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Traditional English :: embezzle
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embezzler.html - v.tr. (also absol.) divert (money etc.) fraudulently to one's own use. embezzlement n. embezzler n. [AF embesiler (as EN-(1), OF besillier maltreat, ravage, of unkn. orig.)] |
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Traditional English :: embezzle
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embezzler.html - v.tr. (also absol.) divert (money etc.) fraudulently to one's own use. embezzlement n. embezzler n. [AF embesiler (as EN-(1), OF besillier maltreat, ravage, of unkn. orig.)] |
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Traditional English :: embed
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embezzler.html - v.tr. (also imbed) (-bedded, -bedding) 1 (esp. as embedded adj.) fix firmly in a surrounding mass (embedded in concrete). 2 (of a mass) surround so as to fix firmly. 3 place in or as in a bed. |
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Traditional English :: embellish
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embezzler.html - v.tr. 1 beautify, adorn. 2 add interest to (a narrative) with fictitious additions. embellisher n. embellishment n. [ME f. OF embellir (as EN-(1), bel handsome f. L bellus)] |
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Traditional English :: ember days
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embezzler.html - n.pl. any of the days traditionally reserved for fasting and prayer in the Christian Church, now associated with ordinations. [OE ymbren (n.), perh. f. ymbryne period f. ymb about + ryne course] |
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Traditional English :: ember(1)
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embezzler.html - n. 1 (usu. in pl.) a small piece of glowing coal or wood in a dying fire. 2 an almost extinct residue of a past activity, feeling, etc. [OE ómyrge f. Gmc] |
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