--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 14 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/14/) [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 14 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Employment is having a paid job.[↗](../../employment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Employment is the act of giving someone work.[↗](../../employment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) The employment of something is the use of it.[↗](../../employment/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother found employment at a garage.[↗](../../employment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new factory brought employment to the town.[↗](../../employment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The employment rate went up this year.[↗](../../employment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is in full-time employment.[↗](../../employment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 80 of every 100 adults are in employment; what fraction is that?[↗](../../employment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The employment of robots has changed farming.[↗](../../employment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is that the proper sort of employment for me?[↗](../../employment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **empowered** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling strong, confident and in control of your life.[↗](../../empowered/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Given the power, right or permission to do something, especially officially: «The police are empowered to arrest».[↗](../../empowered/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Learning to swim made Amy feel empowered.[↗](../../empowered/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school council is empowered to choose new games for the yard.[↗](../../empowered/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Police officers are empowered to stop cars.[↗](../../empowered/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Speaking up in class left him feeling empowered.[↗](../../empowered/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge is empowered to decide the case.[↗](../../empowered/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Girls in the club felt empowered to try coding.[↗](../../empowered/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **empress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An empress is a woman who rules an empire.[↗](../../empress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An empress is the wife of an emperor.[↗](../../empress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia.[↗](../../empress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Queen Victoria was also called Empress of India.[↗](../../empress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wu Zetian was the only woman to rule China as empress.[↗](../../empress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The empress wore a gold crown.[↗](../../empress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The emperor and the empress greeted the visitors.[↗](../../empress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the empress loved nightingales.[↗](../../empress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Let them take their silliness home,’ said the empress.[↗](../../empress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **emptiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The state of having nothing or nobody inside.[↗](../../emptiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sad feeling that something is missing in your life, or that nothing matters.[↗](../../emptiness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The emptiness of the classroom after school felt strange.[↗](../../emptiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After her friend moved away, she felt a deep emptiness.[↗](../../emptiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronauts look out at the emptiness of space.[↗](../../emptiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The emptiness of the desert stretched for miles.[↗](../../emptiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The house echoed with emptiness.[↗](../../emptiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you feel emptiness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.[↗](../../emptiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../emptiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.[↗](../../emptiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../emptiness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **empty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box.[↗](../../empty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Empty means with no people: an empty street.[↗](../../empty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To empty is to take everything out: empty your bag.[↗](../../empty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Scene 1.[↗](../../empty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") The table is empty.[↗](../../empty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The jar was empty, then Kim put in 7 coins.[↗](../../empty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the party the box was empty.[↗](../../empty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please empty the dishwasher.[↗](../../empty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The playground was empty after the bell.[↗](../../empty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My water bottle is empty; can I fill it?[↗](../../empty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She emptied her pockets onto the table.[↗](../../empty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An empty glass is not really empty: it is full of air.[↗](../../empty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The bed was cold and empty\![↗](../../empty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And none shall appear before Me empty.[↗](../../empty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; (Torah EXO.3.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty; (Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?[↗](../../empty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.[↗](../../empty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.22.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.[↗](../../empty/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../empty/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **emu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An emu is a very large bird from Australia that cannot fly but can run very fast.[↗](../../emu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is the second-tallest bird in the world, after the ostrich.[↗](../../emu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An emu can run faster than a car on a city street.[↗](../../emu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Emus cannot fly, but they are great runners.[↗](../../emu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The emu laid big dark green eggs.[↗](../../emu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The father emu sits on the eggs.[↗](../../emu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a mob of emus in the outback.[↗](../../emu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An emu and a kangaroo are on Australia's coat of arms.[↗](../../emu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The emu is the second-tallest bird after the ostrich.[↗](../../emu/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **emulsion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mixture of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water, where tiny drops of one are spread through the other.[↗](../../emulsion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) Emulsion paint: a water-based paint for walls and ceilings.[↗](../../emulsion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The light-sensitive coating on old photographic film.[↗](../../emulsion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and egg yolk.