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Defn: Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.
ELECTRO-VITALISM E*lec`tro-vi"tal*ism, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.
ELECTRUM E*lec"trum, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Electric, and cf. Electre, Electron.]
1. Amber.
2. An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.
3. German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.
ELECTUARY E*lec"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Electuaries. Etym: [OE. letuaire, OF. lettuaire, electuaire, F. électuaire, L. electuarium, electarium. prob. fr. Gr. Lick, and cf. Eclegm.] (Med.)
Defn: A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.
ELEEMOSYNARILY El`ee*mos"y*na*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.
ELEEMOSYNARY El`ee*mos"y*na*ry, a. Etym: [LL. eleemosynarius, fr. eleemosyna alms, Gr. Alms.]
1. Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.
2. Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance. "Eleemosynary cures." Boyle.
3. Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.
ELEEMOSYNARY El`ee*mos"y*na*ry, n.; pl. Eleemosynaries (.
Defn: One who subsists on charity; a dependent. South.
ELEGANCE; ELEGANCY El"e*gance, El"e*gan*cy, n. Etym: [L. elegantia, fr. elegans, -antis, elegant: cf. F. élégance.]
1. The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
2. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive. The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. Spectator.
Syn. -- Elegance, Grace. Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; as, elegance of manners, composition, handwriting, etc.; elegant furniture; an elegant house, etc. Grace, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful, but can hardly be called elegant.
ELEGANT El"e*gant, a. Etym: [L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. élégant. See Elect.]
1. Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure. A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.
2. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
Syn. -- Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.
ELEGANTLY El"e*gant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
ELEGIAC E*le"gi*ac, a. Etym: [L. elegiacus, Gr. élégiaque. See Elegy.]
1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.
2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.
ELEGIAC E*le"gi*ac, n.
Defn: Elegiac verse.
ELEGIACAL El`e*gi"a*cal, a.
Defn: Elegiac.
ELEGIAST E*le"gi*ast, n.
Defn: One who composes elegies. Goldsmith.
ELEGIOGRAPHER El`e*gi*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph + -er.]
Defn: An elegist. [Obs.]
ELEGIST El"e*gist, n.
Defn: A write of elegies. T. Warton.
ELEGIT E*le"git, n. Etym: [L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to choose. See Elect.] (Law)
Defn: A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.
ELEGIZE El"e*gize, v. t.
Defn: To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.
ELEGY El"e*gy, n.; pl. Elegies. Etym: [L. elegia, Gr.
Defn: A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.
ELEIDIN E*le"i*din, n. (Biol.)
Defn: Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.
ELEME FIGS; ELEMI FIGS El"e*me figs`, El"e*mi figs` (el"e*mi). [Turk. eleme anything which has been sifted and freed from dust or broken parts.]
Defn: A kind of figs of superior quality.
ELEMENT El"e*ment, n. Etym: [F. élément, L. elementum.]
1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
2. One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen.
Note: The elements are naturally classified in several families or groups, as the group of the alkaline elements, the halogen group, and the like. They are roughly divided into two great classes, the metals, as sodium, calcium, etc., which form basic compounds, and the nonmetals or metalloids, as oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, which form acid compounds; but the distinction is only relative, and some, as arsenic, tin, aluminium, etc., form both acid and basic compounds. The essential fact regarding every element is its relative atomic weight or equivalent. When the elements are tabulated in the order of their ascending atomic weights, the arrangement constitutes the series of the Periodic law of Mendelejeff. See Periodic law, under Periodic. This Periodic law enables us to predict the qualities of unknown elements. The number of elements known is about seventy-five, but the gaps in the Periodic law indicate the possibility of many more. Many of the elements with which we are familiar, as hydrogen, carbon, iron, gold, etc., have been recognized, by means of spectrum analysis, in the sun and the fixed stars. From certain evidence (as that afforded by the Periodic law, spectrum analysis, etc.) it appears that the chemical elements probably may not be simple bodies, but only very stable compounds of some simpler body or bodies. In formulas, the elements are designated by abbreviations of their names in Latin or New Latin.
The Elements -------------------------------------------------------- ----Name |Sym-|Atomic Weight| |bol | O=16 | H=1 | ------------------- -----------------------------------------Aluminum | Al | 27.1 | 26.9| Antimony(Stibium) Argon Arsenic Barium Beryllium (see Glucinum) Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Caesium Calcium Carbon Cerium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Columbium Copper (Cuprum) Erbium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Glucinum Gold Helium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron (Ferrum) Krypton Lanthanum Lead (Plumbum) Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury (Hydrargyrum) Molybdenum Neodymium Neon Nickel Niobium (see Columbium) Nirogen Osmium Oxygen Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium (Kalium) Praseodymium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium
-----------------------------------------------------------The Elements -- continued ----------------------------------------------- -------------Name Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver (Argentum) Sodium (Natrium) Strontium Sulphur Tantalum Tellurium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin (Stannum) Titanium Tungsten (Wolframium) Uranium Vanadium Wolfranium (see Tungsten) Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium ------------------------------------------------------ ------
Note: Several other elements have been announced, as holmium, vesbium, austrium, etc., but their properties, and in some cases their existence, have not yet been definitely established.
3. One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite. The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn. Jowett (Thucyd.).
4. (a) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb. (b) (Anat.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.
5. (Biol.)
Defn: One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.
6. (Math.) (a) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated and indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential. (b) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. (c) One of the terms in an algebraic expression.
7. One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.
8. pl.
Defn: The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.
9. pl.
Defn: Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elemental of a plan.
10. One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
Note: (a) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire; whence it is said, water is the proper element of fishes; air is the element of birds. Hence, the state or sphere natural to anything or suited for its existence. Of elements The grosser feeds the purer: Earth the Sea; Earth and the Sea feed Air; the Air those Fires Ethereal. Milton. Does not our life consist of the four elements Shak. And the complexion of the element [i. e.,the sky or air] In favor's like the work we have in hand, Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible. Shak. About twelve ounces [of food], with mere element for drink. Cheyne. They show that they are out of their element. T. Baker. Esp., the conditions and movements of the air. "The elements be kind to thee." (b) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. Brande & C.
11. pl.
Defn: The whole material composing the world. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Peter iii. 10.
12. pl. (Eccl.)
Defn: The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. Magnetic element, one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.
ELEMENT El"e*ment, v. t.
1. To compound of elements or first principles. [Obs.] "[Love] being elemented too." Donne.
2. To constitute; to make up with elements. His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness. Walton.
ELEMENTAL El`e*men"tal, a.
1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope.
2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. "The elemental rules of erudition." Cawthorn.
ELEMENTALISM El`e*men"tal*ism, a.
Defn: The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.
ELEMENTALITY E`le*men*tal"i*ty, n.
Defn: The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.
ELEMENTALLY El`e*men"tal*ly, adv.
Defn: According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.
ELEMENTAR El`e*men"tar, a.
Defn: Elementary. [Obs.] Skelton.
ELEMENTARINESS El`e*men"ta*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.
ELEMENTARITY El`e*men*tar"i*ty, n.
Defn: Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ELEMENTARY El`e*men"ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. elementarius: cf. F. élémentaire.]
1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.
2. Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.
3. Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. "Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region." J. Spencer.
ELEMENTATION El`e*men*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Instruction in the elements or first principles. [R.]
ELEMENTOID El"e*men*toid`, a. Etym: [Element + -oid.]
Defn: Resembling an element.
ELEMI El"e*mi, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élemi, It. elemi, Sp. elemi; of American or Oriental. origin.]
Defn: A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.
ELEMIN El"e*min, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.
ELENCH E*lench", n.; pl. Elenchs. Etym: [L. elenchus, Gr. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. (b) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
ELENCHICAL E*len"chic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an elench.
ELENCHICALLY E*len"chic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By means of an elench.
ELENCHIZE E*len"chize, v. i.
Defn: To dispute. [R.] B. Jonson.
ELENCHTIC; ELENCHTICAL E*lench"tic, E*lench"tic*al, a.
Defn: Same as Elenctic.
ELENCHUS E*len"chus, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Same as Elench.
ELENCTIC; ELENCTICAL E*lenc"tic, E*lenc"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Logic)
Defn: Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
ELENGE El"enge, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. ellende foreign, strange, G. elend miserable.]
Defn: Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ELENGENESS El"enge*ness, n.
Defn: Loneliness; misery. [Obs.]
ELEPHANSY El"e*phan*sy, n. Etym: [L. elephantia.]
Defn: Elephantiasis. [Obs.] Holland.
ELEPHANT El"e*phant, n. Etym: [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. éléphant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.
2. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Obs.] Dryden. Elephant apple (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange. -- Elephant bed (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell. -- Elephant beetle (Zoöl.), any very large beetle of the genus Goliathus (esp. G. giganteus), of the family Scarabæidæ. They inhabit West Africa. -- Elephant fish (Zoöl.), a chimæroid fish (Callorhynchus antarcticus), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. -- Elephant paper, paper of large size, 23 × 28 inches. -- Double elephant paper, paper measuring 26Paper. -- Elephant seal (Zoöl.), an African jumping shrew (Macroscelides typicus), having a long nose like a proboscis. -- Elephant's ear (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. -- Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composite weeds. -- Elephant's tusk (Zoöl.), the tooth shell. See Dentalium.
ELEPHANTIAC El`e*phan"ti*ac, a. (Med.)
Defn: Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
ELEPHANTIASIS El`e*phan*ti"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
ELEPHANTINE El`e*phan"tine, a. Etym: [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. éléphantin.]
Defn: Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
ELEPHANTOID; ELEPHANTOIDAL El"e*phan*toid`, El`e*phan*toid"al, a. Etym: [Elephant + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
ELEUSINIAN El`eu*sin"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Eleusinius, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.
ELEUTHEROMANIA E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Gr. mania.]
Defn: A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [R.] Carlyle.
ELEUTHEROMANIAC E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*ac, a.
Defn: Mad for freedom. [R.]
ELEUTHERO-PETALOUS E*leu`ther*o-pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. petal.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.
ELEVATE El"e*vate, a. Etym: [L. elevatus, p. p.]
Defn: Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] Milton.
ELEVATE El"e*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating.] Etym: [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.
3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.
4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.
5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo." Sir W. Scott.
7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.
Syn. -- To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
ELEVATED El"e*va`ted, a.
Defn: Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.
ELEVATEDNESS El"e*va`ted*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being elevated.
ELEVATION El`e*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. elevatio: cf. F. élévation.]
1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.
2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
5. (Dialing)
Defn: The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.
