EMBASE, em-b[=a]z', v.t. (obs.) to bring down: to degrade.--p.adj. EMBASED'.--n. EMBASE'MENT. [_Em_ and base.]

EMBASSY, em'bas-i, n. the charge or function of an ambassador: the person or persons sent on an undertaking.--ns. EM'BASSADE, EM'BASSAGE (same as AMBASSAGE); EMBASS'ADOR (same as AMBASSADOR).

EMBATHE, em-b[=a]_th_' v.t. to bathe.

EMBATTLE, em-bat'l, v.t. to furnish with battlements.--p.adj. EMBATT'LED, furnished with battlements: (her.) having the outline like a battlement.--n. EMBATT'LEMENT (same as BATTLEMENT). [_Em_, and O. Fr. bastiller, from the same root as battlement, bastille, and baste, to sew. The form of this word is due to a confusion with Eng. battle.]

EMBATTLE, em-bat'l, v.t. to range in order of battle: to arm--p.adj. EMBATT'LED, arranged for battle. [O. Fr. embataillier--en, in, bataille, battle.]

EMBAY, em-b[=a]', v.t. to enclose in a bay: to land-lock.--n. EMBAY'MENT, a bay. [_Em_, in, into, and bay.]

EMBAY, em-b[=a]', v.t. (Spens.) to bathe. [_Em_, in, and Fr. baigner. See BAGNIO.]

EMBED, em-bed', IMBED, im-, v.t. to place in a mass of matter: to lay, as in a bed.--n. EMBED'MENT, the act of embedding: state of being embedded.

EMBELLISH, em-bel'ish, v.t. to make beautiful with ornaments: to decorate: to make graceful: to illustrate pictorially, as a book.--n. EMBELL'ISHER.--adv. EMBELL'ISHINGLY.--n. EMBELL'ISHMENT, act of embellishing or adorning: decoration: ornament. [Fr. embellir, embellissant--em, in, bel, beau, beautiful.]

EMBER, em'b[.e]r, n. a live piece of coal or wood: chiefly in pl. red-hot ashes: smouldering remains of a fire. [A.S. ['æ]merge; Ice. eimyrja. The b is simply euphonic.]

EMBER-DAYS, em'b[.e]r-d[=a]z, n.pl. the three Fast-days in each quarter (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday)--following the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, Holy Cross Day (Sept. 14th), and St Lucia's Day (Dec. 13th).--n. EM'BER-WEEK, the week in which the ember-days occur. [A.S. ymbryne, a circuit--ymb, round (Ger. um, L. ambi-), and ryne, a running, from rinnan, to run.]

EMBER-GOOSE, em'b[.e]r-g[=oo]s, n. a kind of sea-fowl, the Great Northern Diver. [Norw. emmer; Ger. imber.]

EMBEZZLE, em-bez'l, v.t. to appropriate fraudulently what has been entrusted.--ns. EMBEZZ'LEMENT, fraudulent appropriation of another's property by the person to whom it was entrusted; EMBEZZ'LER. [Perh. from root of imbecile, the primary sense being to weaken: (obs.) BEZZ'LE, to squander, from O. Fr. besiler, to destroy, is the same word.]

EMBITTER, em-bit'[.e]r, Imbitter, im-, v.t. to make bitter: to increase (ill-feeling).--p.adj. EMBITT'ERED, soured.--n. EMBITT'ERER.--p.adj. EMBITT'ERING.--n. EMBITT'ERMENT.

EMBLAZON, em-bl[=a]'zn, v.t. to deck in blazing colours: (her.) to blazon or adorn with figures: to depict heraldically.--v.t. EMBLAZE', to illuminate.--ns. EMBL[=A]'ZONER; EMBL[=A]'ZONMENT, an emblazoning; EMBL[=A]'ZONRY, the art of emblazoning or adorning: devices on shields. [_Em_, and blaze, blazon.]

