--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 12 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 12 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To embitter someone is to make them resentful and angry for a long time, after they have been hurt or treated unfairly.[↗](../../embitter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly with his lips.[↗](../../embitter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embitter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The unfair loss embittered him.[↗](../../embitter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Years of teasing embittered the poor boy.[↗](../../embitter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king grew more embittered each day.[↗](../../embitter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **emblem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A picture or object that stands for a country, group, team or idea: «The maple leaf is the emblem of Canada».[↗](../../emblem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that represents a quality: «The dove is an emblem of peace».[↗](../../emblem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A badge with such a picture.[↗](../../emblem/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The maple leaf is Canada's national emblem.[↗](../../emblem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dove is an emblem of peace.[↗](../../emblem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school emblem is an owl holding a book.[↗](../../emblem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shamrock is an emblem of Ireland.[↗](../../emblem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cross is the main emblem of Christianity.[↗](../../emblem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's emblem is printed on every shirt.[↗](../../emblem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The silver fern is a famous emblem of New Zealand.[↗](../../emblem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She said that an apple-branch was a most lovely object, and an emblem of spring in its most charming aspect.[↗](../../emblem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **embodied** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showed or represented an idea or quality clearly, as a perfect example.[↗](../../embodied/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Included as part of something, like rules embodied in a law.[↗](../../embodied/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science, formal) Having a body; in AI and robots, «embodied» means having a body that acts in the real world.[↗](../../embodied/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The firefighter embodied courage.[↗](../../embodied/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school's values are embodied in five simple rules.[↗](../../embodied/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot is an embodied AI that walks around the lab.[↗](../../embodied/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For many, Nelson Mandela embodied forgiveness.[↗](../../embodied/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team embodied the spirit of fair play.[↗](../../embodied/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His kind smile embodied his gentle nature.[↗](../../embodied/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **embodiment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The embodiment of a quality is a person or thing that shows that quality perfectly.[↗](../../embodiment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An embodiment is a real form of an idea or feeling.[↗](../../embodiment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is the embodiment of kindness.[↗](../../embodiment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch was the embodiment of evil.[↗](../../embodiment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher is the embodiment of patience.[↗](../../embodiment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **embody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To embody an idea is to show it clearly in a person or thing.[↗](../../embody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To embody something is to include it or contain it as a part.[↗](../../embody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox embodies cunning.[↗](../../embody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This tale embodies an old lesson.[↗](../../embody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The statue embodies the spirit of the city.[↗](../../embody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **embrace** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To put your arms around someone to show love or friendship; to hug.[↗](../../embrace/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A hug.[↗](../../embrace/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To accept a new idea, change or opportunity happily and with enthusiasm.[↗](../../embrace/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) To include or contain: «The course embraces many subjects.».[↗](../../embrace/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The friends embraced when they met at the airport.[↗](../../embrace/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave her grandad a long embrace.[↗](../../embrace/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school embraced the idea of a vegetable garden.[↗](../../embrace/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Embrace the challenge and try your best.[↗](../../embrace/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mother held the baby in a warm embrace.[↗](../../embrace/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The topic embraces both history and geography.[↗](../../embrace/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I simply cannot wait to embrace you\![↗](../../embrace/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.[↗](../../embrace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.[↗](../../embrace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house.[↗](../../embrace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand embrace me.[↗](../../embrace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.[↗](../../embrace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.8.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.[↗](../../embrace/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embrace/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **embroider** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To embroider means to sew patterns or pictures onto cloth with coloured thread.[↗](../../embroider/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To embroider a story means to add made-up details to make it more exciting.[↗](../../embroider/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To embroider can also mean to cover something so thickly with things that it looks decorated, like a carriage crowded with people.[↗](../../embroider/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran embroidered my name on my bag.[↗](../../embroider/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We embroidered flowers on a cushion in class.[↗](../../embroider/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shirt has a dragon embroidered on the back.[↗](../../embroider/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He embroidered the story to make it funnier.[↗](../../embroider/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes 30 stitches to embroider one petal; how many for 5 petals?[↗](../../embroider/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't embroider the facts — just say what happened.[↗](../../embroider/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Carriages and omnibuses are crowded, stuffed and embroidered with people.[↗](../../embroider/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **embroidery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Embroidery is decorating cloth by sewing patterns on it with coloured thread.[↗](../../embroidery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An embroidery is a piece of cloth decorated in this way.[↗](../../embroidery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She stitched flowers in red thread as embroidery.[↗](../../embroidery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's tablecloth has beautiful embroidery.[↗](../../embroidery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess spent the winter at her embroidery.[↗](../../embroidery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?'[↗](../../embroidery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../embroidery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **embryo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A living thing at a very early stage of growing, before it is born or hatches: inside an egg, a seed or its mother's womb.