6. (Gunnery)
Defn: The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line odirection.
7. (Drawing)
Defn: A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
ELEVATOR El"e*va`tor, n. Etym: [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. élévateur.]
Defn: One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. Elevator head, leg, and boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.
ELEVATORY El"e*va`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
ELEVATORY El"e*va`to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élévatoire.] (Surg.)
Defn: See Elevator, n. (e). Dunglison.
ELEVE É`lève" (, n. Etym: [F., fr. élever to raise, bring up.]
Defn: A pupil; a student.
ELEVEN E*lev"en, a. Etym: [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.]
Defn: Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
ELEVEN E*lev"en, n.
1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
3. (Cricket & American Football)
Defn: The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
ELEVENTH E*lev"enth, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven.]
1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.
ELEVENTH E*lev"enth, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
ELF Elf, n.; pl. Elves. Etym: [AS. ælf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. rbhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.]
1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. Shak.
2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; - - so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. -- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.
ELF Elf, v. t.
Defn: To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. Elf all my hair in knots. Shak.
ELFIN Elf"in, a.
Defn: Relating to elves.
ELFIN Elf"in, n.
Defn: A little elf or urchin. Shenstone.
ELFISH Elf"ish, a.
Defn: Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. "Elfish light." Coleridge. The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne.
ELFISHLY Elf"ish*ly, adv.
Defn: In an elfish manner.
ELFISHNESS Elf"ish*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being elfish.
ELFKIN Elf"kin, n.
Defn: A little elf.
ELFLAND Elf"land`, n.
Defn: Fairyland. Tennyson.
ELFLOCK Elf"lock`, n.
Defn: Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
ELGIN MARBLES El"gin mar"bles.
Defn: Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
ELICIT E*lic"it, a. Etym: [L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e + lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, Lace.]
Defn: Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.
ELICIT E*lic"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliciting.]
Defn: To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.
ELICITATE E*lic"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To elicit. [Obs.]
ELICITATION E*lic`i*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act of eliciting. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.
ELIDE E*lide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding.] Etym: [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.]
1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] Hooker.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
ELIGIBILITY El`i*gi*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éligibilité.]
Defn: The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.
ELIGIBLE El"i*gi*ble, a. Etym: [F. éligible, fr. L. eligere. See Elect.]
1. That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
2. Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house. The more eligible of the two evils. Burke.
ELIGIBLENESS El"i*gi*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.
ELIGIBLY El"i*gi*bly, adv.
Defn: In an eligible manner.
ELIMATE El"i*mate, v. t. Etym: [L. elimatus, p. p. of elimare to file up; e out + limare to file, fr. lima file.]
Defn: To render smooth; to polish. [Obs.]
ELIMINANT E*lim"i*nant, n. (Math.)
Defn: The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.
ELIMINATE E*lim"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating.] Etym: [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit.]
1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.
2. (Alg.)
Defn: To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.
3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth.
4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized]
5. (Physiol.)
Defn: To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.
ELIMINATION E*lim`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élimination.]
1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.)
Defn: the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
2. (Alg.)
Defn: Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
3. The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate,
4.]
ELIMINATIVE E*lim"i*na*tive, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
ELINGUATE E*lin"guate, v. t. Etym: [L. elinguare.]
Defn: To deprive of the tongue. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode).
ELINGUATION E`lin*gua"tion, n. Etym: [L. elinguatio. See Elinguid.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
ELINGUID E*lin"guid, a. Etym: [L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue.]
Defn: Tongue-tied; dumb. [Obs.]
ELIQUAMENT E*liq"ua*ment, n.
Defn: A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.
ELIQUATION El`i*qua"tion, n. Etym: [L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.] (Metallurgy)
Defn: The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure.
ELISON E*li"son, n. Etym: [L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. élision. See Elide.]
1. Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
ELISOR E*li"sor, n. Etym: [F. éliseur, fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
ELITE e`lite", n. Etym: [F., fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.]
Defn: A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.
ELIX E*lix", v. t. Etym: [See Elixate.]
Defn: To extract. [Obs.] Marston.
ELIXATE E*lix"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.]
Defn: To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething. [Obs.] Cockeram.
ELIXATION El`ix*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élixation.]
Defn: A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton.
ELIXIR E*lix"ir, n. Etym: [F. élixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliksir the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. ksha to burn.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
2. (Alchemy)
Defn: An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.
3. The refined spirit; the quintessence. The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.
4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.
ELIZABETHAN E*liz"a*beth`an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n.
Defn: One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Lowell.
ELK Elk, n. Etym: [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. -- Cape elk (Zoöl.), the eland.
ELK; ELKE Elk, Elke, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).
ELKNUT Elk"nut`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo.
ELKWOOD Elk"wood`, n.
Defn: The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).
ELL Ell, n. Etym: [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. Elbow, Alnage.]
Defn: A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
ELL Ell, n. (Arch.)
Defn: See L.
ELLACHICK El"la*chick, n. Etym: [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.
ELLAGIC El*lag"ic, a. Etym: [F., fr. galle gall (with the letters reversed).] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.
ELLEBORE El"le*bore, n.
Defn: Hellebore. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ELLEBORIN El*leb"o*rin, n.
Defn: See Helleborin.
ELLECK El"leck, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The red gurnard or cuckoo fish. [Prov. Eng.]
ELLENGE; ELLINGE; ELLENGENESS; ELLINGENESS El"lenge, El"linge, a., El"lenge*ness, El"linge*ness, n.
Defn: See Elenge, Elengeness. [Obs.]
ELLES El"les, adv. & conj.
Defn: See Else. [Obs.]
ELLIPSE El*lipse", n. Etym: [Gr. ellipse. See Ellipsis.]
1. (Geom.)
Defn: An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: Omission. See Ellipsis.
3. The elliptical orbit of a planet. The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun; The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse. Tennyson.
ELLIPSIS El*lip"sis, n.; pl. Ellipses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.]
1. (Gram.)
Defn: Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: An ellipse. [Obs.]
ELLIPSOGRAPH El*lip"so*graph, n. Etym: [Ellipse + graph: cf. F. ellipsographe.]
Defn: An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.
ELLIPSOID El*lip"soid, n. Etym: [Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.] (Geom.)
Defn: A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid. The point where the three planes meet is the center. Ellipsoid of revolution, a spheroid; a solid figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the minor axis.
ELLIPSOID; ELLIPSOIDAL El*lip"soid, El`lip*soi"dal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.
ELLIPTIC; ELLIPTICAL El*lip"tic, El*lip"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. elliptique. See Ellipsis.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. Cheyne.
2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. Elliptic chuck. See under Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. -- Elliptic function. (Math.) See Function. -- Elliptic integral. (Math.) See Integral. -- Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization.
ELLIPTICALLY El*lip"tic*al*ly, adv.
1. In the form of an ellipse.
2. With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
ELLIPTICITY El`lip*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ellipticité.]
Defn: Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is
Note: Some writers use ellipticity as the ratio of the difference of the two semiaxes to the minor axis, instead of the major. Nichol.
ELLIPTIC-LANCEOLATE El*lip"tic-lan"ce*o*late, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
ELLIPTOGRAPH El*lip"to*graph, n.
Defn: Same as Ellipsograph.
ELLWAND Ell"wand, n.
Defn: Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
ELM Elm, n. Etym: [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.] (Bot.)
Defn: A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. Elm beetle (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. -- Elm borer (Zoöl.), one of several species of beetles of which the larvæ bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata). -- Elm butterfly (Zoöl.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma. -- Elm moth (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). -- Elm sawfly (Zoöl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.
ELMEN Elm"en, a.
Defn: Belonging to elms. [Obs.]
ELMO'S FIRE El"mo's fire`.
Defn: See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.
ELMY Elm"y, a.
Defn: Abounding with elms. The simple spire and elmy grange. T. Warton.
ELOCATION El`o*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. e- + locate.]
1. A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]
2. Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy. [Obs.]
ELOCULAR E*loc"u*lar, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + locular.]
Defn: Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.
ELOCUTION El`o*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. élocution. See Eloquent.]
1. Utterance by speech. [R.] [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.
2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately
3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.] To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.
ELOCUTIONARY El`o*cu"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to elocution.
ELOCUTIONIST El`o*cu"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.
ELOCUTIVE El"o*cu`tive, a.
Defn: Pertaining to oratorical expression. [Obs.] Feltham.
ELODIAN E*lo"di*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
ELOGE e`loge", n. Etym: [F. See Elogium.]
Defn: A panegyrical funeral oration.
ELOGIST El"o*gist, n. Etym: [F. élogiste.]
Defn: One who pronounces an éloge.
ELOGIUM; ELOGY E*lo"gi*um, El"o*gy, n. Etym: [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. .]
Defn: The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
ELOHIM E*lo"him, n. Etym: [Heb.]
Defn: One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.
ELOHIST E*lo"hist, n.
Defn: The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.
ELOHISTIC El`o*his"tic, a.
Defn: Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.
ELOIGN E*loign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] Etym: [F. éloigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate.] [Written also eloin.]
1. To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.] From worldly cares he did himself eloign. Spenser.
2. (Law)
Defn: To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress. The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. Blackstone.
ELOIGNATE E*loign"ate, v. t.
Defn: To remove. [Obs.] Howell.
ELOIGNMENT E*loign"ment, n. Etym: [F. éloignement.]
Defn: Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]
ELOIN E*loin", v. t.
Defn: See Eloign.
ELOINATE E*loin"ate, v. t.
Defn: See Eloignate.
ELOINMENT E*loin"ment, n.
Defn: See Eloignment.
ELONG E*long", v. t. Etym: [See Eloign, Elongate.]
1. To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]
2. To put away; to separate; to keep off. [Obs.] Wyatt.
ELONGATE E*lon"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] Etym: [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ELONGATE E*lon"gate, v. i.
Defn: To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
ELONGATE E*lon"gate, a. Etym: [LL. elongatus.]
Defn: Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.
ELONGATION E`lon*ga"tion, n. Etym: [LL. elongatio: cf. F. élongation.]
1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." Arbuthnot.
2. That which lengthens out; continuation. May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains Pinkerton.
3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance. The distant points in the celestial expanse appear to the eye in so small a degree of elongation from one another, as bears no proportion to what is real. Glanvill.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
ELOPE E*lope", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] Etym: [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, v. t.]
Defn: To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.
ELOPEMENT E*lope"ment, n.
Defn: The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
ELOPER E*lop"er, n.
Defn: One who elopes.
ELOPS E"lops, n. Etym: [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of fishes. See Saury.
2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] Milton.