[↗](../../emulsion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shake the dressing to make an emulsion.[↗](../../emulsion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk is an emulsion of fat in water.[↗](../../emulsion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The oil and vinegar separated when the emulsion settled.[↗](../../emulsion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad painted the ceiling with white emulsion.[↗](../../emulsion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old cameras used film with a light-sensitive emulsion.[↗](../../emulsion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **en** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été» (in summer), «en bus» (by bus).[↗](../../en/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) «En» also means «some» or «of it»: «j'en veux» means «I want some».[↗](../../en/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* English borrows French phrases: «en route» (on the way), «en masse» (all together in a big group).[↗](../../en/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (printing) An «en dash» (–) is a dash about the width of the letter n.[↗](../../en/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") To an English ear French «en» sounds like a nasal «on».[↗](../../en/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* En can also mean "and" in some old country speech, as in "Brer Rabbit en Brer Fox.".[↗](../../en/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «J'habite en Angleterre» means «I live in England».[↗](../../en/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «En hiver» means «in winter».[↗](../../en/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We stopped for a snack en route to the beach.[↗](../../en/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The parents arrived en masse for the school play.[↗](../../en/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tu en veux?» means «do you want some?»[↗](../../en/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use an en dash in ranges like «5–10».[↗](../../en/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · French «en» sounds a bit like «on» said through the nose.[↗](../../en/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How Miss Brune en Miss Brindle?"[↗](../../en/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat — the same is Kadesh — and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.[↗](../../en/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../en/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/SepherYetzirah (/Preface, /Introduction, /SepherYetzirah), fetched via index.php?action=render on 2026-10-17.[↗](../../en/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../en/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · psn ppn nvnix DTtfl onK'y Twenty-two letters He en- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../en/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; (Prophets JOS.19.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../en/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; (Prophets JOS.15.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../en/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; (Prophets JOS.19.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../en/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **enable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To enable means to make it possible for someone or something to do something.[↗](../../enable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To enable a setting on a computer or phone means to turn it on.[↗](../../enable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, disapproving) To enable someone can mean to help them keep doing something bad for them.[↗](../../enable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Glasses enable my grandad to read.[↗](../../enable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wings enable birds to fly.[↗](../../enable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Enable Bluetooth to connect the speaker.[↗](../../enable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ramp enables wheelchair users to get in.[↗](../../enable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Knowing the length and width enables you to find the area.[↗](../../enable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Money from the fair enabled the school to buy books.[↗](../../enable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “But 'tis the air which enables thee to breathe,” said the poet's voice.[↗](../../enable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **enact** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) To enact a law means to make it officially into law.[↗](../../enact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To enact a story or scene means to act it out or perform it.[↗](../../enact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To enact something can also mean to carry out a plan.[↗](../../enact/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Parliament enacted a new law about plastic bags.[↗](../../enact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class enacted the story of the Gunpowder Plot.[↗](../../enact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was enacted after months of talks.[↗](../../enact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We enacted the story of Robin Hood in drama.[↗](../../enact/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The law was enacted last year.[↗](../../enact/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then having given the necessary instructions to the redskins he returned to the home, where an unworthy scene had been enacted in his absence.[↗](../../enact/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **enactment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) The act of making a bill into law, or the law itself.[↗](../../enactment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Acting out a story or event, like a re-enactment of a battle.[↗](../../enactment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The enactment of the new law took many months.[↗](../../enactment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings.[↗](../../enactment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class did an enactment of the Nativity story.[↗](../../enactment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Parliament voted for the enactment of the bill.[↗](../../enactment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The enactment made school compulsory for all children.[↗](../../enactment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each enactment is written down in the law books.[↗](../../enactment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **enamel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hard, white, shiny outer layer of your teeth that protects them.[↗](../../enamel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hard, shiny coating like glass, melted onto metal or pottery, like an enamel mug or a badge.[↗](../../enamel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A type of glossy paint.[↗](../../enamel/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To enamel something means to cover it with a hard, shiny coating.[↗](../../enamel/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Enamel is the hard white layer on your teeth.[↗](../../enamel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugary drinks can damage your tooth enamel.[↗](../../enamel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fluoride toothpaste makes enamel stronger.[↗](../../enamel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug.[↗](../../enamel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The badge was made of colourful enamel.[↗](../../enamel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Enamel is the hardest part of the human body.[↗](../../enamel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Acid from cola can soften enamel.[↗](../../enamel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Once enamel is gone, it doesn't grow back.[↗](../../enamel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘We will try it,’ said Manawyddan, and they began to make shields, and fashioned them after the shape of the shields they had seen; and these likewise they enamelled.