[↗](../../embryo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The tiny part inside a seed that will grow into a new plant.[↗](../../embryo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (in embryo) Something at a very early stage that may develop later, like an idea.[↗](../../embryo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A chick embryo grows inside the egg for three weeks.[↗](../../embryo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the bean seed is a tiny embryo.[↗](../../embryo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at first.[↗](../../embryo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a picture of a frog embryo in the jelly.[↗](../../embryo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea for our club was only an embryo then.[↗](../../embryo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The embryo gets food from the yolk.[↗](../../embryo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emendation** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear.[↗](../../emendation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The second word, שטותה, cannot be made sense of without emendation.[↗](../../emendation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") שְׁטוּתָה shetutah would appear to be passed on a root שָׁטָה shatah which means ‘to mock, ridicule’, found in words like שְׁטוּת shetut ‘stupidity’.[↗](../../emendation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../emendation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **emerald** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery.[↗](../../emerald/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Emerald is a bright, rich green colour.[↗](../../emerald/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Emerald Isle is a nickname for Ireland, because of its green fields.[↗](../../emerald/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Emerald City is the name of a famous imaginary city in the story of The Wizard of Oz.[↗](../../emerald/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The queen's ring had a huge emerald.[↗](../../emerald/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea was a sparkling emerald green.[↗](../../emerald/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland is called the Emerald Isle.[↗](../../emerald/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dorothy followed the road to the Emerald City.[↗](../../emerald/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Emeralds are mined in Colombia.[↗](../../emerald/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · “That must be the Emerald City,” said Dorothy.[↗](../../emerald/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../emerald/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.[↗](../../emerald/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../emerald/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **emerge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To come out from inside or behind something and be seen.[↗](../../emerge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A chick emerged from the egg.[↗](../../emerge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become known.[↗](../../emerge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The truth emerged later.[↗](../../emerge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To appear or develop.[↗](../../emerge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* New problems emerged.[↗](../../emerge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To come through a hard time.[↗](../../emerge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She emerged from the illness stronger.[↗](../../emerge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A butterfly emerged from the chrysalis.[↗](../../emerge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun emerged from behind the clouds.[↗](../../emerge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It later emerged that the money was missing.[↗](../../emerge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shoots emerge from the soil in spring.[↗](../../emerge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimmer emerged from the water, shivering.[↗](../../emerge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · New ideas emerged during the meeting.[↗](../../emerge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The first to emerge from his tree was Curly.[↗](../../emerge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From them emerge Fire and Water, being divided male and female.[↗](../../emerge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../emerge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **emergence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming out from somewhere and becoming visible, like an insect from a cocoon.[↗](../../emergence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Starting to exist or becoming known or important, like a new idea or country.[↗](../../emergence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched the emergence of a butterfly from its chrysalis.[↗](../../emergence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The emergence of the first shoots shows spring is here.[↗](../../emergence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The emergence of the internet changed how people talk.[↗](../../emergence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · History tells of the emergence of the first cities.[↗](../../emergence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mayfly's emergence happens in early summer.[↗](../../emergence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists studied the emergence of a new island from the sea.[↗](../../emergence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emergency** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sudden dangerous situation where help is needed quickly: a fire, a bad accident, someone who can't breathe.[↗](../../emergency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, used in such a situation.[↗](../../emergency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "emergency exit", "emergency services".[↗](../../emergency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Call 911 in an emergency.[↗](../../emergency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fire is an emergency.[↗](../../emergency/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The emergency exit is at the back.[↗](../../emergency/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An ambulance is one of the emergency services.[↗](../../emergency/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only call the number in a real emergency.[↗](../../emergency/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn your address in case of an emergency.[↗](../../emergency/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We practise for emergencies with fire drills.[↗](../../emergency/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor had an emergency and left.[↗](../../emergency/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But in this emergency Poseidon came to the aid of the son of Tantalus.[↗](../../emergency/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **emergent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Emergent means starting to appear, grow or become known.[↗](../../emergent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) An emergent plant grows in water but its top sticks up out of the water, like a reed.[↗](../../emergent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science, rainforest) The emergent layer is the very top of a rainforest, where the tallest trees poke above the canopy.[↗](../../emergent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) An emergent property is something a whole group has that its single parts do not have.[↗](../../emergent/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The emergent layer is home to eagles and monkeys.[↗](../../emergent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tallest trees in the rainforest are emergent trees.[↗](../../emergent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reeds are emergent plants at the edge of the pond.[↗](../../emergent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers help emergent readers with simple books.[↗](../../emergent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An ant colony is clever even though each ant is simple — that is an emergent property.[↗](../../emergent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Emergent countries are growing quickly.