ELOQUENCE El"o*quence, n. Etym: [F. éloquence, L. eloquentia, fr. eloquens. See Eloquent.]
1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.
2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech. Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Pope. The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Macaulay.
3. That which is eloquently uttered or written. O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. Shak.
Syn. -- Oratory; rhetoric.
ELOQUENT El"o*quent, a. Etym: [F. éloquent, L. eloquens, -entis, p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.]
1. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.
2. Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.
ELOQUENTLY El"o*quent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an eloquent manner.
ELRICH; ELRITCH El"rich or El"ritch, a.
Defn: Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]
ELSE Else, a. & pron. Etym: [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. Alias, Alien.]
Defn: Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming What else shall I give Do you expect anything else "Bastards and else." Shak.
Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.
ELSE Else, adv. & conj.
1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. Ps. li. 16.
Note: After `or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I" Shak.
ELSEWHERE Else"where`, adv.
1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.
2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
ELSEWHITHER Else"whith`er, adv.
Defn: To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester."For elsewhither was I bound." Carlyle.
ELSEWISE Else"wise`, adv.
Defn: Otherwise. [R.]
ELSIN El"sin, n.
Defn: A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]
ELUCIDATE E*lu"ci*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] Etym: [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.]
Defn: To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
ELUCIDATION E*lu`ci*da"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élucidation.]
Defn: A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
ELUCIDATIVE E*lu"ci*da`tive, a.
Defn: Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
ELUCIDATOR E*lu"ci*da`tor, n.
Defn: One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
ELUCIDATORY E*lu"ci*da*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]
ELUCTATE E*luc"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle.]
Defn: To struggle out; -- with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
ELUCTATION E`luc*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. eluctatio.]
Defn: A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
ELUCUBRATE E*lu"cu*brate, v. i. Etym: [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.]
Defn: See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.
ELUCUBRATION E*lu`cu*bra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. élucubration.]
Defn: See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn.
ELUDE E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] Etym: [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous.]
Defn: To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.
Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
ELUDIBLE E*lud"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being eluded; evadible.
ELUL E"lul, n. Etym: [Heb.]
Defn: The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.
ELUMBATED E*lum"ba*ted, a. Etym: [L. elumbis; e + lumbus loin.]
Defn: Weak or lame in the loins. [Obs.]
ELUSION E*lu"sion, n. Etym: [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude.]
Defn: Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
ELUSIVE E*lu"sive, a.
Defn: Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope. -- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n.
ELUSORY E*lu"so*ry, a. Etym: [LL. elusorius.]
Defn: Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness, n.
ELUTE E*lute", v. t. Etym: [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.]
Defn: To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.
ELUTRIATE E*lu"tri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating.] Etym: [L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.]
Defn: To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.
ELUTRIATION E*lu`tri*a"tion, n.
Defn: The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
ELUXATE E*lux"ate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. e- + luxate.]
Defn: To dislocate; to luxate.
ELUXATION E`lux*a"tion, n.
Defn: Dislocation; luxation.
ELVAN Elv"an, a.
1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.
2. (Mining)
Defn: Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
ELVAN; ELVANITE Elv"an, Elv"an*ite, n.
Defn: The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
ELVE Elve, n.
Defn: An old form of Elf.
ELVER El"ver, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.
ELVES Elves, n.;
Defn: pl. of Elf.
ELVISH Elv"ish, a.
1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish. He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer.
2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
ELVISHLY Elv"ish*ly, adv.
Defn: In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.
ELWAND El"wand, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Ellwand.
ELYSIAN E*ly"sian, a. Etym: [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]
Defn: Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.
ELYSIUM E*ly"sium, n.; pl. E. Elysiums, L. Elysia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Anc. Myth.)
1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
2. Hence, any delightful place. An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. I. Taylor.
ELYTRIFORM E*lyt"ri*form, a. Etym: [Elytrum + -form.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.
ELYTRIN El"y*trin, n. Etym: [From Elytrum.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Chitin.
ELYTROID El"y*troid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling a beetle's wing case.
ELYTRON; ELYTRUM El"y*tron, El"y*trum (-tr n.; pl. Elytra. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.
ELZEVIR El"ze*vir, a. (Bibliog.)
Defn: Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them. The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Brande & C.
'EM 'Em.
Defn: An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Addison.
EM Em, n. (Print.)
Defn: The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.
EM- Em-.
Defn: A prefix. See En-.
EMACERATE E*mac"er*ate, v. t. & i. Etym: [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.]
Defn: To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.
EMACERATION E*mac`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: Emaciation. [Obs.]
EMACIATE E*ma"ci*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.]
Defn: To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.
EMACIATE E*ma"ci*ate, v. t.
Defn: To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
EMACIATE E*ma"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. emaciatus, p. p.]
Defn: Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.
EMACIATION E*ma`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. émaciation.]
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
EMACULATE E*mac"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.]
Defn: To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.
EMACULATION E*mac`u*la"tion, n.
Defn: The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.
EMAIL OMBRANT; AEMAIL OMBRANT E`mail` om`brant", Æ`mail` om`brant". Etym: [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.
EMANANT Em"a*nant, a. Etym: [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.]
Defn: Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.
EMANATE Em"a*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] Etym: [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]
1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.
2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate. That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey.
Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.
EMANATE Em"a*nate, a.
Defn: Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]
EMANATION Em`a*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. emanatio: cf. F. émanation.]
1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South. Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. An emanation of the indwelling life. Bryant.
EMANATIVE Em"a*na*tive, a.
Defn: Issuing forth; effluent.
EMANATIVELY Em"a*na*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By an emanation.
EMANATORY Em"a*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More.
EMANCIPATE E*man"ci*pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] Etym: [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.]
Defn: To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward.
EMANCIPATE E*man"ci*pate, a. Etym: [L. emancipatus, p. p.]
Defn: Set at liberty.
EMANCIPATION E*man`ci*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. emancipatio: cf. F. émancipation.]
Defn: The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement.
EMANCIPATIONIST E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist, n.
Defn: An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.
EMANCIPATOR E*man"ci*pa`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who emancipates.
EMANCIPATORY E*man"ci*pa*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.
EMANCIPIST E*man"ci*pist, n.
Defn: A freed convict. [Australia]
EMARGINATE E*mar"gi*nate, v. t. Etym: [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.]
Defn: To take away the margin of.
EMARGINATE; EMARGINATED E*mar"gi*nate, E*mar"gi*na`ted, a.
1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Notched at the summit.
3. (Cryst.)
Defn: Having the edges truncated.
EMARGINATELY E*mar"gi*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an emarginate manner.
EMARGINATION E*mar`gi*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.
EMASCULATE E*mas"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating.] Etym: [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox.
EMASCULATE E*mas"cu*late, a.
Defn: Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.
EMASCULATION E*mas`cu*la"tion, n.
1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.
EMASCULATOR E*mas"cu*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, emasculates.
EMASCULATORY E*mas"cu*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Serving or tending to emasculate.
EMBACE Em*bace", v. t.
Defn: See Embase. [Obs.]
EMBALE Em*bale", v. t. Etym: [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.]
1. To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.
2. To bind up; to inclose. Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins. Spenser.
EMBALL Em*ball", v. t. Etym: [See Embale.]
Defn: To encircle or embrace. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
EMBALM Em*balm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embalmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.] Etym: [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See Balm.]
1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction. Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm embalmed Israel. Gem. l. 2.
2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume. With fresh dews embalmed the earth. Milton.
3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance. Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. Pope.
EMBALMER Em*balm"er, n.
Defn: One who embalms.
EMBALMMENT Em*balm"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embaumement.]
Defn: The act of embalming. [R.] Malone.
EMBANK Em*bank", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.]
Defn: To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
EMBANKMENT Em*bank"ment, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
EMBAR Em*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]
1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.
2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.
EMBARCATION Em`bar*ca"tion, n.
Defn: Same as Embarkation.
EMBARGE Em*barge", v. t.
Defn: To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.
EMBARGO Em*bar"go, n.; pl. Embargoes. Etym: [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.]
Defn: An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.
Note: If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.
EMBARGO Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.]
Defn: To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.
EMBARK Em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] Etym: [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.]
1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.
EMBARK Em*bark", v. i.
1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.
2. To engage in any affair. Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay.
EMBARKATION Em`bar*ka"tion, n.
1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.
EMBARKMENT Em*bark"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embarquement.]
Defn: Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.
EMBARRASS Em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] Etym: [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.
3. (Com.)
Defn: To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
Syn. -- To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.
EMBARRASS Em*bar"rass, n. Etym: [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v. t.]
Defn: Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
EMBARRASSMENT Em*bar"rass*ment, n. Etym: [F. embarrassement.]
1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. Bancroft.
2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
EMBASE Em*base", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.]
Defn: To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.
EMBASEMENT Em*base"ment, n. Etym: [From Embase, v. t.]
Defn: Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.
EMBASSADE Em"bas*sade, n. Etym: [F. ambassade. See Embassy.]
Defn: An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.
EMBASSADOR Em*bas"sa*dor, n. Etym: [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.]
Defn: Same as Ambassador. Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer. Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden.
EMBASSADORIAL Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ambassadorial.]
Defn: Same as Ambassadorial.
EMBASSADRESS Em*bas"sa*dress, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ambassadrice.]
Defn: Same as Ambassadress.
EMBASSADRY Em*bas"sa*dry, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.]
Defn: Embassy. [Obs.] Leland.
EMBASSAGE Em"bas*sage (; 48), n.
1. An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon. Except your embassages have better success. Motley.
2. Message; errand. Shak.
EMBASSY Em"bas*sy, n.; pl. Embassies. Etym: [OF. ambassée, embascée, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. Ambassador.]
1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.
2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.
3. The residence or office of an ambassador.
Note: Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.
EMBASTARDIZE Em*bas"tard*ize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + bastardize.]
Defn: To bastardize. [Obs.]
EMBATHE Em*bathe", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + bathe. Cf. Imbathe.]
Defn: To bathe; to imbathe.
EMBATTAIL Em*bat"tail, v. t. Etym: [See Embattle.]
Defn: To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. [Archaic] To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof. Tennyson.
EMBATTLE Em*bat"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling.] Etym: [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.]
Defn: To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.
EMBATTLE Em*bat"tle, v. i.
Defn: To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]
EMBATTLE Em*bat"tle, v. t. Etym: [See Battlement.]
Defn: To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.
EMBATTLED Em*bat"tled, a.
1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.
3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.
EMBATTLEMENT Em*bat"tle*ment, n.
