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word: endogenic
definition:
endogenic

endogenetic

en`do*ge*net"ic, en`do*gen"ic
adj.
1.
(Biol.)
Relating to or arising from an internal process; same as endogenous.

Syn. --.

2.
(Geol.)
Relating to the interior of the earth; of or pertaining to a metamorphic process occurring within a planet. Opposed to exogenetic.

Syn. -- endogenic.


word: Endogenous
definition:
Endogenous

En*dog"e*nous
(?)
a.
1.
(Bot.)
Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

2.
(Biol.)
Originating from within; increasing by internal growth.

Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.


word: Endogeny
definition:
Endogeny

En*dog"e*ny
(?)
n.
[See Endogenesis.]
(Biol.)
Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.


word: Endognath
definition:
Endognath

En"dog*nath
(ĕn"d&obreve_;g*năth)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Zoöl.)
The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.


word: Endolymph
definition:
Endolymph

En"do*lymph
(?)
n.
[Endo- + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.]
(Anat.)
The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.


word: Endolymphangial
definition:
Endolymphangial

En"do*lym*phan"gi*al
(?)
a.
[Endo- + lymphangial.]
(Anat.)
Within a lymphatic vessel.


word: Endolymphatic
definition:
Endolymphatic

En"do*lym*phat"ic
(?)
a.
[Endo- + lymphatic.]
(Anat.)
(a)
Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.
(b)
Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.


word: Endometritis
definition:
Endometritis

En`do*me*tri"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Endometrium, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the endometrium.


word: Endometrium
definition:
Endometrium

En`do*me"tri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + mh`tra the womb.]
(Anat.)
The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.


word: Endomorph
definition:
Endomorph

En"do*morph
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. morfh` form.]
(Min.)
A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.


word: Endomysium
definition:
Endomysium

En`do*my"si*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + my^s a muscle.]
(Anat.)
The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.


word: Endoneurium
definition:
Endoneurium

En`do*neu"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + _; a sinew, nerve.]
(Anat.)
The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.


word: Endoparasite
definition:
Endoparasite

En`do*par"a*site
(?)
n.
[Endo- + parasite.]
(Zoöl.)
Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön.
En`do*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.


word: Endophloeum
definition:
Endophloeum

En`do*phlœ"um
(ĕn`d&omacr*flē"ŭm)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + floio`s bark.]
(Bot.)
The inner layer of the bark of trees.


word: Endophragma
definition:
Endophragma

En`do*phrag"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon + fra`gma a fence.]
(Zoöl.)
A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.


word: Endophyllous
definition:
Endophyllous

En*doph"yl*lous
(?)
a.
[Endo- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.


word: Endoplasm
definition:
Endoplasm

En"do*plasm
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; anything formed or molded.]
(Biol.)
The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.


word: Endoplastica
definition:
Endoplastica

En`do*plas"ti*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  within + _; plastic.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the amœba.


word: Endoplastule
definition:
Endoplastule

En`do*plas"tule
(?; 135)
n.
[A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. _; to mold.]
(Biol.)
See Nucleolus.


word: Endopleura
definition:
Endopleura

En`do*pleu"ra
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  within + _; rib, side. See Pleura.]
(Bot.)
The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.


word: Endopleurite
definition:
Endopleurite

En`do*pleu"rite
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; a rib.]
(Zoöl.)
The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.


word: Endopodite
definition:
Endopodite

En*dop"o*dite
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, a foot.]
(Zoöl.)
The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.


word: Endorhiza
definition:
Endorhiza

En`do*rhi"za
(?)
n.
pl. Endorhizæ (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  within + _; root.]
(Bot.)
Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

&hand_; Endorhiza was proposed by Richard as a substitute for the term endogen, and exorhiza as a substitute for the term exogen; but they have not been generally adopted.


word: Endorhizous
definition:
Endorhizous

Endorhizal

{ En`do*rhi"zal (?), En`do*rhi"zous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.


word: Endorse
definition:
Endorse

En*dorse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endorsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.]
[Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.]
Same as Indorse.

&hand_; Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.


word: Endorse₂
definition:
Endorse

En*dorse"
n.
(Her.)
A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).


word: Endosarc
definition:
Endosarc

En"do*sarc
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _;, _;, flesh.]
(Biol.)
The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amœba; entoplasm; endoplasta.


word: Endoscope
definition:
Endoscope

En"do*scope
(?)
n.
[Endo- + -scope.]
(Med.)
An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the  body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery.  It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.


word: Endoscopy
definition:
Endoscopy

En*dos"co*py
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope.


word: Endoskeletal
definition:
Endoskeletal

En`do*skel"e*tal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.


word: Endoskeleton
definition:
Endoskeleton

En`do*skel"e*ton
(?)
n.
[Endo- + skeleton.]
(Anat.)
The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.


word: Endosmometer
definition:
Endosmometer

En`dos*mom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Endosmose + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.


word: Endosmometric
definition:
Endosmometric

En*dos`mo*met"ric
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.


word: Endosmosis
definition:
Endosmosis

Endosmose

{ En"dos*mose` (?), En`dos*mo"sis (?), }
n.
[NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + _; a thrusting, impulsion, fr. _; to push: cf. F. endosmose.]
(Physics)
The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.


word: Endosmotic
definition:
Endosmotic

En`dos*mot"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.
Carpenter.


word: Endosperm
definition:
Endosperm

En"do*sperm
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; seed.]
(Bot.)
The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.


word: Endosporous
definition:
Endosporous

En`do*spor"ous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.


word: Endoss
definition:
Endoss

En*doss"
(?; 115)
v. t.
[F. endosser. See Endorse.]
To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Endosternite
definition:
Endosternite

En`do*ster"nite
(?)
n.
[Endo- + sternum.]
(Zoöl.)
The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.


word: Endosteum
definition:
Endosteum

En*dos"te*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; + _; a bone.]
(Anat.)
The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.


word: Endostoma
definition:
Endostoma

En*dos"to*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; + _;, _;, the mouth.]
(Zoöl.)
A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.


word: Endostome
definition:
Endostome

En"do*stome
(?)
n.
[See Endostoma.]
1.
(Bot.)
The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

2.
(Zoöl.)
And endostoma.


word: Endostosis
definition:
Endostosis

En`dos*to"sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Endo-, and Ostosis.]
(Physiol.)
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.


word: Endostyle
definition:
Endostyle

En"do*style
(?)
n.
[Endo- + Gr. _; a pillar.]
(Zoöl.)
A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.


word: Endotheca
definition:
Endotheca

En`do*the"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'e`ndon within + qh`kh a case, box, fr. _; to place.]
(Zoöl.)
The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.
En`do*the"cal (#), a.


word: Endothecium
definition:
Endothecium

En`do*the"ci*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Endotheca.]
(Bot.)
The inner lining of an anther cell.


word: Endothelium
definition:
Endothelium

En`do*the"li*um
(?)
n.
pl. Endothelia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + _; nipple.]
(Anat.)
The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.


word: Endothermic
definition:
Endothermic

En`do*ther"mic
(?)
a.
[Pref. endo- + thermic.]
(Chem.)
Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.


word: Endothorax
definition:
Endothorax

En`do*tho"rax
(?)
n.
[Endo- + thorax.]
(Zoöl.)
An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.


word: Endow
definition:
Endow

En*dow"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.]
[OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue.]
1.
To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

Endowing hospitals and almshouses.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.
To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.


word: Endowment
definition:
Endowment

En*dow"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

2.
That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

3.
That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do.
I. Taylor.


word: Endozoa
definition:
Endozoa

En`do*zo"a
(ĕn`do̝*z&omacr"ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zoöl.)
See Entozoa.


word: endozoic
definition:
endozoic

en`do*zo"ic
(ĕn`do̝*z&omacr"ĭk)
adj.
Living within a living animal, usually as a parasite; as, endozoic worms.  Contrasted with epizoic.

Syn. -- entozoic, entozoan.


word: Endrudge
definition:
Endrudge

En*drudge"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + drudge.]
To make a drudge or slave of.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Endue
definition:
Endue

En*due"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Endued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.]
[L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.]
To invest.
Latham.

Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Luke xxiv. 49.

Endue them . . .  with heavenly gifts.
Book of Common Prayer.


word: Endurable
definition:
Endurable

En*dur"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.]
Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
Macaulay.
En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Endurance
definition:
Endurance

En*dur"ance
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.]
1.
A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Endurant
definition:
Endurant

En*dur"ant
(?)
a.
Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.

The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal.
J. G. Wood.


word: Endure
definition:
Endure

En*dure"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Endured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring (?).]
[F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]
1.
To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

Their verdure still endure.
Shak.

He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure.
Job viii. 15.

2.
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
Ezek. xxii. 14.


word: Endure₂
definition:
Endure

En*dure"
v. t.
1.
To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
Dryden.

2.
To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

I will no longer endure it.
Shak.

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.
2 Tim. ii. 10.

How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
Esther viii. 6.

3.
To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
[Obs.]

Manly limbs endured with little ease.
Spenser.


word: Endurer
definition:
Endurer

En*dur"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.


word: Enduring
definition:
Enduring

En*dur"ing
a.
Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.
enduring
Heb. x. 34.
En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.


word: end-user
definition:
end-user

end-user
n.
a person who uses an item of commerce for its designed purpose; -- contrasted with those who produce or resell the item or incorporate the item into another product.
Purchasers of items who are not end-users include: reseller; value-added reseller, VAR; and producer, manufacturer.

Syn. -- consumer.


word: Endwise
definition:
Endwise

Endways

{ End"ways` (?), End"wise (?), }
adv.
1.
On end; erectly; in an upright position.

2.
With the end forward.


word: Endysis
definition:
Endysis

En"dy*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Endyses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a putting on, fr. _; to put on.]
(Biol.)
The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.


word: Enecate
definition:
Enecate

En"e*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.]
To kill off; to destroy.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Enema
definition:
Enema

En"e*ma
(?)
n.
pl. L. Enemata (#).
[L. enema, Gr. _;, fr. _; to send in; _; in + _; to send.]
(Med.)
An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
Hoblyn.


word: Enemy
definition:
Enemy

En"e*my
(?)
n.
pl. Enemies (#).
[OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.]
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.

To all good he enemy was still.
Spenser.

I say unto you, Love your enemies.
Matt. v. 44.

The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
[1913 Webster]
It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.


word: Enemy₂
definition:
Enemy

En"e*my
a.
Hostile; inimical.
[Obs.]

They . . . every day grow more enemy to God.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Enepidermic
definition:
Enepidermic

En*ep`i*der"mic
(?)
a.
[Pref. en- (Gr. _;) + epidermic.]
(Med.)
Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.


word: Energetical
definition:
Energetical

Energetic

{ En`er*get"ic (?), En`er*get"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to work, be active, fr. _; active. See Energy.]
1.
Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.
energetic
Grew.

2.
Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.


word: Energetics
definition:
Energetics

En`er*get"ics
(?)
n.
That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.
[R.]


word: Energical
definition:
Energical

Energic

{ En*er"gic (?), En*er"gic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. énergique.]
1.
In a state of action; acting; operating.

2.
Having energy or great power; energetic.

The energic faculty that we call will.
Blackw. Mag.


word: energise
definition:
energise

energise
v. i. & t.
Same as energize.
[mostly British]

Syn. -- stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, perk up.


word: Energize
definition:
Energize

En"er*gize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Energized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Energizing (?).]
[From Energy.]
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.
J. C. Shairp.


word: Energize₂
definition:
Energize

En"er*gize
v. t.
To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.


word: Energizer
definition:
Energizer

En"er*gi`zer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.


word: energizing
definition:
energizing

en"er*gi`zing
(?)
a.
1.
imparting or capable of imparting vitality and energy.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic.
Those nobler exercises of energizing love.
Bp. Horsley.

2.
supplying motive force.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- energizing, energising, kinetic.


word: Energumen
definition:
Energumen

En`er*gu"men
(?)
n.
[L. energumenos, fr. Gr. _; possessed by an evil spirit, from _;: cf. F. énergumène. See Energetic.]
(Eccl. Antiq.)
One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.


word: Energy
definition:
Energy

En"er*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Energies (#).
[F. énergie, LL. energia, fr. Gr._;, fr. _; active; _; in + _; work. See In, and Work.]
1.
Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects.
Paley.

2.
Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

3.
Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

4.
(Physics)
Capacity for performing work.

&hand_; The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the element, relative to some given body or point. The available kinetic energy of a material system unconnected with any other system is that energy which is due to the motions of the parts of the system relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic; -- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat, electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the earth and acted on by gravity.

Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, and Degradation of energy, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, etc.


word: energy-absorbing
definition:
energy-absorbing

energy-absorbing
adj.
capable of absorbing energy; as, energy-absorbing bumpers reduce injury and damage in vehicle collisions.


word: energy-releasing
definition:
energy-releasing

energy-releasing
adj.
1.
releasing energy.
exothermic (vs. endothermic), exothermal

Syn. -- exoergic.

2.
catabolic.
[prenominal]
constructive-metabolic

Syn. -- destructive-metabolic(prenominal).


word: energy-storing
definition:
energy-storing

energy-storing
adj.
1.
anabolic.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- constructive-metabolic(prenominal).


word: Enervate
definition:
Enervate

E*ner"vate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enervated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.]
[L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]
To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

A man . . . enervated by licentiousness.
Macaulay.

And rhyme began t' enervate poetry.
Dryden.


word: enervating
definition:
enervating

enervating
adj.
causing the loss of strength or vigor.

Syn. -- debilitative, enfeebling, weakening.


word: Enervation
definition:
Enervation

En`er*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. enervatio: cf. F. énervation.]
1.
The act of weakening, or reducing strength.

2.
The state of being weakened; effeminacy.
Bacon.


word: Enface
definition:
Enface

En*face"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfacing.]
[Pref. en- + face.]
1.
To write or print on the face of (a draft, bill, etc.); as, to enface drafts with memoranda.

2.
To write or print (a memorandum, direction, or the like) on the face of a draft, bill, etc.; as, to enface the words “Payable in Calcutta” upon the face of a draft.
Enfaced paper (Com.), Indian government securities the principal and interest of which are enfaced as payable in silver rupees. Dict. of Pol. Econ.


word: Enfeeble
definition:
Enfeeble

En*fee"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfeebled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeebling (?).]
[OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
Prescott.


word: Enfeloned
definition:
Enfeloned

En*fel"oned
(?)
a.
[Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner.]
Rendered fierce or frantic.
[Obs.]
enfeloned
Spenser.


word: Enfeoff
definition:
Enfeoff

En*feoff"
(?; see Feoff, 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.]
[Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1.
(Law)
To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.
Mozley & W.

2.
To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
[Obs.]

[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity.
Shak.


word: Enfeoffment
definition:
Enfeoffment

En*feoff"ment
(?)
n.
(Law)
(a)
The act of enfeoffing.
(b)
The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.


word: Enfever
definition:
Enfever

En*fe"ver
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfiévrer.]
To excite fever in.
[R.]
A. Seward.


word: Enfierce
definition:
Enfierce

En*fierce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfierced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfiercing (?).]
To make fierce.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Enfilade
definition:
Enfilade

En`fi*lade"
(?; 277)
n.
[F., fr. enfiler to thread, go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. en- (L. in) + fil thread. See File a row.]
1.
A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
[R.]

2.
(Mil.)
A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.


word: Enfilade₂
definition:
Enfilade

En`fi*lade"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfilading.]
(Mil.)
To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops.
Campbell.


word: Enfiled
definition:
Enfiled

En*filed"
(?)
p. a.
[F. enfiler to pierce, thread.]
(Her.)
Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be “enfiled of” the thing which it pierces.


word: Enflesh
definition:
Enflesh

En*flesh"
(?)
v. t.
To clothe with flesh.
[Obs.]

Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him.
Florio.


word: Enfleurage
definition:
Enfleurage

En`fleu`rage"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. en- (L. in) + fleur flower.]
A process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.


word: Enflower
definition:
Enflower

En*flow"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enflowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enflowering.]
To cover or deck with flowers.
[Poetic]

These odorous and enflowered fields.
B. Jonson.


word: Enforce
definition:
Enforce

En*force"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enforced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing (?).]
[OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]
1.
To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

Inward joy enforced my heart to smile.
Shak.

2.
To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage.
Enforcing
Spenser.

3.
To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

As swift as stones
Enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
Shak.

4.
To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity.
Burke.

5.
To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

6.
To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

Enforce him with his envy to the people.
Shak.


word: Enforce₂
definition:
Enforce

En*force
(?)
v. i.
1.
To attempt by force.
[Obs.]

2.
To prove; to evince.
[R.]
Hooker.

3.
To strengthen; to grow strong.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Enforced
definition:
Enforced

En*forced"
(?)
a.
Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
Enforced
Enforced
Shak.
En*for"ced*ly, adv.
Shak.


word: Enforcement
definition:
Enforcement

En*force"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. enforcement.]
1.
The act of enforcing; compulsion.

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement
You got it from her.
Shak.

2.
A giving force to; a putting in execution.

Enforcement of strict military discipline.
Palfrey.

3.
That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law.
Locke.


word: Enforcive
definition:
Enforcive

En*for"cive
(?)
a.
Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
Marsion.
En*for"cive*ly, adv.


word: Enfouldred
definition:
Enfouldred

En*foul"dred
(?)
a.
[Pref. en- + OF. fouldre, foldre, lightning, F. foudre, L. fulgur.]
Mixed with, or emitting, lightning.
[Obs.]
enfouldred
Spenser.


word: Enfranchise
definition:
Enfranchise

En*fran"chise
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising (?).]
[Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.]
1.
To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.
Bacon.

2.
To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote.

3.
To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words.
I. Watts.


word: enfranchised
definition:
enfranchised

enfranchised
adj.
endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
disenfranchised


word: Enfranchisement
definition:
Enfranchisement

En*fran"chise*ment
(?)
n.
1.
Releasing from slavery or custody.
Shak.

2.
Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens.

Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W.


word: Enfreeze
definition:
Enfreeze

En*freeze"
(?)
v. t.
To freeze; to congeal.
[Obs.]

Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast.
Spenser.


word: Engage
definition:
Engage

En*gage"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging (?).]
[F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See Gage.]
1.
To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
engaged
Shak.

2.
To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

3.
To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

Good nature engages everybody to him.
Addison.

4.
To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage.
Pope.

Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation.
Hawthorne.

5.
To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
Ludlow.

6.
(Mach.)
To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.


word: Engage₂
definition:
Engage

En*gage"
v. i.
1.
To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not.
Fuller.

2.
To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

3.
To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

4.
(Mach.)
To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.


word: Engaged
definition:
Engaged

En*gaged"
(?)
a.
1.
Occupied; employed; busy.

2.
Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

3.
Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

4.
Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.

Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.


word: Engagement
definition:
Engagement

En*gage"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. engagement.]
1.
The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

2.
The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

3.
That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league.
Milton.

4.
(Mil.)
An action; a fight; a battle.

In hot engagement with the Moors.
Dryden.

5.
(Mach.)
The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.


word: Engager
definition:
Engager

En*ga"ger
(?)
n.
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.

Several sufficient citizens were engagers.
Wood.


word: Engaging
definition:
Engaging

En*ga"ging
(?)
a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n.

Engaging and disengaging gear or Engaging and disengaging machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.


word: Engaol
definition:
Engaol

En*gaol"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + gaol: cf. OF. engaoler, engeoler. See Gaol, and cf. Enjail.]
To put in jail; to imprison.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Engarboil
definition:
Engarboil

En*gar"boil
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + garboil.]
To throw into disorder; to disturb.
[Obs.]
engarboil
Bp. Montagu.


word: Engarland
definition:
Engarland

En*gar"land
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + garland: cf. F. enguirlander.]
To encircle with a garland, or with garlands.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Engarrison
definition:
Engarrison

En*gar"ri*son
(?)
v. t.
To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
Bp. Hall.


word: Engastrimuth
definition:
Engastrimuth

En*gas"tri*muth
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; in + _; belly + _; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe.]
An ventriloquist.
[Obs.]


word: Engender
definition:
Engender

En*gen"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.]
[F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See Generate, and cf. Ingenerate.]
1.
To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.
[R.]

2.
To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.

Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth.
Southey.


word: Engender₂
definition:
Engender

En*gen"der
v. i.
1.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there.
Dryden.

2.
To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace.
engender
Massinger.


word: Engild
definition:
Engild

En*gild"
(?)
v. t.
To gild; to make splendent.

Fair Helena, who most engilds the night.
Shak.


word: Engine
definition:
Engine

En"gine
(ĕn"jĭn)
n.
[F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin a snare.]
1.
(Pronounced, in this sense, ĕn*jēn".)
Natural capacity; ability; skill.
[Obs.]

A man hath sapiences three,
Memory, engine, and intellect also.
Chaucer.

2.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; a machine; an agent.
Shak.

You see the ways the fisherman doth take
To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
Bunyan.

Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
Shak.

3.
Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
engines
Sir W. Raleigh.

4.
(Mach.)
A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. -- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe. -- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine.

&hand_; The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.


word: Engine₂
definition:
Engine

En"gine
v. t.
1.
To assault with an engine.
[Obs.]

To engine and batter our walls.
T. Adams.

2.
To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

3.
(Pronounced, in this sense, _;_;_;_;_;.) To rack; to torture.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Engineer
definition:
Engineer

En`gi*neer"
(?)
n.
[OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ingénieur. See Engine, n.]
1.
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering; as, a civil engineer; an electronic engineer; a chemical engineer. See under Engineering, n.

2.
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

3.
One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.
[Colloq.]

Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. -- Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.


word: Engineer₂
definition:
Engineer

En`gi*neer"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.]
1.
To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
J. Hamilton.

2.
To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
[Colloq.]


word: Corps of Engineers
definition:
Corps of Engineers

Engineer Corps

En`gi*neer" Corps
(a)
In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field.
(b)
In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted of assistant and passed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants, chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, and engineer in chief, ranking with commodore and having charge of the Bureau of Steam Engineering.


word: Engineering
definition:
Engineering

En`gi*neer"ing
n.
Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the properties of matter are made useful to man, whether in structures, machines, chemical substances, or living organisms; the occupation and work of an engineer.  In the modern sense, the application of mathematics or systematic knowledge beyond the routine skills of practise, for the design of any complex system which performs useful functions, may be considered as engineering, including such abstract tasks as designing software (software engineering).

&hand_; In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. -- Civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. -- Mechanical engineering relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. -- Mining engineering deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc.


word: Enginer
definition:
Enginer

En"gin*er
(?)
n.
[See Engineer.]
A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Enginery
definition:
Enginery

En"gine*ry
(?)
n.
1.
The act or art of managing engines, or artillery.
Milton.

2.
Engines, in general; instruments of war.

Training his devilish enginery.
Milton.

3.
Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement.
Shenstone.


word: Engine-sized
definition:
Engine-sized

En"gine-sized`
(?)
a.
Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper.
Knight.


word: Engine-type generator
definition:
Engine-type generator

En"gine-type` gen"er*a`tor
(Elec.)
A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.


word: Enginous
definition:
Enginous

En"gi*nous
(?)
a.
[OF. engignos. See Ingenious.]
1.
Pertaining to an engine.
[Obs.]

That one act gives, like an enginous wheel,
Motion to all.
Decker.

2.
Contrived with care; ingenious.
[Obs.]

The mark of all enginous drifts.
B. Jonson.


word: Engird
definition:
Engird

En*gird"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engirded or Engirt (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Engirding.]
[Pref. en- + gird.  Cf. Ingirt.]
To gird; to encompass.
Shak.


word: Engiscope
definition:
Engiscope

En"gi*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; near + -scope.]
(Opt.)
A kind of reflecting microscope.
[Obs.]


word: Englaimed
definition:
Englaimed

En*glaimed"
(?)
a.
[OE.  engleimen to smear, gleim birdlime, glue, phlegm.]
Clammy.
[Obs.]


word: Engle
definition:
Engle

En"gle
(?)
n.
[OE. enghle to coax or cajole.  Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.]
A favorite; a paramour; an ingle.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Engle₂
definition:
Engle

En"gle
v. t.
To cajole or coax, as favorite.
[Obs.]

I 'll presently go and engle some broker.
B. Jonson.


word: English
definition:
English

Eng"lish
(?)
a.
[AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England.  Cf. Anglican.]
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n., 8. -- English breakfast tea. See Congou. -- English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. -- English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.


word: English₂
definition:
English

Eng"lish
n.
1.
Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.

2.
The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.

&hand_; The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English.

3.
A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

 The type called English.

4.
(Billiards)
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.

The King's English or The Queen's English. See under King.


word: English₃
definition:
English

Eng"lish
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Englished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.]
1.
To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.

Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation.
Milton.

Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing.
T. L. K. Oliphant.

2.
(Billiards)
To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
[U.S.]


word: Englishism
definition:
Englishism

Eng"lish*ism
(?)
n.
1.
A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English.
M. Arnold.

2.
A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.


word: Englishman
definition:
Englishman

Eng"lish*man
(-man)
n.
pl. Englishmen (-men).
A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.


word: Englishry
definition:
Englishry

Eng"lish*ry
(?)
n.
1.
The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
[Obs.]
Cowell.

2.
A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

A general massacre of the Englishry.
Macaulay.


word: English-weed
definition:
English-weed

English-weed
n.
a South African bulbous wood sorrel (Oxalis cernua) with showy yellow flowers.

Syn. -- Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua.


word: Englue
definition:
Englue

En*glue"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime.]
To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued.
Gower.


word: Englut
definition:
Englut

En*glut"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Englutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting (?).]
[Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir.]
1.
To swallow or gulp down.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To glut.
[Obs.]
Englutted
Ascham.


word: Engore
definition:
Engore

En*gore"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
[Obs.]

Deadly engored of a great wild boar.
Spenser.

2.
To make bloody.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Engorge
definition:
Engorge

En*gorge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engorged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging (?).]
[Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram.]
1.
To gorge; to glut.
Mir. for Mag.

2.
To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
Spenser.


word: Engorge₂
definition:
Engorge

En*gorge"
v. i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.
Beaumont.


word: Engorged
definition:
Engorged

En*gorged"
(?)
p. a.
1.
Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.

2.
(Med.)
Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.


word: Engorgement
definition:
Engorgement

En*gorge"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. engorgement.]
1.
The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

2.
(Med.)
An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
Hoblyn.

3.
(Metal.)
The clogging of a blast furnace.


word: Engouled
definition:
Engouled

En*gouled"
(?)
a.
(Her.)
Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.


word: Engoulee
definition:
Engoulee

En`gou`lée"
(?)
a.
[F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth.]
(Her.)
Same as Engouled.


word: Engraftment
definition:
Engraftment

Engraftation

{ En`graf*ta"tion (?), En*graft"ment (?), }
n.
The act of ingrafting; ingraftment.
[R.]


word: Engrail
definition:
Engrail

En*grail"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engrailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.]
[F. engrêler; pref. en- (L. in) + grêle hail. See Grail gravel.]
1.
To variegate or spot, as with hail.

A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues.
Chapman.

2.
(Her.)
To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.


word: Engrailed
definition:
Engrailed

En*grailed"
(?)
a.
(Her.)
Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.


word: Engrailment
definition:
Engrailment

En*grail"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc.
Brande & C.

2.
(Her.)
Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.


word: Engrain
definition:
Engrain

En*grain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engraining.]
[Pref. en- + grain.  Cf. Ingrain.]
1.
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.

Leaves engrained in lusty green.
Spenser.

2.
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

The stain hath become engrained by time.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.


word: Engrasp
definition:
Engrasp

En*grasp"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engrasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrasping.]
To grasp; to grip.
[R.]
Spenser.


word: Engrave
definition:
Engrave

En*grave"
v. t.
[Pref. en- + grave a tomb.  Cf. Engrave to carve.]
To deposit in the grave; to bury.
[Obs.]
engrave
Spenser.


word: Engrave₂
definition:
Engrave

En*grave"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Engraved (?); p. p. Engraved or Engraven (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.]
[Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]
1.
To cut in; to make by incision.
[Obs.]

Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh
He did engrave.
Spenser.

2.
To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.
Ex. xxviii. 11.

3.
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

4.
To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

Engrave principles in men's minds.
Locke.


word: Engraved
definition:
Engraved

En*graved"
(?)
a.
1.
Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.


word: Engraver
definition:
Engraver

En*grav"er
(?)
n.
One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.


word: Engraving
definition:
Engraving

En*grav"ing
n.
1.
The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

2.
That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

3.
An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

&hand_; Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.


word: Engregge
definition:
Engregge

En*greg"ge
(?)
v. t.
[OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis heavy, for L. gravis.  Cf. Aggravate.]
To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Engross
definition:
Engross

En*gross"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engrossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.]
[F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1.
To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
[Obs.]

Waves . . . engrossed with mud.
Spenser.

Not sleeping, to engross his idle body.
Shak.

2.
To amass.
[Obs.]

To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf.
Shak.

3.
To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.

Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials.
Hawthorne.

Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail.
De Quincey.