EMBLEM, em'blem, n. a picture representing to the mind something different from itself: a type or symbol: (Milton) an inlaid ornament.--v.t. to symbolise.--n. EMBL[=E]'MA, an inlaid ornament:--pl. EMBL[=E]'MATA.--adjs. EMBLEMAT'IC, -AL, pertaining to or containing emblems: symbolical: representing.--adv. EMBLEMAT'ICALLY.--v.t. EMBLEM'ATISE, EM'BLEMISE, to represent by an emblem:--pr.p. emblem'at[=i]sing; pa.p. emblem'at[=i]sed.--n. EMBLEM'ATIST, a writer or inventor of emblems. [L. embl[=e]ma--Gr. em (=_en_), in, ballein, to cast.]

EMBLEMENTS, em'bl-ments, n.pl. crops raised by the labour of the cultivator, but not fruits nor grass. [O. Fr. emblaer, to sow with corn--Low L. imblad[=a]re--in, in, bladum, wheat.]

EMBLOOM, em-bl[=oo]m', v.t. to cover with bloom.

EMBLOSSOM, em-blos'om, v.t. to cover with blossom.

EMBODY, em-bod'i, IMBODY, im-, v.t. to form into a body: to make corporeal: to make tangible: to express (an idea in words): to organise.--v.i. to unite in a body or mass.--p.adj. EMBOD'IED.--n. EMBOD'IMENT, act of embodying: state of being embodied: that in which something is embodied. [_Em_, in, and body.]

EMBOGUE, em-b[=o]g', v.i. to discharge itself.

EMBOIL, em-boil', v.i. (Spens.) to burn with anger.--v.t. to cause to burn with anger: to irritate.

EMBOLDEN, em-b[=o]ld'n, IMBOLDEN, im-, v.t. to make bold or courageous. [_Em_, to make, and bold.]

EMBOLISM, em'bo-lizm, n. the insertion of days in an account of time to produce regularity: an intercalated prayer for deliverance from evil coming after the Lord's Prayer: (med.) the presence of obstructing clots in the blood-vessels.--adjs. EMBOLIS'MAL, EMBOLIS'MIC.--n. EM'BOLUS, the clot of fibrin obstructing a blood-vessel, causing embolism. [Fr.,--Gr. embolismos--emballein, to cast in.]

EMBONPOINT, ang-bong-pwang', adj. stout, plump, full in figure, mostly of women: well-fed.--n. stoutness, plumpness, well-fed condition. [Fr.,--en bon point, in good form.]

EMBORDER, em-bord'[.e]r, v.t. (Milton) to border.

EMBOSCATA, em-bos-k[=a]'ta, n. an erroneous form of It. imboscáta, an ambuscade.

EMBOSOM, em-booz'um, IMBOSOM, im-, v.t. to take into the bosom: to receive into the affections: to enclose or surround. [_Em_, in, into, and bosom.]

EMBOSS, em-bos', v.t. to produce (a raised pattern) by pressure upon sheet-metal, leather, cloth, &c.: to ornament with raised-work: (Spens.) to cover with armour: to be wrapped in.--p.adj. EMBOSSED', formed or covered with bosses: raised, standing out in relief: (bot.) having a protuberance in the centre.--ns. EMBOSS'ER; EMBOSS'MENT, a prominence like a boss: raised-work. [_Em_, in, into, and boss.]

EMBOSS, em-bos', v.i. (Milton) to plunge into the depths of a wood.--v.t. to make to foam at the mouth. [O. Fr. embosquer, em--L. in, in, bosc, a wood. See AMBUSH.]

EMBOUCHURE, ang-boo-shür', n. the mouth of a river: the mouth-hole of a wind musical instrument. [Fr.,--em-boucher, to put to the mouth--en, in, bouche, a mouth.]

EMBOUND, em-bownd', v.t. (Shak.) to bound, enclose.

EMBOW, em-b[=o]', v.t. and v.i. to bow or arch.--p.adj. EMBOWED', arched, vaulted: bent like a bow: the heraldic term noting anything bent like a bow--as, e.g., the arm of a man. [_Em_ and bow.]