1. An intended parapet; a battlement.
2. The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.
EMBAY Em*bay", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.]
Defn: To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBAY Em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st bay.]
Defn: To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay. If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned. Shak.
EMBAYMENT Em*bay"ment, n.
Defn: A bay. [R.] The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.
EMBEAM Em*beam", v. t.
Defn: To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher.
EMBED Em*bed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.]
Defn: To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
EMBEDMENT Em*bed"ment, n.
Defn: The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
EMBELLISH Em*bel"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] Etym: [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.]
Defn: To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
EMBELLISHER Em*bel"lish*er, n.
Defn: One who embellishes.
EMBELLISHMENT Em*bel"lish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.
2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments. The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor.
EMBER Em"ber, n. Etym: [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. ; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.]
Defn: A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden. He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.
EMBER Em"ber, a. Etym: [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.]
Defn: Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.
EMBER-GOOSE Em"ber-goose`, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. ember, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]
EMBERINGS Em"ber*ings, n. pl.
Defn: Ember days. [Obs.]
EMBERIZIDAE Emberizidae n.
Defn: a natural subfamily including buntings and some New World sparrows. Syn. -- subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae. [WordNet 1.5]
EMBETTER Em*bet"ter, v. t.
Defn: To make better. [Obs.]
EMBEZZLE Em*bez"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling.] Etym: [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]
1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.
2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.] To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.
EMBEZZLEMENT Em*bez"zle*ment, n.
Defn: The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.
Note: Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.
EMBEZZLER Em*bez"zler, n.
Defn: One who embezzles.
EMBILLOW Em*bil"low, v. i.
Defn: To swell or heave like a [R.] Lisle.
EMBIOTOCOID Em`bi*ot"o*coid, a. Etym: [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + - oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. -- n.
Defn: One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.
EMBITTER Em*bit"ter, v. t.
Defn: To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.
EMBITTERMENT Em*bit"ter*ment, n.
Defn: The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.
EMBLANCH Em*blanch", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.]
Defn: To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.
EMBLAZE Em*blaze", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.] Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st blaze.]
1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope.
2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. [Archaic] The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed. Milton.
EMBLAZON Em*bla"zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] Etym: [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]
1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.
EMBLAZONER Em*bla"zon*er, n.
Defn: One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.
EMBLAZONING Em*bla"zon*ing, n.
Defn: The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
EMBLAZONMENT Em*bla"zon*ment, n.
Defn: An emblazoning.
EMBLAZONRY Em*bla"zon*ry, n.; pl. Emblazonries (.
Defn: The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.
EMBLEM Em"blem, n. Etym: [F. emblème, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. In, and Parable.]
1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.
3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
Note: Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published.
Syn. -- Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. -- Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.
EMBLEM Em"blem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.]
Defn: To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham.
EMBLEMATIC; EMBLEMATICAL Em`blem*at"ic, Em`blem*at"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emblématique.]
Defn: Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
EMBLEMATICCIZE Em`blem*at"ic*cize, v. t.
Defn: To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.
EMBLEMATIST Em*blem"a*tist, n.
Defn: A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.
EMBLEMATIZE Em*blem"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblematized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing.]
Defn: To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.
EMBLEMENT Em"ble*ment, n. Etym: [OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. blé.] (Law)
Defn: The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.
EMBLEMIZE Em"blem*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing.]
Defn: To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]
EMBLOOM Em*bloom", v. t.
Defn: To emblossom. Savage.
EMBLOSSOM Em*blos"som, v. t.
Defn: To cover or adorn with blossoms. On the white emblossomed spray. J. Cunningham.
EMBODIER Em*bod"i*er, n.
Defn: One who embodies.
EMBODIMENT Em*bod"i*ment, n.
1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.
EMBODY Em*bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.]
Defn: To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.] Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.
EMBODY Em*bod"y, v. i.
Defn: To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.] Firmly to embody against this court party. Burke.
EMBOGUE Em*bogue", v. i. Etym: [See Disembogue.]
Defn: To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]
EMBOGUING Em*bo"guing, n.
Defn: The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]
EMBOIL Em*boil", v. i.
Defn: To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBOIL Em*boil", v. t.
Defn: To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBOITEMENT Em`boîte"ment`, n. Etym: [F., fr. emboîter to fit in, insert; en in + boîte box.] (Biol.)
Defn: The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.
EMBOLDEN Em*bold"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening.]
Defn: To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.
EMBOLDENER Em*bold"en*er, n.
Defn: One who emboldens.
EMBOLIC Em*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Embolism.]
1. Embolismic.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
EMBOLISM Em"bo*lism, n. Etym: [L. embolismus, from Gr. embolisme. See Emblem.]
1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
2. Intercalated time. Johnson.
3. (Med.)
Defn: The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
EMBOLISMAL Em`bo*lis"mal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
EMBOLISMATIC; EMBOLISMATICAL Em`bo*lis*mat"ic, Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Embolismic.
EMBOLISMIC; EMBOLISMICAL Em`bo*lis"mic, Em`bo*lis"mic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. embolismique.]
Defn: Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.
EMBOLITE Em"bo*lite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.
EMBOLUS Em"bo*lus, n.; pl. Emboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Emblem.]
1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
EMBOLY Em"bo*ly, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.
EMBONPOINT Em`bon`point", n. Etym: [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.]
Defn: Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
EMBORDER Em*bor"der, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.]
Defn: To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.
EMBOSOM Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.
2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.
EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]
1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.
2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.
EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.]
Defn: To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]
EMBOSS Em*boss", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]
1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.] In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.
2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset. A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.
EMBOSS Em*boss", v. i.
Defn: To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.
EMBOSSED Em*bossed", a.
1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.
2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.
3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.
EMBOSSER Em*boss"er, n.
Defn: One who embosses.
EMBOSSMENT Em*boss"ment, n.
1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.
EMBOTTLE Em*bot"tle, v. t.
Defn: To bottle. [R.] Phillips.
EMBOUCHURE Em`bou`chure", n. Etym: [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]
1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
EMBOW Em*bow", v. t.
Defn: To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.
EMBOWEL Em*bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.
Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.
2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.
EMBOWELER Em*bow"el*er, n.
Defn: One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]
EMBOWELMENT Em*bow"el*ment, n.
Defn: Disembowelment.
EMBOWER Em*bow"er, v. t.
Defn: To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. -- v. i.
Defn: To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.
EMBOWL Em*bowl", v. t.
Defn: To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
EMBOX Em*box", v. t.
Defn: To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.
EMBOYSSEMENT Em*boysse"ment, n. Etym: [See Embushment.]
Defn: An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EMBRACE Em*brace", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.]
Defn: To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBRACE Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing.] Etym: [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]
1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak. Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.
2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.
3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak. What is there that he may not embrace for truth Locke.
4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.
5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences. Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden.
6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.
7. (Law)
Defn: To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone.
Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include;
EMBRACE Em*brace", v. i.
Defn: To join in an embrace.
EMBRACE Em*brace", n.
Defn: Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.
EMBRACEMENT Em*brace"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrassement.]
1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.
2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.
3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.] A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.
EMBRACEOR Em*brace"or, n. (Law)
Defn: One guilty of embracery.
EMBRACER Em*bra"cer, n.
Defn: One who embraces.
EMBRACERY Em*bra"cer*y, n. (Law)
Defn: An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
EMBRACIVE Em*bra"cive, a.
Defn: Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.
EMBRAID Em*braid", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]
1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
EMBRANCHMENT Em*branch"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embranchement.]
Defn: The branching forth, as of trees.
EMBRANGLE Em*bran"gle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.]
Defn: To confuse; to entangle. I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley.
EMBRASURE Em*bra"sure, n. Etym: [See Embrace.]
Defn: An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.
EMBRASURE Em*bra"sure (277), n. Etym: [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A splay of a door or window. Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.
2. (Fort.)
Defn: An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
EMBRAVE Em*brave", v. t.
1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.
2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.] And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.
EMBRAWN Em*brawn", v. t.
Defn: To harden. [Obs.] It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. Nash.
EMBREAD Em*bread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.]
Defn: To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBREATHEMENT Em*breathe"ment, n.
Defn: The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.
EMBREW Em*brew", v. t.
Defn: To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMBRIGHT Em*bright", v. t.
Defn: To brighten. [Obs.]
EMBROCATE Em"bro*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embrocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] Etym: [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
EMBROCATION Em`bro*ca"tion, n. Etym: [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
EMBROGLIO Em*brogl"io, n.
Defn: See Imbroglio.
EMBROIDER Em*broid"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] Etym: [OE. embrouden. See Broider.]
Defn: To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.
EMBROIDERER Em*broid"er*er, n.
Defn: One who embroiders.
EMBROIDERY Em*broid"er*y, n.; pl. Embroideries (.
1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration. Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison. A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.
EMBROIL Em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] Etym: [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden.
2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with Addison.
Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.
EMBROIL Em*broil", n.
Defn: See Embroilment.
EMBROILER Em*broil"er, n.
Defn: One who embroils.
EMBROILMENT Em*broil"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. embrouillement.]
Defn: The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.
EMBRONZE Em*bronze", v. t.
1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [Poetic]
2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.
EMBROTHEL Em*broth"el, v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne.
EMBROUDE; EMBROWDE; EMBROYDE Em*broud"e, Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e, v. t.
Defn: To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.
EMBROWN Em*brown", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.]
Defn: To give a brown color to; to imbrown. Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.
EMBRUE Em*brue", v. t.
Defn: See Imbrue, Embrew. [Obs.]
EMBRUTE Em*brute", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + brute. Cf. Imbrute.]
Defn: To brutify; to imbrute. All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn.
EMBRYO Em"bry*o, n.; pl. Embryos. Etym: [F. embryon, Gr. in) + brew.] (Biol.)
Defn: The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.
EMBRYO Em"bry*o, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
EMBRYOGENIC Em`bry*o*gen"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
EMBRYOGENY Em`bry*og"e*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. embryogénie.] (Biol.)
Defn: The production and development of an embryo.
EMBRYOGONY Em`bry*og"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The formation of an embryo.
EMBRYOGRAPHY Em`bry*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.] (Biol.)
Defn: The general description of embryos.
EMBRYOLOGIC; EMBRYOLOGICAL Em`bry*o*log"ic, Em`bry*o*log"ic*al, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to embryology.
EMBRYOLOGIST Em`bry*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One skilled in embryology.
EMBRYOLOGY Em`bry*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.)
Defn: The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
EMBRYON Em"bry*on, n. & a. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Embryo.