4.
To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

5.
To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.

Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage. -- Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.


word: Engrosser
definition:
Engrosser

En*gross"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

2.
One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
Locke.


word: engrossing
definition:
engrossing

engrossing
adj.
capable of holding the attention completely; very interesting.

Syn. -- absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting.


word: Engrossment
definition:
Engrossment

En*gross"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

Engrossments of power and favor.
Swift.

2.
That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.


word: Engulf
definition:
Engulf

En*gulf"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Engulfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.]
[Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer.  Cf. Ingulf.]
To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

It quite engulfs all human thought.
Young.


word: Enhance
definition:
Enhance

En*hance"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enhanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing (?).]
[Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]
1.
To raise or lift up; to exalt.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced.
Spenser.

2.
To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated.
Southey.


word: Enhance₂
definition:
Enhance

En*hance"
v. i.
To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.


word: Enhancement
definition:
Enhancement

En*hance"ment
(?)
n.
The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.


word: Enhancer
definition:
Enhancer

En*han"cer
(?)
n.
One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.


word: Enharden
definition:
Enharden

En*hard"en
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + harden: cf. F. enhardir to embolden.]
To harden; to embolden.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Enharmonical
definition:
Enharmonical

Enharmonic

{ En`har*mon"ic (ĕn`hȧr*m&obreve_;n"ĭk), En`har*mon"ic*al (ĕn`hȧr*m&obreve_;n"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[Gr. 'enarmoniko`s, 'enarmo`nios fitting, accordant; 'en in + "armoni`a harmony: cf. F. enharmonique.]
1.
(Anc. Mus.)
Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

2.
(Mus.)
(a)
Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A&flat for G&sharp.
(b)
Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.


word: Enharmonically
definition:
Enharmonically

En`har*mon"ic*al*ly
(?)
adv.
In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.


word: Enhearten
definition:
Enhearten

En*heart"en
(?)
v. t.
To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.

The enemy exults and is enheartened.
I. Taylor.


word: Enhort
definition:
Enhort

En*hort"
(?)
v. t.
[OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari.  Cf. Exhort.]
To encourage.
[Obs.]
enhort
Chaucer.


word: Enhunger
definition:
Enhunger

En*hun"ger
(?)
v. t.
To make hungry.

Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life.
J. Martineau.


word: Enhydrous
definition:
Enhydrous

En*hy"drous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; in + _; water.]
Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.


word: enigma
definition:
enigma

e*nig"ma
(e̝*nĭg"mȧ)
n.
pl. enigmas (e̝*nĭg"mȧz).
[L. aenigma, Gr. a'i`nigma, fr. a'ini`ssesqai to speak darkly, fr. a'i^nos tale, fable.]
1.
A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals.
Pope.

2.
An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.


word: Enigmatical
definition:
Enigmatical

Enigmatic

{ E`nig*mat"ic (?; 277), E`nig*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. énigmatique.]
Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; not clear to the understanding; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer; I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatical comment until much later; prophetic texts so enigmatical that their meaning has been disputed for centuries.

Syn. -- dark, obscure, puzzling.


word: Enigmatize
definition:
Enigmatize

E*nig"ma*tize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Enigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing (?).]
To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.


word: Enigmatology
definition:
Enigmatology

Enigmatography

{ E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy (?), }
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, an enigma + -graphy, -logy.]
The art of making or of solving enigmas.


word: Enisled
definition:
Enisled

En*isled"
(?)
p. a.
Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
[R.]
enisled
M. Arnold.


word: Enjail
definition:
Enjail

En*jail"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enjailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjailing.]
[Pref. en- + jail.  Cf. Engaol.]
To put into jail; to imprison.
[R.]
Donne.


word: Enjoin
definition:
Enjoin

En*join"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.]
[F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.]
1.
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

High matter thou enjoin'st me.
Milton.

I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
Shak.

2.
(Law)
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
Kent.

&hand_; Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. “This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.”
Johnson.


word: Enjoinment
definition:
Enjoinment

En*join"ment
(?)
n.
Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Enjoy
definition:
Enjoy

En*joy"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enjoyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoying.]
[OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See Joy.]
1.
To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

2.
To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.

That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Num. xxxvi. 8.

To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
Heb. xi. 25.

3.
To have sexual intercourse with.
Milton.

To enjoy one's self, to feel pleasure; to be happy.


word: Enjoyable
definition:
Enjoyable

En*joy"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.
Milton.


word: Enjoyment
definition:
Enjoyment

En*joy"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

2.
That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

The hope of everlasting enjoyments.
Glanvill.


word: Enkerchiefed
definition:
Enkerchiefed

En*ker"chiefed
(?)
a.
Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered.
Milton.

That soft, enkerchiefed hair.
M. Arnold.


word: Enkindle
definition:
Enkindle

En*kin"dle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enkindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enkindling (?).]
1.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.
Shak.

2.
To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.

To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist.
Talfourd.


word: Enlace
definition:
Enlace

En*lace"
(?)
v. t.
To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace.
P. Fletcher.


word: Enlacement
definition:
Enlacement

En*lace"ment
(?)
n.
The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.


word: Enlard
definition:
Enlard

En*lard"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste.]
To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten.
Shak.


word: Enlarge
definition:
Enlarge

En*large"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enlarged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging (?).]
[OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]
1.
To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

To enlarge their possessions of land.
Locke.

2.
To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.

O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged.
2 Cor. vi. 11.

3.
To set at large or set free.
[Archaic]

It will enlarge us from all restraints.
Barrow.

Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. Knight. -- To enlarge an order or To enlarge a rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. Abbott. -- To enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. “They enlarged themselves on this subject.” Clarendon. -- To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable.


word: Enlarge₂
definition:
Enlarge

En*large"
v. i.
1.
To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.

2.
To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

To enlarge upon this theme.
M. Arnold.

3.
(Naut.)
To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.


word: Enlarged
definition:
Enlarged

En*larged"
(?)
a.
Made large or larger; extended; swollen.
En*lar"ged*ly (#), adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.


word: Enlargement
definition:
Enlargement

En*large"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

2.
Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

3.
A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.

Give enlargement to the swain.
Shak.

4.
Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.

An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army.
Clarendon.


word: Enlarger
definition:
Enlarger

En*lar"ger
(?)
n.
1.
One who or that which enlarges.

2.
(Photography)
an optical device for making copies of photographs larger than the original, having a head for holding the original, a source of illumination to project the image, and a bed for holding the sensitized photographic paper which will received the larger image.


word: Enlight
definition:
Enlight

En*light"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + light.  Cf. Enlighten.]
To illumine; to enlighten.
[R.]

Which from the first has shone on ages past,
Enlights the present, and shall warm the last.
Pope.


word: Enlighten
definition:
Enlighten

En*light"en
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS. inlīhtan.  Cf. Enlight.]
1.
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

His lightnings enlightened the world.
Ps. xcvii. 4.

2.
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.

The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God.
Trench.


word: Enlightener
definition:
Enlightener

En*light"en*er
(?)
n.
One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.


word: enlightening
definition:
enlightening

enlightening
adj.
1.
enlightening so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.

Syn. -- edifying.

2.
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; as, an enlightening glimpse of government in action.


word: Enlightenment
definition:
Enlightenment

En*light"en*ment
(?)
n.
1.
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

2.
same as Aufklärung.


word: En-lil
definition:
En-lil

En-lil
prop. n.
the Sumerian god of the air, and king of the Sumerian gods.

Syn. -- Enlil.


word: Enlimn
definition:
Enlimn

En*limn"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + limn.  Cf. Enlumine, Illuminate.]
To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript.
[R.]
Palsgrave.


word: Enlist
definition:
Enlist

En*list"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enlisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlisting.]
1.
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

2.
To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

3.
To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.


word: Enlist₂
definition:
Enlist

En*list"
v. i.
1.
To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

2.
To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.


word: enlisted
definition:
enlisted

enlisted
adj. prenom.
(Mil.)
designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer; as, an enlisted man.


word: enlistee
definition:
enlistee

enlistee
n.
1.
any new member of an organization or supporter of a cause.

Syn. -- recruit.

2.
an enlisted man or woman in the armed forces.

3.
a person who enlisted voluntarily in the armed forces; -- contrasted with draftee.


word: enlisting
definition:
enlisting

enlisting
n.
the act of getting recruits; convincing people to join the army, take a job, support a cause etc.

Syn. -- recruitment.


word: Enlistment
definition:
Enlistment

En*list"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

2.
The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.


word: Enliven
definition:
Enliven

En*liv"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enlivened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enlivening (?).]
[Pref. en- + liven.]
1.
To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move.
Cowley.

2.
To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.


word: Enlumine
definition:
Enlumine

En*lu"mine
(?)
v. t.
[F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.]
To illumine.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Enlute
definition:
Enlute

En*lute"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + L. lutum mud, clay.]
To coat with clay; to lute.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Enmanche
definition:
Enmanche

En`man`ché"
(?)
a.
[F.; pref. en- (L. in) + manche sleeve.]
(Her.)
Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.


word: Enmarble
definition:
Enmarble

En*mar"ble
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + marble.]
To make hard as marble; to harden.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Enmesh
definition:
Enmesh

En*mesh"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + mesh.  Cf. Inmesh.]
To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.
Shak.

My doubts enmesh me if I try.
Lowell.


word: Enmity
definition:
Enmity

En"mi*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Enmities (#).
[OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimitié, OF. enemistié. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.]
1.
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

No ground of enmity between us known.
Milton.

2.
A state of opposition; hostility.

The friendship of the world is enmity with God.
James iv. 4.


word: Ennead
definition:
Ennead

En"ne*ad
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, fr. 'enne`a nine.]
The number nine or a group of nine.

The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.


word: Enneagon
definition:
Enneagon

En"ne*a*gon
(?; 277)
n.
[Gr. 'enne`a nine + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. ennéagone.]
(Geom.)
A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.


word: Enneagynous
definition:
Enneagynous

En`ne*ag"y*nous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'enne`a nine + _; woman, female.]
(Bot.)
Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.


word: Enneahedron
definition:
Enneahedron

Enneahedria

{ En`ne*a*he"dri*a (?), En`ne*a*he"dron (?), }
n.
(Geom.)
A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.


word: Enneandria
definition:
Enneandria

En`ne*an"dri*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'enne`a nine + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man, male: cf. F. ennéandrie.]
(Bot.)
A Linnæan class of plants having nine stamens.


word: Enneandrous
definition:
Enneandrous

Enneandrian

{ En`ne*an"dri*an (?), En`ne*an"drous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Having nine stamens.


word: Enneapetalous
definition:
Enneapetalous

En`ne*a*pet"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'enne`a nine + E. petalous: cf. F. ennéapétale.]
(Bot.)
Having nine petals, or flower leaves.


word: Enneaspermous
definition:
Enneaspermous

En`ne*a*sper"mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'enne`a + spe`rma seed.]
(Bot.)
Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.


word: Enneatical
definition:
Enneatical

Enneatic

{ En`ne*at"ic (?), En`ne*at"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. 'enne`a nine.]
Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth.

Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. -- Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man's life.


word: Ennoble
definition:
Ennoble

En*no"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ennobled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling (?).]
[Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.]
1.
To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.
Ennobling
Trench.

What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.
Pope.

2.
To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.


word: Ennoblement
definition:
Ennoblement

En*no"ble*ment
n.
1.
The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.
Bacon.

2.
That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.


word: Ennui
definition:
Ennui

En`nui"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.]
A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
T. Gray.


word: Ennuye
definition:
Ennuye

En`nuy`é"
(?)
a.
[F., p. p. of ennuyer. See Ennui.]
Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted.


word: Enodation
definition:
Enodation

En`o*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See Enode.]
The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Enode
definition:
Enode

E*node"
(?)
v. t.
[L. enodare; e out + nodare to fill with knots, nodus a knot.]
To clear of knots; to make clear.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Enomotarch
definition:
Enomotarch

E*nom"o*tarch
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; + _; leader. See Enomoty.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
The commander of an enomoty.
Mitford.


word: Enomoty
definition:
Enomoty

E*nom"o*ty
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; sworn; _; in + _; to swear.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.


word: Enopla
definition:
Enopla

En"o*pla
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  armed; _; in + _;, pl., armor.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.


word: Enoptomancy
definition:
Enoptomancy

En*op"to*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; visible in (a thing) + -mancy.]
Divination by the use of a mirror.


word: Enormity
definition:
Enormity

E*nor"mi*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Enormities (#).
[L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. énormité. See Enormous.]
1.
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

The enormity of his learned acquisitions.
De Quincey.

2.
That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.

These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame.
South.


word: Enormous
definition:
Enormous

E*nor"mous
(?)
a.
[L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e out + norma rule: cf. F. énorme. See Normal.]
1.
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
Enormous
Milton.
enormous
Shak.
enormous
Jenyns.

Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait.
Milton.

2.
Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.

That detestable profession of a life so enormous.
Bale.


word: Enorthotrope
definition:
Enorthotrope

En*or"tho*trope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; in + _;  upright, correct + _; to turn.]
An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.


word: Enough
definition:
Enough

E*nough"
(e̝*nŭf")
a.
[OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen&omacrh, gen&omacrg, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin&omacrg, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn&omacrgr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan&omacrhs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. naç, Gr. 'enegkei^n to carry.]
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.

How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
Luke xv. 17.


word: Enough₂
definition:
Enough

E*nough"
adv.
1.
In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

2.
Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.

I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
Shak.

Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money.
Shak.

3.
In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.

&hand_; Enough usually follows the word it modifies.


word: Enough₃
definition:
Enough

E*nough"
n.
A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
Enough

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother.
Gen. xxxiii. 9.


word: enough
definition:
enough

e*nough"
interj.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.


word: Enounce
definition:
Enounce

E*nounce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing (?).]
[F. énoncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Enunciate.]
1.
To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument.
Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
To utter; to articulate.

The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently.
A. M. Bell.


word: En passant
definition:
En passant

En` pas`sant"
(?)
[F.]
In passing; in the course of any procedure;
said specif.
(Chess)
of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square.


word: Enrage
definition:
Enrage

En*rage"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging (?).]
[F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See Rage.]
To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.


word: enraged
definition:
enraged

enraged
adj.
filled with or indicating extreme anger; as, an enraged bull.

Syn. -- angered, furious, infuriated, maddened, raging.


word: Enrange
definition:
Enrange

En*range"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + range.  Cf. Enrank, Arrange.]
1.
To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To rove over; to range.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: En rapport
definition:
En rapport

En` rap`port"
(?)
[F.]
In accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, esp. a private, understanding; of a hypnotic subject, being in such a mental state as to be especially subject to the influence of a particular person or persons.


word: Enrapt
definition:
Enrapt

En*rapt"
(?)
p. a.
[Pref. en- + rapt.  Cf. Enravish.]
Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured.
Shak.


word: Enrapture
definition:
Enrapture

En*rap"ture
(?; 135)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.]
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
Shenstone.


word: Enravishment
definition:
Enravishment

En*rav"ish*ment
(?)
n.
The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture.
Glanvill.


word: Enregister
definition:
Enregister

En*reg"is*ter
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer.  Cf. Inregister.]
To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.

To read enregistered in every nook
His goodness, which His beauty doth declare.
Spenser.


word: Enrheum
definition:
Enrheum

En*rheum"
(?)
v. i.
[Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.]
To contract a rheum.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Enrich
definition:
Enrich

En*rich"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enriched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.]
[F. enrichir; pref. en- (L. in) + riche rich. See Rich.]
1.
To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

Seeing, Lord, your great mercy
Us hath enriched so openly.
Chaucer's Dream.

2.
To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.

3.
To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.

4.
To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Enrichment
definition:
Enrichment

En*rich"ment
(?)
n.
The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.


word: Enring
definition:
Enring

En*ring"
(?)
v. t.
To encircle.
[R.]

The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes,
Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst.
Tennyson.


word: Enrobe
definition:
Enrobe

En*robe"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.]
To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.


word: Enrockment
definition:
Enrockment

En*rock"ment
(?)
n.
[Pref. en- + rock.]
A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.


word: Enroll
definition:
Enroll

En*roll"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.]
[Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enrôler; pref. en- (L. in) + rôle roll or register. See Roll, n.]
[Written also enrol.]
1.
To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.

An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling.
Milton.

All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
Prescott.

2.
To envelop; to inwrap; to involve.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: enrollee
definition:
enrollee

enrollee
n.
one who is enrolled, especially a learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.


word: Enrollment
definition:
Enrollment

En*roll"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. enrôlement.]
[Written also enrolment.]
1.
The act of enrolling; registration.
Holland.

2.
A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record.
Sir J. Davies.


word: Ens
definition:
Ens

Ens
(ĕnz)
n.
[L., ens, entis, a thing. See Entity.]
1.
(Metaph.)
Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.

2.
(Chem.)
Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.
[Obs.]


word: Ensample
definition:
Ensample

En*sam"ple
(?)
n.
[OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example.]
An example; a pattern or model for imitation.
[Obs.]
Tyndale.

Being ensamples to the flock.
1 Pet. v. 3.


word: Ensanguine
definition:
Ensanguine

En*san"guine
(?)
v. t.
To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue.
ensanguined
Milton.


word: Ensate
definition:
Ensate

En"sate
(?)
a.
[NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.]
(Bot. & Zoöl.)
Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.


word: Ensconce
definition:
Ensconce

En*sconce"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ensconced (?); imp. & p. p. Ensconcing (?).]
To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.

She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras.
Shak.


word: Enseal
definition:
Enseal

En*seal"
(ĕn*sēl")
v. t.
To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify.
[Obs.]

This deed I do enseal.
Piers Plowman.


word: Enseam
definition:
Enseam

En*seam"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + seam suture.  Cf. Inseam.]
To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.
Camden.


word: Enseam₂
definition:
Enseam

En*seam"
v. t.
[Pref. en- + seam grease.]
To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
[Obs.]

In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed.
Shak.


word: Ensear
definition:
Ensear

En*sear"
(?)
v. t.
To sear; to dry up.
[Obs.]

Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb.
Shak.


word: Ensearch
definition:
Ensearch

En*search"
(?)
v. i.
[OF. encerchier. See Search.]
To make search; to try to find something.
[Obs.]
v. t. To search for.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Enshrine
definition:
Enshrine

En*shrine"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enshrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.]
To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

We will enshrine it as holy relic.
Massinger.


word: Ensiferous
definition:
Ensiferous

En*sif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère.]
Bearing a sword.


word: Ensiform
definition:
Ensiform

En"si*form
(?)
a.
[L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.]
Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.

Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.


word: ensign
definition:
ensign

en"sign
(ĕn"sĭn also ĕn"sīn, except for 4a)
n.
[L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]
1.
A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.

Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
Shak.

2.
A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.

He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
Is. v. 26.

3.
Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.

The ensigns of our power about we bear.
Waller.

4.
(a)
Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
(b)
A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

&hand_; In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the color sergeant.

Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.


word: Ensign
definition:
Ensign

En"sign
v. t.
1.
To designate as by an ensign.
[Obs.]

Henry but joined the roses that ensigned
Particular families.
B. Jonson.

2.
To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.


word: Ensilage
definition:
Ensilage

En"si*lage
(?)
n.
[F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.]
1.
The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder.

2.
The fodder preserved in a silo.


word: Ensilage₂
definition:
Ensilage

En"si*lage
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ensilaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging (?).]
To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.


word: Ensile
definition:
Ensile

En*sile"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ensiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensiling (?).]
[F. ensiler: cf. Sp. ensilar. See Silo.]
To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage.
En"si*list (#), n.


word: Enslave
definition:
Enslave

En*slave"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enslaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.]
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.

The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war,
Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
Milton.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will.
Cowper.


word: Enslavement
definition:
Enslavement

En*slave"ment
(?)
n.
The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.

A fresh enslavement to their enemies.
South.


word: Ensober
definition:
Ensober

En*so"ber
(?)
v. t.
To make sober.
[Obs.]

Sad accidents to ensober his spirits.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ensphere
definition:
Ensphere

En*sphere"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + sphere.  Cf. Insphere.]
1.
To place in a sphere; to envelop.

His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered.
Chapman.

2.
To form into a sphere.


word: Enstamp
definition:
Enstamp

En*stamp"
(?)
v. t.
To stamp; to mark as with a stamp; to impress deeply.

It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character.
Gogan.


word: Enstatite
definition:
Enstatite

En"sta*tite
(?)
n.
[Named fr. Gr. _; an adversary, because infusible before the blowpipe.]
(Min.)
A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.


word: Ensue
definition:
Ensue

En*sue"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ensued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing.]
[OF. ensevre, OF. &  F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.]
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.
[Obs.]
ensue
1 Pet. iii. 11.

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
Golding.


word: Ensue₂
definition:
Ensue

En*sue"
v. i.
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.

So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued.
Pope.

Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed.
I. Taylor.


word: ensuing
definition:
ensuing

ensuing
adj.
subsequent, or occurring as a result; as, ensuing events confirmed the prediction.

Syn. -- following; succeeding.


word: -ent
definition:
-ent

-ent
(?)
[F. -ent, L. -ens, -entis.]
An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.


word: Entablature
definition:
Entablature

En*tab"la*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.]
(Arch.)
The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.

&hand_; It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings.
Parker.


word: Entablement
definition:
Entablement

En*tab"le*ment
(?)
n.
[F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.]
See Entablature.
[R.]
Evelyn.


word: Entad
definition:
Entad

En"tad
(?)
adv.
[Ent- + L. ad towards.]
(Anat.)
Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Entail
definition:
Entail

En*tail"
(?)
n.
[OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited.  See Tail limitation, Tailor.]
1.
That which is entailed.
(Law)
(a)
An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
(b)
The rule by which the descent is fixed.

A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.
Hume.

2.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
[Obs.]
entail
Spenser.


word: Entail₂
definition:
Entail

En*tail"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.]
[OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]
1.
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.

Allowing them to entail their estates.
Hume.

I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
Shak.

2.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
[Obs.]

To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
Shak.

3.
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
[Obs.]

Entailed with curious antics.
Spenser.


word: Entailment
definition:
Entailment

En*tail"ment
n.
1.
The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

2.
The condition of being entailed.

3.
A thing entailed.

Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force.
R. L. Dugdale.


word: Ental
definition:
Ental

En"tal
(?)
a.
[See Ent-.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Entangle
definition:
Entangle

En*tan"gle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entangling (?).]
1.
To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

2.
To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers.
Entangling
Washington.

The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings.
Locke.

Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain.
Froude.


word: entangled
definition:
entangled

entangled
adj.
1.
in a confused mass.  Contrasted with untangled.
afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled
knotted, snarled, snarly
matted
rootbound
intertwined

Syn. -- tangled.

2.
deeply involved especially in something problematic; as, entangled in the conflict.

Syn. -- embroiled.

3.
constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net; ensnared.


word: Entanglement
definition:
Entanglement

En*tan"gle*ment
(?)
n.
1.
State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

2.
(Mil.)
An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like.

3.
(Naut.)
An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance.


word: Entasia
definition:
Entasia

En*ta"si*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Entasis.]
(Med.)
Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.


word: Entasis
definition:
Entasis

En"ta*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a stretching; fr. _;; _; in + _; to extend.]
1.
(Arch.)
A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

2.
(Med.)
Same as Entasia.


word: Entassment
definition:
Entassment

En*tass"ment
(?)
n.
[F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up.]
A heap; accumulation.
[R.]


word: Entastic
definition:
Entastic

En*tas"tic
(?)
a.
[Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. _;. See Entasis.]
(Med.)
Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.


word: Entelechy
definition:
Entelechy

En*tel"e*chy
(?)
n.
[L. entelechia, Gr. _;, prob. fr. _; _; _; to be complete; _; + _; completion, end + _; to have or hold.]
(Peripatetic Philos.)
An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.


word: Entellus
definition:
Entellus

En*tel"lus
(?)
n.
[NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. _; to command.]
(Zoöl.)
An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.


word: Entend
definition:
Entend

En*tend"
(?)
v. i.
[F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.]
To attend to; to apply one's self to.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Entender
definition:
Entender

En*ten"der
(?)
v. t.
1.
To make tender.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To treat with tenderness.
[R.]
Young.


word: Enter-
definition:
Enter-

En"ter-
(?)
[F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-]
A prefix signifying between, among, part.


word: Enter
definition:
Enter

En"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.]
[OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior.]
1.
To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea.

That darksome cave they enter.
Spenser.

I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed,
Shall enter heaven, long absent.
Milton.

2.
To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

3.
To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

4.
To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.

5.
To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

6.
To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

7.
(Law)
(a)
To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
(b)
To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
Burrill.

8.
To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry, 4.

9.
To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preëmption.
[U.S.]
Abbott.

10.
To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, “entered according to act of Congress.”

11.
To initiate; to introduce favorably.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Enter₂
definition:
Enter

En"ter
v. i.
1.
To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps.
entering
Evelyn.

No evil thing approach nor enter in.
Milton.

Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter.
Is. lix. 14.

For we which have believed do enter into rest.
Heb. iv. 3.

2.
To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

3.
To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.

He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action.
Addison.


word: Enteradenography
definition:
Enteradenography

En`ter*ad`e*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + _; a gland + -graphy.]
A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.


word: Enteradenology
definition:
Enteradenology

En`ter*ad`e*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + _; a gland + -logy.]
The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.


word: Enteralgia
definition:
Enteralgia

En`ter*al"gi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + _; pain: cf. F. entéralgie.]
(Med.)
Pain in the intestines; colic.


word: Enterdeal
definition:
Enterdeal

En"ter*deal`
(?)
n.
[Enter- + deal.]
Mutual dealings; intercourse.
[Obs.]

The enterdeal of princes strange.
Spenser.


word: Enteric
definition:
Enteric

En*ter"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Enteritis.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.

Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.


word: enterics
definition:
enterics

enterics
n.
rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals; those of the genus Erwinia are found in plants.

Syn. -- enteric bacteria, enterobacteria.


word: entering
definition:
entering

entering
adj.
incoming; -- of a person or group assuming a role.  Opposite of leaving and outgoing.
[predicate]

Syn. -- ingoing.


word: Enteritis
definition:
Enteritis

En`te*ri"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -itis.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the intestines.
Hoblyn.


word: Entermete
definition:
Entermete

En`ter*mete"
(?)
v. i.
[F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place.]
To interfere; to intermeddle.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Entermewer
definition:
Entermewer

En"ter*mew`er
(?)
n.
[Enter- + mew to molt.]
(Zoöl.)
A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.


word: enterobacteria
definition:
enterobacteria

enterobacteria
n. pl.
rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals; some, such as those of the genus Erwinia, are found in plants.

Syn. -- enteric bacteria, enterics.


word: Enterobacteriaceae
definition:
Enterobacteriaceae

En`ter*o*bac`te*ri*a"ce*ae
(ĕn`tẽr*o̝*băk`tēr*ē*ā"sē*ē)
prop. n.
(Microbiol.)
a natural family of rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria, most of which occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals, and some of which grow in plants.  The type genus is Escherichia.  They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, and may be motile or non-motile.  Most are easily cultured on artificial growth media.  Both pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains exist.


word: enterobacterium
definition:
enterobacterium

enterobacterium
n.
one of the enterobacteria; a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

Syn. -- enteric bacterium, enteric.


word: Enterocele
definition:
Enterocele

En"ter*o*cele`
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'enterokh`lh; 'e`nteron an intestine + kh`lh tumor, hernia.]
(Med.)
A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.


word: Enterocoele
definition:
Enterocoele

En"ter*o*cœle`
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + koi^lon a hollow.]
(Anat.)
A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocœle, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.


word: Enterography
definition:
Enterography

En`ter*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -graphy.]
(Anat.)
A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.


word: Enterolith
definition:
Enterolith

En"ter*o*lith
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -lith.]
(Med.)
An intestinal concretion.


word: Enterology
definition:
Enterology

En`ter*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + -logy: cf. F. entérologie.]
The science which treats of the viscera of the body.


word: Enteron
definition:
Enteron

En"te*ron
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine, fr. 'ento`s within.]
(Anat.)
The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.


word: Enteropathy
definition:
Enteropathy

En`ter*op"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;  intestine + _; suffering.]
(Med.)
Disease of the intestines.


word: Enteropneusta
definition:
Enteropneusta

En`te*rop*neus"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + _; to breathe.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Enterorrhaphy
definition:
Enterorrhaphy

En`ter*or"rha*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + _; a sewing.]
(Med.)
The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.


word: Enterotome
definition:
Enterotome

En"ter*o*tome
(?)
n.
[F. entérotome. See Enterotomy.]
(Med.)
A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.


word: Enterotomy
definition:
Enterotomy

En`ter*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + te`mnein to cut.]
(Med.)
Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.


word: Enterparlance
definition:
Enterparlance

En`ter*par"lance
(?)
n.
Mutual talk or conversation; conference.
[Obs.]
Sir J. Hayward.


word: Enterprise
definition:
Enterprise

En"ter*prise
(?)
n.
[F. enterprise, fr. entreprendre to undertake; entre between (L. inter) + prendre to take. See Inter, and Emprise.]
1.
That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.
Shak.

