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Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon.

To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.

ster. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon. Except your embassages have better success. Motley.

contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.

The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon.

The act of poisoning. Bacon.

The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

zard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. Bacon.

The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon.

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon.

The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility. Bacon.

That which is entire; the whole. Bacon.

ntry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item. A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon.

A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] Bacon.

ere like astronomers which did feign eccentries, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon.

Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.

To rise upright. [Obs.] By wet, stalks do erect. Bacon.

ake one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace. "He espoused that quarrel." Bacon. Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war. Bp. Burnet.