EMBOWEL, em-bow'el, v.t. properly, to enclose in something else; but also used for disembowel, to remove the entrails from:--pr.p. embow'elling; pa.p. embow'elled.--n. EMBOW'ELMENT. [_Em_, in, into, and bowel.]

EMBOWER, em-bow'er, IMBOWER, im-, v.t. to place in a bower: to shelter, as with trees.--p.adjs. EMBOW'ERED; EMBOW'ERING.--n. EMBOW'ERMENT. [_Em_, in, and bower.]

EMBOX, em-boks', v.t. to set in a box. [_Em_, in, box.]

EMBRACE, em-br[=a]s', v.t. to take in the arms: to press to the bosom with affection: to take eagerly or willingly: to comprise: to admit, adopt, or receive.--v.i. to join in an embrace.--n. an embracing: fond pressure in the arms.--ns. EMBRACE'MENT; EMBRAC'ER.--adjs. EMBRAC'ING, EMBRAC'IVE.--adv. EMBRAC'INGLY.--n. EMBRAC'INGNESS. [O. Fr. embracer (Fr. embrasser)--L. in, in, into, bracchium, an arm. See BRACE.]

EMBRACE, em-br[=a]s', v.t. (Spens.) to brace, to fasten, or bind:--pr.p. embrac'ing; pa.p. embraced'. [_Em_, in, and brace.]

EMBRACER, em-br[=a]'ser, n. (law) one who influences jurors by corrupt means to deliver a partial verdict--also EMBR[=A]'CEOR, EMBR[=A]'SOR.--n. EMBRAC'ERY, the offence of an embracer. [O. Fr. embraceor, from embraser, to set on fire.]

EMBRAID, em-br[=a]d', v.t. (Spens.) to braid.

EMBRANCHMENT, em-bransh'ment, n. a branching off, as an arm of a river, a spur of a mountain, &c. [Fr.]

EMBRANGLE, em-brang'gl, IMBRANGLE, im-, v.t. to confuse, perplex.--n. EMBRAN'GLEMENT. [_Em_, in, and brangle.]

EMBRASURE (Shak.)=EMBRACEMENT.

EMBRASURE, em-br[=a]'zh[=u]r, n. a door or window with the sides slanted on the inside: an opening in a wall for cannon. [Fr.,--O. Fr. embraser, to slope the sides of a window, em--L. in, braser, to skew.]

EMBRAVE, em-br[=a]v', v.t. (Spens.) to make brave or showy, to decorate: to inspire with bravery.

EMBREAD, v.t. (Spens.) embraid.

EMBREATHE, em-br[=e]_th_', v.t. to breathe into, to inspire with. [_En_ and breathe.]

EMBROCATE, em'br[=o]-k[=a]t, v.t. to moisten and rub, as a sore with a lotion.--n. EMBROC[=A]'TION, act of embrocating: the lotion used. [Low L. embroc[=a]re, -[=a]tum, from Gr. embroch[=e], a lotion--embrechein, to soak in--em (=_en_), in, into, brechein, to wet.]

EMBROGLIO=IMBROGLIO.

EMBROIDER, em-broid'[.e]r, v.t. to ornament with designs in needlework, originally on the border.--ns. EMBROID'ERER; EMBROID'ERY, the art of producing ornamental patterns by means of needlework on textile fabrics, &c.: ornamental needlework: variegation or diversity: artificial ornaments. [M. E. embrouderie--O. Fr. embroder, em, and broder, prob. Celt., acc. to Skeat. Bret. brouda, to pierce; confused with Fr. border, to border.]

EMBROIL, em-broil', v.t. to involve in a broil, or in perplexity (with): to entangle: to distract: to throw into confusion.--n. EMBROIL'MENT, a state of perplexity or confusion: disturbance. [Fr. embrouiller--em, in, brouiller, to break out.]

EMBRONZE, em-bronz', v.t. to form in bronze.