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em-
(EM)within, put into
Latin (through French) for within or put into. To empower is to put power into someone; to enclose is to put something inside walls.
prefixLatin
Place & directionSpellings:emen
Example words
empower
to give power to someone
embrace
to take into one's arms
encircle
to form a circle around
enchant
to put under a spell; to charm
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing em-, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
empower
to give power to someone
embrace
to take into one's arms
encircle
to form a circle around
enchant
to put under a spell; to charm
empathy
feeling another person's feelings as if from inside
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 5, 6, 7
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
Place & direction. Roots that locate things: under, over, between, before, after.
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