EMBRYONAL Em"bry*o*nal, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
EMBRYONARY Em"bry*o*na*ry, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Embryonic.
EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED Em"bry*o*nate, Em"bry*o*na`ted, a. (Biol.)
Defn: In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
EMBRYONIC Em`bry*on"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.
EMBRYONIFEROUS Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.)
Defn: Having an embryo.
EMBRYONIFORM Em`bry*on"i*form, a. Etym: [Embryo + -form.] (Biol.)
Defn: Like an embryo in form.
EMBRYOPLASTIC Em`bry*o*plas"tic, n. Etym: [Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
EMBRYO SAC Em"bry*o sac`. (Bot.)
Defn: See under Embryonic.
EMBRYOTIC Em`bry*ot"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Embryonic.
EMBRYOTOMY Em`bry*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. embryotomie.] (Med.)
Defn: The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
EMBRYOTROPH Em"bry*o*troph`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
EMBRYOUS Em"bry*ous, a.
Defn: Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]
EMBULK Em*bulk", v. t.
Defn: To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham.
EMBURSE Em*burse", v. t. Etym: [See Imburse.]
Defn: To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]
EMBUSH Em*bush", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.]
Defn: To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.
EMBUSHMENT Em*bush"ment, n. Etym: [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement.]
Defn: An ambush. [Obs.]
EMBUSY Em*bus"y, v. t.
Defn: To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.
EME Eme, n. Etym: [See Eame.]
Defn: An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMEER E*meer", n.
Defn: Same as Emir.
EMENAGOGUE E*men"a*gogue, n.
Defn: See Emmenagogue.
EMEND E*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] Etym: [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. émender. Cf. Amend, Mend.]
Defn: To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.
EMENDABLE E*mend"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.]
Defn: Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.
EMENDATELY Em"en*date*ly, adv.
Defn: Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]
EMENDATION Em`en*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]
1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.
2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
EMENDATOR Em"en*da`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who emends or critically edits.
EMENDATORY E*mend"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. emendatorius.]
Defn: Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.
EMENDER E*mend"er, n.
Defn: One who emends.
EMENDICATE E*men"di*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.]
Defn: To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.
EMERALD Em"er*ald, n. Etym: [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. marakata.]
1. (Min.)
Defn: A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.
2. (Print.)
Defn: A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare
Note: * This line is printed in the type called emerald.
EMERALD Em"er*ald, a.
Defn: Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. -- Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.
EMERALDINE Em"er*ald*ine (; 104), n.
Defn: A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.
EMERAUD Em"er*aud, n. Etym: [See Emerald, n.]
Defn: An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMERGE E*merge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging.] Etym: [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.]
Defn: To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.
EMERGENCE E*mer"gence, n.; pl. Emergences (.
Defn: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance. The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton. When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.
EMERGENCY E*mer"gen*cy, n.; pl. Emergencies. Etym: [See Emergence.]
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.
Syn. -- Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.
EMERGENT E*mer"gent, a. Etym: [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]
1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. The mountains huge appear emergent. Milton.
2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; Protection granted in emergent danger. Burke. Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]
EMERIL Em"er*il, n.
1. Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. A glazier's diamond. Crabb.
EMERITED Em"er*it*ed, a. Etym: [See Emeritus.]
Defn: Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.
EMERITUS E*mer"i*tus, a. Etym: [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.]
Defn: Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.
EMERITUS E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl. Emeriti. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
EMERODS; EMEROIDS Em"er*ods, Em"er*oids, n. pl. Etym: [OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids.]
Defn: Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.
EMERSED E*mersed", a. Etym: [L. emersus, p. p. See Emerge.] (Bot.)
Defn: Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.
EMERSION E*mer"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. émersion. See Emerge.]
1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties. Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. Knatchbull.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
EMERY Em"er*y, n. Etym: [F. émeri, earlier émeril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.)
Defn: Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. -- Emery cloth or paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. -- Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.
EMESIS Em"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Emetic.] (Med.)
Defn: A vomiting.
EMETIC E*met"ic, a. Etym: [L. emeticus, Gr. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.] (Med.)
Defn: Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.
Defn: A medicine which causes vomiting.
EMETICAL E*met"ic*al, a.
Defn: Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
EMETINE Em"e*tine (; 104), n. Etym: [See Emetic.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
EMETO-CATHARTIC Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. cathartic.] (Med.)
Defn: Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.
EMEU; EMEW E"meu, or E"mew, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Emu.
EMEUTE e`meute", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
E. M. F. E. M. F. (Physics)
Defn: An abbreviation for electro-motive force.
EMFORTH Em*forth", prep. Etym: [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + for forth.]
Defn: According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]
EMGALLA Em*gal"la, n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [Native name.]
Defn: The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.
EMICANT Em"i*cant, a. Etym: [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication.]
Defn: Beaming forth; flashing. [R.] Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.
EMICATION Em`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e. out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.]
Defn: A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.
EMICTION E*mic"tion, n. Etym: [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.]
1. The voiding of urine.
2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.
EMICTORY E*mic"to*ry, a. & n. (Med.)
Defn: Diuretic.
EMIGRANT Em"i*grant, a. Etym: [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. émigrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]
1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.
2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.
EMIGRANT Em"i*grant, n.
Defn: One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.
EMIGRATE Em"i*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] Etym: [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]
Defn: To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home. Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay. They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.
EMIGRATE Em"i*grate, a.
Defn: Migratory; roving. [Obs.]
EMIGRATION Em`i*gra"tion, n. Etym: [L. emigratio: cf. F. émigration.]
1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.
2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.
EMIGRATIONAL Em`i*gra"tion*al, a.
Defn: Relating to emigration.
EMIGRATIONIST Em`i*gra"tion*ist, n.
Defn: An advocate or promoter of emigration.
EMIGRATOR Em"i*gra`tor, n.
Defn: One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]
EMIGRE e`mi`gre", n. Etym: [F., emigrant.]
Defn: One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
EMINENCE Em"i*nence, n. Etym: [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.]
1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.
2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.
3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
EMINENCY Em"i*nen*cy, n.; pl Eminences (.
Defn: State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.
EMINENT Em"i*nent, a. Etym: [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. éminent. Cf. Menace.]
1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn
2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain.
Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.
EMINENTLY Em"i*nent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
EMIR; EMEER E"mir, E*meer", n. Etym: [Ar. emir, amir, commander: cf. F. émir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.]
Defn: An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.
EMIRSHIP; EMEERSHIP E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship, n.
Defn: The rank or office of an Emir.
EMISSARY Em"is*sa*ry, n.; pl. Emissaries. Etym: [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit.]
Defn: An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.
Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.
EMISSARY Em"is*sa*ry, a.
1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
EMISSARYSHIP Em"is*sa*ry*ship`, n.
Defn: The office of an emissary.
EMISSION E*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit.]
1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. issue bank notes.
2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.
EMISSITIOUS Em`is*si"tious, a. Etym: [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.]
Defn: Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.
EMISSIVE E*mis"sive, a.
Defn: Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.
EMISSIVITY Em`is*siv"i*ty, n.
Defn: Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
EMISSORY E*mis"so*ry, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Emissary, a., 2.
EMIT E*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] Etym: [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]
1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. Prior.
2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit. No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.
EMITTENT E*mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.]
Defn: Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.
EMMANTLE Em*man"tle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.]
Defn: To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.
EMMANUEL Em*man"u*el, n.
Defn: See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.
EMMARBLE Em*mar"ble, v. t.
Defn: To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.
EMMENAGOGUE Em*men"a*gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. n. pl., menses (emménagogue.] (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
EMMET Em"met, n. Etym: [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An ant. Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.
EMMETROPIA Em`me*tro"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.
EMMETROPIC Em`me*trop"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.
EMMETROPY Em*met"ro*py, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Emmetropia.
EMMEW Em*mew", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.]
Defn: To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.
EMMOVE Em*move", v. t. Etym: [For emove: cf. F. émouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.]
Defn: To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]
EMODIN Em"o*din, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).
EMOLLESCENCE Em`ol*les"cence, n. Etym: [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.]
Defn: That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
EMOLLIATE E*mol"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] Etym: [See Emollient, a.]
Defn: To soften; to render effeminate. Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.
EMOLLIENT E*mol"lient, a. Etym: [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. émollient. See Mollify.]
Defn: Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.
EMOLLIENT E*mol"lient (; 105), n. (Med.)
Defn: An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
EMOLLITION Em`ol*li"tion, n.
Defn: The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.
EMOLUMENT E*mol"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument. See Mole a mound.]
Defn: The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary. A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.
EMOLUMENTAL E*mol`u*men"tal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.
EMONG; EMONGST E*mong", E*mongst"
Defn: , (prep. Among. [Obs.]
EMOTION E*mo"tion, n. Etym: [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. émotion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.]
Defn: A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body. How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving. Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.
EMOTIONAL E*mo"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
EMOTIONALISM E*mo"tion*al*ism, n.
Defn: The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
EMOTIONALIZE E*mo"tion*al*ize, v. t.
Defn: To give an emotional character to. Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. Froude.
EMOTIONED E*mo"tioned, a.
Defn: Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.
EMOTIVE E*mo"tive, a.
Defn: Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv.
EMOTIVENESS E*mo"tive*ness, n.
Defn: Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.
EMOTIVITY E`mo*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: Emotiveness. Hickok.
EMOVE E*move", v. t.
Defn: To move. [Obs.] Thomson.
EMPAIR Em*pair", v. t.
Defn: To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPAISTIC Em*pais"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
EMPALE Em*pale", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.]
Defn: To make pale. [Obs.] No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.
EMPALE Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] Etym: [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] [Written also impale.]
1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale. All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Impale.
EMPALEMENT Em*pale"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
3. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Impalement.
EMPANEL Em*pan"el, n. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law)
Defn: A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.
EMPANEL Em*pan"el, v. t.
Defn: See Impanel.
EMPANOPLIED Em*pan"o*plied, a. Etym: [Pref. em- + panoply.]
Defn: Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson.
EMPARADISE Em*par"a*dise, v. t.
Defn: Same as Imparadise.
EMPARK Em*park", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. Impark.]
Defn: To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.]
EMPARLANCE Em*par"lance, n.
Defn: Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPASM Em*pasm", n. Etym: [F. empasme, fr. Gr.
Defn: A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.
EMPASSION Em*pas"sion, v. t.
Defn: To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.] Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser.
EMPASSIONATE Em*pas"sion*ate, a.
Defn: Strongly affected. [Obs.] The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser.
EMPAWN Em*pawn", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn.]
Defn: To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn. To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman.
EMPEACH Em*peach", v. t.
