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prop. n. [ F. décembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten. ] 1. The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir. ] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismembered p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering. ] [ OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member. ] 1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of membership. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

Syn. -- To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement. ] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m&unr_;tilation; division; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make brilliant with beams. [ R. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding. ] [ Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed. ] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. enclosed or fixed firmly in a surrounding mass; surrounded on all sides; as, found pebbles embedded in the silt; stone containing many embedded fossils; as, peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fixed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; as, confused by the embedded Latin quotations; an embedded subordinate clause. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embellished p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing. ] [ OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty. ] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embellishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embellissement. ] 1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. &unr_;myrie; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke. ] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. “He rakes hot embers.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run. ] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [ A. D. 1095 ] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Norw. embergaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi. ] (Zoöl.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [ Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Ember days. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make better. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embezzled p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling ] [ Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle. ] 1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust; -- of money; as, the banker absconded with embezzled payroll; the embezzled funds amounted to millions of dollars.
Syn. -- misappropriated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embezzles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Remember. ] To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. Rom. xii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as: (a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. (b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. (c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. (d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. (e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. (f) (Math.) one of the elements which, taken together, comprise a set. (g) (Math.) one of the individual objects which comprise a group or class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Compression member,
Tension member (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of members, as of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the middle part of November. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the middle part of September. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is not a member; as, nonmembers are not allowed in the club reading room. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. State of not being a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. November, or Novembris (sc. mensis), the ninth month of the old Roman year, which began with March, fr. novem nine: cf. F. Novembre. See Nine. ] The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To embellish excessively; to render too ornate or complicated. [ PJC ]

adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.
Syn. -- empurpled, flowery, ornate, purple. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Ramberge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Remembered p. pr. & vb. n. Remembering. ] [ OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate. ] 1. To have (a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are said to remember anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they may have their wages duly paid 'em,
And something over to remember me by. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [ Obs. ] “Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

My friends remembered me of home. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Remember you of passed heaviness. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

And well thou wost [ knowest ] if it remember thee. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mention. [ Obs. ] “As in many cases hereafter to be remembered.” Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable or worthy of being remembered. -- Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

n. One who remembers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. septem seven, as being the seventh month of the Roman year, which began with March: cf. F. septembre. See Seven. ] The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Setembrist. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + member. ] To deprive of membership, as in a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]