Their hands can not perform their enterprise.
Job v. 12.

2.
Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.


word: Enterprise₂
definition:
Enterprise

En"ter*prise
v. t.
1.
To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.
[R.]

The business must be enterprised this night.
Dryden.

What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!
T. Otway.

2.
To treat with hospitality; to entertain.
[Obs.]

Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise.
Spenser.


word: Enterprise₃
definition:
Enterprise

En"ter*prise
v. i.
To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.
[R.]
Pope.


word: Enterprising
definition:
Enterprising

En"ter*pri`sing
(?)
a.
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
En"ter*pri`sing*ly, adv.


word: Entertain
definition:
Entertain

En`ter*tain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entertained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entertaining.]
[F. entretenir; entre between (L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Tenable.]
1.
To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred.
Shak.

2.
To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares.
Heb. xiii. 2.

3.
To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.

The weary time she can not entertain.
Shak.

4.
To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.

I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.
De Quincey.

A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people.
Hawthorne.

5.
To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
[Obs.]
Shak.

6.
To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.

7.
To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
[Obs.]

To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Entertain₂
definition:
Entertain

En`ter*tain"
(?)
v. i.
To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.


word: Entertainer
definition:
Entertainer

En`ter*tain"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who entertains; a host.

2.
one who amuses people, such as a singer, dancer, comedian, magician, etc., especially one who does so as a profession.


word: Entertaining
definition:
Entertaining

En`ter*tain"ing
a.
Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.


word: Entertainment
definition:
Entertainment

En`ter*tain"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. entretenement.]
1.
The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

The entertainment of Christ by faith.
Baxter.

The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel.
Bp. Sprat.

2.
That which entertains, or with which one is entertained;
as:
(a)
Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal.
(b)
That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.

Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement.
Prescott.

3.
Admission into service; service.

Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment.
Shak.

4.
Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
[Obs.]

The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.
Sir J. Davies.


word: Enthalpy
definition:
Enthalpy

En"thal*py
(?)
n.
(Thermodynamics)
A thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; “enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work”).


word: Enthean
definition:
Enthean

Entheal

{ En"the*al (?), En"the*an (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; full of the god, inspired; _; in + _; god.]
Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.
[Obs.]


word: Entheastic
definition:
Entheastic

En`the*as"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; inspired, fr. _;, fr. _;. See Entheal.]
Of godlike energy; inspired.
En`the*as"tic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: Enthelminthes
definition:
Enthelminthes

Enthelmintha

{ &VerbarEn`thel*min"tha (?), En`thel*min"thes (?), }
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; within + _;, _;, worm.]
(Zoöl.)
Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.


word: Enthetic
definition:
Enthetic

En*thet"ic
(ĕn*thĕt"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. 'enqetiko`s fit for inserting; 'en in + tiqe`nai to place.]
(Med.)
Caused by a pathogenic organism implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.


word: Enthrall
definition:
Enthrall

En*thrall"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + thrall.  Cf. Inthrall.]
[Written also enthral.]
To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.

The bars survive the captive they enthrall.
Byron.


word: enthralled
definition:
enthralled

enthralled
adj.
1.
held in slavery.

Syn. -- bond, enslaved, in bondage.

2.
filled with wonder and delight.

Syn. -- beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, entranced.


word: enthralling
definition:
enthralling

enthralling
adj.
1.
capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.

Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating.


word: Enthrallment
definition:
Enthrallment

En*thrall"ment
(?)
n.
The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.


word: Enthrone
definition:
Enthrone

En*throne"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner.  Cf. Inthronize.]
1.
To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned.
Pope.

It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
Shak.

2.
(Eccl.)
To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.


word: Enthronization
definition:
Enthronization

En*thron`i*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.


word: Enthronize
definition:
Enthronize

En*thron"ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enthronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enthronizing (?).]
[See Inthronize.]
To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop.

There openly enthronized as the very elected king.
Knolles.


word: Enthusiasm
definition:
Enthusiasm

En*thu"si*asm
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; , fr. _; to be inspired or possessed by the god, fr. _;, _;, inspired: cf. enthousiasme. See Entheal, Theism.]
1.
Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.

Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination.
Locke.

2.
A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.

Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine.
Froude.

Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness.
Bancroft.

3.
Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Emerson.

4.
Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.

Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm.
Prescott.


word: Enthusiast
definition:
Enthusiast

En*thu"si*ast
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. enthousiaste.]
One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.

Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
W. Irving.


word: Enthusiastical
definition:
Enthusiastical

Enthusiastic

{ En*thu`si*as"tic (?), En*thu`si*as"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; .]
Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art.
Enthusiastical
Calamy.
En*thu`si*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

A young man . . . of a visionary and enthusiastic character.
W. Irving.


word: Enthymematical
definition:
Enthymematical

Enthymematic

{ En`thy*me*mat"ic (?), En`thy*me*mat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.


word: Enthymeme
definition:
Enthymeme

En"thy*meme
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to keep in mind, consider; _; in + _; mind, soul.]
(Logic)
An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.


word: Entice
definition:
Entice

En*tice"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing (?).]
[OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier, entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin, cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand, or MHG. zicken to push.]
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.

Roses blushing as they blow,
And enticing men to pull.
Beau. & Fl.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Prov. i. 10.

Go, and thine erring brother gain,
Entice him home to be forgiven.
Keble.


word: Enticement
definition:
Enticement

En*tice"ment
(?)
n.
[OF. enticement.]
1.
The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

2.
That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.


word: Entire
definition:
Entire

En*tire"
(?)
a.
[F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.]
1.
Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.

That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James i. 4.

With strength entire and free will armed.
Milton.

One entire and perfect chrysolite.
Shak.

2.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.

Pure fear and entire cowardice.
Shak.

No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
Clarendon.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(b)
Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.

4.
Not gelded; -- said of a horse.

5.
Internal; interior.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Entire₂
definition:
Entire

En*tire"
n.
1.
Entirely.
entire
Thackeray.

2.
(Brewing)
A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.
[Eng.]
Entire
Thackeray.


word: Entirely
definition:
Entirely

En*tire"ly
adv.
1.
In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost.

Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea.
Raleigh.

2.
Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.

To highest God entirely pray.
Spenser.


word: Entireness
definition:
Entireness

En*tire"ness
(?)
n.
1.
The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge.

This same entireness or completeness.
Trench.

2.
Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.
[R.]

Entireness in preaching the gospel.
Udall.

3.
Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association.
[Obs.]

True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness.
Bp. Hall.


word: Entirety
definition:
Entirety

En*tire"ty
(?)
n.
pl. Entireness (#).
[OF. entiereté.  Cf. Integrity.]
1.
The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest.
Blackstone.

2.
That which is entire; the whole.
Bacon.


word: Entire-wheat
definition:
Entire-wheat

En*tire"-wheat"
a.
Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran; whole-wheat.


word: Entitative
definition:
Entitative

En"ti*ta*tive
(?)
a.
[See Entity.]
Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances.
Ellis.
En"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv.


word: Entitle
definition:
Entitle

En*ti"tle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entitled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entitling (?).]
[OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL. intitulare, fr. L. in + titulus title. See Title, and cf. Intitule.]
1.
To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book “Commentaries;” to entitle a man “Honorable.”

That which . . . we entitle patience.
Shak.

2.
To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.

3.
To attribute; to ascribe.
[Obs.]

The ancient proverb . . . entitles this work . . . peculiarly to God himself.
Milton.


word: entitlement
definition:
entitlement

entitlement
n.
a right granted by law or contract, especially to financial benefits from the government.


word: Entity
definition:
Entity

En"ti*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Entities (#).
[LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entité. See Essence, Is.]
A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.

Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality.
Shairp.

Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification.
Bentley.


word: Ento-
definition:
Ento-

En"to-
(?)
[Gr. _; within, fr. _; in. See In.]
A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.


word: Entoblast
definition:
Entoblast

En"to*blast
(?)
n.
[Ento- + -blast.]
(Biol.)
The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.


word: Entobronchium
definition:
Entobronchium

En`to*bron"chi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Entobronchia (#).
[See Ento-, and Bronchia.]
(Anat.)
One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.


word: Entocuniform
definition:
Entocuniform

Entocuneiform

{ En`to*cu*ne"i*form (?), En`to*cu"ni*form (?), }
n.
[Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform.]
(Anat.)
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.


word: Entodermic
definition:
Entodermic

Entodermal

{ En`to*der"mal (?), En`to*der"mic (?), }
a.
(Biol.)
Relating to the entoderm.


word: Entogastric
definition:
Entogastric

En`to*gas"tric
(?)
a.
[Ento- + Gr. _; the stomach.]
(Zoöl.)
Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.


word: Entoglossal
definition:
Entoglossal

En`to*glos"sal
(?)
a.
[Ento- + Gr. _; the tongue.]
(Anat.)
Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.


word: Entoil
definition:
Entoil

En*toil"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entoiling.]
To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.
[R.]

Entoiled in woofed phantasies.
Keats.


word: Entomb
definition:
Entomb

En*tomb"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entombing.]
[Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.]
To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.
Hooker.


word: Entombment
definition:
Entombment

En*tomb"ment
(?)
n.
The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial.
Barrow.


word: Entomere
definition:
Entomere

En"to*mere
(?)
n.
[Ento- + -mere.]
(Biol.)
The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.


word: Entomical
definition:
Entomical

Entomic

{ En*tom"ic (?), En*tom"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; insect. See Entomology.]
(Zoöl.)
Relating to insects; entomological.


word: Entomoid
definition:
Entomoid

En"to*moid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; insect + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Resembling an insect.
n. An object resembling an insect.


word: Entomological
definition:
Entomological

Entomologic

{ En`to*mo*log"ic (?), En`to*mo*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. entomologique.]
Of or relating to entomology.
En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Entomologize
definition:
Entomologize

En`to*mol"o*gize
(?)
v. i.
To collect specimens in the study of entomology.
C. Kingsley.


word: Entomology
definition:
Entomology

En`to*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Entomologies (#).
[Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See In, and Tome, and cf. Insect.]
1.
That part of zoölogy which treats of insects.

2.
A treatise on the science of entomology.


word: Entomophaga
definition:
Entomophaga

En`to*moph"a*ga
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect +  fagei^n to eat.]
(Zoöl.)
1.
a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

2.
A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

3.
A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.


word: Entomophagan
definition:
Entomophagan

En`to*moph"a*gan
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Relating to the Entomophaga.
n. One of the Entomophaga.


word: Entomophilous
definition:
Entomophilous

En`to*moph"i*lous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; insect + _; a lover.]
(Bot.)
Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.


word: Entomophthora
definition:
Entomophthora

Entomophthora
n.
the type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects.

Syn. -- genus Entomophthora.


word: Entomophthoraceae
definition:
Entomophthoraceae

Entomophthoraceae
n.
a natural family of mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects.

Syn. -- family Entomophthoraceae.


word: Entomophthorales
definition:
Entomophthorales

Entomophthorales
n.
an order of fungi coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae.

Syn. -- order Entomophthorales.


word: Entomostraca
definition:
Entomostraca

En`to*mos"tra*ca
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; cut in pieces + _; burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.


word: Entomostracan
definition:
Entomostracan

En`to*mos"tra*can
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Relating to the Entomostraca.
n. One of the Entomostraca.


word: Entomotomy
definition:
Entomotomy

En`to*mot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; insect + te`mnein to cut.]
The science of the dissection of insects.


word: Entonic
definition:
Entonic

En*ton"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; strained, fr. _; to strain. See Entasis.]
(Med.)
Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
Dunglison.


word: Entoperipheral
definition:
Entoperipheral

En`to*pe*riph"er*al
(?)
a.
[Ento- + peripheral.]
(Physiol.)
Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.


word: Entophyte
definition:
Entophyte

En"to*phyte
(?)
n.
[Ento- + Gr. _; a plant.]
(Med.)
A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.


word: Entoplasm
definition:
Entoplasm

En"to*plasm
(?)
n.
[Ento- + Gr. _; anything formed.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum.
(b)
Endosarc.


word: Entoplastic
definition:
Entoplastic

En`to*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Ento- + Gr. _; to mold.]
(Biol.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.


word: Entoplastron
definition:
Entoplastron

En`to*plas"tron
(?)
n.
pl. Entoplastra (#).
[Ento- + plastron.]
(Anat.)
The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.


word: Entoprocta
definition:
Entoprocta

En`to*proc"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; within + _; the anus.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.


word: Entoptic
definition:
Entoptic

Ent*op"tic
(?)
a.
[Ent- + optic.]
(Physiol.)
Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.


word: Entortilation
definition:
Entortilation

En*tor`ti*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. entortiller to twist; pref. en- (L. in) + tortiller to twist.]
A turning into a circle; round figures.
[Obs.]
Donne.


word: Entosternum
definition:
Entosternum

En`to*ster"num
(?)
n.
pl. Entosterna (#).
[NL. See Ento-, and Sternum.]
(Anat.)
See Entoplastron.
En`to*ster"nal (#), a.


word: Entosthoblast
definition:
Entosthoblast

En*tos"tho*blast
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'e`ntosthe from within + -blast.]
(Biol.)
The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell.
Agassiz.


word: Entotic
definition:
Entotic

Ent*ot"ic
(?)
a.
[Ent- + Gr. _;, _;, the ear.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the interior of the ear.


word: Entourage
definition:
Entourage

En`tou`rage"
(äN`tō`rȧzh")
n.
[F.]
Surroundings; specif., collectively, one's attendants or associates.
The entourage and mode of life of the mikados were not such as to make of them able rulers.
B. H. Chamberlain.


word: Entozoa
definition:
Entozoa

En`to*zo"a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; within + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zoöl.)
1.
A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

2.
An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.


word: Entozoic
definition:
Entozoic

Entozoal

{ En`to*zo"al (?), En`to*zo"ic (?), }
a.
(Zoöl.)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.


word: Entozoologist
definition:
Entozoologist

En`to*zo*öl"o*gist
(?)
n.
[Entozoön + -logy + -ist.]
One versed in the science of the Entozoa.


word: Entr'acte
definition:
Entr'acte

En`tr'acte"
(?)
n.
[F.  Cf. Interact.]
1.
The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

2.
A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.


word: Entrail
definition:
Entrail

En*trail"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + OF. treiller to grate, lattice, F. treille vine, arbor. See Trellis.]
To interweave; to intertwine.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Entrails
definition:
Entrails

En"trails
(?)
n. pl.
[F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.]
1.
The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

2.
The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.

That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America.
Locke.


word: Entrain
definition:
Entrain

En*train"
(?)
v. t.
[F. entrainer.]
To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.


word: Entrain₂
definition:
Entrain

En*train"
v. t.
[Pref. en- + train.]
To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment.
[Recent, Eng.]


word: Entrain₃
definition:
Entrain

En*train"
v. i.
To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station.
[Recent, Eng.]


word: Entrance
definition:
Entrance

En"trance
(?)
n.
[OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See Enter.]
1.
The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

2.
Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
Shak.

3.
The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city.
Judg. i. 24.

4.
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
entrance
Shak.

St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
Hakewill.

5.
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

6.
(Naut.)
(a)
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
(b)
The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
Totten.


word: Entrance₂
definition:
Entrance

En*trance"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entranced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entrancing (?).]
[Pref. en- + trance.]
1.
To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
Dryden.

2.
To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
Dryden.


word: entranced
definition:
entranced

entranced
adj.
filled with wonder and delight.

Syn. -- beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled.


word: Entrancement
definition:
Entrancement

En*trance"ment
(?)
n.
The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy.
Otway.


word: entranceway
definition:
entranceway

entranceway
n.
a passage allowing entry or exit; an entryway.

Syn. -- entrance, entryway.


word: entrancing
definition:
entrancing

entrancing
adj.
same as enthralling.

Syn. -- bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating.


word: Entrant
definition:
Entrant

En"trant
(?)
n.
[See Entrance, n.]
1.
One who enters; a beginner.
entrant
Bp. Terrot.

2.
An applicant for admission.
Stormonth.


word: Entrap
definition:
Entrap

En*trap"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entrapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping.]
[Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.

A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men.
Shak.


word: Entreat
definition:
Entreat

En*treat"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.]
[OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]
1.
To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.
[Obs.]

Fairly let her be entreated.
Shak.

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.
Jer. xv. 11.

2.
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune.
Entreat
entreat
Shak.

I must entreat of you some of that money.
Shak.

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
Poe.

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.
Gen. xxv. 21.

3.
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.
Rogers.

4.
To invite; to entertain.
[Obs.]
entreat
Spenser.


word: Entreat₂
definition:
Entreat

En*treat"
v. i.
1.
To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty.
[Obs.]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat.
Hakewill.

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them.
1 Mac. x. 47.

2.
To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
Knolles.


word: Entreaty
definition:
Entreaty

En*treat"y
n.
pl. Entreaties (_;).
1.
Treatment; reception; entertainment.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

2.
The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment.
Spenser.


word: Entree
definition:
Entree

En`trée"
(?)
n.
[F. See Entry.]
1.
A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.

2.
(Cookery)
In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.
[obsolescent]

3.
the dish which comprises the main course of a meal, especially in a restaurant; as, there were many entrees on the menu.


word: Entremets
definition:
Entremets

En`tre*mets"
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.]
1.
(Cookery)
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

2.
Any small entertainment between two greater ones.
[R.]


word: entrench
definition:
entrench

en*trench"
(?)
v. t.
1.
(Mil.)
To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet. Same as intrench.

2.
to establish in a position from which dislodgement is difficult; to place firmly in a strong position.

3.
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

Syn. -- intrench.


word: entrenchment
definition:
entrenchment

entrenchment
n.
1.
an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.

Syn. -- intrenchment.

2.
the act or process of entrenching.


word: Entrepot
definition:
Entrepot

entrepot

en`tre*pot", &VerbarEn`tre*pôt"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.

2.
a port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported with paying import duties; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.

Syn. -- transshipment center.


word: Entrepreneur
definition:
Entrepreneur

En`tre*pre*neur"
(?)
n.
[F. See Enterprise.]
(Polit. Econ.)
One who takes the initiative to create a product or establish a business for profit; generally, whoever undertakes on his own account an enterprise in which others are employed and risks are taken.
F. A. Walker.


word: entrepreneurial
definition:
entrepreneurial

entrepreneurial
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to an entrepreneur or entrepreneurship; as, entrepreneurial risks.

2.
willing to undertake a project requiring initiative and involving risk, for one's own purposes; -- of people.


word: entrepreneurship
definition:
entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship
n.
the activity of organizing, managing, and assuming the risks of a business enterprise.
The individual doing the organizing is called the entrepreneur.


word: Entresol
definition:
Entresol

En`tre*sol"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Arch.)
A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
Parker.


word: Entrick
definition:
Entrick

En*trick"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer.  Cf. Trick, Intrigue.]
To trick, to perplex.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Entrochal
definition:
Entrochal

En"tro*chal
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.


word: Entrochite
definition:
Entrochite

En"tro*chite
(?)
n.
[Pref. en- + Gr. _;  wheel.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.


word: Entropium
definition:
Entropium

En*tro"pi*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Entropy.]
(Med.)
The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.


word: Entropy
definition:
Entropy

En"tro*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;  a turning in; _; in + _; a turn, fr. _; to turn.]
(Thermodynamics)
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h ÷ t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.

The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum.
Clausius.


word: Entry
definition:
Entry

En"try
(?)
n.
pl. Entries (#).
[OE. entree, entre, F. entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entrée.]
1.
The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.

2.
The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.

A notary made an entry of this act.
Bacon.

3.
That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.

A straight, long entry to the temple led.
Dryden.

4.
(Com.)
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.

5.
(Law)
(a)
The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them.
(b)
A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(c)
The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
Burrill.

Bill of entry. See under Bill. -- Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping. -- Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. -- Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. Bouvier.


word: Entwine
definition:
Entwine

En*twine"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + twine.  Cf. Intwine.]
To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.
[Written also intwine.]

Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks.
Shelley.

Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine.
Herbert.


word: Entwine₂
definition:
Entwine

En*twine"
v. i.
To be twisted or twined.

With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress.
De Quincey.


word: Enubilate
definition:
Enubilate

E*nu"bi*late
(?)
v. t.
[L. enubilatus, p. p. of enubilare to enubilate; e out + nubila clouds, fr. nubilis cloudy, nubes cloud.]
To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Enucleate
definition:
Enucleate

E*nu"cle*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enucleated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating (?).]
[L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.]
1.
To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

2.
(Med.)
To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

3.
To bring to light; to make clear.
Sclater (1654).


word: Enucleation
definition:
Enucleation

E*nu`cle*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. énucléation.]
The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.

Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease.
Tooke.


word: Enumerate
definition:
Enumerate

E*nu"mer*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enumerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating (?).]
[L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number.]
To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.

Enumerating the services he had done.
Ludlow.


word: Enumeration
definition:
Enumeration

E*nu`mer*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. enumeratio: cf. F. énumération.]
1.
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

2.
A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.

Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration.
Paley.

3.
(Rhet.)
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.


word: Enumerative
definition:
Enumerative

E*nu"mer*a*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. énumératif.]
Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.

Enumerative of the variety of evils.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Enunciate
definition:
Enunciate

E*nun"ci*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enunciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating (?).]
[L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, -ciare. See Enounce.]
1.
To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel.
Coleridge.

2.
To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.


word: Enunciation
definition:
Enunciation

E*nun`ci*a"tion
(?; 277)
n.
[L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.]
1.
The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

By way of interpretation and enunciation.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

3.
That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false.
A. Clarke.


word: Enunciative
definition:
Enunciative

E*nun"ci*a*tive
(?)
a.
[L. enuntiativus, -ciativus.]
Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative.
Ayliffe.
E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.


word: Enuresis
definition:
Enuresis

En`u*re"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to urinate in; _; + _; urine.]
(Med.)
An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.


word: Envelop
definition:
Envelop

En*vel"op
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enveloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enveloping.]
[OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.]
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.

Nocturnal shades this world envelop.
J. Philips.


word: Envelop₂
definition:
Envelop

Envelope

{ En"vel*ope (?; 277), En*vel"op (?; 277), }
n.
[F. enveloppe.]
1.
That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

2.
(Astron.)
The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.

3.
(Fort.)
A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.
Wilhelm.

4.
(Geom.)
A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.
4.
A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft; -- it is often described graphically as a two-dimensional graph of a function showing the maximum of one performance variable as a function of another.  Now it is also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope.  It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.

push the envelope to increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usually by technological development.


word: enveloping
definition:
enveloping

enveloping
adj.
1.
surrounding closely on all sides.

Syn. -- ambient, encompassing, surrounding(prenominal).


word: enveloping₂
definition:
enveloping

enveloping
n.
the act or process of enclosing something inside something else.

Syn. -- enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure.


word: Envelopment
definition:
Envelopment

En*vel"op*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. enveloppement.]
1.
The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

2.
That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.


word: Envenom
definition:
Envenom

En*ven"om
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Envenomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envenoming.]
[OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. venin poison. See Venom.]
1.
To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.

Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe.
Milton.

O, what a world is this, when what is comely
Envenoms him that bears it!
Shak.

2.
To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.

The envenomed tongue of calumny.
Smollett.

On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed.
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Envermeil
definition:
Envermeil

En*ver"meil
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil.]
To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Enviable
definition:
Enviable

En"vi*a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Envy.]
Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.

One of most enviable of human beings.
Macaulay.


word: Envious
definition:
Envious

En"vi*ous
(?)
a.
[OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.]
1.
Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
[Obs.]

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.
Shak.

2.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

My soul is envious of mine eye.
Keble.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked.
Prov. xxiv. 19.

3.
Inspiring envy.
[Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage
Of victor's glory from him snatched away.
Spenser.

4.
Excessively careful; cautious.
[Obs.]

No men are so envious of their health.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Environ
definition:
Environ

En*vi"ron
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Environed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.]
[F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy.  Cf. Veer.]
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

Dwelling in a pleasant glade,
With mountains round about environed.
Spenser.

Environed he was with many foes.
Shak.

Environ me with darkness whilst I write.
Donne.


word: Environ₂
definition:
Environ

En*vi"ron
adv.
[F.]
About; around.
[Obs.]

Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes.
Fairfax.


word: Environment
definition:
Environment

En*vi"ron*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. environnement.]
1.
Act of environing; state of being environed.

2.
That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

It is no friendly environment, this of thine.
Carlyle.


word: environmental
definition:
environmental

environmental
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to the environment; as, environmental factors.

2.
of or pertaining to the environment (definition 2); as, environmental pollution; environmental disaster; environmental cleanup; environmental deterioration.

THOUSANDS of dead fish and other marine species, suffocated by a rotting, glutinous morass which spreads over kilometres of coral reefs.
  This scenario has all the hallmarks of a unnatural environmental disaster resulting from environmental negligence.  However this isn't the case, instead the cause -- coral spawn slick deoxygenation -- is a natural event which has the potential to occur periodically on the reefs of the West Pilbara.
Michael Borowitzka (“Natural event spawns environmental disaster” in Murdoch News, October 12, 1995)


word: Environs
definition:
Environs

En*vi"rons
(?; 277)
n. pl.
[F.]
The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
Chesterfield.


word: Envisage
definition:
Envisage

En*vis"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Envisaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging (?).]
[F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.]
To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.
[R.]
Keats.

From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.
McCosh.


word: Envoy
definition:
Envoy

En"voy
(?)
n.
[F. envoyé envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage, and cf. Invoice.]
1.
One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

2.
[F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.]
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

The envoy of a ballad is the “sending” of it forth.
Skeat.


word: Envy
definition:
Envy

En"vy
(?)
n.
pl. Envies (#).
[F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.]
1.
Malice; ill will; spite.
[Obs.]

If he evade us there,
Enforce him with his envy to the people.
Shak.

2.
Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.

Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us.
Ray.

No bliss
Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
Milton.

Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learned or brave.
Pope.

3.
Emulation; rivalry.
[Obs.]

Such as cleanliness and decency
Prompt to a virtuous envy.
Ford.

4.
Public odium; ill repute.
[Obs.]

To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero.
B. Jonson.

5.
An object of envious notice or feeling.

This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world.
Macaulay.


word: Envy₂
definition:
Envy

En"vy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Envied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.]
[F. envier.]
1.
To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.
Collier.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Rambler.

2.
To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

I have seen thee fight,
When I have envied thy behavior.
Shak.

Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes.
Froude.

3.
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.
T. Gray.

4.
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
[Obs.]

If I make a lie
To gain your love and envy my best mistress,
Put me against a wall.
J. Fletcher.

5.
To hate.
[Obs.]
Marlowe.

6.
To emulate.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Envy₃
definition:
Envy

En"vy
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
[Obs.]
envied
Shak.


word: Envyned
definition:
Envyned

En*vyned"
(?)
a.
[OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.]
Stored or furnished with wine.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Enwallow
definition:
Enwallow

En*wal"low
(?)
v. t.
To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.

So now all three one senseless lump remain,
Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore.
Spenser.


word: Enwind
definition:
Enwind

En*wind"
(?)
v. t.
To wind about; to encircle.

In the circle of his arms
Enwound us both.
Tennyson.


word: Enwomb
definition:
Enwomb

En*womb"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing.]
1.
To conceive in the womb.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern.
Donne.


word: Enzootic
definition:
Enzootic

En`zo*öt"ic
(ĕn`zo̝*&obreve_;t"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. 'en in + zw^,on an animal: cf. F. enzoötique.]
Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.


word: enzyme
definition:
enzyme

en"zyme
(ĕn"zīm)
n.
[Pref. en- (Gr. 'en in) + Gr. zy`mh  leaven.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A protein produced by a living organism, capable of catalyzing a chemical reaction.  Almost all processes in living organisms require some form of enzyme to cause the reactions to occur at a rate sufficient to support life.  There are a very wide variety of enzymes, each specifically catalyzing a different chemical reaction, the sum of which cause the bulk of the physiological changes observed as life processes.  Enzymes, like most proteins, are synthesized by the protein-synthetic mechanism of the living cell, at special sites on ribosomes, using the genetic information in messenger RNA transcribed from the genetic instructions stored as nuleotide sequences in the DNA (or in some viruses, the RNA) of the genome.  Some examples of enzymes are: pepsin, diastase, rennet, DNA polymerase, invertase, glucose oxidase, protease, and ribonuclease.  There are many other types of enzyme.

The 1913 Webster defined an enzyme as: 
An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment.


word: Eocene
definition:
Eocene

E"o*cene
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'hw`s daybreak, dawn + _; new, recent.]
(Geol.)
Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits.
n. The Eocene formation.
Lyell.


word: eohippus
definition:
eohippus

eo*hip"pus
(ē`o̝*hĭp"pŭs)
n.
[Gr. 'hw`s dawn + "ipposhorse.]
an extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed Eocene mammal, the earliest horse known in the line of descent of the modern horse.  It is classed in the extinct genus Hydracotherium.  Called also dawn horse.

Syn. -- dawn horse.


word: Eolian
definition:
Eolian

E*o"li*an
(?)
a.
[See Æolian.]
1.
Æolian.

2.
(Geol.)
Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes.

Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.


word: Eolis
definition:
Eolis

E"o*lis
(?)
n.
[L. Aeolis a daughter of Æolus, Gr. A'ioli`s.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia.
[Written also Æolis.]


word: aeon₂
definition:
aeon

Eon

{ E"on (?), æ"on (?), }
n.
[L. aeon, fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.]
1.
An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

The eons of geological time.
Huxley.

2.
(Gnostic Philos.)
One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

Among the higher æons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life.
Am. Cyc.

&hand_; Eons were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe.


word: Eophyte
definition:
Eophyte

E"o*phyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'hw`s dawn + _; a plant.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.


word: Eosaurus
definition:
Eosaurus

E`o*sau"rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.


word: Eosin
definition:
Eosin

E"o*sin
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; dawn.]
(Chem.)
A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresceïn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.


word: Eosphorite
definition:
Eosphorite

E*os"pho*rite
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _; Bringer of morn.]
(Min.)
A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.


word: Eozoic
definition:
Eozoic

E`o*zo"ic
(?)
a.
[See Eozoön.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.

&hand_; This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic, and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozoön as of organic origin. See Archæan.


word: Eozoon
definition:
Eozoon

E`o*zo"ön
(?)
n.
pl. Eozoöns (#), L. Eozoa (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.]
(Paleon.)
A peculiar structure found in the Archæan limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.


word: Eozoonal
definition:
Eozoonal

E`o*zo"ön*al
(ē`o̝*z&omacr"&obreve_;n*al)
a.
(Paleon.)
Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.


word: Epacris
definition:
Epacris

Ep"a*cris
(ĕp"ȧ*krĭs)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'e`pakros pointed at the end. So called in allusion to the sharply pointed leaves.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.


word: Epact
definition:
Epact

E"pact
(ē"păkt)
n.
[F. épacte, fr. Gr. 'epakto`s brought on or in, added, fr. 'epa`gein to bring on or in; 'epi` on, in + 'a`gein to bring or lead. See Epi-, and Act.]
(Chron.)
The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year.

Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. -- Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.


word: Epagoge
definition:
Epagoge

Ep`a*go"ge
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. 'epagwgh` a bringing in, fr. 'epa`gein. See Epact.]
(Logic)
The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.


word: Epanadiplosis
definition:
Epanadiplosis

Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` + _; to make double.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.”
Phil. iv. 4.


word: Epanalepsis
definition:
Epanalepsis

Ep*an`a*lep"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` + _; to take up.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter.
Gibbs.


word: Epanaphora
definition:
Epanaphora

Ep`a*naph"o*ra
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; a recurrence; 'epi` + _; to bring or carry back.]
(Rhet.)
Same as Anaphora.
Gibbs.


word: Epanastrophe
definition:
Epanastrophe

Ep`a*nas"tro*phe
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a return, epanastrophe; 'epi` + _; to return.]
(Rhet.)
Same as Anadiplosis.
Gibbs.


word: Epanodos
definition:
Epanodos

E*pan"o*dos
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; a rising, return; 'epi` + _; a way up, rising; _; up + _; way.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order

O more exceeding love, or law more just?
Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love!
Milton.


word: Epanody
definition:
Epanody

E*pan"o*dy
(?)
n.
[See Epanodos.]
(Bot.)
The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.


word: Epanorthosis
definition:
Epanorthosis

Ep`an*or*tho"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` + _; to set right again; _; again + _; to set straight.]
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave!  Brave, did I say? most heroic act!


word: Epanthous
definition:
Epanthous

Ep*an"thous
(?)
a.
[Pref. ep- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower.]
(Bot.)
Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.


word: Eparch
definition:
Eparch

Ep"arch
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; 'epi` over + _; chief, _; supreme power, dominion.]
In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.


word: Eparchy
definition:
Eparchy

Ep"arch*y
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the post or office of an _;.]
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.


word: Eparterial
definition:
Eparterial

Ep`ar*te"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. ep- + arterial.]
(Anat.)
Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.


word: Epaule
definition:
Epaule

E*paule"
(?)
n.
[F. épaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder.]
(Fort.)
The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.


word: Epaulement
definition:
Epaulement

E*paule"ment
(?)
n.
[F. épaulement.]
(Fort.)
A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.


word: Epaulette
definition:
Epaulette

Epaulet

{ Ep"au*let`, Ep"au*lette`}
(?)
n.
[F. épaulette, dim. of épaule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. _;, also, a broad rib, shoulder blade. See Spade the instrument, and cf. Epaule, Spatula.]
(Mil.)
A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

&hand_; In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.


word: Epauletted
definition:
Epauletted

Epauleted

{ Ep"au*let`ed, Ep"au*let`ted, }
a.
Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.


word: Epaxial
definition:
Epaxial

Ep*ax"i*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. ep- + axial.]
(Anat.)
Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.


word: Epeira
definition:
Epeira

E*pei"ra
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.


word: Epencephalic
definition:
Epencephalic

Ep`en*ce*phal"ic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
(a)
Pertaining to the epencephalon.
(b)
Situated on or over the brain.


word: Epencephalon
definition:
Epencephalon

Ep`en*ceph"a*lon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon, near + _; brain.]
(Anat.)
The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.


word: Ependyma
definition:
Ependyma

Ep*en"dy*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; an upper garment; 'epi` upon + _; a garment; _; in + _; to put on.]
(Anat.)
The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.


word: Epenetic
definition:
Epenetic

Ep`e*net"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, from _; to praise; 'epi` + _; to praise.]
Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory.
[Obs.]
E. Phillips.


word: Epenthesis
definition:
Epenthesis

E*pen"the*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Epentheses (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` + _; to put or set in.]
(Gram.)
The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” from AS. nēmol.


word: Epenthetic
definition:
Epenthetic

Ep`en*thet"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. épenthétique.]
(Gram.)
Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.


word: epergne
definition:
epergne

É`pergne"
(?)
n.
[F. épargne a sparing or saving; a treasury. “Our épergne is a little treasury of sweetmeats, fruits, and flowers.” Brewer.]
A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.


word: eperlan
definition:
eperlan

É`per`lan"
(?)
n.
[F. éperlan, fr. G. spierling. See Sparling.]
(Zoöl.)
The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).


word: Epexegesis
definition:
Epexegesis

Ep*ex`e*ge"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; detailed narrative, fr. _; to recount in detail; 'epi` + _; to lead, point out. See Exegesis.]
A full or additional explanation; exegesis.


word: Epha
definition:
Epha

Ephah

{ E"phah (?), or E"pha}
n.
[Heb. 'ēphāh.]
A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts.  Ten ephahs make one homer.


word: Ephemera
definition:
Ephemera

E*phem"e*ra
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a day fly, fr. _; daily, lasting but a day; _; over + _; day.]
1.
(Med.)
A fever of one day's continuance only.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.


word: Ephemeral
definition:
Ephemeral

E*phem"er*al
(?)
a.
1.
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

2.
Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.
Ephemeral
V. Knox.

Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy.
Sir J. Stephen.

Ephemeral fly (Zoöl.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larvæ are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly.


word: Ephemeral₂
definition:
Ephemeral

E*phem"er*al
n.
Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.


word: Ephemeris
definition:
Ephemeris

E*phem"e*ris
(?)
n.
pl. Ephemerides (#).
[L., a diary, Gr. _;, also, a calendar, fr. _;. See Ephemera.]
1.
A diary; a journal.
Johnson.

2.
(Anat.)
(a)
A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the “American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.”
(b)
Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

3.
(Literature)
A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.
Brande & C.


word: Ephemerist
definition:
Ephemerist

E*phem"er*ist
(?)
n.
1.
One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
Howell.

2.
One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.


word: Ephemeron
definition:
Ephemeron

E*phem"e*ron
(?)
n.
pl. Ephemera (#).
[NL. See Ephemera.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the ephemeral flies.


word: Ephesian
definition:
Ephesian

E*phe"sian
(?; 106)
a.
[L. Ephesius: cf. F. éphésien.]
Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.


word: Ephialtes
definition:
Ephialtes

Eph`i*al"tes
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, lit., one who leaps upon.]
The nightmare.
Brande & C.


word: Ephippium
definition:
Ephippium

E*phip"pi*um
(?)
n.
[L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` on + "i`ppos horse.]
1.
(Anat.)
A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

2.
(Zoöl.)
A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.


word: Ephod
definition:
Ephod

Eph"od
(?)
n.
[Heb. 'ēph&omacrd, fr. 'āphad to put on.]
(Jew. Antiq.)
A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.
Exodus xxviii. 6-12.


word: Ephor
definition:
Ephor

Eph"or
(?)
n.
pl. Ephors (#), L. Ephori (#).
[L. ephorus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to oversee; _;  + _; to see: cf. F. éphore.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.


word: Ephyra
definition:
Ephyra

Eph"y*ra
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, an old name of Corinth.]
(Zoöl.)
A stage in the development of discophorous medusæ, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.


word: Epi-
definition:
Epi-

Ep"i-
(?)
[Gr. 'epi` on, upon, to; akin to Skr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.]
A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.


word: Epiblast
definition:
Epiblast

Ep"i*blast
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + -blast.]
(Biol.)
The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.


word: Epiblema
definition:
Epiblema

Ep`i*ble"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a cover; _; over + _; to throw.]
(Bot.)
The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids.
Goodale.


word: Epibolic
definition:
Epibolic

Ep`i*bol"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; to throw upon, add to; 'epi` upon + _; to throw.]
(Biol.)
Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.


word: Epiboly
definition:
Epiboly

E*pib"o*ly
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _; a throwing upon.]
(Biol.)
Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.


word: Epibranchial
definition:
Epibranchial

Ep`i*bran"chi*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + branchial.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.
n. An epibranchial cartilage or bone.


word: Epic
definition:
Epic

Ep"ic
(?)
a.
[L. epicus, Gr. _;, from _; a word, speech, tale, song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. épique. See Voice.]
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail.
T. Arnold.


word: Epical
definition:
Epical

Ep"ic*al
(_;)
a.
Epic.
Ep"ic*al*ly, adv.

Poems which have an epical character.
Brande & C.

His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical).
Lowell.


word: Epicardium
definition:
Epicardium

Ep`i*car"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + kardi`a heart.]
(Anat.)
That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.


word: Epicaridan
definition:
Epicaridan

Ep`i*car"i*dan
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _;, _;, a shrimp.]
(Zoöl.)
An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.


word: Epicarp
definition:
Epicarp

Ep"i*carp
(?)
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; fruit.]
(Bot.)
The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.


word: Epicede
definition:
Epicede

Ep"i*cede
(?)
n.
[L. epicedion, Gr. _; dirge, elegy, fr. _; funereal; _;  + _; care, sorrow: cf. F. épicède.]
A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
[R.]
Donne.


word: Epicene
definition:
Epicene

Ep"i*cene
(?)
a. & n.
[L. epicoenus, Gr. _;; fr. 'epi` + _; common; cf. F. épicène.]
1.
Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

2.
Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.

The literary prigs epicene.
Prof. Wilson.

He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Epicentral
definition:
Epicentral

Ep`i*cen"tral
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + centrum.]
(Anat.)
Arising from the centrum of a vertebra.
Owen.


word: Epicerastic
definition:
Epicerastic

Ep`i*ce*ras"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; tempering the humors; 'epi` + _; to mix: cf. F. épicérastique.]
(Med.)
Lenient; assuaging.
[Obs.]


word: Epichirema
definition:
Epichirema

Ep`i*chi*re"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Epichiremata (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;, from _; to attempt to prove.]
(Rhet. & Logic)
A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.
[Written also epicheirema.]


word: Epichordal
definition:
Epichordal

Ep`i*chor"dal
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + chordal.]
(Anat.)
Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.


word: Epichorial
definition:
Epichorial

Ep`i*cho"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; over + _; country.]
In or of the country.
[R.]

Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe.
De Quincey.


word: Epicleidium
definition:
Epicleidium

Ep`i*clei"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; a little key.]
(Anat.)
A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.


word: Epiclinal
definition:
Epiclinal

Ep`i*cli"nal
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; a couch.]
(Bot.)
Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.


word: Epicoele
definition:
Epicoele

Ep"i*coele
(ĕp"ĭ*sēl)
n.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. koi^lon a hollow.]
(Anat.)
A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.


word: Epicolic
definition:
Epicolic

Ep`i*col"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; colon.]
(Anat.)
Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.


word: Epicondyle
definition:
Epicondyle

Ep`i*con"dyle
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + condyle.]
(Anat.)
A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the humerus; the internal condyle.


word: Epicoracoid
definition:
Epicoracoid

Ep`i*cor"a*coid
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + coracoid.]
(Anat.)
A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.


word: Epicranium
definition:
Epicranium

Ep`i*cra"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Epi-, and Cranium.]
1.
(Anat.)
The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.

2.
(Zoöl.)
The dorsal wall of the head of insects.


word: Epictetian
definition:
Epictetian

Ep`ic*te"tian
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; Epictetus.]
Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.


word: Epicure
definition:
Epicure

Ep"i*cure
(?)
n.
[L. Epicurus, Gr. _;, a famous Greek philosopher, who has been regarded, but erroneously, as teaching a doctrine of refined voluptuousness.]
1.
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.


word: Epicurean
definition:
Epicurean

Ep`i*cu*re"an
(?; 277)
a.
[L. Epicureus, Gr. _;: cf. épicurien.]
1.
Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.
Epicurean
Milton.

2.
Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.

Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes.
Prescott.

Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.


word: Epicureanism
definition:
Epicureanism

Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism
(?)
n.
Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.


word: Epicurism
definition:
Epicurism

Ep"i*cu*rism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. épicurisme.]
1.
The doctrines of Epicurus.

2.
Epicurean habits of living; luxury.


word: Epicurize
definition:
Epicurize

Ep"i*cu*rize
(?)
v. i.
1.
To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
Cudworth.

2.
To feed or indulge like an epicure.
Fuller.


word: Epicycle
definition:
Epicycle

Ep"i*cy`cle
(?)
n.
[L. epicyclus, Gr. _;; 'epi` upon + _; circle. See Cycle.]
1.
(Ptolemaic Astron.)
A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.

The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
Bacon.

2.
(Mech.)
A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.


word: epicyclical
definition:
epicyclical

epicyclic

ep`i*cyc"lic, ep`i*cyc"lic*al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.

Epicyclic train (Mach.), a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels.


word: Epicycloid
definition:
Epicycloid

Ep`i*cy"cloid
(?)
n.
[Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. épicycloïde.]
(Geom.)
A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

&hand_; Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle, but not in its circumference, traces a curve called an epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the circumference of the rolling circle when it rolls on the concave side of a fixed circle is called a hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point rigidly connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not its circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the curves mentioned above belong to the class class called roulettes or trochoids. See Trochoid.


word: Epicycloidal
definition:
Epicycloidal

Ep`i*cy*cloid"al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties.

Epicycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.


word: Epideictic
definition:
Epideictic

Ep`i*deic"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to show forth, display; 'epi` + _; to show.  Cf. Epidictic.]
Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.


word: Epidemical
definition:
Epidemical

Epidemic

{ Ep`i*dem"ic (?), Ep`i*dem"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. epidemus, Gr. _;, _;, among the people, epidemic; _; in + _; people: cf. F. épidémique.  Cf. Demagogue.]
1.
(Med.)
Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc.  See Endemic.

2.
Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.

It was the epidemical sin of the nation.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Epidemic
definition:
Epidemic

Ep`i*dem"ic
(?)
n.
[Cf. Epidemy.]
1.
(Med.)
An epidemic disease.

2.
Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.


word: Epidemiography
definition:
Epidemiography

Ep`i*de`mi*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Epidemy + -graphy.]
(Med.)
A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.


word: epidemiological
definition:
epidemiological

epidemiologic

ep`i*de`mi*o*log"ic, ep`i*de`mi*o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology; as, epidemiological studies.


word: epidemiology
definition:
epidemiology

ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Epidemy + -logy.]
(Med.)
That branch of medicine which studies the incidence and distribution of disease in a population, and uses such information to find the causes, modes of transmission, and methods for control of disease.


word: Epidemy
definition:
Epidemy

Ep"i*dem`y
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. épidémie. See Epidemic.]
(Med.)
An epidemic disease.
Dunglison.


word: Epidermatoid
definition:
Epidermatoid

Ep`i*der"ma*toid
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'epi` upon + de`rma, -atos, skin + -oid.  Cf. Epidermoid.]
(Anat.)
Epidermoid.
Owen.


word: Epidermic
definition:
Epidermic

Ep`i*der"mic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. épidermique.]
Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.

Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.


word: Epidermis
definition:
Epidermis

Ep`i*der"mis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; _; over + _; skin, fr. _; to skin. See Tear, v. t.]
1.
(Anat.)
The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.

2.
(Bot.)
The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.


word: Epidermoid
definition:
Epidermoid

Ep`i*der"moid
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. épidermoïde.]
(Anat.)
Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.


word: Epidictical
definition:
Epidictical

Epidictic

{ Ep`i*dic"tic (?), Ep`i*dic"tic*al (?), }
a.
[L. epidictius. See Epideictic.]
Serving to explain; demonstrative.


word: Epididymis
definition:
Epididymis

Ep`i*did"y*mis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` upon + _; testicle.]
(Anat.)
An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ.
Ep`i*did"y*mal (#), a.


word: Epididymitis
definition:
Epididymitis

Ep`i*did`y*mi"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Epididymis, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.


word: Epidote
definition:
Epidote

Ep"i*dote
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to give besides; _; over + _; to give: cf. F. épidote. So named from the enlargement of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.]
(Min.)
A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.

&hand_; The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or cerium epidote.


word: Epidotic
definition:
Epidotic

Ep`i*dot"ic
(?)
a.
Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.


word: Epigaea
definition:
Epigaea

Ep`i*gæ"a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; earth.]
(Bot.)
An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.


word: Epigaeous
definition:
Epigaeous

Ep`i*gæ"ous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Epigæa, and cf. Epigee.]
(Bot.)
Growing on, or close to, the ground.


word: Epigastric
definition:
Epigastric

Ep`i*gas"tric
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; over the belly; 'epi` upon + _; belly: cf. F. épigastrique.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.


word: Epigene
definition:
Epigene

Ep"i*gene
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born, grow.]
1.
(Crystallog.)
Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.

2.
(Geol.)
Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.


word: Epigenesis
definition:
Epigenesis

Ep`i*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + genesis.]
(Biol.)
The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.


word: Epigenesist
definition:
Epigenesist

Ep`i*gen"e*sist
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.


word: Epigenetic
definition:
Epigenetic

Ep`i*ge*net"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.


word: Epiglottis
definition:
Epiglottis

Ep`i*glot"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;; 'epi` upon +  _;, _;, tongue. See Glottis.]
(Anat.)
A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.


word: Epignathous
definition:
Epignathous

E*pig"na*thous
(?)
a.
[Epi- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Zoöl.)
Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.


word: Epigram
definition:
Epigram

Ep"i*gram
(?)
n.
[L. epigramma, fr. Gr. _; inscription, epigram, fr. _; to write upon, 'epi` upon + _; to write: cf. F. épigramme. See Graphic.]
1.
A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.

Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
Shak.

&hand_; Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc.

2.
An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

3.
The style of the epigram.

Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification.
B. Cracroft.


word: Epigrammatical
definition:
Epigrammatical

Epigrammatic

{ Ep`i*gram*mat"ic (?), Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al (?), }
[L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. épigrammatique.]
1.
Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.

2.
Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.


word: Epigrammatist
definition:
Epigrammatist

Ep`i*gram"ma*tist
(?)
n.
[L. epigrammatista: cf. F. épigrammatiste.]
One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.

The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness.
Holmes.


word: Epigrammatize
definition:
Epigrammatize

Ep`i*gram"ma*tize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing (?).]
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.


word: Epigrammatizer
definition:
Epigrammatizer

Ep`i*gram"ma*ti`zer
(?)
n.
One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.

Epigrammatizers of our English prose style.
Coleridge.


word: Epigraph
definition:
Epigraph

Ep"i*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. épigraphe. See Epigram.]
1.
Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

2.
(Literature)
A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.


word: Epigraphical
definition:
Epigraphical

Epigraphic

{ Ep`i*graph"ic (?), Ep`i*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.


word: Epigraphy
definition:
Epigraphy

E*pig"ra*phy
(?)
n.
The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.


word: Epigynous
definition:
Epigynous

E*pig"y*nous
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; woman, female: cf. F. épigyne.]
(Bot.)
Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.


word: Epihyal
definition:
Epihyal

Ep`i*hy"al
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + the Greek letter _;.]
(Anat.)
A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.


word: Epilepsy
definition:
Epilepsy

Ep"i*lep`sy
(?)
n.
[L. epilepsia, Gr. _; a seizure, the “falling sickness,” fr. _; to take besides, seize, attack; 'epi` upon, besides + _; to take: cf. F. épilepsie.  Cf. Catalepsy.]
(Med.)
The “falling sickness,” so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.
Dunglison.


word: Epileptic
definition:
Epileptic

Ep`i*lep"tic
(?)
a.
[L. epilepticus, Gr. _; : cf. F. épileptique.]
Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.


word: Epileptogenous
definition:
Epileptogenous

Ep`i*lep*tog"e*nous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'epi`lhptos epileptic + -genous.]
(Med.)
Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.


word: Epileptoid
definition:
Epileptoid

Ep`i*lep"toid
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'epi`lhptos + -oid.]
(Med.)
Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.


word: Epilogation
definition:
Epilogation

Ep`i*lo*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. epilogatio.]
A summing up in a brief account.
[Obs.]
Udall.


word: Epilogical
definition:
Epilogical

Epilogic

{ Ep`i*log"ic (?), Ep`i*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. 'epilogiko`s.]
Of or pertaining to an epilogue.


word: Epilogism
definition:
Epilogism

E*pil"o*gism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to reckon over, to deliver an epilogue; 'epi` upon + _; to count, reckon. See Epilogue.]
Enumeration; computation.
[R.]
J. Gregory.


word: Epilogistic
definition:
Epilogistic

Ep`i*lo*gis"tic
(?)
a.
[Cf. Gr. _;  calculating. See Epilogism.]
Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue.
T. Warton.


word: Epilogize
definition:
Epilogize

E*pil"o*gize
(?)
v. i. & t.
[See Epilogism.]
To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.


word: Epilogue
definition:
Epilogue

Ep"i*logue
(?; 115)
n.
[F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. _; conclusion, fr. _; to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + _; to say. See Legend.]
1.
(Drama)
A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues.
Shak.

2.
(Rhet.)
The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.


word: Epimachus
definition:
Epimachus

E*pim"a*chus
(e̝*pĭm"ȧ*kŭs)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`machos equipped for battle; 'epi` for + ma`chh battle.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.


word: Epimere
definition:
Epimere

Ep"i*mere
(?)
n.
[Epi- + -mere.]
(Biol.)
One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
Syd. Soc. Lex.


word: Epimeron
definition:
Epimeron

E*pim"e*ron
(?)
n.
pl. Epimera (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; a part.]
(Zoöl.)
(a)
In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage.
Illust.
Crustacea
(b)
In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.
[Written also epimerum.]


word: Epinastic
definition:
Epinastic

Ep`i*nas"tic
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; pressed close.]
(Physiol.)
A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.


word: Epineural
definition:
Epineural

Ep`i*neu"ral
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + neural.]
(Anat.)
Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.


word: Epineurium
definition:
Epineurium

Ep`i*neu"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; a nerve.]
(Anat.)
The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.


word: Epinglette
definition:
Epinglette

Ep`in*glette"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Mil.)
An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.


word: Epinicion
definition:
Epinicion

Ep`i*ni"cion
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; belonging to victory; 'epi` upon, to + _; victory: cf. L. epinicium.]
A song of triumph.
[Obs.]
T. Warton.


word: Epiornis
definition:
Epiornis

Ep`i*or"nis
(?)
n.
[NL.: cf. F. épiornis. See Æpyornis.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Æpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar.
[Written also Æpyornis.]


word: Epiotic
definition:
Epiotic

Ep`i*o"tic
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _;, gen. _;, ear.]
(Anat.)
The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.


word: Epipedometry
definition:
Epipedometry

Ep`i*pe*dom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'epi`pedos  on the ground, level ('epi` + pe`don ground) + -metry.]
(Geom.)
The mensuration of figures standing on the same base.
[Obs.]


word: Epiperipheral
definition:
Epiperipheral

Ep`i*pe*riph"er*al
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + peripheral.]
(Physiol.)
Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral.
H. Spenser.


word: Epiphany
definition:
Epiphany

E*piph"a*ny
(?)
n.
[F. épiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 'epifa`nia (sc. _;), for 'epifa`neia appearance, fr. 'epifai`nein to show forth; 'epi` + fai`nein to show. See Fancy.]
1.
An appearance, or a becoming manifest.

Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount.
Jer. Taylor.

An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris.
De Quincey.

2.
(Eccl.)
A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.


word: Epipharyngeal
definition:
Epipharyngeal

Ep`i*phar`yn*ge"al
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + pharyngeal.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes.
n. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.


word: Epipharynx
definition:
Epipharynx

Ep`i*phar"ynx
(?)
n.
[Epi- + pharynx.]
(Zoöl.)
A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.


word: Epiphonema
definition:
Epiphonema

Ep`i*pho*ne"ma
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'epifw`nhma, fr. 'epifwnei^n to mention; 'epi` + fwnei^n to speak.]
(Rhet.)
An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.


word: Epiphora
definition:
Epiphora

E*piph"o*ra
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'epifora`, fr. 'epife`rein to bring to or upon; 'epi` + fe`rein to bring.]
1.
(Med.)
The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

2.
(Rhet.)
The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.


word: Epiphragm
definition:
Epiphragm

Ep"i*phragm
(?)
n.
[Gr.  _; a covering, lid, fr. _; to block up.]
(Zoöl.)
A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or estivation.


word: Epiphyllospermous
definition:
Epiphyllospermous

Ep`i*phyl`lo*sper"mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'epi` + fy`llon leaf + spe`rma seed.]
(Bot.)
Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns.
Harris (1710).


word: Epiphyllous
definition:
Epiphyllous

E*piph"yl*lous
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'epi` + fy`llon leaf.]
(Bot.)
Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.


word: Epiphyllum
definition:
Epiphyllum

Ep`i*phyl"lum
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.


word: Epiphysial
definition:
Epiphysial

Epiphyseal

{ Ep`i*phys"e*al (?), Ep`i*phys"i*al (?), }
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.


word: Epiphysis
definition:
Epiphysis

E*piph"y*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Epiphyses (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`fysis, fr. 'epify`ein to grow upon; 'epi` upon + fy`ein to grow.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis.
(b)
The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.


word: Epiphyte
definition:
Epiphyte

Ep"i*phyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'epi` upon + fyto`n plant, _; to grow: cf. F. épiphyte.]
1.
(Bot.)
An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

2.
(Med.)
A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.


word: Epiphytical
definition:
Epiphytical

Epiphytic

{ Ep`i*phyt"ic (?), Ep`i*phyt"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte.
Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Epiplastron
definition:
Epiplastron

Ep`i*plas"tron
(?)
n.
pl. Epiplastra (#).
[Pref. epi- + plastron.]
(Anat.)
One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.


word: Epipleural
definition:
Epipleural

Ep`i*pleu"ral
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + pleural.]
(Anat.)
Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra.
Owen.


word: Epiplexis
definition:
Epiplexis

Ep`i*plex"is
(?)
n.
[L., reproof, fr. Gr. _; , fr. _; to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + _; to strike.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.


word: Epiploce
definition:
Epiploce

E*pip"lo*ce
(?)
n.
[L., connection, from Gr. _; a plaiting together, fr. _; to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + _; to twist, plait.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., “He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them.”
Johnson.


word: Epipodial
definition:
Epipodial

Ep`i*po"di*al
(?)
a.
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.


word: Epipodiale
definition:
Epipodiale

Ep`i*po`di*a"le
(?)
n.
pl. Epipodialia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _;, dim. of _;, _;, foot.]
(Anat.)
One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.


word: Epipodite
definition:
Epipodite

E*pip"o*dite
(?)
n.
[See Epipodium.]
(Zoöl.)
The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.


word: Epipodium
definition:
Epipodium

Ep`i*po"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. Epipodia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _;, _;, foot.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.


word: Epipolism
definition:
Epipolism

E*pip"o*lism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a surface; 'epi` + pe`lein to be.]
(Opt.)
See Fluorescence.
[R.]
Sir J. Herschel.


word: Epipolized
definition:
Epipolized

E*pip"o*lized
(?)
a.
Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light.
[R.]
Stokes.


word: Epipteric
definition:
Epipteric

Ep`ip*ter"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; wing. So called because above the wing of the sphenoid.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.
n. The epipteric bone.


word: Epipterygoid
definition:
Epipterygoid

Ep`ip*ter"y*goid
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + pterygoid.]
(Anat.)
Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
n. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.


word: Epipubis
definition:
Epipubis

Ep`i*pu"bis
(?)
n.
pl. Epipubes (#).
[NL., epi- + pubis.]
(Anat.)
A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.


word: Episcopacy
definition:
Episcopacy

E*pis"co*pa*cy
(?)
n.
[See Episcopate.]
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.


word: Episcopal
definition:
Episcopal

E*pis"co*pal
(?)
a.
[L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopal. See Bishop.]
1.
Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

2.
Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.


word: Episcopalian
definition:
Episcopalian

E*pis`co*pa"li*an
(?)
a.
Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.


word: Episcopalian₂
definition:
Episcopalian

E*pis`co*pa"li*an
n.
One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.


word: Episcopalianism
definition:
Episcopalianism

E*pis`co*pa"li*an*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.


word: Episcopate
definition:
Episcopate

E*pis"co*pate
(?)
n.
[L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopat. See Bishop.]
1.
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

2.
The collective body of bishops.

3.
The time of a bishop's rule.


word: Episcopate₂
definition:
Episcopate

E*pis"co*pate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Episcopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.]
To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
[Obs.]