[↗](../../emergent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emerging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Emerging is the -ing form of «emerge», which means to come out from somewhere hidden or dark.[↗](../../emerging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Emerging means new and beginning to grow or become important, like an emerging artist or an emerging country.[↗](../../emerging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Emerging can mean becoming known: new facts are emerging.[↗](../../emerging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The butterfly is emerging from its chrysalis.[↗](../../emerging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiny shoots are emerging from the soil.[↗](../../emerging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was emerging from behind the clouds.[↗](../../emerging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an emerging writer with her first book out.[↗](../../emerging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · New facts are emerging about the old shipwreck.[↗](../../emerging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Robots are an emerging technology in hospitals.[↗](../../emerging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The frogs are emerging from the pond as the evening gets dark.[↗](../../emerging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “It’s all right,” John announced, emerging from his hiding-place.[↗](../../emerging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") “I say, Peter, can you really fly?”[↗](../../emerging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Both items refer to anatomical hiddenness: the word emerging from the tongue, hidden in the mouth, and circumcision of the genitals, the concealed lower organs revealed during circumcision.[↗](../../emerging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../emerging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **emerods** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* painful lumps or sores that swell on the skin, here as a plague sent on the wicked.[↗](../../emerods/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.[↗](../../emerods/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.27, JPS 1917) **emetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine) A medicine or substance that makes a person vomit (be sick).[↗](../../emetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making someone sick, as an adjective.[↗](../../emetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the old days, doctors gave an emetic to poison victims.[↗](../../emetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Salty water was once used as an emetic.[↗](../../emetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet gave the dog an emetic after it ate chocolate.[↗](../../emetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants are emetic and make animals sick.[↗](../../emetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Today, doctors rarely use emetics.[↗](../../emetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone swallows something poisonous, call for help at once.[↗](../../emetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **emigrant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who leaves their own country to live in another country.[↗](../../emigrant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Emigrant can also be used as a describing word for people who are leaving their own country, such as emigrant families.[↗](../../emigrant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many Irish emigrants sailed to America during the famine.[↗](../../emigrant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandparents were emigrants from Italy.[↗](../../emigrant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The emigrants waved goodbye to their village.[↗](../../emigrant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Emigrants often send money home to their families.[↗](../../emigrant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships full of emigrants arrived in New York.[↗](../../emigrant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten-pound Poms were British emigrants to Australia.[↗](../../emigrant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I saw a caravan of emigrant peasant families who were bound to Hamburgh, there to take ship for America, where fancied prosperity would bloom for them.[↗](../../emigrant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **emigrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To leave your own country to go and live permanently in another country.[↗](../../emigrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandparents emigrated from Ireland to Canada.[↗](../../emigrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families emigrated to Australia by ship.[↗](../../emigrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They emigrated to New Zealand for a new life.[↗](../../emigrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her uncle plans to emigrate next spring.[↗](../../emigrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Millions of people emigrated during hard times.[↗](../../emigrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He emigrated from Scotland and never returned.[↗](../../emigrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He emigrated into Greece, where, at the court of Oenomaus, king of Elis, he beheld Hippodamia, the king's daughter, whose beauty won his heart.[↗](../../emigrate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **emigration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Emigration is leaving your own country to go and live permanently in another country.[↗](../../emigration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was huge emigration from Ireland during the famine.[↗](../../emigration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Emigration to Australia was popular among British families.[↗](../../emigration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many emigrants left by ship, a journey of many weeks.[↗](../../emigration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Emigration can split families across the world.[↗](../../emigration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Poverty and war are common causes of emigration.[↗](../../emigration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad talks about his emigration from Scotland to Canada.[↗](../../emigration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eminence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eminence is the state of being famous, important or high in rank.[↗](../../eminence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An eminence is a high hill or rising ground (formal use).[↗](../../eminence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He rose to eminence as a great doctor.[↗](../../eminence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · From the eminence we saw the sea.[↗](../../eminence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her skill brought her great eminence.[↗](../../eminence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.[↗](../../eminence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eminence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **eminent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eminent means famous, respected and important, known for doing something very well.[↗](../../eminent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is an eminent judge.[↗](../../eminent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king called on eminent doctors.[↗](../../eminent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The eminent mice chose the general.[↗](../../eminent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the volume entitled "La Kabbale" by the eminent French scholar and Membre de L'Institut, Adolphe Franck, there is a chapter on the "Sepher Yetzirah.'[↗](../../eminent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") He writes as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../eminent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand.[↗](../../eminent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eminent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · that thou hast built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.[↗](../../eminent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eminent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot that enhanceth her hire.[↗](../../eminent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eminent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/11/) **12** [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/13/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/11/) - next →: [page 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