Definition Dictionary

The capacity to understand or share another person's feelings or perspective.

Based on observation or experience rather than theory alone.

To strive to equal or surpass a model through imitation.

One word family: also includes emulation.

To express the essential features of something briefly.

To delight or charm someone deeply.

To include or surround within a larger whole.

To gradually intrude on another person's space, time, or rights.

One word family: also includes encroachment.

An earnest attempt or sustained effort toward a goal.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

Originating within the system or organism being considered.

To weaken or drain of energy.

Attractive or interesting enough to hold attention.

To cause a feeling, situation, or condition to arise.

Absorbed in something to the exclusion of other concerns.

To improve or increase a quality, value, or effect.

Something puzzling or difficult to understand.

Extreme wickedness or outrageousness.

To settle comfortably or securely in a place.

To involve or require as a necessary part or consequence.

To hold someone's attention completely through fascination or delight.

To attract or persuade someone by offering something appealing.

A group of companions, assistants, or attendants surrounding a person.

To list or specify items one by one.

One word family: also includes enumeration.

To imagine or picture a future possibility.