Feeding the flock episcopating.
Milton.


word: Episcopicide
definition:
Episcopicide

E*pis"co*pi*cide
(?)
n.
[L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill.]
The killing of a bishop.


word: Episcopy
definition:
Episcopy

E*pis"co*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _;. See Bishop.]
1.
Survey; superintendence.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
Episcopacy.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Episepalous
definition:
Episepalous

Ep`i*sep"al*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + sepal.]
(Bot.)
Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.


word: Episkeletal
definition:
Episkeletal

Ep`i*skel"e*tal
(?)
a.
[Pref. epi- + skeleletal.]
(Anat.)
Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.


word: Episode
definition:
Episode

Ep"i*sode
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a coming in besides, _; episode; _; into, besides + _; a coming in, _; into + _; way, cf. Skr. sad to go: cf. F. épisode.]
(Rhet.)
A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.


word: Episodical
definition:
Episodical

Episodic

{ Ep`i*so"dic (?), Ep`i*so"dic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. épisodique. See Episode.]
Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious.
Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly, adv.

Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait.
H. James.


word: Epispadias
definition:
Epispadias

Ep`i*spa"di*as
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; to draw, rend.]
(Med.)
A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.


word: Epispastic
definition:
Epispastic

Ep"i*spas"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to draw to, attract; _; to + _; to draw: cf. F. épispastique.]
(Med.)
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.


word: Epispastic₂
definition:
Epispastic

Ep"i*spas"tic
n.
(Med.)
An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.


word: Episperm
definition:
Episperm

Ep"i*sperm
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _; seed: cf. F. épisperme.]
(Bot.)
The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.


word: Epispermic
definition:
Epispermic

Ep`i*sper"mic
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.


word: Epispore
definition:
Epispore

Ep"i*spore
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + spore.]
(Bot.)
The thickish outer coat of certain spores.


word: Epistaxis
definition:
Epistaxis

Ep`i*stax"is
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; to drop.]
(Med.)
Bleeding at the nose.


word: epistemological
definition:
epistemological

epistemic

epistemic epistemological
adj.
of or pertaining to epistemology; as, epistemic modal.


word: epistemology
definition:
epistemology

e*pis`te*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; knowledge + -logy.]
The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.


word: Episternum
definition:
Episternum

Ep`i*ster"num
(?)
n.
pl. Episterna (#).
[NL. See Epi-, and Sternum.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.
(b)
Same as Epiplastron.

2.
(Zoöl.)
One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.


word: Epistilbite
definition:
Epistilbite

Ep`i*stil"bite
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + stilbite.]
(Min.)
A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.


word: Epistle
definition:
Epistle

E*pis"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. _; anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr. _; to send to, tell by letter or message; 'epi` upon, to + _; to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F. épître. See Stall.]
1.
A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.

A madman's epistles are no gospels.
Shak.

2.
(Eccl.)
One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.

Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.

One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.
R. Browning.


word: Epistler
definition:
Epistler

E*pis"tler
(?)
n.
1.
A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament.
M. Arnold.

2.
(Eccl.)
The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.


word: Epistolary
definition:
Epistolary

E*pis"to*la*ry
(?)
a.
[L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire.]
1.
Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.

2.
Contained in letters; carried on by letters.
Epistolary
Addison.


word: Epistolean
definition:
Epistolean

Ep`is*to"le*an
(ĕp`ĭs*t&omacr"lĕ*an)
n.
One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
Mary Cowden Clarke.


word: Epistoler
definition:
Epistoler

E*pis"to*ler
(e̝*pĭs"to̝*lẽr)
n.
(Eccl.)
One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.


word: Epistolical
definition:
Epistolical

Epistolic

{ Ep`is*tol"ic (?), Ep`is*tol"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. epistolicus, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.


word: Epistolographic
definition:
Epistolographic

E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. épistolographique.]
Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Epistolographic character of writing or Epistolographic mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.


word: Epistolography
definition:
Epistolography

E*pis`to*log"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie.]
The art or practice of writing epistles.


word: Epistome
definition:
Epistome

Epistoma

{ &VerbarE*pis"to*ma (?), Ep"i*stome (?), }
n.
[NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _;, _;, mouth.]
(Zoöl.)
(a)
The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea.
(b)
A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.


word: Epistrophe
definition:
Epistrophe

E*pis"tro*phe
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _; a turning toward, return, fr. _; to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + _; to turn.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., “Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.”
2 Cor. xi. 22.


word: Epistyle
definition:
Epistyle

Ep"i*style
(?)
n.
[L. epistylium, Gr. _;; 'epi` upon + _; column: cf. F. épistyle.]
(Anc. Arch.)
A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.


word: Episyllogism
definition:
Episyllogism

Ep`i*syl"lo*gism
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + syllogism.]
(Logic)
A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.


word: Epitaph
definition:
Epitaph

Ep"i*taph
(?)
n.
[F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. _;, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + _; tomb.  Cf. Cenotaph.]
1.
An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak.

2.
A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: “Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.”


word: Epitaph₂
definition:
Epitaph

Ep"i*taph
v. t.
To commemorate by an epitaph.
[R.]

Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters.
G. Harvey.


word: Epitaph₃
definition:
Epitaph

Ep"i*taph
v. i.
To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
[R.]

The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . “He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.”
Bp. Hall.


word: Epitaphian
definition:
Epitaphian

Epitaphial

{ Ep`i*taph"i*al (?), Ep`i*taph"i*an (?), }
a.
Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.

The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech.
Milton.

Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally.
Lowell.


word: Epitasis
definition:
Epitasis

E*pit"a*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  a stretching, fr. _; to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon + _; to stretch.]
1.
That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.

2.
(Med.)
The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
Dunglison.


word: Epithalamium
definition:
Epithalamium

Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um
(?)
n.
pl. Epithalamiums (#), L. Epithalamia (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _; , orig. an adj., nuptial; 'epi` upon, at + _;  bride chamber.]
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.

The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber.
B. Jonson.


word: Epitheca
definition:
Epitheca

Ep`i*the"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _;  a case, box, fr. _; to place.]
(Zoöl.)
A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.


word: Epithelial
definition:
Epithelial

Ep`i*the"li*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.


word: Epithelioid
definition:
Epithelioid

Ep`i*the"li*oid
(?)
a.
[Epithelium + -oid.]
(Anat.)
Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.


word: Epithelioma
definition:
Epithelioma

Ep`i*the`li*o"ma
(?)
n.
[NL. See Epithelium, and -oma.]
(Med.)
A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.


word: Epithelium
definition:
Epithelium

Ep`i*the"li*um
(?)
n.
pl. E. Epitheliums (#), L. Epithelia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + _; nipple.]
(Anat.)
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.


word: Epithem
definition:
Epithem

Ep"i*them
(?)
n.
[L. epithema, Gr. _;, fr. _; to lay or put on: cf. F. épithème. See Epithet.]
(Med.)
Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.


word: Epithema
definition:
Epithema

Ep`i*the"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + _;  a case, box, fr. _; to place.]
(Zoöl.)
A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.


word: Epithesis
definition:
Epithesis

E*pith"e*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a putting on; 'epi` upon + _; to place.]
The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.


word: Epithet
definition:
Epithet

Ep"i*thet
(?)
n.
[L. epitheton, Gr. _;, fr. _; added, fr. _; to add; 'epi` upon, to + _; to put, place: cf. F. épithète. See Do.]
1.
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.

A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet “worthless” seems best applicable.
Hallam.

2.
Term; expression; phrase.
epithets
Shak.


word: Epithet₂
definition:
Epithet

Ep"i*thet
v. t.
To describe by an epithet.
[R.]

Never was a town better epitheted.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Epithetical
definition:
Epithetical

Epithetic

{ Ep`i*thet"ic (?), Ep`i*thet"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; added.]
Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets.
epithetic
Lloyd.


word: Epithumetical
definition:
Epithumetical

Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to long for, lust after; 'epi` + qymo`s soul, heart, desire.]
Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Epitithides
definition:
Epitithides

Ep`i*tith"i*des
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to place upon. See Epithet.]
(Arch.)
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.


word: Epitome
definition:
Epitome

E*pit"o*me
(?)
n.
pl. Epitomes (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _; a surface incision, also, and abridgment, fr. _; to cut into, cut short; 'epi` upon + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. épitome. See Tome.]
1.
A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book.
Sydney Smith.

2.
A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class.

An epitome of English fashionable life.
Carlyle.

A man so various that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome.
Dryden.


word: Epitomize
definition:
Epitomize

E*pit"o*mize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Epitomized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Epitomizing.]
1.
To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

2.
To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.
[Obs.]
Addison.


word: Epitrite
definition:
Epitrite

Ep"i*trite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; containing an integer and one third (i. e., 4/3, or in the ratio of 4 to 3); 'epi` upon, over + _; the third: cf. L. epitritos, F. épitrite.]
(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.

&hand_; It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.


word: Epitrochlea
definition:
Epitrochlea

Ep`i*troch"le*a
(?)
n.
[NL. See Epi-, and Trochlea.]
(Anat.)
A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.


word: Epitrochoid
definition:
Epitrochoid

Ep`i*tro"choid
(?)
n.
[Pref. epi- + Gr. _;  wheel + -oid.]
(Geom.)
A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.


word: Epitrope
definition:
Epitrope

E*pit"ro*pe
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; reference, arbitration, fr. _; to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over + _; to turn.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.”


word: Epizeuxis
definition:
Epizeuxis

Ep`i*zeux"is
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; a fastening together, repetition, fr. _; to fasten to or upon; 'epi` upon + _; to join, yoke.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: --

Alone, alone, all all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea.
Coleridge.


word: Epizoic
definition:
Epizoic

Ep`i*zo"ic
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.


word: Epizoon
definition:
Epizoon

Ep`i*zo"ön
(?)
n.
pl. Epizoa (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + zw^,on animal.]
(Zoöl.)
One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.


word: Epizootic
definition:
Epizootic

Ep`i*zo*öt"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. épizoötique.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to an epizoön.

2.
(Geol.)
Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
[Obs.]

Epizoötic mountains are of secondary formation.
Kirwan.

3.
Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.


word: Epizootic₂
definition:
Epizootic

Epizooty

{ Ep`i*zo*öt"ic (?), Ep`i*zo"ö*ty (?) }
n.
[F. épizoötie.]
1.
A contagious disease which attacks many animals at the same time; an epizootic disease; an epidemic among animals.

2.
A murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.


word: Epoch
definition:
Epoch

Ep"och
(ĕp"&obreve_;k or ē"p&obreve_;k; 277)
n.
[LL. epocha, Gr. 'epochh` check, stop, an epoch of a star, an historical epoch, fr. 'epe`chein to hold on, check; 'epi` upon + 'e`chein to have, hold; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS. sigor, sige, G. sieg: cf. F. époque. See Scheme.]
1.
A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.

In divers ages, . . . divers epochs of time were used.
Usher.

Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God.
Trench.

The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 30th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history.
Macaulay.

&hand_; Epochs mark the beginning of new historical periods, and dates are often numbered from them.

2.
A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation.
epoch
F. Harrison.

The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history.
A. W. Ward.

3.
(Geol.)
A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.

The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures.
J. C. Shairp.

4.
(Astron.)
(a)
The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.
(b)
An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860.
The capture of Constantinople is an epoch in the history of Mahometanism; but the flight of Mahomet is its era.
C. J. Smith.


word: Epode
definition:
Epode

Ep"ode
(?)
n.
[L. epodos, Gr. _;, fr. _;, adj., singing to, sung or said after, fr. _; to sing to; 'epi` upon, to + _; to sing: cf. F. épode. See Ode.]
(Poet.)
(a)
The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
(b)
A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.


word: Eponyme
definition:
Eponyme

Eponym

{ Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme  }
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. éponyme. See Eponymous.]
1.
The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.

2.
A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.


word: Eponymic
definition:
Eponymic

Ep`o*nym"ic
(?)
a.
Same as Eponymous.

Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).


word: Eponymist
definition:
Eponymist

E*pon"y*mist
(?)
n.
One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.


word: Eponymous
definition:
Eponymous

E*pon"y*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; 'epi` upon, to + _; for _; name.]
Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.

What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions?
Grote.


word: Eponymy
definition:
Eponymy

E*pon"y*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a surname given after some person or thing.]
The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.


word: Epoophoron
definition:
Epoophoron

Ep`o*öph"o*ron
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + _; egg + fe`rein to bear.]
(Anat.)
See Parovarium.


word: Epopoeia
definition:
Epopoeia

Epopee

{ Ep"o*pee` (?), &VerbarEp`o*pœ"ia (?), }
n.
[F. épopée, Gr. _;; 'e`pos song + _; to make. See Epos.]
An epic poem; epic poetry.


word: Epopt
definition:
Epopt

Ep"opt
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; one initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries.]
One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.
Carlyle.


word: Epotation
definition:
Epotation

Ep`o*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. epotare, epotatum, to drink; e out + potare to drink.]
A drinking up; a quaffing.
[Obs.]
Feltham.


word: eprouvette
definition:
eprouvette

É`prou`vette"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Gun.)
An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.


word: Epsom salt
definition:
Epsom salt

Epsom salts

{ Ep"som salts` or Ep"som salt` (?) }
(Med.)
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.


word: Epulary
definition:
Epulary

Ep"u*la*ry
(?)
a.
[L. epularis, fr. epulum a feast: cf. F. épulaire.]
Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet.
[Obs.]
Smart.


word: Epulis
definition:
Epulis

E*pu"lis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a gumboil; Gr. 'epi` upon + _; gums.]
(Med.)
A hard tumor developed from the gums.


word: Epulotic
definition:
Epulotic

Ep`u*lot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to scar over or heal; 'epi` upon, over + _; whole.]
Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment.
n. An epulotic agent.


word: epure
definition:
epure

É`pure"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Fine Arts)
A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.


word: Epworth League
definition:
Epworth League

Ep"worth League
(?)
A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.


word: Equability
definition:
Equability

E`qua*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable.]
The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind.

For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom.
Ray.


word: Equable
definition:
Equable

E"qua*ble
(?; 277)
a.
[L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]
1.
Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

2.
Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.


word: Equal
definition:
Equal

E"qual
(?)
a.
[L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. _;ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.]
1.
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

2.
Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.

The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English.
Clarendon.

It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit.
Dryden.

Whose voice an equal messenger
Conveyed thy meaning mild.
Emerson.

3.
Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.
equal
Dryden.

4.
Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Are not my ways equal?
Ezek. xviii. 29.

Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem.
Spenser.

Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise.
Milton.

5.
Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.

They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
Cheyne.

6.
(Mus.)
Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.
[R.]

7.
(Math.)
Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.

Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.


word: Equal₂
definition:
Equal

E"qual
n.
1.
One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, “If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal.”

Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
Addison.

2.
State of being equal; equality.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Equal₃
definition:
Equal

E"qual
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equaled (?) or Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling.]
1.
To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen_;urate with.

On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety.
Shak.

2.
To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love.
Dryden.

3.
To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.

He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible.
Berkeley.


word: equaliser
definition:
equaliser

equaliser
n.
1.
(Electronics)
an electronic circuit which reduces frequency distortion.

Syn. -- equalizer.

2.
an equivalent counterbalancing weight.

Syn. -- counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer.


word: Equalitarian
definition:
Equalitarian

E*qual`i*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.


word: equalitarianism
definition:
equalitarianism

equalitarianism
n.
the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality.

Syn. -- egalitarianism.


word: Equality
definition:
Equality

E*qual"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Equalities (#).
[L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.]
1.
The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.

A footing of equality with nobles.
Macaulay.

2.
Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

3.
Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

4.
(Math.)
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.

Confessional equality. See under Confessional.


word: Equalization
definition:
Equalization

E`qual*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.

Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects.
Burke.


word: Equalize
definition:
Equalize

E"qual*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing (?).]
[Cf. F. égaliser.]
1.
To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

One poor moment can suffice
To equalize the lofty and the low.
Wordsworth.

No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
Whately.

2.
To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.
Orrery.

3.
To be equal to; equal; to match.
[Obs.]

It could not equalize the hundredth part
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.
Waller.

Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.


word: Equalizer
definition:
Equalizer

E"qual*i`zer
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

2.
same as Equalizing bar.

3.
A device, as a bar, for operating two brakes, esp. a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.

4.
(Elec.)
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets; also, a conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.

5.
(Aëronautics)
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aëroplane.

6.
(Electronics)
a device or circuit within a sound-reproducing system that reproduces the original frequency distribution of the sound before recording by compensating for inequialities in the frequency response of the system.

7.
a gun.
[slang]


word: Equally
definition:
Equally

E"qual*ly
adv.
In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.


word: Equangular
definition:
Equangular

E*quan"gu*lar
(?)
a.
[See Equiangular.]
Having equal angles; equiangular.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Equanimity
definition:
Equanimity

E`qua*nim"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. aequanimitas, fr. aequanimus: cf. F. équanimité. See Equanimous.]
Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.


word: Equanimous
definition:
Equanimous

E*quan"i*mous
(?)
a.
[L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal + animus mind.]
Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.
Bp. Gauden.


word: Equant
definition:
Equant

E"quant
(?)
n.
[L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. équant. See Equate.]
(Ptolemaic Astron.)
A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.


word: Equate
definition:
Equate

E*quate"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.]
[L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.

Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle.
Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).

Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent. -- Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.


word: Equation
definition:
Equation

E*qua"tion
(?)
n.
[L. aequatio an equalizing: cf. F. équation equation. See Equate.]
1.
A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

Again the golden day resumed its right,
And ruled in just equation with the night.
Rowe.

2.
(Math.)
An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.

3.
(Astron.)
A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion.

Absolute equation. See under Absolute. -- Equation box, or Equational box, a system of differential gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing used in equation clocks for showing apparent time. -- Equation of the center (Astron.), the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse. -- Equations of condition (Math.), equations formed for deducing the true values of certain quantities from others on which they depend, when different sets of the latter, as given by observation, would yield different values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than the number of unknown quantities. -- Equation of a curve (Math.), an equation which expresses the relation between the coördinates of every point in the curve. -- Equation of equinoxes (Astron.), the difference between the mean and apparent places of the equinox. -- Equation of payments (Arith.), the process of finding the mean time of payment of several sums due at different times. -- Equation of time (Astron.), the difference between mean and apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the year round. -- Equation clock or Equation watch, a timepiece made to exhibit the differences between mean solar and apparent solar time. Knight. -- Normal equation. See under Normal. -- Personal equation (Astron.), the difference between an observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in the observer; particularly the difference, in an average of a large number of observation, between the instant when an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star, and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or, relatively, the difference between these instants as noted by two observers. It is usually only a fraction of a second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. -- Theory of equations (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity.


word: Equator
definition:
Equator

E*qua"tor
(?)
n.
[L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. équateur equator. See Equate.]
1.
(Geog.)
The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.

2.
(Astron.)
The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line.

Equator of the sun or Equator of a planet (Astron.), the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution. -- Magnetic equator. See Aclinic.


word: Equatorial
definition:
Equatorial

E`qua*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. équatorial.]
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.


word: Equatorial₂
definition:
Equatorial

E`qua*to"ri*al
n.
(Astron.)
An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope.

&hand_; The term equatorial, or equatorial instrument, is sometimes applied to any astronomical instrument which has its principal axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the earth.


word: Equerry
definition:
Equerry

Eq"uer*ry
(?; 277)
n.
pl. Equerries (#).
[F. écurie stable, for older escurie, escuirie (confused somewhat with F. écuyer, OF. escuyer, squire), LL. scuria, OHG. skiura, sc_;ra, barn, shed, G. scheuer, from a root meaning to cover, protect, and akin to L. scutum shield. See Esquire, and cf. Ecurie, Querry.]
1.
A large stable or lodge for horses.
Johnson.

2.
An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses.

&hand_; In England equerries are officers of the royal household in the department of the Master of the Horse.


word: Equestrian
definition:
Equestrian

E*ques"tri*an
(?)
a.
[L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. équestre. See Equine.]
1.
Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

2.
Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.

An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains.
Spectator.

3.
Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order.
Burke.


word: Equestrianism
definition:
Equestrianism

E*ques"tri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.


word: Equestrienne
definition:
Equestrienne

E*ques"tri*enne`
(?)
n.
[Formed after analogy of the French language.]
A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.


word: Equi-
definition:
Equi-

E"qui-
(?)
[L. aequus equal. See Equal.]
A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.


word: Equiangular
definition:
Equiangular

E`qui*an"gu*lar
(?)
a.
[Equi- + angular.  Cf. Equangular.]
Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular.

Equiangular spiral. (Math.) See under Spiral, n. -- Mutually equiangular, applied to two figures, when every angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the other.


word: Equibalance₂
definition:
Equibalance

E`qui*bal"ance
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equibalanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing (?).]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.


word: Equicrescent
definition:
Equicrescent

E`qui*cres"cent
(?)
a.
[Equi- + crescent.]
(Math.)
Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.


word: Equicrural
definition:
Equicrural

E`qui*cru"ral
(?)
a.
[L. aequicrurius; aequus equal + crus, cruris, leg.]
Having equal legs or sides; isosceles.
[R.]
Equicrural
Sir T. Browne.


word: Equidifferent
definition:
Equidifferent

E`qui*dif"fer*ent
(?)
a.
[Equi- + different: cf. F. équidifférent.]
Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.


word: Equidistant
definition:
Equidistant

E`qui*dis"tant
(?)
a.
[L. aequidistans, -antis; aequus equal + distans distant: cf. F. équidistant.]
Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.
E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Equidiurnal
definition:
Equidiurnal

E`qui*di*ur"nal
(?)
a.
[Equi- + diurnal.]
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line.
Whewell.


word: Equiform
definition:
Equiform

E"qui*form
(?)
a.
[L. aequiformis; aequus equal + forma form.]
Having the same form; uniform.
E`qui*for"mi*ty (#), n.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Equilateral
definition:
Equilateral

E`qui*lat"er*al
(?)
a.
[L. aequilateralis; aequus equal + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. équilatéral.]
Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon.

Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. -- Equilateral shell (Zoöl.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other.


word: Equilateral₂
definition:
Equilateral

E`qui*lat"er*al
n.
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.


word: Equilibrate
definition:
Equilibrate

E`qui*li"brate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equilibrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equilibrating (?).]
[L. aequilibratus in equilibrium; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equilibrium.]
To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.
H. Spenser.


word: Equilibration
definition:
Equilibration

E`qui*li*bra"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.

In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed.
J. Denham.

2.
(Biol.)
The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
H. Spenser.


word: Equilibrious
definition:
Equilibrious

E`qui*lib"ri*ous
(?)
a.
Evenly poised; balanced.
Dr. H. More.
E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.


word: Equilibrist
definition:
Equilibrist

E*quil"i*brist
(?)
n.
One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.

When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger.
Stewart.


word: Equilibrity
definition:
Equilibrity

E`qui*lib"ri*ty
(?)
n.
[L. aequilibritas equal distribution. See Equilibrium.]
The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
[R.]
J. Gregory.


word: Equilibrium
definition:
Equilibrium

E`qui*lib"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. E. Equilibriums (#), L. Equilibria (#).
[L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equal, and Librate.]
1.
Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

2.
A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.

Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers.
Arbuthnot.

3.
A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.

Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See under Valve.


word: Equimomental
definition:
Equimomental

E`qui*mo*men"tal
(?)
a.
[Equi- + momental.]
(Mech.)
Having equal moments of inertia.

&hand_; Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be   equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each.

Equimomental cone of a given rigid body, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same.


word: Equimultiple
definition:
Equimultiple

E`qui*mul"ti*ple
(?)
a.
[Equi- + multiple: cf. F. équimultiple.]
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.


word: Equimultiple₂
definition:
Equimultiple

E`qui*mul"ti*ple
n.
(Math.)
One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or  14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.


word: Equine
definition:
Equine

E"quine
(?)
a.
[L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. _;, Skr. a_;va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j_;r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a_; to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine.
Sir J. Barrow.


word: Equinoctial
definition:
Equinoctial

E`qui*noc"tial
(?)
a.
[L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox.]
1.
Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.

2.
Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.

3.
Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.

Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. -- Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator.
[1913 Webster]
Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled. Milton.
-- Equinoctial points (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra. -- Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point.


word: Equinox
definition:
Equinox

E"qui*nox
(?)
n.
[OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. équinoxe. See Equal, and Night.]
1.
The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.

When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Stormwind of the equinox.
Longfellow.

2.
Equinoctial wind or storm.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Equinumerant
definition:
Equinumerant

E`qui*nu"mer*ant
(?)
a.
[Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr.  of numerare to number.]
Equal as to number.
[Obs.]
Arbuthnot.


word: Equip
definition:
Equip

E*quip"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Equipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.]
[F. équiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF. esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. skip, AS. scip. See Ship.]
1.
To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops.
Dryden.

Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
Ludlow.

2.
To dress up; to array; accouter.

The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode.
Addison.


word: Equipage
definition:
Equipage

Eq"ui*page
(?; 48)
n.
[F. équipage, fr. équiper. See Equip.]
1.
Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.

Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage.
Evelyn.

First strip off all her equipage of Pride.
Pope.

2.
Retinue; train; suite.
Swift.

3.
A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.

The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam.
W. Irving.


word: Equipaged
definition:
Equipaged

Eq"ui*paged
(?)
a.
Furnished with equipage.

Well dressed, well bred.
Well equipaged, is ticket good enough.
Cowper.


word: Equipedal
definition:
Equipedal

E*quip"e*dal
(?)
a.
[Equi- + L. pes, pedis, foot.]
(Zoöl.)
Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.


word: Equipendency
definition:
Equipendency

E`qui*pend"en*cy
(?)
n.
[Equi- + pendency.]
The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.
South.


word: Equipensate
definition:
Equipensate

E`qui*pen"sate
(?)
v. t.
[Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh.  Cf. Equipoise.]
To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
[Obs.]


word: Equipment
definition:
Equipment

E*quip"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. équipement. See Equip.]
1.
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Burke.

The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
Hume.

2.
Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

Armed and dight,
In the equipments of a knight.
Longfellow.


word: Equipoise
definition:
Equipoise

E"qui*poise
(?)
n.
[Equi- + poise.]
1.
Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.

The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth.
Burke.

Our little lives are kept in equipoise
By opposite attractions and desires.
Longfellow.

2.
Counterpoise.

The equipoise to the clergy being removed.
Buckle.


word: Equipollency
definition:
Equipollency

Equipollence

{ E`qui*pol"lence (?), E`qui*pol"len*cy (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. équipollence. See Equipollent.]
1.
Equality of power, force, signification, or application.
Boyle.

2.
(Logic)
Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.


word: Equipollent
definition:
Equipollent

E`qui*pol"lent
(?)
a.
[L. aequipollens; aequus equal + pollens, -entis, p. pr. of pollere to be strong, able: cf. F. équipollent.]
1.
Having equal power or force; equivalent.
Bacon.

2.
(Logic)
Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.


word: Equiponderancy
definition:
Equiponderancy

Equiponderance

{ E`qui*pon"der*ance (?), E`qui*pon"der*an*cy (?) }
n.
[Equi- + ponderance: cf. F. équipondérance.]
Equality of weight; equipoise.


word: Equiponderant
definition:
Equiponderant

E`qui*pon"der*ant
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. équipondérant.]
Being of the same weight.

A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver.
Locke.


word: Equiponderate
definition:
Equiponderate

E`qui*pon"der*ate
(?)
v. i.
[Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate.]
To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing.
Bp. Wilkins.


word: Equiponderate₂
definition:
Equiponderate

E`qui*pon"der*ate
v. t.
To make equal in weight; to counterbalance.
equiponderated
De Quincey.


word: Equiponderous
definition:
Equiponderous

E`qui*pon"der*ous
(?)
a.
[Equi- + L. pondus, ponderis, weight.]
Having equal weight.
Bailey.


word: Equipondious
definition:
Equipondious

E`qui*pon"di*ous
(?)
a.
[L. aequipondium an equal weight; aequus equal + pondus weight.]
Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.


word: Equipotential
definition:
Equipotential

E`qui*po*ten"tial
(?)
a.
[Equi- + potential.]
(Mech. & Physics)
Having the same potential.

Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.


word: Equirotal
definition:
Equirotal

E`qui*ro"tal
(?)
a.
[Equi- + L. rota wheel.]
Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
[R.]


word: Equisetiform
definition:
Equisetiform

E`qui*set"i*form
(?)
a.
[Equisetum- + -form.]
(Bot.)
Having the form of the equisetum.


word: Equisetum
definition:
Equisetum

Eq`ui*se"tum
(?)
n.
pl. Equiseta (#).
[L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.]
(Bot.)
A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.

&hand_; The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species (E. hyemale) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or scouring rush.


word: Equisonance
definition:
Equisonance

E*quis"o*nance
(?)
n.
[Equi- + L. sonans, p. pr. of sonare to sound: cf. F. équisonnance. See Sonant.]
(Mus.)
An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.


word: Equitable
definition:
Equitable

Eq"ui*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[F. équitable, from équité. See Equity.]
1.
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as, an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.

No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable.
Macaulay.

2.
(Law)
That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
Abbott.


word: Equitableness
definition:
Equitableness

Eq"ui*ta*ble*ness
n.
The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.


word: Equitably
definition:
Equitably

Eq"ui*ta*bly
adv.
In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.


word: Equitant
definition:
Equitant

Eq"ui*tant
(?)
a.
[L. equitans, -antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.]
1.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

2.
(Bot.)
Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.


word: Equitation
definition:
Equitation

Eq`ui*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. equitatio, fr. equitare: cf. F. équitation.]
A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.

The pretender to equitation mounted.
W. Irving.


word: Equitemporaneous
definition:
Equitemporaneous

E`qui*tem`po*ra"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time.]
Contemporaneous.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Equites
definition:
Equites

Eq"ui*tes
(?)
n. pl
[L., pl. of eques a horseman.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.


word: Equity
definition:
Equity

Eq"ui*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Equities (#).
[F. équité, L. aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]
1.
Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.

Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity.
Tillotson.

2.
(Law)
An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.

I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken.
Kent.

3.
(Law)
A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.

Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application.
Macaulay.

&hand_; Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms to secure justice in all cases; and this led to distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified performance, and other processes by which the merits of a case could be reached more summarily or more effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent English Judicature Act (1873), however, the English judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits, to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the rules of equity and of common law, in any particular case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity tribunals are still maintained. See Chancery.

Equity of redemption (Law), the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. Blackstone.


word: Equivalence
definition:
Equivalence

E*quiv"a*lence
(e̝*kwĭv"ȧ*lens)
n.
[Cf. F. équivalence, LL. aequivalentia.]
1.
The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

2.
Equal power or force; equivalent amount.

3.
(Chem.)
(a)
The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.
(b)
The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2.
[R.]


word: Equivalence₂
definition:
Equivalence

E*quiv"a*lence
v. t.
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Equivalent
definition:
Equivalent

E*quiv"a*lent
(e̝*kwĭv"ȧ*lent)
a.
[L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal +  valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. équivalent. See Equal, and Valiant.]
1.
Equal in worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.
South.

2.
(Geom.)
Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.

3.
(Geol.)
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.


word: Equivalent₂
definition:
Equivalent

E*quiv"a*lent
(e̝*kwĭv"ȧ*lent)
n.
1.
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.

He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent.  . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse orators.
Macaulay.

2.
(Chem.)
That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.

&hand_; This term was adopted by Wollaston to avoid using the conjectural expression atomic weight, with which, however, for a time it was practically synonymous. The attempt to limit the term to the meaning of a universally comparative combining weight failed, because of the possibility of several compounds of the substances by reason of the variation in combining power which most elements exhibit. The equivalent was really identical with, or a multiple of submultiple of, the atomic weight.

3.
(Chem.)
A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.

Mechanical equivalent of heat (Physics), originally defined as the number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform, equivalent to the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a pound of water one degree Fahrenheit; later this value was defined as one British thermal unit (B.t.u).  Its value was found by Joule to be 772 foot pounds; later measurements give the value as 777.65 foot-pounds, equivalent to 107.5 kg-meters.  This value was originally called Joule's equivalent, but the modern Joule is defined differently, being 107 ergs.  The B.t.u. is now given as 1,054.35 absolute Joules, and therefore 1 calorie (the amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree centigrade) is equivalent to 4.186 Joules.

&hand_;  The original definition of the Mechanical equivalent of heat in the 1913 Webster was as below.  The difference between foot pounds and kilogram-meters ("on the centigrade scale") is puzzling as it should be a factor of 7.23, and the figure given for kilogram-meters may be a mistaken misinterpretation of the report. -- PJC:

   The number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform; the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a unit weight of water from 0° C. to 1° C., or from 32° F. to 33° F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the symbol J.  This is equal to 424 kilogram meters (Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.


word: Equivalue
definition:
Equivalue

E`qui*val"ue
(?)
v. t.
To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.
W. Taylor.


word: Equivalved
definition:
Equivalved

Equivalve

{ E"qui*valve (?), E"qui*valved (?), }
a.
[Equi- + valve.]
(Zoöl.)
Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.


word: Equivocal
definition:
Equivocal

E*quiv"o*cal
(?)
a.
[L. aequivocus: aequus equal + vox, vocis, word. See Equal, and Voice, and cf. Equivoque.]
1.
(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.

For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes.
Jeffrey.

2.
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
Equivocal
Milton.

3.
Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
equivocal
Burke.

Equivocal chord (Mus.), a chord which can be resolved into several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh.


word: Equivocal₂
definition:
Equivocal

E*quiv"o*cal
n.
A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

In languages of great ductility, equivocals like that just referred to are rarely found.
Fitzed. Hall.


word: Equivocate
definition:
Equivocate

E*quiv"o*cate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Equivocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equivocating.]
[L. aequivocatus, p. p. of aequivocari to be called by the same name, fr. L. aequivocus: cf. F. équivoquer. See Equivocal, a.]
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Equivocate₂
definition:
Equivocate

E*quiv"o*cate
(?)
v. t.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.

He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation.
Sir G. Buck.


word: Equivocation
definition:
Equivocation

E*quiv`o*ca"tion
(?)
n.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions.
Locke.


word: Equivocator
definition:
Equivocator

E*quiv"o*ca`tor
(?)
n.
One who equivocates.

Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven.
Shak.


word: Equivoke
definition:
Equivoke

Equivoque

{ Eq"ui*voque, Eq"ui*voke  }
(?)
n.
[F. équivoque. See Equivocal.]
1.
An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.
Coleridge.

2.
An equivocation; a guibble.
B. Jonson.


word: Equivorous
definition:
Equivorous

E*quiv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. equus horse + vorare to eat greedily.]
Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.


word: Er
definition:
Er

Er
n.
the chemical symbol for erbium, a rare earth element.  It has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26.

Syn. -- erbium.


word: -er
definition:
-er

-er
(?)
.
1.
[AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.]
The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

2.
[AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -_;za, L. -ior, Gr. _;, Skr. -īyas.]
A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.


word: Era
definition:
Era

E"ra
(?)
n.
pl. Eras (#).
[LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of aes, aeris, brass, money. See Ore.]
1.
A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era.
R. S. Poole.

2.
A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).

The first century of our era.
M. Arnold.

3.
A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Eradiate
definition:
Eradiate

E*ra"di*ate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Eradiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradiating (?).]
[Pref. e- + radiate.]
To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate.
Dr. H. More.


word: Eradicate
definition:
Eradicate

E*rad"i*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eradicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating (?).]
[L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]
1.
To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

2.
To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.
Southey.


word: Eradication
definition:
Eradication

E*rad`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eradicatio: cf. F. éradication.]
1.
The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

2.
The state of being plucked up by the roots.


word: Eradicative
definition:
Eradicative

E*rad"i*ca*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. éradicatif.]
Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.


word: Eragrostis
definition:
Eragrostis

Eragrostis
n.
a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.

Syn. -- genus Eragrostis.


word: Eranthis
definition:
Eranthis

Eranthis
prop. n.
A genus of plants of the buttercup family including the winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis.

Syn. -- genus Eranthis.


word: Erase
definition:
Erase

E*rase"
(e̝*rās")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Erased (e̝*rāst"); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.]
[L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]
1.
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

2.
Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.
Burke.


word: Erased
definition:
Erased

E*rased"
(rāst")
p. p. & a.
1.
Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

2.
(Her.)
Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast.  Cf. Couped.


word: Erasement
definition:
Erasement

E*rase"ment
(rās"ment)
n.
The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.
Johnson.


word: Eraser
definition:
Eraser

E*ras"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.


word: Erastian
definition:
Erastian

E*ras"tian
(?; 106)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
Shipley.


word: Erasure
definition:
Erasure

E*ra"sure
(?; 135)
n.
[From Erase.]
1.
The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

2.
the place where something has been erased.


word: Erative
definition:
Erative

Er"a*tive
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
Stormonth.


word: Erato
definition:
Erato

Er"a*to
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to love.]
(Class. Myth.)
The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.


word: Erbium
definition:
Erbium

Er"bi*um
(?)
n.
[NL. from Ytterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found.  Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium.]
(Chem.)
A rare earth element of the lanthanide series associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er.  It has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26.  The pure element is metallic with a bright, silvery luster. It is relatively stable in air, not oxidizing as quickly as some other rare earths.  Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra, and the pink oxide has been added as a colorant in glass and porcelain enamel glazes. Its sesquioxide Er2O3 is called erbia.
HCP61


word: Ercedeken
definition:
Ercedeken

Er`ce*de"ken
(?)
n.
[OE., fr. pref. erce- = archi- + deken a deacon.]
An archdeacon.
[Obs.]


word: Erd
definition:
Erd

Erd
(ẽrd)
n.
[OE. erd, eard, earth, land, country, AS. eard; akin to OS. ard dwelling place, OHG. art plowing, tillage, Icel. örð crop, and to L. arare to plow, E. ear to plow.]
The earth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

Erd shrew (Zoöl.), the common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.


word: Ere
definition:
Ere

Ere
(ār or âr; 277)
prep. & adv.
[AS. &aemacr_;r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. ēr, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. ār, Goth. air.  √204.  Cf. Early, Erst, Or, adv.]
1.
Before; sooner than.
[Archaic or Poetic]

Myself was stirring ere the break of day.
Shak.

Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Dryden.

Sir, come down ere my child die.
John iv. 49.

2.
Rather than.

I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her.
Shak.

Ere long, before, shortly. Shak. -- Ere now, formerly, heretofore. Shak. -- Ere that, and Or are. Same as Ere. Shak.


word: Erebus
definition:
Erebus

Er"e*bus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
1.
(Greek Myth.)
A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's “Paradise Lost,” Book II., line 883.

2.
(Greek Myth.)
The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile.
Shak.


word: Erect
definition:
Erect

E*rect"
(?)
a.
[L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]
1.
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.
Milton.

Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins.
Gibbon.

2.
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view
Superior worlds, and look all nature through.
Pope.

3.
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

But who is he, by years
Bowed, but erect in heart?
Keble.

4.
Watchful; alert.

Vigilant and erect attention of mind.
Hooker.

5.
(Bot.)
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

6.
(Her.)
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.


word: Erect₂
definition:
Erect

E*rect"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n. Erecting.]
1.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

2.
To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

3.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

That didst his state above his hopes erect.
Daniel.

I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.
Dryden.

4.
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.
Barrow.

5.
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
erect
Sir T. Browne.
erects
Locke.

6.
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
erect
Hooker.

Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.


word: Erectable
definition:
Erectable

E*rect"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.
Col. G. Montagu.


word: Erectile
definition:
Erectile

E*rect"ile
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. érectile.]
1.
Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated; as, erectile tissue.

2.
Of or pertaining to an erection{5}; as, erectile dysfunction.

Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue, such as that contained in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.


word: Erection
definition:
Erection

E*rec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. erectio: cf. F. érection.]
1.
The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

2.
The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.

Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up.
Sidney

3.
State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

4.
Anything erected; a building of any kind.

5.
(Physiol.)
The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the penis; as, to get or have an erection.


word: Erecto-patent
definition:
Erecto-patent

E*rec"to-pat"ent
(?)
a.
1.
(Bot.)
Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.

2.
(Zoöl.)
Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.


word: Erector
definition:
Erector

E*rec"tor
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, erects.

2.
(Anat.)
A muscle which raises any part.

3.
(Physics)
An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.


word: Erelong
definition:
Erelong

Ere`long"
(?; 115)
adv.
Before the _;apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.

A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him.
Spenser.

The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep.
Milton.


word: Eremacausis
definition:
Eremacausis

Er`e*ma*cau"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; quietly + _; burning, fr. _; to burn.]
A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.


word: Eremitical
definition:
Eremitical

Eremitic

{ Er`e*mit"ic (?), Er`e*mit"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.
eremitical
Fuller.
eremitic
Lowell.


word: Ereptation
definition:
Ereptation

E`rep*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. erepere to creep out; e out + repere to creep.]
A creeping forth.
[Obs.]


word: Ereption
definition:
Ereption

E*rep"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ereptio, fr. eripere to snatch away; e out + rapere to snatch.]
A snatching away.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Erethism
definition:
Erethism

Er"e*thism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; irritation, fr. _; to stir, rouse, fr. _; to stir: cf. F. éréthisme.]
(Med.)
A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.
Hoblyn.


word: Erewhiles
definition:
Erewhiles

Erewhile

{ Ere`while" (?), Ere`whiles" (?), }
adv.
Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.
[Archaic]

I am as fair now as I was erewhile.
Shak.


word: Erewhon
definition:
Erewhon

Erewhon
prop. n.
[nowhere spelled backwards.]
the fictitious land described in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler.


word: Erg
definition:
Erg

Erg
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; work.]
(Physics)
The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne (981 dynes exert the same force as a one gram mass in the earth's gravitational field). One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.  The absolute Joule is equivalent to 107 ergs, which are equivalent to 0.2389 gram-calories at 15° C.  See also mechanical equivalent of heat under equivalent.


word: Ergal
definition:
Ergal

Er"gal
(?)
n.
[G., fr. Gr. _; work.]
(Physics)
Potential energy; negative value of the force function.


word: ergocalciferol
definition:
ergocalciferol

ergocalciferol
n.
vitamin D2, one of the D vitamins, a group of related substances that prevent rickets.

Syn. -- vitamin D, calciferol, cholecarciferol, D.


word: Ergograph
definition:
Ergograph

Er"go*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; work + -graph.]
An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
Er`go*graph"ic (#), a.


word: Ergometer
definition:
Ergometer

Er*gom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; work + -meter.]
(Physics)
A device for measuring, or an instrument for indicating, energy expended or work done; a dynamometer.
Er`go*met"ric (#), a.


word: Ergon
definition:
Ergon

Er"gon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; work.]
(Physics)
(a)
Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
(b)
same as Erg.


word: ergonomics
definition:
ergonomics

ergonomics
n.
biological science applied to study the relation between workers and their environments.

Syn. -- biotechnology, bioengineering.


word: ergosterol
definition:
ergosterol

ergosterol
n.
a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation.


word: Ergot
definition:
Ergot

Er"got
(?)
n.
[F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]
1.
A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

2.
The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.

3.
(Far.)
A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

4.
(Anat.)
See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).


word: Ergotine
definition:
Ergotine

Er"go*tine
(?)
(Chem.)
A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.


word: Ergotism
definition:
Ergotism

Er"go*tism
(?)
n.
[F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo.]
A logical deduction.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Ergotism₂
definition:
Ergotism

Er"got*ism
(?)
n.
[From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.]
(Med.)
A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.


word: Eric
definition:
Eric

Eriach

{ Er"i*ach (?), Er"ic (?), }
n.
[Ir. eiric.]
(Old Irish Law)
A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.


word: Erianthus
definition:
Erianthus

Erianthus
n.
a genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs.

Syn. -- genus Erianthus.


word: Erica
definition:
Erica

E*ri"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.


word: Ericaceous
definition:
Ericaceous

Er`i*ca"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.


word: Ericales
definition:
Ericales

Ericales
prop. n.
an order including the Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; and Monotropaceae.

Syn. -- order Ericales.


word: Ericinol
definition:
Ericinol

E*ric"i*nol
(e̝*rĭs"ĭ*n&omacrl)
n.
[NL. ericaceae the Heath family + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.


word: Ericius
definition:
Ericius

E*ri"ci*us
(?)
n.
[L., a hedgehog.]
The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip&omacrd, which in the “Authorized Version” is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.

I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius and pools of waters.
Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version).


word: Ericolin
definition:
Ericolin

E*ric"o*lin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.


word: Eridanus
definition:
Eridanus

E*rid"a*nus
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, the Greek name of the River Po.]
(Anat.)
A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.


word: Erigeron
definition:
Erigeron

Erigeron
n.
a cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with asterlike flowers; the leaves were formerly used medicinally, but now are only occasionally so used.

Syn. -- genus Erigeron.


word: Erignathus
definition:
Erignathus

Erignathus
n.
a genus including the bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus.

Syn. -- genus Erignathus.


word: Erinaceidae
definition:
Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae
n.
a natural family including the true hedgehogs.

Syn. -- family Erinaceidae.


word: Erinaceous
definition:
Erinaceous

Er`i*na"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. erinaceus hedgehog.]
(Zoöl.)
Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.


word: Erinaceus
definition:
Erinaceus

Erinaceus
n.
the type genus of the family Erinaceidae, composed of hedgehogs.

Syn. -- genus Erinaceus.


word: Erinite
definition:
Erinite

Er"i*nite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.


word: Erinys
definition:
Erinys

E*rin"ys
(?)
n.
pl. Erinyes (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Class. Myth.)
An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
[Written also Erinnys.]


word: Eriometer
definition:
Eriometer

E`ri*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; wool + -meter.]
(Opt.)
An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.


word: Eriophyllum
definition:
Eriophyllum

Eriophyllum
n.
a genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of Western North America.

Syn. -- genus Eriophyllum.


word: Eriosoma
definition:
Eriosoma

Eriosoma
n.
a genus of plant lice of the family Aphididae, consisting of one type of the wooly aphids.

Syn. -- genus Eriosoma.


word: Eristalis
definition:
Eristalis

E*ris"ta*lis
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.


word: Eristical
definition:
Eristical

Eristic

{ E*ris"tic (?), E*ris"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to strive, wrangle, _; strife.]
Controversial.
[Archaic]

A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic.
Coleridge.


word: Erithacus
definition:
Erithacus

Erithacus
n.
a genus of songbirds, consisting of certain of the Old World thrushes.

Syn. -- genus Erithacus.


word: Eritrean₂
definition:
Eritrean

Eritrean
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Eritrea; as, Eritrean civil war.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Eritrea; as, Eritrean story tellers.


word: Erlking
definition:
Erlking

Erl"king`
(?)
n.
[G. erlkönig, fr. Dan. ellekonge elfking.]
A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit or natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.


word: Ermine
definition:
Ermine

Er"mine
(?)
n.
[OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm_;, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found also in Armenia.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

2.
The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.

3.
By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
Chatham.

4.
(Her.)
One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)

&hand_; Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.

Ermine moth (Zoöl.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.


word: Ermine₂
definition:
Ermine

Er"mine
v. t.
To clothe with, or as with, ermine.

The snows that have ermined it in the winter.
Lowell.


word: Erne
definition:
Erne

Ern

{ Ern, Erne  }
(?)
n.
[AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. _; bird. √11.  Cf. Ornithology.]
(Zoöl.)
A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).


word: Ern
definition:
Ern

Ern
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Erme.]
To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
[Obs.]


word: Erode
definition:
Erode

E*rode"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding.]
[L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.]
1.
To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
erodes
Wiseman.

The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
Am. Cyc.

2.
(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a)
To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b)
To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys.

3.
to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation.
[fig.]


word: Eroded
definition:
Eroded

E*rod"ed
p. p. & a.
1.
Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

2.
(Bot.)
Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.


word: Erodent
definition:
Erodent

E*rod"ent
(?)
n.
[L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode.]
(Med.)
A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.


word: Erogate
definition:
Erogate

Er"o*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Erogated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Erogating (?).]
[L. erogatus, p. p. of erogare; e out + rogare to ask.]
To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.
[Obs.]


word: Erogation
definition:
Erogation

Er`o*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. erogatio.]
The act of giving out or bestowing.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.


word: erogenous
definition:
erogenous

erogenous
adj.
1.
causing sexual excitement when stimulated.

2.
relating to or arousing sexual excitement.


word: Eros
definition:
Eros

E"ros
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _; love, _; (personified) Eros, fr. _; to love.]
(Greek Myth.)
Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.


word: Erose
definition:
Erose

E*rose"
(?)
a.
[L. erosus, p. p. See Erode.]
1.
Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.

2.
(Bot.)
Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.
E*rose"ly, adv.


word: Erosion
definition:
Erosion

E*ro"sion
(?)
n.
[L. erosio. See Erode.]
1.
The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

2.
The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

3.
The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast.

4.
a gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal; erosion of buying power by inflation.
[fig.]


word: Eroteme
definition:
Eroteme

Er"o*teme
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; question.]
A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.


word: Erotesis
definition:
Erotesis

Er`o*te"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a questioning, fr. _; to ask.]
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form of an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?
Shak.


word: Erotical
definition:
Erotical

Erotic

{ E*rot"ic (?), E*rot"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. érotique. See Eros.]
Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.


word: Err
definition:
Err

Err
(ẽr)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Erred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Erring (?; 277, 85).]
[F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr&omacrn, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.]
1.
To wander; to roam; to stray.
[Archaic]
err
Keble.

What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred.
Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).

2.
To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
err
Shak.

3.
To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
Tillotson.

4.
To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

Do they not err that devise evil?
Prov. xiv. 22.

5.
To offend, as by erring.


word: Errand
definition:
Errand

Er"rand
(?)
n.
[OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende, ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.]
A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.

I have a secret errand to thee, O king.
Judg. iii. 19.

I will not eat till I have told mine errand.
Gen. xxiv. 33.

2.
Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally.  An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes.

3.
A mission.

To run an errand,  To perform an errand{2}.


word: Errant
definition:
Errant

Er"rant
(?)
a.
[F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.]
1.
Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.

Would make me an errant fool.
B. Jonson.

3.
(Eng. Law)
Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
Mozley & W.


word: Errantia
definition:
Errantia

Er*ran"ti*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. errare to wander. See Err.]
(Zoöl.)
A group of chætopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chætopoda.
[Written also Errantes.]


word: Errantry
definition:
Errantry

Er"rant*ry
(?)
n.
1.
A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.
Addison.

2.
The employment of a knight-errant.
Johnson.


word: Errata
definition:
Errata

Er*ra"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[L.]
1.
Plural of erratum.  See Erratum.

2.
A list of errors together with the corrections for the errors, added as a separate page of a text prior to publication, or as a separate sheet inserted into a printed text; as, the errata was added after the printing was finished..

  Although originally  a plural word, the use of errata as a singular word in second sense has become common.


word: Erratic
definition:
Erratic

Er*rat"ic
(?)
a.
[L. erraticus, fr. errare to wander: cf. F. erratique. See Err.]
1.
Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.

The earth and each erratic world.
Blackmore.

2.
Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

3.
Irregular; changeable.
Erratic
Harvey.

Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes. -- Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth's surface.


word: Erratic₂
definition:
Erratic

Er*rat"ic
n.
1.
One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.

2.
A rogue.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.

3.
(Geol.)
Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

&hand_; In the plural the term is applied especially to the loose gravel and stones on the earth's surface, including what is called drift.


word: Erratum
definition:
Erratum

Er*ra"tum
(?)
n.
pl. Errata (#).
[L., fr. errare, erratum, to wander, err. See Err.]
An error or mistake in writing or printing.

A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage.
Cowper.


word: Errhine
definition:
Errhine

Er"rhine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; in + _;, _;, nose: cf. F. errhin.]
(Med.)
A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
Coxe.
a. Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.


word: Erroneous
definition:
Erroneous

Er*ro"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See Err.]
1.
Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural.
[Obs.]
Erroneous
Arbuthnot.

Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision.
Sir I. Newman.

2.
Misleading; misled; mistaking.
[Obs.]

An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n.


word: Error
definition:
Error

Er"ror
(?)
n.
[OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See Err.]
1.
A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
[Obs.]

The rest of his journey, his error by sea.
B. Jonson.

2.
A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

3.
A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

His judgment was often in error, though his candor remained unimpaired.
Bancroft.

4.
A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
Ps. xix. 12.

5.
(Math.)
The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

6.
(Mensuration)
(a)
The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
(b)
The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.

7.
(Law.)
A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

8.
(Baseball)
A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.

Law of error, or Law of frequency of error (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. -- Probable error. (Mensuration) See under Probable. -- Writ of error (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. Bouvier. Burrill.


word: Ers
definition:
Ers

Ers
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. ervum a kind of pulse, bitter vetch.]
(Bot.)
The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia).


word: Erse
definition:
Erse

Erse
(ẽrs)
n.
[A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.]
A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.


word: Erse₂
definition:
Erse

Erse
a.
Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.


word: Erst
definition:
Erst

Erst
(ẽrst)
adv.
[Orig. superlative of ere; AS. &aemacr_;rest. See Ere.]
[Archaic]
1.
First.
Chaucer.

2.
Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.
Chaucer.

Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe.
A. W. Ward.

At erst, at first; at the beginning. -- Now at erst, at this present time. Chaucer.


word: Erubescency
definition:
Erubescency

Erubescence

{ Er`u*bes"cence (?; 135), Er`u*bes"cen*cy (?), }
n.
[L. erubescentia: cf. F. érubescence.]
The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.


word: Erubescent
definition:
Erubescent

Er`u*bes"cent
(?)
a.
[L. erubescens, p. pr. erubescere to grow red; e out + rubescere. See Rubescent.]
Red, or reddish; blushing.
Johnson.


word: Eruca
definition:
Eruca

E*ru"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Erucæ (#).
[L., a caterpillar, also, a sort of colewort.]
(Zoöl.)
An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.


word: Erucic
definition:
Erucic

E*ru"cic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.


word: Erucifrom
definition:
Erucifrom

E*ru"ci*from
(?)
a.
[Eruca + -form.]
(Zoöl.)
Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvæ.


word: Eructate
definition:
Eructate

Eruct

{ E*ruct" (?), E*ruc"tate (?) }
v. t.
[L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. éructer.]
To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.
[R.]
Howell.


word: Eructation
definition:
Eructation

Er`uc*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eructatio: cf. F. éructation.]
1.
The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

2.
A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.


word: Erudiate
definition:
Erudiate

E*ru"di*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. erudire.]
To instruct; to educate; to teach.
[Obs.]

The skillful goddess there erudiates these
In all she did.
Fanshawe.


word: erudite
definition:
erudite

er"u*dite
(ĕr"&uuptack_;*dīt; 135)
a.
[L. eruditus, p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct; e out + rudis rude: cf. F. érudit. See Rude.]
Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
erudite
Sir T. More.
Erudite
I. Taylor.
er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- er"u*dite`ness, n.


word: eruditeness
definition:
eruditeness

er"u*dite`ness
(ĕr"&uuptack_;*dīt`nĕs)
n.
profound knowledge.

Syn. -- erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship.


word: erudition
definition:
erudition

er`u*di"tion
(ĕr`&uuptack_;*dĭsh"ŭn)
n.
[L. eruditio: cf. F. érudition.]
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.

The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded.
Steele.

The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him.
Macaulay.


word: Erugate
definition:
Erugate

Er"u*gate
(?)
a.
[L. erugatus, p. p. of erugare to smooth; e out + ruga wrinkle.]
Freed from wrinkles; smooth.


word: Eruginous
definition:
Eruginous

E*ru"gi*nous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. érugineux. See æruginous.]
Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust of copper; resembling the rust of copper or verdigris; æruginous.


word: erumpent
definition:
erumpent

e*rum"pent
(?)
a.
[L. erumpens, -entis, p. pr. of erumpere.]
(Bot.)
Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.


word: erupt
definition:
erupt

e*rupt"
(e̝*rŭpt")
v. t.
[See eruption.]
To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.
Huxley.


word: erupt₂
definition:
erupt

e*rupt"
(e̝*rŭpt")
v. i.
[See eruption.]
1.
To eject something, esp. lava, water, etc., as a volcano or geyser; as, when Mount Saint Helens erupted, some people were taken by surprise.

2.
To burst forth; to break out, as ashes from a volcano, teeth through the gums, etc.; as, the third molar erupts late in most people, and in some persons does not occur at all.

When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava flood and gives us a small volcano.
H. J. W. Dam.


word: eruption
definition:
eruption

e*rup"tion
(?)
n.
[L. eruptio, fr. erumpere, eruptum, to break out; e out + rumpere, to break: cf. F. éruption. See Rupture.]
1.
The act of breaking out or bursting forth;
(a)
A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano or a fissure in the earth's crust.
(b)
A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another.
Milton.
(c)
A violent commotion.

All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption.
W. Irving.

2.
That which bursts forth.

3.
A violent exclamation; ejaculation.

He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate eruditions.
Sir H. Wotton.

4.
(Med.)
The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.


word: Eruptive
definition:
Eruptive

E*rup"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. éruptif.]
1.
Breaking out or bursting forth.

