instruct someone to do something

"We were all enjoined to be on our best behaviour"

Synonyms:urge, instruct

make (someone) more cheerful or animated

"A dash of humour can enliven any conversation"

Synonyms:cheer up

the act of elevating someone to the nobility

Synonyms:magnification, aggrandizement, glorification

a feeling of boredom or weariness

"He experienced a sense of ennui after spending too much time indoors"

Synonyms:boredom, tedium, lethargy

establish or settle in a comfortable, safe place

Synonyms:settle, nestle

catch or trap

"The spider spuns its web to ensnare insects"

Synonyms:capture, trap, entrap, catch, snare

happen or occur afterwards or as a result

"A prolonged silence ensued after the teacher shouted"

Synonyms:result, follow

to involve or make something necessary

"Any investment entails risk"

involve someone is a difficult situation

"They were suspicious of becoming entangled in a civil war"

Synonyms:implicate, embroil

cause to become twisted together with or caught in

"A crab became entangled in the fishing net"

to express excitement about something

"They enthused over my new look"

to give someone the right to do or have something

Synonyms:qualify, authorize, empower, entrust

give (something) a particular title

"A novel entitled "The Forgotten Child""

"His friends entreated him not to go"

Synonyms:implore, beseech, beg

an earnest or humble request

"His supervisors have ignored his entreaties"

Synonyms:plea, appeal, request, petition

to establish firmly and securely

"Racism is entrenched in our society"

Synonyms:establish, settle

assign responsibilty to someone

"I've been entrusted with the task of helping him in his homework"

Synonyms:assign, allocate, authorize, delegate

say and pronounce clearly

"She enunciated each word slowly"

Synonyms:pronounce, articulate

to imagine or visualize something in the future

"She envisaged a successful career in the field of medicine"

Synonyms:imagine, visualize, foresee, forecast

a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission

Synonyms:representative, delegate, ambassador, emissary

lasting for a very short time

"Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old"

Synonyms:transient, fleeting, brief

a person who enjoys high quality food and drink

Synonyms:gourmet, glutton, gastronome, gourmand