforcement of a judgment;
validation
of a legal.document
by the performance of all
necessary.formalities;
the manner,
style
or result
of performance (the plan seemed.sound,
but its execution was faulty);
the act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death; executions
of cabal members for crimes
against humanity and/or treason;
latest, but not as yet verified (congress
members in US) and those verified, Queen
Elizabeth II, Gavin
Newsome governor of California, slated for execution January 24, 2022.
executor.noun,.plural.executors
an individual who carries out or performs something
Law:.in
law,
one who is appointed
by a testator to execute
the testator's will
executorial.adjective
executorship.noun,.plural.executorships
energetic.adjective
possessing, exerting or displaying energy; active;
of or relating to energy; energetic suggests sustained enthusiastic action
with unflagging vitality (an energetic fund raiser to assist the poor)
energetically.adverb
energy.noun,.plural.energies
the capacity
for work, the ability
to do work or vigorous.activity;
vigor; power; strength; exertion
of vigor or power (building our own house was worth it, but was a project
requiring
a great deal of time and energy); vitality
and intensity of expression (a
speech delivered with energy and
emotion);
usable
heat or power (magnetic energy would save people monthly utility costs);
a source of usable power, such as magnetic motors or solar panels); in
physics,
the capacity of a physical system to do work
energy.attributive
used to modify another noun (energy conservation;
energy efficiency; energy costs)
energize, energized,
energizing,
energizes.verbs
transitive
verb use.to give energy to; activate
or invigorate
(the monthly visit by the family friend was so interesting,
it energized the boy); to supply with an electrical
current; connect
to a source
of electricity
intransitive
verb use.to release or put out energy
energizer.noun,.plural.energizers
embitter.(also
spelt 'imbitter'), embittered,
embittering,
embitters.transitive
verbs
to make bitter
in flavor; to arouse
bitter feelings in (was embittered by the divorce; being told to leave
school because of refusing the poisons in vaccines is enough to embitter
anyone)
embitterment.noun,.plural.embitterments
epochal.adjective
of,
relating.to.or.characteristic
of an epoch; highly significant
or important; momentous (epochal decisions made by Iceland to benefit its
people; without parallel
(epochal stupidity)
epoch.noun,.plural.epochs
an era; a
particular
period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy (the
epochal
inventions of Nikola
Tesla; the joke of the Geologic Time
Scale); a notable event that marks the beginning of such a period;
in astronomy, an instant in time that is arbitrarily
selected as a point of reference
erect.adjective
being in a vertical, upright position (an erect
lily stalk; an erect posture shows poise)
erect, erected,
erecting,
erects.transitive
verbs
to construct by assembling (erect a skyscraper
building); to raise to an upright condition; to fix
in an upright position; to set up; establish (erected a lego tower with
the kids)
erectly.adverb
erectable.adjective
erectness.noun.(many
words ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
can make the word be clumsy)
erectile.adjective
capable
of being raised to an upright position; of or relating to tissue that is
capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid
erectility.noun,.plural.erectilities
elsewhere.adverb
in or to a different or another place (she has
property at the shore and elsewhere; you will have to look elsewhere for
many answers as the educational system.lacks
them, why?)
else.adjective
other; different (ask someone else); additional;
more (would you like anything else?)
else.adverb
in a different or an additional time, place or
manner (I have always done it this way and I do not know how else it could
be done; where else would you like to go besides San Francisco?); if not;
otherwise (be careful or else you will make a mistake)
or else.idiom
regardless
of any extenuating.circumstances
(be there on time or else!)
Usage note: the word
'else' is often used redundantly in combination with prepositions
such as but, except and besides (no one else but Sam saw the accident (omit
else); when a pronoun
is followed by else, the possessive
form is generally written thus (someone else's, not someone's else; you
use 'else' after words such as 'anywhere', 'someone' and 'what', to refer
in a vague
way to another person, place or thing (if I can't make a living at painting,
at least I can teach
someone else to paint;
we had nothing else to do on those long trips;
there's not much else I can say); both who else's and whose else
are in use, but not whose else's (who else's book could it have
been? whose else could it have been? See Usage note at who,
whose.
See more Usage notes.
effervesce, effervesced,
effervescing,
effervesces.intransitive
verbs
to emit
small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid; to escape from
a liquid as bubbles; bubble up; to show high spirits or excitement
effervescently.adverb
effervescent.adjective
effervescence..noun,.plural.effervescences
effervescency.noun,.plural.effervescencies
effort.noun,.plural.efforts
the use of physical or mental energy to do something;
exertion;
a difficult exertion of the strength or will (it was an effort to get up
after that short sleep); a usually.earnest.attempt
(she made an effort
to arrive.promptly);
something
done or produced.through.exertion;
an achievement
(a play that was his finest
effort)
Physics:.in
physics,
a force applied against
inertia
effortless, effortfully.adverbs
calling
for, requiring
or showing little or no effort; easy
effortful.adjective
effortlessly.adverb
effortlessness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
electrum.noun,.plural.electrums
an alloy
of silver and gold
endogamy.noun,.plural.endogamies
in anthropology,
a marriage within a particular
group in accordance
with custom;
fertilization resulting from pollenation
among flowers of the same plant; in biology,
reproduction by the fusion
of gametes of similar.ancestry
endogamous.adjective
equine.adjective
of, relating to or characteristic
of a horse; of or belonging to the family Equidae, which includes the horses,
asses
and zebras
equine.noun,.plural.equines
enfold, enfolded,
enfolding,
enfolds.transitive
verbs
to cover with or as if with folds; envelop;
to hold within limits; enclose;
to embrace
enfolder.noun,.plural.enfolders
exclamation.noun,.plural.exclamation
Grammar:.an
interjection.such
as Hi! Ugh!, Hmm! or Wow! and ending with the exclamation mark
!