The sudden glance
Appears far south eruptive through the cloud.
Thomson.

2.
(Med.)
Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.

3.
(Geol.)
Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.


word: Erwinia
definition:
Erwinia

Erwinia
prop. n.
[after Erwin F. Smith, an American pathologist. RHUD]
a genus of rod-shaped motile bacteria, classed among the Enterobacteriaceae, that may attack plants.  Species of Erwinia may also be cultured on artificial growth media.


word: Eryngium
definition:
Eryngium

E*ryn"gi*um
(e̝*rĭn"jĭ*ŭm)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge.]
(Bot.)
A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.

Syn. -- genus Eryngium.


word: Erysimum
definition:
Erysimum

Erysimum
n.
a large genus of annual or perennial herbs of the Old World and North America; some are grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves.

Syn. -- genus Erysimum.


word: erysipelas
definition:
erysipelas

er`y*sip"e*las
(ĕr`ĭ*sĭp"e̝*las)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'erysi`pelas; 'eryqro`s red + pe`lla hide, skin. See Red, and Pell, n.]
(Med.)
St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused red edematous inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is often accompanied by severe constitutional symptoms.  It is caused by a group A hemolytic streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), is contagious, and formerly often occured epidemically.


word: Erysipelatoid
definition:
Erysipelatoid

Er`y*si*pel"a*toid
(ĕr`ĭ*sĭ*pĕl"ȧ*toid)
a.
[Gr. 'erysi`pelas erysipelas + -oid.]
Resembling erysipelas.


word: Erysipelatous
definition:
Erysipelatous

Er`y*si*pel"a*tous
(ĕr`ĭ*sĭ*pĕl"ȧ*tŭs)
a.
[Cf. F. érysipélateux.]
Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.


word: erysipeloid
definition:
erysipeloid

er`y*sip"e*loid
(ĕr`ĭ*sĭp"e̝*loid)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'erysi`pelas; 'eryqro`s red + pe`lla hide, skin. See Red, and Pell, n.]
(Med.)
a usually self-limiting cellulitis of the hand somewhat resembling erysipelas, caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.  It may start at the site of a wound obtained while handling meat or fish, and may occasionally become generalizd with protracted illness and severe toxemia.
Stedman


word: Erysipelothrix
definition:
Erysipelothrix

Er`y*sip"e*lo*thrix
(ĕr`ĭ*sĭp"e̝*las)
n.
[see erysipelas.]
(Microbiol.)
a genus of non-motile, rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae.  They are facultatively anaerobic and produce acid but no gas from glucose.  Members of this genus are parasitic on fish, birds, and mammals, including man.  The type species of the genus, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, causes erysipeloid in man.
Stedman


word: Erythema
definition:
Erythema

Er`y*the"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to redden, fr. 'eryqro`s red.]
(Med.)
A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.


word: Erythematic
definition:
Erythematic

Er`y*the*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. érythématique.]
(Med.)
Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.


word: Erythraean
definition:
Erythraean

Erythrean

{ Er`y*thre"an, Er`y*thræ"an (?) }
a.
[L. erythraeus; Gr. _;, fr. 'eryqro`s red.]
Red in color.
erythrean
Milton.


word: Erythrine
definition:
Erythrine

Erythrin

{ E*ryth"rin, E*ryth"rine (?) }
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
1.
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.

2.
(Min.)
See Erythrite, 2.


word: Erythrina
definition:
Erythrina

Er`y*thri"na
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.


word: Erythrism
definition:
Erythrism

E*ryth"rism
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red: cf. F. érythrisme.]
(Zoöl.)
A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.


word: Erythrite
definition:
Erythrite

E*ryth"rite
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
1.
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin.

2.
(Min.)
A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.


word: Erythrochroism
definition:
Erythrochroism

E*ryth"ro*chro*ism
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + _; color.]
(Zoöl.)
An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.


word: Erythrodextrin
definition:
Erythrodextrin

E*ryth`ro*dex"trin
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. dextrin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.


word: Erythrogen
definition:
Erythrogen

E*ryth"ro*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + -gen.]
(Chem.)
(a)
Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances.
(b)
A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.
(c)
A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.


word: Erythrogranulose
definition:
Erythrogranulose

E*ryth`ro*gran"u*lose
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. granulose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A term applied by Brücke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.


word: Erythroid
definition:
Erythroid

Er"y*throid
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + -oid: cf. Gr. _;.]
Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).


word: Erythroleic
definition:
Erythroleic

Er`y*thro"le*ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.


word: Erythrolein
definition:
Erythrolein

Er`y*thro"le*in
(?)
n.
[See Erythroleic.]
(Chem.)
A red substance obtained from litmus.


word: Erythronium
definition:
Erythronium

Er`y*thro"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a kind of plant, fr. 'eryqro`s red.]
(Chem.)
A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
[R.]


word: Erythrophleine
definition:
Erythrophleine

E*ryth`ro*phle"ine
(?; 104)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).


word: Erythrophyllin
definition:
Erythrophyllin

Erythrophyll

{ E*ryth"ro*phyll (?), Er`y*throph"yl*lin (?) }
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + _; leaf.]
(Physiol. Bot.)
The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.


word: Erythrosin
definition:
Erythrosin

E*ryth"ro*sin
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin.
(b)
A red dyestuff obtained from fluoresceïn by the action of iodine.


word: Erythroxylon
definition:
Erythroxylon

Er`y*throx"y*lon
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'eryqro`s red + _; wood. So named from the red wood of some species.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.


word: Erythrozyme
definition:
Erythrozyme

E*ryth"ro*zyme
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'eryqro`s red + _; leaven.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.


word: Es
definition:
Es

Es
n.
the chemical symbol for einsteinium, a transuranic element with atomic number 99.  The atomic weight of the longest-lived isotope, with a half-life of 276 days, is 254.  The first isotope discovered, having atomic weight 253 and a half-life of 20 days, was recognized in 1952 in the debris from a hydrogen bomb test.  As much as 3 micrograms of einsteinium were produced by a complex process involving long irradiation of plutonium isotopes in nuclear reactors.  Its chemical properties are those of a trivalent actinide element.
HCP61

Syn. -- einsteinium, atomic number 99.


word: Escalade
definition:
Escalade

Es`ca*lade"
(?)
n.
[F., Sp. escalada (cf. It. scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder. See Scale, v. t.]
(Mil.)
A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.
Buckminster.


word: Escalade₂
definition:
Escalade

Es`ca*lade"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.]
(Mil.)
To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.


word: Escalator
definition:
Escalator

Es"ca*la`tor
(?)
n.
[NL. Cf. Escalade.]
A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- originally a trade term, which has become the generic name for such devices.  Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores, and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors.


word: Escalop
definition:
Escalop

Es*cal"op
(?; 277)
n.
[OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

2.
A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop.
escalops
Ray.

3.
(a)
The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
(b)
(Her.)
A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.


word: Escaloped
definition:
Escaloped

Es*cal"oped
(?)
a.
1.
Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.

2.
(Her.)
Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.

Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.


word: Escambio
definition:
Escambio

Es*cam"bi*o
(?)
n.
[LL. escambium, excambium. See Excamb.]
(Eng. Law)
A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea.
Cowell.


word: Escapade
definition:
Escapade

Es`ca*pade"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Sp. escapada escape, fr. escapar to escape; or F., fr. It. scappata escape, escapade, fr. scappare to escape. see Escape.]
1.
The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.

2.
Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
Carlyle.


word: Escape
definition:
Escape

Es*cape"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Escaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Escaping.]
[OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d Cape, and cf. Scape, v.]
1.
To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.
escaped
Shak.

2.
To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

They escaped the search of the enemy.
Ludlow.


word: Escape₂
definition:
Escape

Es*cape"
v. i.
1.
To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behind_;_;
Keble.

2.
To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life.
Macaulay.

3.
To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

To escape out of these meshes.
Thackeray.


word: Escape₃
definition:
Escape

Es*cape"
n.
1.
The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
Ps. lv. 8.

2.
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.
[Obs.]

I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes.
Burton.

3.
A sally.
escapes
Shak.

4.
(Law)
The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

5.
(Bot.)
A plant which has escaped from cultivation.

&hand_; Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force.
Wharton.

5.
(Arch.)
An apophyge.

6.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

7.
(Elec.)
Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. -- Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under Relief, and Safety. -- Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.


word: Escapement
definition:
Escapement

Es*cape"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. échappement. See Escape.]
1.
The act of escaping; escape.
[R.]

2.
Way of escape; vent.
[R.]

An escapement for youthful high spirits.
G. Eliot.

3.
The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

&hand_; Escapements are of several kinds, as the vertical, or verge, or crown, escapement, formerly used in watches, in which two pallets on the balance arbor engage with a crown wheel; the anchor escapement, in which an anchor-shaped piece carries the pallets; -- used in common clocks (both are called recoil escapements, from the recoil of the escape wheel at each vibration); the cylinder escapement, having an open-sided hollow cylinder on the balance arbor to control the escape wheel; the duplex escapement, having two sets of teeth on the wheel; the lever escapement, which is a kind of detached escapement, because the pallets are on a lever so arranged that the balance which vibrates it is detached during the greater part of its vibration and thus swings more freely; the detent escapement, used in chronometers; the remontoir escapement, in which the escape wheel is driven by an independent spring or weight wound up at intervals by the clock train, -- sometimes used in astronomical clocks. When the shape of an escape-wheel tooth is such that it falls dead on the pallet without recoil, it forms a deadbeat escapement.


word: escape velocity
definition:
escape velocity

es*cape" vel*o"ci*ty
(?)
n.
(Physics)
The minimum velocity at which an object must be moving in order for it to overcome the gravitational attraction of a massive celestial body, such as the earth or the sun, and escape beyond its gravitational field into free space.  The velocity is calculated as though attained instantaneously at the surface of the celestial body, and is pointed directly away from its center, and neglecting effects of atmospheric friction.  Rockets, which accelerate gradually and are moving rapidly at a high altitude when their fuel is exhausted or their engines shut off, may escape even if moving slightly slower at that point than the surface escape velocity.  Compare orbital velocity.

&hand_;  The escape velocity at the surface of the earth is 11.2 km/sec (25,100 miles per hour), at the moon's surface is 2.4 km/sec, and at the sun's surface is 617.7 km/sec.  The escape velocity is calculated as:

Ve = 2Rg

where R is the radius of the celestial body and g is the acceleration due to the gravitational field at its surface.  The peculiar chracteristic of a black hole is that the escape velocity at its “surface” (called its “event horizon”) is greater than the speed of light.  Therefore nothing, not even light, may escape from it.
Dict. Sci. Tech.


word: escape wheel
definition:
escape wheel

es*cape" wheel`
(?)
n.
The rotating wheel in an escapement mechanism which has notches that are periodically engaged and disengaged by the anchor.


word: Escargatoire
definition:
Escargatoire

Es*car`ga*toire"
(?)
n.
[F. escargotière, fr. escargot snail.]
A nursery of snails.
[Obs.]
Addison.


word: escargot
definition:
escargot

es`car*got"
(ĕs`kär*g&omacr")
n.
[F. snail.]
any edible terrestrial snail prepared as food; as a dish, it is usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.

Syn. -- snail.


word: escarole
definition:
escarole

escarole
n.
[Fr., from OFr. scariole. fr. LL. escariola, L. escarius of food, fit to eat, esca food, fr. edere to eat.]
a variety of endive (Cichorium endivia) often used in salads, having leaves with irregular frilled edges.

Syn. -- endive, curly endive.


word: Escarp
definition:
Escarp

Es*carp"
(?)
n.
[F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.]
(Fort.)
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.


word: Escarp₂
definition:
Escarp

Es*carp"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Escarped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Escarping.]
(Mil.)
To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
Carleton.


word: Escarpment
definition:
Escarpment

Es*carp"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. escarpement.]
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.


word: -escent
definition:
-escent

-es"cent
(?)
[From the ending -escens, -entis, of the p. pr. of inchoative verbs in Latin.]
A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.


word: Eschar
definition:
Eschar

Es"char
(?)
n.
[L. eschara, Gr.  _;: cf. F. eschare.  See Scar.]
(Med.)
A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.


word: Eschar₂
definition:
Eschar

Es"char
(ĕs"kẽr or ĕs"kär)
n.
[Ir.]
(Geol.)
In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country, deposited by streams in meltwater channels under glaciers.  Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams.  The spelling form esker is now the most commonly used, and the term is applied in geology to similar ridges created by glaciers anywhere in the world.  Eskers vary in size and extent, but can be 100 feet high and up to 100 miles long.
[Written also eskar and esker.]


word: Eschara
definition:
Eschara

Es"cha*ra
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a grate, a pan of coals.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.


word: Escharine
definition:
Escharine

Es"cha*rine
(?)
a.
(Zoöl.)
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidæ.


word: Escharotic
definition:
Escharotic

Es`cha*rot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; an eschar: cf. F. escharotique.]
(Med.)
Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.


word: Escharotic₂
definition:
Escharotic

Es`cha*rot"ic
n.
(Med.)
A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.


word: Eschatology
definition:
Eschatology

Es`cha*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the furthest, last + -logy.]
The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.


word: Escheat
definition:
Escheat

Es*cheat"
(?)
n.
[OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr. OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F. échoir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex) + cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See Chance, and cf. Cheat.]
1.
(Law)
(a)
(Feud. &  Eng. Law)
The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
Tomlins.
Blackstone.
(b)
(U. S. Law)
The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same.

&hand_; A distinction is carefully made, by English writers, between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture to the crown. But in this country, where the State holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this distinction is not essential.
Tomlins. Kent.
2.
Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.

3.
That which falls to one; a reversion or return

To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat.
Spenser.


word: Escheat₂
definition:
Escheat

Es*cheat"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Escheating.]
(Law)
To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.

&hand_; In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished.
Kent. Bouvier.


word: Escheator
definition:
Escheator

Es*cheat"or
(?)
n.
(Law)
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
Burrill.


word: Eschevin
definition:
Eschevin

Es"che*vin
(?)
n.
[OF. eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, F. échevin.]
The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild.
[Obs.]


word: Eschew
definition:
Eschew

Es*chew"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eshewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing.]
[OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy, a.]
1.
To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.

They must not only eschew evil, but do good.
Bp. Beveridge.

2.
To escape from; to avoid.
[Obs.]

He who obeys, destruction shall eschew.
Sandys.


word: Eschscholtzia
definition:
Eschscholtzia

Esch*scholtz"i*a
(?)
n.
[NL. Named after Dr. Eschscholtz, a German botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.


word: Eschynite
definition:
Eschynite

Es"chy*nite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; shame.]
(Min.)
A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.


word: Escopette
definition:
Escopette

Escopet

{ Es`co*pet", &VerbarEs`co*pette" (?) }
n.
[Sp. escopeta, F. escopette.]
A kind of firearm; a carbine.


word: Escorial
definition:
Escorial

Es*co"ri*al
(?)
prop. n.
[Prop. Sp. escorial, i. e., a hill or heap of rubbish, earth, and stones brought out of a mine, fr. escoria dross of metal, L. scoria, fr. Gr. _;.  Cf. Scoria.]
A palace and mausoleum of the kings of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid; called also escurial.  It was erected in 1563-1584 and contains a monastery.

&hand_; The ground plan is said to be in the form of a gridiron, the structure being designed in honor of St. Lawrence, who suffered martyrdom by being broiled on a gridiron; but the resemblance is very slight. It is nearly square, inclosing several courts, and has a projecting mass which stands for the handle.


word: Escort
definition:
Escort

Es"cort
(?)
n.
[F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct.]
1.
A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.

The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate.
Burke.

2.
Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.


word: Escort₂
definition:
Escort

Es*cort"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting.]
[Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n.]
To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.


word: Escribed
definition:
Escribed

Es*cribed"
(?)
a.
[L. e out, out of + scribere to write.]
Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.


word: Escritoire
definition:
Escritoire

Es`cri*toire"
(?)
n.
[OF. escritoire, F. écritoire, LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to write. See Script, and cf. Scrutoire.]
A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.


word: Escroll
definition:
Escroll

Escrol

{ Es*crol", Es*croll"  }
(?)
n.
[See Escrow, Scroll.]
1.
A scroll.
[Obs.]

2.
(Her.)
(a)
A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.
(b)
In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.


word: Escrow
definition:
Escrow

Es"crow
(?)
n.
[OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See Scroll.]
(Law)
A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
Blackstone.


word: Escuage
definition:
Escuage

Es"cu*age
(?; 48)
n.
[OF. escuage, F. écuage, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire.]
(Feud. Law)
Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
Blackstone.


word: Esculent
definition:
Esculent

Es"cu*lent
(?)
a.
[L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.]
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.

Esculent grain for food.
Sir W. Jones.

Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.


word: Esculic
definition:
Esculic

Es*cu"lic
(?)
a.
[From NL. Aesculus, the generic name of the horse-chestnut, fr. L. aesculus a kind of oak.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.


word: Esculin
definition:
Esculin

Es*cu"lin
(?)
n.
[See Esculic.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside obtained from the Æsculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.
[Written also æsculin.]


word: Escutcheon
definition:
Escutcheon

Es*cutch"eon
(?)
n.
[OF. escusson, F. écusson, from OF. escu shield, F. écu. See Esquire, Scutcheon.]
1.
(Her.)
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.

&hand_; The two sides of an escutcheon are respectively designated as dexter and sinister, as in the cut, and the different parts or points by the following names: A, Dexter chief point; B, Middle chief point; C, Sinister chief point; D, Honor or color point; E, Fesse or heart point; F, Nombrill or navel point; G, Dexter base point; H, Middle base point; I, base point.

2.
A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
C. L. Flint.

3.
(Naut.)
That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
R. H. Dane, Jr.

4.
(Carp.)
A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.

5.
(Zoöl.)
The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.

Escutcheon of pretense, an escutcheon used in English heraldry to display the arms of the bearer's wife; -- not commonly used unless she an heiress.  Cf. Impalement.


word: Escutcheoned
definition:
Escutcheoned

Es*cutch"eoned
(?)
a.
Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign.
Young.


word: Esemplastic
definition:
Esemplastic

Es`em*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'es into, to + "en one + plastiko`s molded, formed. See Plastic.]
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Eserine
definition:
Eserine

Es"er*ine
(?; 104)
n.
[From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. ésérine.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.


word: Eskimo
definition:
Eskimo

Es"ki*mo
(?)
n.
pl. Eskimos (#).
[Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.]
(Ethnol.)
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland.  In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
[Written also Esquimau.]

Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.


word: Esloin
definition:
Esloin

Es*loin"
(?)
v. t.
[See Eloign.]
To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
[Obs.]

From worldly cares he did himself esloin.
Spenser.


word: Esnecy
definition:
Esnecy

Es"ne*cy
(?)
n.
[See Eigne.]
(Eng. Law)
A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
Mozley & W.


word: Esodic
definition:
Esodic

E*sod"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; within + _; way.]
(Physiol.)
Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.


word: Esophagotomy
definition:
Esophagotomy

E*soph`a*got"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. o'isofa`gos the esophagus + te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage.
[Written also œsophagotomy.]


word: Esophagus
definition:
Esophagus

E*soph"a*gus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf. Skr. vī to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat.]
(Anat.)
That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
[Written also œsophagus.]


word: Esoteric
definition:
Esoteric

Es`o*ter"ic
(ĕs`o̝*tĕ"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. 'eswteriko`s, fr. 'esw`teros inner, interior, comp. fr. 'e`sw in, within, fr. 'es, e'is, into, fr. 'en in. See In.]
1.
Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them.
De Quincey.

2.
Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric meeting.


word: Esoteric₂
definition:
Esoteric

Es`o*ter"ic
n.
(Philos.)
(a)
An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics.
(b)
One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.


word: Esox
definition:
Esox

E"sox
(?)
prop. n.
[L., a kind of pike.]
(Zoöl.)
A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.


word: Espadon
definition:
Espadon

Es"pa*don
(?)
n.
[F. espadon, fr. Sp. espadon, fr. espada sword; or fr. It. spadone an espadon, spada sword.]
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners.
Wilhelm.


word: Espalier
definition:
Espalier

Es*pal"ier
(?)
n.
[F. espalier, fr. It. spalliera, fr. spalla shoulder, the same word as F. épaule. See Epaulet.]
(Hort.)
A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.

And figs from standard and espalier join.
Pope.


word: Espalier₂
definition:
Espalier

Es*pal"ier
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Espaliered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espaliering.]
To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.


word: espanole
definition:
espanole

espanole
n.
a rich beef stock with tomatoes and madeira and minced carrots and onions and celery.

Syn. -- sauce espanole.


word: Esparcet
definition:
Esparcet

Es*par"cet
(?)
n.
[F. esparcet, esparcette, éparcet, fr. Sp. esparceta, esparcilla.]
(Bot.)
The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.


word: Esparto
definition:
Esparto

Es*par"to
(?)
n.
[Sp.; cf. L. spartum Spanish broom, Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.


word: Espauliere
definition:
Espauliere

Es`pau`liere"
(?)
n.
[OF. & F. épaulière. See Espalier.]
A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.
Fairholt.


word: Especial
definition:
Especial

Es*pe"cial
(?)
a.
[OF. especial, F. spécial, L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality. See Species, and cf. Special.]
Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.


word: Especially
definition:
Especially

Es*pe"cial*ly
adv.
In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.


word: Esperance
definition:
Esperance

Es"pe*rance
(?)
n.
[F. espérance, fr. L. sperans, p. pr. of sperare to hope.]
Hope.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Esperanto
definition:
Esperanto

Es`pe*ran"to
(?)
n.
An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym “Dr. Esperanto” in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887.  The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated.  The spelling is phonetic, and the accent (stress) is always on the penult.  A revised and simplified form, called Ido was developed in 1907, but Esperanto remained at the end of the 20th century the most popular artificial language designed for normal human linguistic communication.
Es`pe*ran"tist (#), n.

Esperanto

By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff, 05/12/99

A surprising 2 million speakers worldwide get their words' worth from the 'planned language' created in the 19th century

People were thinking big in the late 19th century. They utopianized, they universalized, they created Zionism, the modern Olympics, the Socialist International.

Thinking big back then sometimes meant thinking weird. Inundate the planet with a dark bubbly syrup? Try Coca-Cola. Chew 80 times before swallowing your food? Fletcherism, as the practice was called, was once more popular than Coke. A universal language? Say “Esperanto.”

Unlike Coke, Esperanto has not conquered the world. Unlike Fletcherism, neither has it disappeared. In the late 20th century, it remains on the tip of surprisingly many tongues.

Esperanto? It's Greek to me: Esperanto was invented by Dr. Ludwig L. Zamenhof, an optometrist, in 1887.  A Polish Jew, Zamenhof grew up in Bialystok, a city where Russian, Polish, German, and Yiddish were commonly spoken. Zamenhof had a knack for languages (he spoke eight, not counting Esperanto). He was also very much a product of his era. It occurred to him that if different peoples all spoke the same tongue, they might get along better. He decided to invent one - not a language to replace other languages, but one to supplement them, so that everyone, regardless of native tongue, might be able to communicate with one another.

Zamenhof began working on his project when he was 15 and spent 13 years perfecting it. He presented his new language in a book called “Dr. Esperanto's International Language.” “Esperanto” means “one who hopes.”

Esperanto derives its vocabulary from various European languages: Latin, Greek, and Romance and Germanic tongues. The grammar is regular and greatly simplified. The spelling is phonetic, and nouns have no genders. Its regularity and simplicity make it easy to learn.

“In the beginning”: “En la komenco Dio kreis la cielon kaj teron” is the Esperanto translation of the first 10 words from the King James Version of the Bible (“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”).

First, there was Volapuk: Esperanto is neither the first nor only constructed language. The idea goes back at least to the 17th century and the philosopher Rene Descartes. It derived further intellectual credence from the Enlightenment belief in universal systems and the primacy of reason. However, it wasn't until the late 19th century that the first constructed languages appeared.

Volapuk, invented by a Catholic priest, the Rev. J. M. Schleyer, predates Esperanto by nearly a decade. It attracted several hundred thousand practitioners, but once the novelty wore off, Volapuk quickly lost out to Esperanto. Both languages eventually gave birth to “improved” versions, known, respectively, as Idiom Neutral and Ido (short for Esperandido), but neither really took hold.

Other invented languages include Solresol, based on the musical scale; Timerio, a numerical language; Glosa, an attempt to create an international language using as few words as possible; and Interlingua, which is derived from English and Romance languages.

Diego Marani, a translator for the European Council of Ministers in Brussels, has drawn considerable attention with his Europanto, a playful blend of English and various European languages (see sidebar).

Lights! Camera! Esperanto!: An Esperanto film canon exists, albeit consisting of only one title, “Incubus,” a 1965 fantasy/sci-fi feature starring a pre-“Star Trek” William Shatner. The “Incubus” Web site (http://www.incubusthefilm.com) makes noises about a forthcoming video release, but no dates are given.

What's so funny about peace, love, and Esperanto?: Elvis Costello commissioned Esperanto liner notes for his album “Blood and Chocolate.”

The East is Esperantist: There are an estimated 2 million Esperantists in the world, and they live in at least 86 countries.

Historically, the movement has been strongest in Central Europe. As Miko Sloper, director of the Esperanto League for North America (ELNA), points out, “You travel a hundred miles in any direction there and you might need to speak some other language to be understood. It's very practical to have a common language, and for obvious political reasons most people there certainly didn't want it to be Russian.”

Though the World Esperanto Association (UEA) is headquartered in Rotterdam, more than half the world's Esperanto speakers are now believed to live in China. The language's popularity there stems from a 40-part instructional series broadcast on Chinese television in the early '90s.

Large pockets of Esperantists also exist in Korea and Japan.

Truth, justice, and the Esperanto way: ELNA, the leading Esperanto organization in this country, is located in El Cerrito, Calif. The Bay Area is the closest thing America has to an Esperanto hotbed, thanks largely to San Francisco State University, whose annual Summer Esperanto Workshop celebrates its 30th anniversary in July.

Locally, the Esperanto Society of New England has about 50 members.

One hobbit, one orc, one elf, one dwarf - one language?: J. R. R. Tolkien, who taught philology at Oxford University when not writing “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” gave Esperanto his endorsement, sort of.\
“My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: `Back Esperanto loyally.'”

Friends in high places: At least six Nobel Prize winners have been Esperantists. So was Yugloslavia's postwar ruler Josip Broz Tito.

Esperanto? Ho, ho, ho: The language's image as a sort of verbal vegetarianism has meant that Esperanto often serves as a linguistic fall guy. Isaac Bashevis Singer once denounced modern Hebrew “as soulless Esperanto.” Fran Lebowitz writes in one of her humor pieces, “The writer is to the real world what Esperanto is to the language world - funny, maybe, but not that funny.”

You can judge a language by its enemies: Hitler derided Esperanto in “Mein Kampf.” Stalin labeled it “the language of spies.” US Senator Joseph McCarthy accused Esperantists of being communists.

You can judge a language by its literature: PEN, the international writers organization, has an Esperanto chapter. Some 30,000 titles have been published in the language. “People write novels in Esperanto,” says Humphrey Tonkin, professor of humanities at the University of Hartford and past president of the UEA. “There's quite a lot of poetry. As with any other language, there are good novels and bad novels, good poetry and bad poetry.”

Among authors translated into Esperanto are Dante, Tolstoy, Goethe, Ibsen, and Sartre.

Bill Gates does not speak Esperanto: Sun Microsystems originally advertised its Java computing system as “the Esperanto of computer languages.”

Then again, maybe he does: The number of Esperanto Web sites - for instance, there's http://esperanto.wunderground.com, which offers weather forecasts in Esperanto - would suggest the language has a disproportionately high following among the digerati. “It kind of makes intuitive sense, ” says Sloper, that people who use artificial languages on-screen would be intrigued by an artificial language in the rest of their lives (actually, Esperantists prefer the term “planned language”).

David Wolff, an Acton software engineer who's the president of ELNA, agrees. “Programmers are used to looking for solutions to things, looking for ways to fix problems, and looking especially for ways that are inexpensive and effective. Esperanto is that kind of a solution. You follow simple rules. It's easy to get into and to learn it, and it clearly solves a specific kind of problem.”

Waiting for the “fina venko”: “We're still a little club, in a way, and there's a camaraderie to that,” says Sloper.

“Esperantists speak of the `fina venko,' or `final victory.' The concept is that eventually every moderately educated person on the earth will know Esperanto enough to, say, be able to order a cup of coffee in it. Is that going to happen? I don't really care. It would be nice if everyone knew Esperanto, but already there are enough people who do so that we have a community.

“There are directories of Esperantists all over the world, and when someone is traveling to a foreign country it will frequently happen that an Esperantist will write or e-mail a fellow Esperantist and be invited to stay in his home.  Does that happen with people who speak just English? I don't think so.”


Mark Feeney
[This story ran on page F01 of the Boston Globe on 05/12/99.
Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company.] (available at http://www.esne.net/ligoj/boston_globe_article.htm)


word: Espial
definition:
Espial

Es*pi"al
(?)
n.
[OE. & Norm. F. espiaille. See Espy.]
1.
The act of espying; notice; discovery.