Defn: To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPEARL Em*pearl", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl.]
Defn: To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
EMPEOPLE Em*peo"ple, v. t.
Defn: To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne.
EMPERESS Em"per*ess, n.
Defn: See Empress. [Obs.]
EMPERICE Em"per*ice, n.
Defn: An empress. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EMPERIL Em*per"il, v. t.
Defn: To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.
EMPERISHED Em*per"ished, a.
Defn: Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.
EMPEROR Em"per*or, n. Etym: [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.]
Defn: The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia). -- Emperor paper. See under Paper. -- Purple emperor (Zoöl.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris).
EMPERORSHIP Em"per*or*ship, n.
Defn: The rank or office of an emperor.
EMPERY Em"per*y, n. Etym: [L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire.]
Defn: Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak. Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning.
EMPHASIS Em"pha*sis, n.; pl. Emphases. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Phase.]
1. (Rhet.)
Defn: A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.
2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.
EMPHASIZE Em"pha*size, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emphasized; p. pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing.]
Defn: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
EMPHATIC; EMPHATICAL Em*phat"ic, Em*phat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. emphatique. See Emphasis.]
1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.
2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. "Emphatical colors." Boyle. "Emphatical evils." Bp. Reynolds.
Syn. -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.
EMPHATICALLY Em*phat"ic*al*ly, adv.
1. With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preëminently. He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay.
2. Not really, but apparently. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EMPHATICALNESS Em*phat"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
EMPHRACTIC Em*phrac"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
EMPHRENSY Em*phren"sy, v. t.
Defn: To madden. [Obs.]
EMPHYSEMA Em`phy*se"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. emphysème.] (Med.)
Defn: A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.
EMPHYSEMATOUS Em`phy*sem"a*tous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emphysémateux.] (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.
EMPHYTEUSIS Em`phy*teu"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rom. Law)
Defn: A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann.
EMPHYTEUTIC Em`phy*teu"tic, a. Etym: [L. emphyteuticus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.
EMPHYTEUTICARY Em`phy*teu"ti*ca*ry, n. Etym: [L. emphyteuticarius, a.]
Defn: One who holds lands by emphyteusis.
EMPIERCE Em*pierce", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.]
Defn: To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPIGHT Em*pight", a. Etym: [Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.]
Defn: Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPIRE Em"pire, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]
1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." Shak. Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. Milton.
2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.
3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." M. Arnold. Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. A. W. Ward. Celestial empire. See under Celestial. -- Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. -- Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York.
Syn. -- Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.
EMPIRE STATE Empire State.
Defn: New York; -- a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.
EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH Empire State of the South.
Defn: Georgia; -- a nickname.
EMPIRE STATE OF THE WEST Empire State of the West.
Defn: Missouri; -- a nickname.
EMPIRIC Em*pir"ic, n. Etym: [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In, and Fare.]
1. One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
2. One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves empirics. Krauth-Fleming. Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills. Locke.
EMPIRIC; EMPIRICAL Em*pir"ic, Em*pir"ic*al, a.
1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. H. Spencer.
2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.
Syn. -- See Transcendental.
EMPIRICALLY Em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.
EMPIRICISM Em*pir"i*cism, n.
1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.
3. (Metaph.)
Defn: The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
EMPIRICIST Em*pir"i*cist, n.
Defn: An empiric.
EMPIRISTIC Em`pi*ris"tic, a. (Physics)
Defn: Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.
EMPLACE Em*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emplaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing.] [Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.]
Defn: To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.
EMPLACEMENT Em*place"ment, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.]
Defn: A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.
EMPLASTER Em*plas"ter, n. Etym: [OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
Defn: See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman.
EMPLASTER Em*plas"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n.]
Defn: To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [Obs.] "Fair as ye his name emplaster." Chaucer.
EMPLASTIC Em*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. Emplaster.]
Defn: Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.
EMPLASTIC Em*plas"tic, n.
Defn: A medicine causing constipation.
EMPLASTRATION Em`plas*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. emplastratio a budding.]
1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.
2. Etym: [See 1st Emplaster.] (Med.)
Defn: The application of a plaster or salve.
EMPLEAD Em*plead", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + plead: cf. F. emplaidier. Cf. Implead.]
Defn: To accuse; to indict. See Implead.
EMPLECTION Em*plec"tion, n.
Defn: See Emplecton.
EMPLECTON Em*plec"ton, n. Etym: [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr.
Defn: A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.
EMPLORE Em*plore", v. t.
Defn: See Implore. [Obs.]
EMPLOY Em*ploy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Employed; p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.] Etym: [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate.]
1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies. This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. Addison.
(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15. Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.
Syn. -- To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use.
EMPLOY Em*ploy", n. Etym: [Cf. F. emploi.]
Defn: That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope. In one's employ, in one's service.
EMPLOYABLE Em*ploy"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. employable.]
Defn: Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.
EMPLOYE Em`ploy`é", n. Etym: [F., p. p. of employer.]
Defn: One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.
EMPLOYEE Em`ploy*ee", n. Etym: [The Eng. form of employé.]
Defn: One employed by another.
EMPLOYER Em*ploy"er, n.
Defn: One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
EMPLOYMENT Em*ploy"ment, n.
1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.
2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. Young.
Syn. -- Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.
EMPLUMED Em*plumed", a.
Defn: Plumed. [R.]
EMPLUNGE Em*plunge", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Implunge.]
Defn: To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser.
EMPOISON Em*poi"son, v. t. Etym: [F. empoisonner; pref. em- + F. poison. See Poison, and cf. Impoison.]
Defn: To poison; to impoison. Shak.
EMPOISON Em*poi"son, n.
Defn: Poison. [Obs.] Remedy of Love.
EMPOISONER Em*poi"son*er, n.
Defn: Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon.
EMPOISONMENT Em*poi"son*ment, n. Etym: [F. empoisonnement.]
Defn: The act of poisoning. Bacon.
EMPORETIC; EMPORETICAL Em`po*ret"ic, Em`po*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. emporeticus, Gr. Emporium.]
Defn: Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.
EMPORIUM Em*po"ri*um, n.; pl. Emporiums, L. Emporia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Empiric, Fare.]
1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The brain. [Obs.]
EMPOVERISH Em*pov"er*ish, v. t.
Defn: See Impoverish.
EMPOWER Em*pow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]
1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.
2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." Keble.
EMPRESS Em"press, n. Etym: [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]
1. The consort of an emperor. Shak.
2. A female sovereign.
3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Shak. Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.
EMPRESSEMENT Em`presse`ment", n. [F., fr s'empresser to hasten.]
Defn: Demonstrative warmth or cordiality of manner; display of enthusiasm.
He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement. Poe.
EMPRINT Em*print", v. t. [Obs.]
Defn: See Imprint.
EMPRISE Em*prise", n. Etym: [OF. emprise, fr. emprendre to undertake; pref. em- (L. in) + F. prendre to take, L. prehendere, prendere; prae before + a verb akin to E. get. See Get, and cf. Enterprise, Impresa.] [Archaic]
1. An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. Chaucer. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser. The deeds of love and high emprise. Longfellow.
2. The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits. I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.
EMPRISE Em*prise", v. t.
Defn: To undertake. [Obs.] Sackville.
EMPRISING Em*pris"ing, a. Etym: [From Emprise, v. t.]
Defn: Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.
EMPRISON Em*pris"on, v. t. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Imprison.
EMPROSTHOTONOS Em`pros*thot"o*nos, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.
EMPTE Emp"te, v. t.
Defn: To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EMPTIER Emp"ti*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, empties.
EMPTIER Emp"ti*er, compar.
Defn: of Empty.
EMPTINESS Emp"ti*ness, n. Etym: [From Empty.]
1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Pope. The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. Tennyson.
EMPTION Emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. emptio, fr. emere to buy.]
Defn: The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot.
EMPTIONAL Emp"tion*al, a.
Defn: Capable of being purchased.
EMPTY Emp"ty, a. [Compar. Emptier; superl. Emptiest.] Etym: [AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]
1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak. When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.
4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.
6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.
7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty- handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
Syn. -- See Vacant.
EMPTY Emp"ty, n.; pl. Empties (.
Defn: An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
EMPTY Emp"ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]
Defn: To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.
EMPTY Emp"ty, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.
EMPTYING Emp"ty*ing, n.
1. The act of making empty. Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]
EMPUGN Em*pugn", v. t. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Impugn.
EMPURPLE Em*pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling.] Etym: [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]
Defn: To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
EMPUSE Em*puse", n. Etym: [LL. empusa, Gr.
Defn: A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
EMPUZZLE Em*puz"zle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + puzzle.]
Defn: To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
EMPYEMA Em`py*e"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
EMPYESIS Em`py*e"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An eruption of pustules.
EMPYREAL Em*pyr"e*al, a. Etym: [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. In, and Fire.]
Defn: Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope. Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
EMPYREAL Em*pyr"e*al, n.
Defn: Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.
EMPYREAN Em`py*re"an, n. Etym: [See Empyreal.]
Defn: The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.
EMPYREAN Em`py*re"an, a.
Defn: Empyreal. Akenside.
EMPYREUMA Em`py*reu"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.)
Defn: The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
EMPYREUMATIC; EMPYREUMATICAL Em`py*reu*mat"ic, Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.
EMPYREUMATIZE Em`py*reu"ma*tize, v. t.
Defn: To render empyreumatic. [R.]
EMPYRICAL Em*pyr"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Empyreal.]
Defn: Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.
EMPYROSIS Em"py*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
EMRODS Em"rods, n. pl.
Defn: See Emerods. [Obs.]
EMU E"mu, n. Etym: [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]
Note: The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.
EMULABLE Em"u*la*ble, a. Etym: [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.]
Defn: Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.
EMULATE Em"u*late, a. Etym: [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.]
Defn: Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.
EMULATE Em"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating.]
Defn: To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.
EMULATION Em`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.]
1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.
2. Jea Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.
Syn. -- Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. -- Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. "Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it." Crabb.
EMULATIVE Em"u*la*tive, a.
Defn: Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. "Emulative zeal." Hoole.
EMULATIVELY Em"u*la*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an emulative manner; with emulation.
EMULATOR Em"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L. aemulator.]
Defn: One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass. As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.
EMULATORY Em"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.
EMULATRESS Em"u*la`tress, n.
Defn: A female emulator. [R.]
EMULE Em"ule, v. t. Etym: [F. émuler. See Emulate.]
Defn: To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.
EMULGE E*mulge", v. t. Etym: [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk.]
Defn: To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.
EMULGENT E*mul"gent, a. Etym: [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n.