an abrupt,
forceful utterance
(an exclamation of delight
as of a reaction
to surprise at a gift received "Oh, it's just what I wanted but never expected!);
an exclamation is a sound, word or sentence that is spoken suddenly, loudly
or emphatically
and that expresses excitement, admiration, shock or anger
exclaim, exclaimed,
exclaiming,
exclaims.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
cry out suddenly or vehemently,
as from surprise or emotion (the children exclaimed with excitement about
the plans of the family to go on a holiday to the beach)
transitive verb use.to
express or say something suddenly or vehemently (exclaimed her surprise
when she learned of her sisters coming to visit)
exclamatory.adjective
constituting,
containing,
relating.to
or using exclamation
exclaimer.noun,.plural.exclaimers
escrow.noun
money, property, a deed or a bond
put into the
custody
of a third party for delivery to a grantee
only after the fulfilment
of the conditions.specified
escrow, escrowed,
escrowing,
escrows.transitive
verbs
to place in escrow
in escrow.idiom
in
trust as an escrow
epic.adjective
surpassing
the usual or ordinary,
particularly
in scope
or size; of,
constituting,
having to do with or suggestive
of a literary
epic (an epic poem)
epic.noun
an epic is a long book, poem or film, whose story
tells of great events or extends over a long period of time; something
that is epic is very large and impressive;
an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating
the feats of a legendary or traditional hero; a literary or dramatic composition
that resembles an extended, narrative poem celebrating heroic feats; a
series of events considered appropriate to an epic (the epic of the Old
West)
external.adjective
relating to, existing on or connected with the
outside or an outer part; exterior; suitable
for application to the outside (external paints); existing independently
of the mind; acting or coming from the outside (external pressures); of
or relating chiefly to outward appearance; superficial
external.noun,.plural.externals
an exterior part or surface; outer circumstances;
outward appearances (the home's externals highlighted the large yard) externally.adverb
exterior.adjective
outer; external (the exterior
door); originating or acting from the outside (exterior influences
affecting interior temperature); suitable
for outside use (an exterior paint)
exterior.noun,.plural.exteriors
a part or a surface that is outside (the exterior
of the house); an external or outward appearance (a friendly exterior;
exteriors of houses with the same colors)
exteriorly.adverb
encyclopedia.noun,.plural.encyclopedias
a comprehensive.reference
work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous.aspects
of a particular.field,
usually.arranged.alphabetically;
the word encyclopedia, which to us usually means a large set of books,
descends
from a phrase
that involved
coming to grips
with the contents
of such books; the Greek phrase is 'enkuklios paideia', made up of 'enkuklios',
meaning 'cyclical', 'periodic', 'ordinary' and 'paideia' meaning 'education'
and meaning 'general education',
literally
the arts
and sciences that a person should study to be liberally
educated; copyists of Latin manuscripts took this phrase to be the Greek
word 'enkuklopaedia' with the same meaning and this spurious
Greek word became the New
Latin word 'encyclopaedia', coming into English with the wrong sense
'general course of instruction' first recorded in 1531. In New Latin the
word was chosen as the title of a reference work covering all knowledge;
the first such use in English of encyclopedia is recorded in 1644
educate, educated,
educating,
educates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
develop the innate.capacities
of, especially through educing;
teach;
to provide
with knowledge and training in a particular.area
(not having any money for it, she decided to educate herself further in
life by 'walking with wise people to become wise' through books, after
reading.James
1:5); to provide with information
applicable
to educing; to bring to an overstanding;
to stimulate
toward development
or refinement
of mental and moral
growth of
intransitive verb use.to
provide advantageous
educational circumstances
for; to teach or instruct a person or group; to educe
educable.adjective.(pronounced
'ed juh ka bul')
capable
of being educated or taught (educable youngsters)
educability.noun,.plural.educabilities
capable of being
educated or taught; not close-minded
education.noun,.plural.educations
the act
or process
of educating or being educated; the knowledge or skill.obtained
or developed by learning
(driver education; a college education); an enlightening experience
educative.adjective
educational
educational.adjective
of
or relating
to education; serving
to educate (an educational film)
educationally.adverb
educator.noun,.plural.educators
one who educates; a teacher
or an administrator of a school or some other educational institution
educationalist.also.educationist.noun
educationalists.also.educationists.plural.
one who is capable
of educing; a specialist in the theory
of education
educe, educed,
educing,
educes.transitive
verbs
the word 'education' is educing in
order to bring out something latent
within someone, education being centered around drawing out those particular
views a child or anyone, has toward the things of life so that they can
be enhanced,
thus
taking the person further into learning so he or she can gain competence
in living, reaching the fullest potential
he or she could possibly.attain;
educe is to draw from within, often with questions proposed and questions
clearly answered, as if connected to a source of sound.reasoning;
to deduce; to evokeelicit;
extract
evoke.implies
a strong stimulus
that arouses
an emotion
or an interest or recalls
an image or memory (a song that evokes warm memories)
elicit usually implies
some effort or skill in drawing forth a response (careful questioning elicited
the truth)
educible.adjective
eduction.noun.(pronounced
'e duck shun')
ineducable.adjective
incapable
of being educated
ineducability.noun
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