Definition Dictionary

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

A gradual intrusion into another space, right, or activity.

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.

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 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.

An orderly listing or count of separate items.

To imagine or picture a future possibility.

A long narrative, especially one involving heroic or momentous events.

A concluding section that follows the main work.

A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.

To represent the essential qualities of something.

A distinctive period marked by significant developments.

Either of the two annual times when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, with day and night approximately equal in length.