Defn: An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
EMULGENT E*mul"gent, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.
EMULOUS Em"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.
EMULOUSLY Em"u*lous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an emulous manner.
EMULOUSNESS Em"u*lous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being emulous.
EMULSIC E*mul"sic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.
EMULSIFY E*mul"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Emulsion + -fy.]
Defn: To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
EMULSIN E*mul"sin, n. Etym: [See Emulsion, Emulge.] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
EMULSION E*mul"sion, n. Etym: [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. See Emulge.]
Defn: Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
EMULSIVE E*mul"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. émulsif.]
1. Softening; milklike.
2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.
3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
EMUNCTORY E*munc"to*ry, n.; pl. Emunctories. Etym: [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
EMUSCATION Em`us*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.]
Defn: A freeing from moss. [Obs.]
EMU WREN E"mu wren`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
EMYD E"myd, n.; pl. E. Emyds, E. Emyd. Etym: [See Emydea.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.
EMYDEA E*myd"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh- water tortoises and terrapins.
EN- En-.
1. Etym: [F. en-, L. in.]
Defn: A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.
2. A prefix from Gr. in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.
-EN -en.
1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.
2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.
4. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr.
Defn: An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.
5. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.]
Defn: The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.
EN En, n. (Print.)
Defn: Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
ENABLE En*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling.]
1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.
2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.
ENABLEMENT En*a"ble*ment, n.
Defn: The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.
ENACT En*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak. Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
ENACT En*act", n.
Defn: Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
ENACTIVE En*act"ive, a.
Defn: Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.
ENACTMENT En*act"ment, n.
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
ENACTOR En*act"or, n.
Defn: One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.
ENACTURE En*ac"ture, n.
Defn: Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.
ENALIOSAUR En*al"i*o*saur`, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.
ENALIOSAURIA En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.
ENALIOSAURIAN En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n.
Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.
ENALLAGE E*nal"la*ge, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)
Defn: A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
ENAMBUSH En*am"bush, v. t.
Defn: To ambush. [Obs.]
ENAMEL En*am"el, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
2. (Min.)
Defn: A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.
ENAMEL En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]
1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.
3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
ENAMEL En*am"el, v. i.
Defn: To practice the art of enameling.
ENAMEL En*am"el, a.
Defn: Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.
ENAMELAR En*am"el*ar, a.
Defn: Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.
ENAMELED En*am"eled, a.
Defn: Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]
ENAMELER; ENAMELIST En*am"el*er, En*am"el*ist, n.
Defn: One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]
ENAMOR En*am"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] Etym: [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.]
Defn: To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.] Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.
ENAMORMENT En*am"or*ment, n.
Defn: The state of being enamored. [R.]
ENANTIOMORPHOUS E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.
ENANTIOPATHIC E*nan`ti*o*path"ic, a. (Med.)
Defn: Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.
ENANTIOPATHY E*nan`ti*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.
ENANTIOSIS E*nan`ti*o"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
ENARCH En**arch", v. t.
Defn: To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.
ENARCHED En*arched", a. (Her.)
Defn: Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.
ENARGITE En*ar"gite, n. (Min.)
Defn: An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
ENARMED En*armed", a. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Armed, 3.
ENARRATION En`ar*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. enarratio. See Narration.]
Defn: A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.
ENARTHRODIA En`ar*thro"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Arthrodia.] (Anat.)
Defn: See Enarthrosis. -- En`ar*thro"di*al, a.
ENARTHROSIS En`ar*thro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
ENASCENT E*nas"cent, a. Etym: [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.]
Defn: Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
ENATATION E`na*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.]
Defn: A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.
ENATE E*nate", a. Etym: [L. enatus, p. p. of enasci. See Enascent.]
Defn: Growing out.
ENATION E*na"tion, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
ENAUNTER E*naun"ter, adv. Etym: [Pref. en- + aunter.]
Defn: Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENAVIGATE E*nav"i*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.]
Defn: To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.
ENBATTLED En*bat"tled, a.
Defn: Embattled. [Obs.]
ENBIBE En*bibe", v. t.
Defn: To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.
EN BLOC En` bloc". [F. Cf. Block, n. ]
Defn: In a lump; as a whole; all together. "Movement of the ossicles en bloc." Nature.
En bloc they are known as "the herd". W. A. Fraser.
ENBROUDE En*broud"e, v. t.
Defn: See Embroude.
ENCAENIA En*cæ"ni*a, n. pl.
Defn: = Encenia.
ENCAGE En*cage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] Etym: [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
Defn: To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.
ENCALENDAR En*cal"en*dar, v. t.
Defn: To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.
ENCAMP En*camp", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.]
Defn: To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.
ENCAMP En*camp", v. t.
Defn: To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.
ENCAMPMENT En*camp"ment, n.
1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.
ENCANKER En*can"ker, v. t.
Defn: To canker. [Obs.]
ENCAPSULATION En*cap`su*la"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
ENCARNALIZE En*car"nal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.
ENCARPUS En*car"pus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encarpa, pl., Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]
ENCASE En*case", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Enchase.]
Defn: To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.
ENCASEMENT En*case"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. Casement.]
1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist.
ENCASH En*cash", v. t. (Eng. Banking)
Defn: To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
ENCASHMENT En*cash"ment, n. (Eng. Banking)
Defn: The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
ENCAUMA En*cau"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Encaustic.] (Med.)
Defn: An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.
ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, n. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]
Defn: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
ENCAVE En*cave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.]
Defn: To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.
-ENCE -ence. Etym: [F. -ence, L. -entia.]
Defn: A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.
ENCEINTE En`ceinte", n. Etym: [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.
2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.
ENCEINTE En`ceinte", a. Etym: [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.]
Defn: Pregnant; with child.
ENCENIA En*ce"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr.
Defn: A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.
ENCENSE En*cense", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.]
Defn: To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCEPHALIC En`ce*phal"ic, a. Etym: [See Encephalon.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
ENCEPHALITIS En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
ENCEPHALOCELE En*ceph"a*lo*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Hernia of the brain.
ENCEPHALOID En*ceph"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Defn: Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.
ENCEPHALOID En*ceph"a*loid, n.
Defn: An encephaloid cancer.
ENCEPHALOLOGY En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.
ENCEPHALON En*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.)
Defn: The contents of the cranium; the brain.
ENCEPHALOPATHY En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.
ENCEPHALOS En*ceph"a*los, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.
ENCEPHALOTOMY En*ceph`a*lot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The act or art of dissecting the brain.
ENCEPHALOUS En*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.
ENCHAFE En*chafe", v. t.
Defn: To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.
ENCHAFING En*chaf"ing, n.
Defn: Heating; burning. [Obs.] The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.
ENCHAIN En*chain", v. t. Etym: [F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]
1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.
3. To link together; to connect. Howell.
ENCHAINMENT En*chain"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchaînement.]
Defn: The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
ENCHAIR En*chair", v. t.
Defn: To seat in a chair. Tennyson.
ENCHANNEL En*chan"nel, v. t.
Defn: To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.
ENCHANT En*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] Etym: [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]
1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.
2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. -- To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.
ENCHANTED En*chant"ed, a.
Defn: Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
ENCHANTER En*chant"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteur.]
Defn: One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
ENCHANTING En*chant"ing, a.
Defn: Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.
ENCHANTMENT En*chant"ment, n. Etym: [F. enchantement.]
1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.
2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.
3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.
Syn. -- Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.
ENCHANTRESS En*chant"ress, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteresse.]
Defn: A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.
ENCHARGE En*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging.] Etym: [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.]
Defn: To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.
ENCHARGE En*charge", n.
Defn: A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.
ENCHASE En*chase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] Etym: [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]
1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.
2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case. With golden letters . . . well enchased. Spenser.
3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.] All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.
ENCHASER En*chas"er, n.
Defn: One who enchases.
ENCHASTEN En*chas"ten, v. t.
Defn: To chasten. [Obs.]
ENCHESON; ENCHEASON En*che"son, En*chea"son, n. Etym: [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.]
Defn: Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCHEST En*chest", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Inchest.]
Defn: To inclose in a chest. Vicars.
ENCHIRIDION En`chi*rid"i*on, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.
Defn: Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.
ENCHISEL En*chis"el, v. t.
Defn: To cut with a chisel.
ENCHODUS En"cho*dus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
ENCHONDROMA En`chon*dro"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.
ENCHORIAL; ENCHORIC En*cho"ri*al, En*chor"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
ENCHYLEMMA En`chy*lem"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
ENCHYMA En"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
ENCINCTURE En*cinc"ture, n.
Defn: A cincture. [Poetic] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.
ENCINDERED En*cin"dered, a.
Defn: Burnt to cinders. [R.]
ENCIRCLE En*cir"cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] Etym: [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.]
Defn: To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.
Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
ENCIRCLET En*cir"clet, n. Etym: [Encircle + -let.]
Defn: A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
ENCLASP En*clasp", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.]
Defn: To clasp. See Inclasp.
ENCLAVE En*clave", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
Defn: A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]
ENCLAVE En*clave", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. enclaver.]
Defn: To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
ENCLAVEMENT En*clave"ment, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The state of being an enclave. [Recent]
ENCLITIC; ENCLITICAL En*clit"ic, En*clit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.)
Defn: Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
ENCLITIC En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
ENCLITICALLY En*clit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.
ENCLITICS En*clit"ics, n. (Gram.)
Defn: The art of declining and conjugating words.
ENCLOISTER En*clois"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloister.]
Defn: To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
ENCLOSE En*close", v. t. Etym: [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.]
Defn: To inclose. See Inclose.
ENCLOSURE En*clo"sure, n.
Defn: Inclosure. See Inclosure.
Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.
ENCLOTHE En*clothe", v. t.
Defn: To clothe.
ENCLOUD En*cloud", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloud.]
Defn: To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.
ENCOACH En*coach", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incoach.]
Defn: To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
ENCOFFIN En*cof"fin, v. t.
Defn: To put in a coffin. [R.]
ENCOLDEN En*cold"en, v. t.
Defn: To render cold. [Obs.]
ENCOLLAR En*col"lar, v. t.
Defn: To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]
ENCOLOR En*col"or, v. t.
Defn: To color. [R.]
ENCOLURE En`co`lure", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The neck of horse. R. Browning.
ENCOMBER En*com"ber, v. t.
Defn: See Encumber. [Obs.]
ENCOMBERMENT En*com"ber*ment, n. Etym: [See Encumberment.]
Defn: Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.
ENCOMIAST En*co"mi*ast, n. Etym: [Gr. encomiaste. See Encomium.]
Defn: One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.