Screened from espial by the jutting cape.
Byron.

2.
One who espies; a spy; a scout.
[Obs.]
espials
Holland.


word: Espionage
definition:
Espionage

Es"pi*o*nage
(?; 277)
n.
[F. espionnage, fr. espionner to spy, fr. espion spy, OF. espie. See Espy.]
The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.


word: Esplanade
definition:
Esplanade

Es`pla*nade"
(?)
n.
[F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L. explanare to flatten or spread out. See Explain.]
1.
(Fort.)
(a)
A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
Campbell (Mil. Dict. ).
(b)
The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

2.
(Hort.)
A grass plat; a lawn.
Simmonds.

3.
Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.


word: Esplees
definition:
Esplees

Es*plees"
(?)
n. pl.
[LL. expletia, OF. espleit.  Cf. Exploit.]
(Old Eng. Law)
The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like.
Cowell.


word: Espousal
definition:
Espousal

Es*pous"al
(?)
n.
[OF. espousailles, pl., F. épousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal, Spousal.]
1.
The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

2.
The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.

The open espousal of his cause.
Lord Orford.


word: Espouse
definition:
Espouse

Es*pouse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Espoused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing.]
[OF. espouser, esposer, F. épouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly.  Cf. Spouse.]
1.
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.
Luke i. 27.

2.
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . 
And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse.
Shak.

3.
To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
espoused
Bacon.

Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Espousement
definition:
Espousement

Es*pouse"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. espousement.]
The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.


word: Espouser
definition:
Espouser

Es*pous"er
(?)
n.
One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.


word: Espringal
definition:
Espringal

Es*prin"gal
(?)
n.
[See Springal.]
(Mil. Antiq.)
An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.


word: Esprit
definition:
Esprit

Es`prit"
(?)
n.
[F. See Spirit.]
Spirit.

Esprit de corps (_;), a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.


word: Espy
definition:
Espy

Es*py"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Espied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espying.]
[OF. espier, F. épier, from OHG. speh_;n to watch, spy, G. spähen; akin to L. specere to look, species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See Spice, Spy, and cf. Espionage.]
1.
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.

As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money.
Gen. xlii. 27.

A goodly vessel did I then espy
Come like a giant from a haven broad.
Wordsworth.

2.
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.

He sends angels to espy us in all our ways.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Espy₂
definition:
Espy

Es*py"
v. i.
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.

Stand by the way, and espy.
Jer. xlviii. 19.


word: -esque
definition:
-esque

-esque
(?)
[F., fr. It. -isco.  Cf. -ish.]
A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.


word: Esquimau
definition:
Esquimau

Es"qui*mau
(?)
n.
pl. Esquimaux (#).
[F.]
Same as Eskimo.

It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also.
McClintock.


word: Esquire
definition:
Esquire

Es*quire"
(?)
n.
[OF. escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer, F. écuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, LL. scutarius shield-bearer, fr. L. scutum shield, akin to Gr. _; skin, hide, from a root meaning to cover; prob. akin to E. hide to cover. See Hide to cover, and cf. Equerry, Escutcheon.]
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

&hand_; In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual succession; to the eldest sons of younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession. It is also given to sheriffs, to justices of the peace while in commission, to those who bear special office in the royal household, to counselors at law, bachelors of divinity, law, or physic, and to others. In the United States the title is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices of the peace, and is often used in the superscription of letters instead of Mr.


word: Esquire₂
definition:
Esquire

Es*quire"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Esquired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Esquiring.]
To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
[Colloq.]


word: Esquisse
definition:
Esquisse

Es`quisse"
(?)
n.
[F. See Sketch.]
(Fine Arts)
The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.


word: -ess
definition:
-ess

-ess
(?)
[OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr. _;.]
A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.


word: Essay
definition:
Essay

Es"say
(?)
n.
pl. Essays (#).
[F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay.]
1.
An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
essay
M. Arnold.

2.
(Lit.)
A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

3.
An assay. See Assay, n.
[Obs.]


word: Essay₂
definition:
Essay

Es*say"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Essayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Essaying.]
[F. essayer. See Essay, n.]
1.
To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

What marvel if I thus essay to sing?
Byron.

Essaying nothing she can not perform.
Emerson.

A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible.
J. C. Shairp.

2.
To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
[Obs.]
Locke.


word: Essence
definition:
Essence

Es"sence
(?)
n.
[F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity.]
1.
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

2.
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.

The laws are at present, both in form and essence, the greatest curse that society labors under.
Landor.

Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity].
Addison.

The essence of Addison's humor is irony.
Courthope.

3.
Constituent substance.

And uncompounded is their essence pure.
Milton.

4.
A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.

As far as gods and heavenly essences
Can perish.
Milton.

He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences, until . . . he had and ideal world of his own around him.
W. Irving.

5.
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.

The . . . word essence . . . scarcely underwent a more complete transformation when from being the abstract of the verb “to be,” it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle.
J. S. Mill.

6.
Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.

Nor let the essences exhale.
Pope.


word: Essence₂
definition:
Essence

Es"sence
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Essenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Essencing (?).]
To perfume; to scent.
Essenced
Addison.


word: Essene
definition:
Essene

Es*sene"
(?)
n.
pl. Essenes (#).
[Gr. _;, lit., physicians, because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald āsayā to heal, cf. Heb. asā.]
One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.


word: Essential
definition:
Essential

Es*sen"tial
(ĕs*sĕn"sjal)
a.
[Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]
1.
Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an essential character of plaintiveness.
Hawthorne.

2.
Hence, really existing; existent.

Is it true, that thou art but a name,
And no essential thing?
Webster (1623).

3.
Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.

Judgment's more essential to a general
Than courage.
Denham.

How to live? -- that is the essential question for us.
H. Spencer.

4.
Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil.
essential
Ford.

5.
(Mus.)
Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

6.
(Med.)
Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.

Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from another. -- Essential disease, Essential fever (Med.), one that is not dependent on another. -- Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal salt, etc.; -- called also volatile oils in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile.


word: Essential₂
definition:
Essential

Es*sen"tial
(ĕs*sĕn"sjal)
n.
1.
Existence; being.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials of religion.


word: Essentiality
definition:
Essentiality

Es*sen`ti*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being essential; the essential part.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Essentially
definition:
Essentially

Es*sen"tial*ly
(?)
adv.
In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.


word: Essentiate
definition:
Essentiate

Es*sen"ti*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Essentiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Essentiating.]
To form or constitute the essence or being of.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Essentiate₂
definition:
Essentiate

Es*sen"ti*ate
v. i.
To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Essoign
definition:
Essoign

Essoin

{ Es*soin" (?) or Es*soign  }
n.
[OF. essoine, essoigne, F. exoine, L. essonia, exonia; pref. ex- (L. ex from) + sunnis, sunnia, sonia, hindrance, excuse.  Cf. Icel. syn refusal, synja to deny, refuse, Goth. sunja truth, sunj&omacrn to justify, OS. sunnea impediment, OHG. sunna.]
1.
(Eng. Law)
An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

2.
Excuse; exemption.
[Obs.]

From every work he challenged essoin.
Spenser.

Essoin day (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.


word: Essoin
definition:
Essoin

Es*soin"
v. t.
[OF. essoinier, essoignier, essonier, LL. essoniare, exoniare. See Essoin, n.]
(Eng. Law)
To excuse for nonappearance in court.
essoin
Quarles.


word: Essoiner
definition:
Essoiner

Es*soin"er
(?)
n.
(Eng. Law)
An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.


word: Essonite
definition:
Essonite

Es"so*nite
(?)
n.
[Named from Gr. _; inferior, because not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. g., hyacinth.]
(Min.)
Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.


word: Essorant
definition:
Essorant

Es"so*rant
(?)
a.
[F.]
(Her.)
Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.


word: -est
definition:
-est

-est
(-ĕst)
[AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -&omacrsts, Skr. -ish&tsdot_;ha.]
A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.


word: Establish
definition:
Establish

Es*tab"lish
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Established (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.]
[OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. établir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.]
1.
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

So were the churches established in the faith.
Acts xvi. 5.

The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down.
Burke.

Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control.
Bancroft.

2.
To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

By the consent of all, we were established
The people's magistrates.
Shak.

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed.
Dan. vi. 8.

3.
To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.

He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited.
Is. xlv. 18.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Hab. ii. 12.

4.
To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Deut. xix. 15.

5.
To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.


word: established
definition:
established

established
adj.
1.
brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established precedent; the established Church.  Contrasted with unestablished.
entrenched
implanted, planted, rooted
official
recognized

2.
securely established; as, an established reputation.

Syn. -- firm.

3.
settled securely and unconditionally.

Syn. -- accomplished, effected.

4.
conforming with accepted standards.

5.
shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt; as, the established facts in the case.

Syn. -- proved.

6.
(Bot.)
introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants.

Syn. -- naturalized.


word: Established suit
definition:
Established suit

Es*tab"lished suit
(Contract bridge, Whist)
A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.


word: Establishment
definition:
Establishment

Es*tab"lish*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. establissement, F. établissement.]
1.
The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

2.
The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

3.
That which is established;
as:
(a)
A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England.
(b)
A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization.
(c)
The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.

Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.
W. Irving.

Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon.


word: establishmentarian
definition:
establishmentarian

es*tab`lish*men*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.
Shipley.


word: establishmentarianism
definition:
establishmentarianism

es*tab`lish*men*ta"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
the doctrine or political position that advocates establishment of a church as the official state religion; -- applied especially to the Church of England.


word: Estacade
definition:
Estacade

Es`ta*cade"
(?)
n.
[F.; cf. It. steccata, Sp. estacada.  Cf. Stake.]
(Mil.)
A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.


word: Estafette
definition:
Estafette

Estafet

{ Es`ta*fet", &VerbarEs`ta*fette"  }
(?)
n.
[F. estafette, cf. Sp. estafeta; fr. It. stafetta, fr. staffa stirrup, fr. OHG. stapho footstep, footprint, G. stapfe; akin to E. step.]
A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.


word: Estancia
definition:
Estancia

Es*tan"ci*a
(a̝s*tȧn"the̝*ȧ)
n.
[Sp. See Stanza.]
A grazing farm; a country house.
[Spanish America]


word: Estate
definition:
Estate

Es*tate"
(ĕs*tāt")
n.
[OF. estat, F. état, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]
1.
Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.
estate
Shak.

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Romans xii. 16.

2.
Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.

God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
A person of high rank.
[Obs.]

She's a duchess, a great estate.
Latimer.

Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
Mark vi. 21.

4.
A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.

See what a vast estate he left his son.
Dryden.

5.
The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
[Obs.]

I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
Bacon.

6.
pl.
The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.

7.
(Law)
The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc.
Abbott.

The fourth estate, a name often given to the public press.


word: Estate₂
definition:
Estate

Es*tate"
v. t.
1.
To establish.
[Obs.]
Beau. &  Fl.

2.
Tom settle as a fortune.
[Archaic]
Shak.

3.
To endow with an estate.
[Archaic]

Then would I . . . 
Estate them with large land and territory.
Tennyson.


word: Estatly
definition:
Estatly

Estatlich

{ Es*tat"lich (?), Es"tat*ly (?), }
a.
[OE.]
Stately; dignified.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Esteem
definition:
Esteem

Es*teem"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Esteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming.]
[F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask.  Cf. Aim, Estimate.]
1.
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deut. xxxii. 15.

Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.
Bp. Gardiner.

Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural.
Hawthorne.

2.
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.

Will he esteem thy riches?
Job xxxvi. 19.

You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.
Tennyson.


word: Esteem₂
definition:
Esteem

Es*teem"
v. i.
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
[Obs.]

We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force.
Milton.


word: Esteem₃
definition:
Esteem

Es*teem"
n.
[Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.]
1.
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.

Most dear in the esteem
And poor in worth!
Shak.

I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave.
J. Webster.

2.
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem.
Shak.


word: Esteemer
definition:
Esteemer

Es*teem"er
(?)
n.
One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.

The proudest esteemer of his own parts.
Locke.


word: Ester
definition:
Ester

Es"ter
(?)
n.
[A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German chemist.]
(Chem.)
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.


word: Esthetics₂
definition:
Esthetics

Esthetical

Esthetic

Esthete

Es"thete (?), n.; Es*thet"ic (_;), a., Es*thet"ic*al (_;), a., Es*thet"ics (_;), n. etc.
Same as æsthete, æsthetic, æsthetical, æsthetics, etc.


word: Estiferous
definition:
Estiferous

Es*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. aestifer; aestus fire + ferre to bear.]
Producing heat.
[R.]
Smart.


word: Estimable
definition:
Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble
(?)
a.
[F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.]
1.
Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage.
Paley. .

2.
Valuable; worth a great price.
[R.]

A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man,
Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
Shak.

3.
Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.

A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable.
Sir W. Temple.


word: Estimable₂
definition:
Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble
(?)
n.
A thing worthy of regard.
[R.]

One of the peculiar estimables of her country.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Estimate
definition:
Estimate

Es"ti*mate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Estimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estimating (?).]
[L. aestimatus, p. p. of aestimare. See Esteem, v. t.]
1.
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.

It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.
Locke.

It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.
J. C. Shairp.

2.
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.


word: Estimate₂
definition:
Estimate

Es"ti*mate
(?)
n.
A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.

Weigh success in a moral balance, and our whole estimate is changed.
J. C. Shairp.
Syn. -- Estimate, Estimation, Esteem.
 The noun estimate, like its verb, supposes chiefly an exercise of judgment in determining the amount, importance, or magnitude of things, with their other exterior relations; as, an estimate of expenses incurred; a true estimate of life, etc. Esteem is a moral sentiment made up of respect and attachment, -- the valuation of a person as possessing useful qualities or real worth. Thus we speak of the esteem of the wise and good as a thing greatly to be desired. Estimation seems to waver between the two. In our version of the Scriptures it is used simply for estimate; as, “If he be poorer than thy estimation.” Lev. xxvii. 8.  In other cases, it verges toward esteem; as, “I know him to be of worth and worthy estimation.” Shak. It will probably settle down at last on this latter sense. “Esteem is the value we place upon some degree of worth. It is higher than simple approbation, which is a decision of judgment. It is the commencement of affection.” Gogan.
[1913 Webster]
No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's
Just estimation prized above all price. Cowper.


word: Estimation
definition:
Estimation

Es`ti*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]
1.
The act of estimating.
Shak.

2.
An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.

If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him.
Lev. xxvii. 8.

3.
Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.

I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders.
Wisdom viii. 10.

4.
Supposition; conjecture.

I speak not this in estimation,
As what I think might be, but what I know.
Shak.


word: Estimative
definition:
Estimative

Es"ti*ma*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. estimatif.]
1.
Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

We find in animals an estimative or judicial faculty.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Pertaining to an estimate.
[R.]


word: Estivation
definition:
Estivation

Estivate

Estival

Es"ti*val (?), a., Es"ti*vate (_;), v. i., Es`ti*va"tion (_;), n.
Same as æstival, æstivate, etc.


word: Estoile
definition:
Estoile

Es`toile"
(?)
n.
[OF.]
(Her.)
A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.
[Written also étoile.]

Estoile of eight points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. -- Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoilé, under Cross.


word: Estop
definition:
Estop

Es*top"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Estophed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estopping.]
[OF. estoper to stop, plug, close, F. étouper, LL. stuppare to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L.  stuppa tow, oakum, cf. Gr. sty`pph.  Cf. Stop.]
(Law)
To impede or bar by estoppel.

A party will be estopped by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage to himself.
Abbott.


word: Estoppel
definition:
Estoppel

Es*top"pel
(?)
n.
[From Estop.]
(Law)
(a)
A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission.
(b)
The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable.
Wharton. Stephen. Burrill.


word: Estovers
definition:
Estovers

Es*to"vers
(ĕs*t&omacr"vẽrz)
n. pl.
[OF. estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See Stover.]
(Law)
Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.
Blackstone.

Common of estovers. See under Common, n.


word: Estrade
definition:
Estrade

Es`trade"
(a̝s`trȧd")
n.
[F., fr. Sp. estrado, orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. stratum bed covering. See Stratum.]
(Arch.)
A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.

He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform.
J. G. Fitch.


word: Estramacon
definition:
Estramacon

Es`tra`ma`con"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

2.
A blow with edge of a sword.
Farrow.


word: Estrange
definition:
Estrange

Es*trange"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Estranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging.]
[OF. estrangier to remove, F. étranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange.]
1.
To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.

We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced.
Glanvill.

Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent.
Hooker.

2.
To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.

They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods.
Jer. xix. 4.

3.
To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.

I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me.
Pope.

He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them.
Macaulay.


word: Estrangement
definition:
Estrangement

Es*trange"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. estrangement.]
The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.

An estrangement from God.
J. C. Shairp.

A long estrangement from better things.
South.


word: Estrapade
definition:
Estrapade

Es`tra*pade"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Man.)
The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.


word: Estray₂
definition:
Estray

Es*tray"
n.
(Law)
Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.
Burrill.


word: Estre
definition:
Estre

Es"tre
(?)
n.
[OF. estre state, plan.]
The inward part of a building; the interior.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Estreat
definition:
Estreat

Es*treat"
(?)
n.
[OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See Extract.]
(Law)
A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.
Cowell.

Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.


word: Estreat₂
definition:
Estreat

Es*treat"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating.]
(Law)
(a)
To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance.
(b)
To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.


word: Estrepe
definition:
Estrepe

Es*trepe"
(?)
v. t.
[OF. estreper.]
(Law)
To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.


word: Estrepement
definition:
Estrepement

Es*trepe"ment
(?)
n.
[OF., damage, waste.]
(Law)
A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
Cowell.


word: Estrich
definition:
Estrich

Es"trich
(?)
n.
1.
Ostrich.
[Obs.]
Massinger.

2.
(Com.)
The down of the ostrich.
Brande & C.


word: Estuary
definition:
Estuary

Es"tu*a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Estuaries (#).
[L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.]
[Written also æstuary.]
1.
A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.]
Boyle.

2.
A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
Dana.


word: Estuate
definition:
Estuate

Es"tu*ate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Estuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estuating.]
[L. aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr._; to burn. See Ether.]
To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Bacon.


word: Estuation
definition:
Estuation

Es`tu*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. aestuatio.]
The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.

The estuations of joys and fears.
W. Montagu.


word: Estufa
definition:
Estufa

Es*tu"fa
(?)
n.
pl. Estufas (#).
[Sp., a stove, a warm room.  Cf. Stove.]
An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.
L. H. Morgan.


word: Esurient
definition:
Esurient

E*su"ri*ent
(?)
a.
[L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.]
Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.
[R.]
Bailey.
esurient
Carlyle.


word: Esurient₂
definition:
Esurient

E*su"ri*ent
n.
One who is hungry or greedy.
[R.]

An insatiable esurient after riches.
Wood.


word: -et
definition:
-et

-et
(?)
[F. -et, masc., -ette, fem.  Cf. -let.]
A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.


word: Etacism
definition:
Etacism

E"ta*cism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the letter _;, _;.  Cf. Itacism.]
(Greek Gram.)
The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.


word: etagere
definition:
etagere

É`ta`gère"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. étager to arrange on shelves, fr. étage story, floor. See Stage.]
A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use.
Fairholt.


word: etape
definition:
etape

É`tape"
(?)
n.
[F. Cf. Staple a mart.]
1.
A public storehouse.

2.
Supplies issued to troops on the march;
hence
(Mil.)
the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.

3.
In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.


word: Etat Major
definition:
Etat Major

É`tat" Ma`jor"
(?)
[F., fr. état state + L. major greater.]
(Mil.)
The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.


word: et caetera
definition:
et caetera

et cetera

{ &VerbarEt` cet"e*ra, &VerbarEt` cæt"e*ra  }
(?)
[L. et and + caetera other things.]
Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood.  Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c.)
Shak.


word: Etch₂
definition:
Etch

Etch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Etched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.]
[D. etsen, G. ätzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen _;_;. See Eat.]
1.
To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.

&hand_; The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare.

2.
To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
Hamerton.

3.
To sketch; to delineate.
[R.]

There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
Locke.


word: etched
definition:
etched

etched
adj.
Cut or impressed into a surface.

Syn. -- engraved, graven, incised.

2.
Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully transparent; -- of glass.


word: Etching
definition:
Etching

Etch"ing
n.
1.
The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

2.
A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

3.
An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure. -- Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. -- Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.


word: Eterne
definition:
Eterne

Etern

{ E*tern" or E*terne" (?) }
a.
[OF. eterne, L. aeternus, for aeviturnus, fr. aevum age. See Age, and cf. Eternal.]
Eternal.
[Poetic]
Shak.

Built up to eterne significance.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Eternal
definition:
Eternal

E*ter"nal
(?)
a.
[F. éternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]
1.
Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.

The eternal God is thy refuge.
Deut. xxxiii. 27.

To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.
Locke.

2.
Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.

That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
2 Tim. ii. 10.

3.
Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.

And fires eternal in thy temple shine.
Dryden.

4.
Existing at all times without change; immutable.

Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.
Dryden.

What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times?
M. Arnold.

5.
Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.
eternal

The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.


word: Eternal₂
definition:
Eternal

E*ter"nal
n.
1.
One of the appellations of God.

Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work.
Hooker.

2.
That which is endless and immortal.
Young.


word: Eternally
definition:
Eternally

E*ter"nal*ly
adv.
In an eternal manner.

That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so.
South.

Where western gales eternally reside.
Addison.


word: Eternify
definition:
Eternify

E*ter"ni*fy
(?)
v. t.
To make eternal.
[Obs.]

Fame . . . eternifies the name.
Mir. for Mag.


word: Eternity
definition:
Eternity

E*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Eternities (#).
[F. éternité, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]
1.
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
Is. lvii. 15.

2.
Condition which begins at death; immortality.

Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.
Shak.


word: Eternization
definition:
Eternization

E*ter`ni*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.


word: Eternize
definition:
Eternize

E*ter"nize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Eternized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eterniziing.]
[Cf. F. éterniser.]
1.
To make eternal or endless.

This other [gift] served but to eternize woe.
Milton.

2.
To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.

St. Alban's battle won by famous York,
Shall be eternized in all age to come.
Shak.


word: Etesian
definition:
Etesian

E*te"sian
(?)
a.
[L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. _;, fr. _; year: cf. F. étésien.]
Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.


word: ethal
definition:
ethal

eth"al
(?)
n.
[Ether + alcohol: cf. F. éthal.]
(Chem.)
A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetyl alcohol and cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.


word: ethane
definition:
ethane

eth"ane
(ĕth"ān)
n.
[From Ether.]
(Chem.)
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), acetaldehyde, ether, and acetic acid.  Called also dimethyl.


word: ethanol
definition:
ethanol

eth"an*ol
(ĕth"ăn*&asuml_;l)
n.
(Chem.)
The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol.  It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).

Syn. -- ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol.


word: Ethenic
definition:
Ethenic

E*then"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.


word: Ethenyl
definition:
Ethenyl

Eth"e*nyl
(?)
n.
[Ethene + -yl.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C.
(b)
A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl.


word: Etheostomoid
definition:
Etheostomoid

E`the*os"to*moid
(?)
a.
[NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma.
n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter.  The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America.  About seventy species are known, including the rare snail darter (Percina tanasi), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a threatened species. See Darter.


word: Ether
definition:
Ether

E"ther
(ē"thẽr)
n.
[L. aether, Gr. a'iqh`r, fr. a'i`qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. éther.]
[Written also æther.]
1.
(Physics)
A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, once supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.  It is no longer believed that such a medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not intended to imply the actual existence of a physical medium.  However. modern cosmological theories based on quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum may have more than metaphoric meaning.

2.
Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

3.
(Chem.)
(a)
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether.  It is a powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Commonly called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other ethers, and also ethyl oxide.
(b)
Any similar compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two different carbon atoms, each of which is part of an organic radical; as, amyl ether; valeric ether; methyl ethyl ether.  The general formular for an ether is ROR′, in which R and R′ are organic radicals which may be of similar or different structure.  If R and R′ are different parts of the same organic radical, the structure forms a cyclic ether.

Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an ether in which the ether oxygen is attached to two radicals having different structures; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.


word: Ethereal
definition:
Ethereal

E*the"re*al
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger.
Milton.

2.
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man.
Pope.

3.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.

Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential. -- Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate.  It is the oily residuum left after etherification.  Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether). -- Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.


word: Ethereality
definition:
Ethereality

E*the`re*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The state of being ethereal; etherealness.

Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics.
J. C. Shairp.


word: Etherealize
definition:
Etherealize

E*the"re*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
1.
To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.

2.
To render ethereal or spiritlike.

Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world.
Hawthorne.


word: Ethereous
definition:
Ethereous

E*the"re*ous
(?)
a.
[L.aethereus, Gr. _; See Ether.]
1.
Formed of ether; ethereal.
[Obs.]

This ethereous mold whereon we stand.
Milton.

2.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.

Ethereous oil. See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal.


word: Etherification
definition:
Etherification

E*ther`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.


word: Etherin
definition:
Etherin

E"ther*in
n.
(Chem.)
A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.


word: Etherization
definition:
Etherization

E`ther*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
(Med.)
(a)
The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
(b)
The state of the system under the influence of ether.


word: Etherize
definition:
Etherize

E"ther*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Etherized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing (?).]
[Cf. F. éthériser.]
1.
To convert into ether.

2.
To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.


word: Etherol
definition:
Etherol

E"ther*ol
(?)
n.
[Ether + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.


word: Ethical
definition:
Ethical

Ethic

{ Eth"ic (?), Eth"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. ethicus, Gr. _;, fr. _; custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to _; custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh_;, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh_; to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.]
Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.

The ethical meaning of the miracles.
Trench.

Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?


word: ethic
definition:
ethic

eth"ic
(ĕth"ĭk)
n.
1.
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.
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Syn. -- moral principle, value-system, value orientation.

2.
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
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Syn. -- ethical code.


word: Ethics
definition:
Ethics

Eth"ics
(ĕth"ĭks)
n.
[Cf. F. éthique. See Ethic.]
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught.
I. Taylor.


word: Ethionic
definition:
Ethionic

Eth`i*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Ethyl + thionic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called.

Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.


word: Ethiopian
definition:
Ethiopian

Ethiop

{ E"thi*op (?), E`thi*o"pi*an (?) }
n.
[L. Aethiops, Gr. _;; _; to burn + _; face.]
A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.


word: Ethiopic
definition:
Ethiopic

Ethiopian

{ E`thi*o"pi*an, E`thi*op"ic (?), }
a.
Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.


word: Ethiopic₂
definition:
Ethiopic

E`thi*op"ic
n.
The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.


word: Ethiops
definition:
Ethiops

E"thi*ops
(?)
n.
[NL. See Ethiop.]
(Old Chem.)
A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.
[Written also æthiops.]
[Obs.]

Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.


word: Ethmoidal
definition:
Ethmoidal

Ethmoid

{ Eth"moid (?), Eth*moid"al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _; like a sieve; _; sieve + _; from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.]
(Anat.)
(a)
Like a sieve; cribriform.
(b)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.


word: Ethmotrubinal
definition:
Ethmotrubinal

Eth`mo*tru"bi*nal
(?)
a.
[Ethmoid + turbinal.]
See Turbinal.
n. An ethmoturbinal bone.


word: Ethmovomerine
definition:
Ethmovomerine

Eth`mo*vo"mer*ine
(?)
n.
[Ethmoid + vomerine.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.

Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.


word: Ethnarch
definition:
Ethnarch

Eth"narch
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; nation + _; leader, commander. See -arch.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
The governor of a province or people.
Lew Wallace.


word: Ethnical
definition:
Ethnical

Ethnic

{ Eth"nic (?), Eth"nic*al (?), }
a.
[L. ethnicus, Gr. _;, fr. _; nation, _; _; the nations, heathens, gentiles: cf. F. ethnique.]
1.
Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

2.
Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

3.
of or pertaining to a group having a distinct racial, cultural, religious or linguistic character; as, ethnic differences within a population can cause civil war.

4.
being a member of a distinct racial or cultural minority within a larger population; as, ethnic Chinese own most of the businesses in Indonesia.


word: Ethnic
definition:
Ethnic

Eth"nic
(?)
n.
1.
A heathen; a pagan.
[Obs.]

No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs.
Milton.

2.
a member of an ethnic group.


word: ethnocentric
definition:
ethnocentric

ethnocentric
adj.
centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own; exhibiting ethnocentrism (in both senses).


word: ethnocentrism
definition:
ethnocentrism

ethnocentrism
n.
1.
belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.
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2.
a tendency to evaluate other people, activities, cultures, etc. primarily from the perspective of one's own as being superior.


word: Ethnographical
definition:
Ethnographical

Ethnographic

{ Eth`no*graph"ic (?), Eth`no*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. ethnographique.]
pertaining to ethnography.


word: Ethnography
definition:
Ethnography

Eth*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; nation + -graphy: cf. F. ethnographie.]
That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.