[↗](../../enamel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **enamour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To enamour someone is to charm them so they feel love for you.[↗](../../enamour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is usually used as «be enamoured of» someone, meaning to be full of love for them.[↗](../../enamour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was enamoured of the girl with golden hair.[↗](../../enamour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince became enamoured with the singer.[↗](../../enamour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old king was enamoured of his youngest daughter.[↗](../../enamour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **encamp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time.[↗](../../encamp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soldiers encamped by the river.[↗](../../encamp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We encamped under the stars.[↗](../../encamp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights encamped where they stood.[↗](../../encamp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.[↗](../../encamp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.[↗](../../encamp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.[↗](../../encamp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped\![↗](../../encamp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they encamped one over against the other seven days.[↗](../../encamp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.[↗](../../encamp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encamp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **encampment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees or travellers, set up tents or shelters for a time.[↗](../../encampment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A camp, especially a large or temporary one.[↗](../../encampment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Roman soldiers built an encampment by the river.[↗](../../encampment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The refugees lived in a large encampment for months.[↗](../../encampment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scouts set up an encampment in the woods.[↗](../../encampment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke rose from the encampment at night.[↗](../../encampment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Archaeologists found the remains of an ancient encampment.[↗](../../encampment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Protesters made an encampment outside the building.[↗](../../encampment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He marched back singing to the encampment, and men saw once more the merry Chief they had almost forgotten.[↗](../../encampment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.[↗](../../encampment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encampment/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.[↗](../../encampment/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encampment/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.[↗](../../encampment/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encampment/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, (Writings 1CH.6.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encampment/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.[↗](../../encampment/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../encampment/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **encase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cover or surround something completely, as if in a case or box.[↗](../../encase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To put something inside a hard protective cover.[↗](../../encase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The insect was encased in amber millions of years ago.[↗](../../encase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow encased the car overnight.[↗](../../encase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His broken leg was encased in plaster.[↗](../../encase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wires are encased in plastic for safety.[↗](../../encase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The chocolate egg was encased in shiny foil.[↗](../../encase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Builders encase the steel in concrete.[↗](../../encase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **encased** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Completely covered or surrounded by something hard or protective.[↗](../../encased/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Put inside a case or shell.[↗](../../encased/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mammoth was encased in ice for thousands of years.[↗](../../encased/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight was encased in shining armour.[↗](../../encased/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her phone was encased in a tough rubber cover.[↗](../../encased/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil fish was encased in stone.[↗](../../encased/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge was encased in scaffolding.[↗](../../encased/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His arm was encased in a bright blue cast.[↗](../../encased/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His tail was encased in a blue silk covering, which was to protect it from the rain.[↗](../../encased/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **enchanted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Enchanted means under a magic spell, or full of magic.[↗](../../enchanted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Enchanted can mean charmed or delighted by something.[↗](../../enchanted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The enchanted forest was full of singing birds.[↗](../../enchanted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion was an enchanted prince.[↗](../../enchanted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Had she come to the enchanted garden?[↗](../../enchanted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **enchanter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An enchanter is a person in stories who uses magic spells, especially to charm or control people.[↗](../../enchanter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) An enchanter is someone who charms and delights people.[↗](../../enchanter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The enchanter turned the prince into a frog.[↗](../../enchanter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the legend, Merlin the enchanter helped King Arthur.[↗](../../enchanter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked enchanter cast a sleeping spell on the castle.[↗](../../enchanter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children broke the enchanter's spell with kindness.[↗](../../enchanter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storyteller was a real enchanter; nobody moved while she spoke.[↗](../../enchanter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An enchantress lived in the tower.[↗](../../enchanter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When the Enchanter heard this he insisted that she must come.[↗](../../enchanter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enchanter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.[↗](../../enchanter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enchanter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.[↗](../../enchanter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enchanter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams.[↗](../../enchanter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../enchanter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/15/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/13/) - next →: [page 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/15/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)