ENCOMIASTIC; ENCOMIASTICAL En*co`mi*as"tic, En*co`mi*as"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
ENCOMIASTIC En*co`mi*as"tic, n.
Defn: A panegyric. B. Jonson.
ENCOMION En*co"mi*on, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENCOMIUM En*co"mi*um, n.; pl. Encomiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Comedy.]
Defn: Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.
Syn. -- See Eulogy.
ENCOMPASS En*com"pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
Defn: To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.
Syn. -- To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.
ENCOMPASSMENT En*com"pass*ment, n.
Defn: The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.
ENCORE En`core", adv. or interj. Etym: [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.]
Defn: Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
ENCORE En`core", n.
Defn: A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
ENCORE En`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored; p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.]
Defn: To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer. [Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray.
ENCORPORING En*cor"po*ring, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.]
Defn: Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCOUBERT En`cou`bert", n. Etym: [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
ENCOUNTER En*coun"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encountered; p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.] Etym: [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv.]
Defn: To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak.
ENCOUNTER En*coun"ter, v. i.
Defn: To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. I will encounter with Andronicus. Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. Tatham.
ENCOUNTER En*coun"ter, n. Etym: [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]
1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.
2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air. Milton .
Syn. -- Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See Contest.
ENCOUNTERER En*coun"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
ENCOURAGE En*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] Etym: [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.]
Defn: To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
Syn. -- To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.
ENCOURAGEMENT En*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encouragement.]
1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.
2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.
ENCOURAGER En*cour"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
ENCOURAGING En*cour"a*ging, a.
Defn: Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
ENCOWL En*cowl", v. t.
Defn: To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.
ENCRADLE En*cra"dle, v. t.
Defn: To lay in a cradle.
ENCRATITE En"cra*tite, n. Etym: [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
ENCREASE En*crease", v. t. &
Defn: i. [Obs.] See Increase.
ENCRIMSON En*crim"son, v. t.
Defn: To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak.
ENCRINIC; ENCRINAL; ENCRINITAL En*crin"ic, En*cri"nal, En*crin"i*tal, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.
ENCRINITE En"cri*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. encrinite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
ENCRINITIC; ENCRINITICAL En`cri*nit"ic, En`cri*nit"ic*al, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.
ENCRINOIDEA En`cri*noid"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Encrinus and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
ENCRINUS En"cri*nus, n.; pl. Encrini. Etym: [NL. See Encrinite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
ENCRISPED En*crisped", a.
Defn: Curled. [Obs.] Skelton.
ENCROACH En*croach", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching.] Etym: [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
Defn: To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.
Syn. -- To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
ENCROACH En*croach", n.
Defn: Encroachment. [Obs.] South.
ENCROACHER En*croach"er, n.
Defn: One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
ENCROACHINGLY En*croach"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of encroachment.
ENCROACHMENT En*croach"ment, n.
1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.
2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.
3. (Law)
Defn: An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
ENCRUST En*crust", v. t.
Defn: To incrust. See Incrust.
ENCRUSTMENT En*crust"ment, n.
Defn: That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation. Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor.
ENCUMBER En*cum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.] Etym: [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.] [Written also incumber.]
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.
2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
ENCUMBERMENT En*cum"ber*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encombrement.]
Defn: Encumbrance. [R.]
ENCUMBRANCE En*cum"brance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. Incumbrance.]
1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
2. (Law)
Defn: Same as Incumbrance.
Syn. -- Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.
ENCUMBRANCER En*cum"bran*cer, n. (Law)
Defn: Same as Incumbrancer.
ENCURTAIN En*cur"tain, v. t.
Defn: To inclose with curtains.
-ENCY -en*cy. Etym: [L. -entia.]
Defn: A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.
ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL En*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, a. Etym: [L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. encyclique. See Cycle.]
Defn: Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL En*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, n.
Defn: An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. Shipley.
ENCYCLOPEDIA; ENCYCLOPAEDIA En*cy`clo*pe"di*a, En*cy`clo*pæ"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encyclopédie. See Cyclopedia, and Encyclical.] [Formerly written encyclopædy and encyclopedy.]
Defn: The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
ENCYCLOPEDIACAL En*cy`clo*pe*di"a*cal, a.
Defn: Encyclopedic.
ENCYCLOPEDIAN En*cy`clo*pe"di*an, a.
Defn: Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL En*cy`clo*ped"ic, En*cy`clo*ped"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. encyclopédique.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
ENCYCLOPEDISM En*cy`clo*pe"dism, n.
Defn: The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
ENCYCLOPEDIST En*cy`clo*pe"dist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encyclopédiste.]
Defn: The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderot and D'Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau.
ENCYST En*cyst", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a cyst.
ENCYSTATION En`cys*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Encystment.
ENCYSTED En*cyst"ed, a.
Defn: Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor. The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang. Coleridge.
ENCYSTMENT En*cyst"ment, n.
1. (Biol.)
Defn: A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
Note: The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.
END End, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ände, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]
1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Eccl. vii. 8.
2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. My guilt be on my head, and there an end. Shak. O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.
3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Pope. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.
4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.
5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. Shak.
6. (Carpet Manuf.)
Defn: One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
An end. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] Richardson. -- End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles. -- End fly, a bobfly. -- End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order. -- End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels. -- End on (Naut.), bow foremost. -- End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally. -- End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers. -- End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement. -- End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. -- Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth. -- In the end, finally. Shak. -- On end, upright; erect. -- To the end, in order. Bacon. -- To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. Fuller. -- To put an end to, to destroy.
END End, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]
1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife." Shak. On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii. 2.
2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him." Shak. To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.
END End, v. i.
Defn: To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.
ENDABLE End"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be ended; terminable.
ENDALL; END-ALL End"*all`, n.
Defn: Complete termination. [R.] That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.
ENDAMAGE En*dam"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endamaged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging.] Etym: [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.]
Defn: To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.
ENDAMAGEABLE En*dam"age*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]
ENDAMAGEMENT En*dam"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. endommagement.]
Defn: Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.
ENDAMNIFY En*dam"ni*fy, v. t.
Defn: To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.
ENDANGER En*dan"ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endangered; p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.]
1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace. All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.
2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.] He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. Bacon.
ENDANGERMENT En*dan"ger*ment, n.
Defn: Hazard; peril. Milton.
ENDARK En*dark", v. t.
Defn: To darken. [Obs.] Feltham.
ENDASPIDEAN En`das*pid"e*an, a. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.
ENDAZZLE En*daz"zle, v. t.
Defn: To dazzle. [Obs.] "Endazzled eyes." Milton.
ENDEAR En*dear", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.]
1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.
2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).
ENDEAREDLY En*dear"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: With affection or endearment; dearly.
ENDEAREDNESS En*dear"ed*ness, n.
Defn: State of being endeared.
ENDEARING En*dear"ing, a.
Defn: Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.
ENDEARMENT En*dear"ment, n.
Defn: The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
ENDEAVOR En*deav"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] Etym: [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.]
Defn: To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. Ld. Chatham. To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.
ENDEAVOR En*deav"or, v. i.
Defn: To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.
Note: Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist. He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. Prescott.
Syn. -- To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.
ENDEAVOR En*deav"or, n. Etym: [Written also endeavour.]
Defn: An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial. To employ all my endeavor to obey you. Sir P. Sidney. To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller.
Syn. -- Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.
ENDEAVORER En*deav"or*er, n.
Defn: One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]
ENDEAVORMENT En*deav"or*ment, n.
Defn: Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENDECAGON En*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [See Hendecagon.] (Geom.)
Defn: A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.
ENDECAGYNOUS En`de*cag"y*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.
ENDECANE En"de*cane, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]
ENDECAPHYLLOUS En`de*caph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.
ENDEICTIC En*deic"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.
ENDEIXIS En*deix"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Endeictic.] (Med.)
Defn: An indication.
ENDEMIAL En*de"mi*al, a.
Defn: Endemic. [R.]
ENDEMIC; ENDEMICAL En*de"mic, En*de"mic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. endémique.] (Med.)
Defn: Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
Note: An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.
ENDEMIC En*dem"ic, n. (Med.)
Defn: An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.
ENDEMICALLY En*dem"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an endemic manner.
ENDEMIOLOGY En*dem`i*ol"o*gy, n.
Defn: The science which treats of endemic affections.
ENDENIZATION En*den`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of naturalizing. [R.]
ENDENIZE En*den"ize, v. t.
Defn: To endenizen. [Obs.]
ENDENIZEN En*den"i*zen, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + denizen. Cf. Indenizen.]
Defn: To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENDER End"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.
ENDERMATIC En`der*mat"ic, a.
Defn: Endermic.
ENDERMIC En*der"mic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.
ENDERMICALLY En*der"mic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By the endermic method; as, applied endermically.
ENDERON En"de*ron, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- En`de*ron"ic, a.
ENDIADEMED En*di"a*demed, a.
Defn: Diademed. [R.]
ENDIAPER En*di"a*per, v. t. Etym: [See Diaper.]
Defn: To decorate with a diaper pattern.
ENDICT En*dict", v. t.
Defn: See Indict.
ENDICTMENT En*dict"ment, n.
Defn: See Indictment.
ENDING End"ing, n.
1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.
ENDITE En*dite, v. t.
Defn: See Indite. Spenser.
ENDIVE En"dive, n. Etym: [F. endive (cf. Pr., Sp. Pg., & It. endivia), fr. a deriv. of L. intibus, intybus, endive.] (Bot.)
Defn: A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad. Wild endive (Bot.), chicory or succory.
ENDLESS End"less, a. Etym: [AS. endeleás. See End.]
1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.
2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. Shak.
3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] "All loves are endless." Beau. & Fl.
4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.
Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.
ENDLESSLY End"less*ly, adv.
Defn: In an endless manner.
ENDLESSNESS End"less*ness, n. Etym: [AS. endeleásnys.]
Defn: The quality of being endless; perpetuity.
ENDLONG End"long`, adv. & prep. Etym: [Cf. Along.]
Defn: Lengthwise; along. [Archaic] The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and endelong With iron tough. Chaucer. He pricketh endelong the large space. Chaucer. To thrust the raft endlong across the moat. Sir W. Scott.
ENDMOST End"most`, a.
Defn: Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor.
ENDO-; END- En"do-, End-. Etym: [Gr. In.]
Defn: A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
ENDOBLAST En"do*blast, n. Etym: [Endo- + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,
ENDOBLASTIC En`do*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.
ENDOCARDIAC; ENDOCARDIAL En`do*car"di*ac, En`do*car"di*al, a.
1. Pertaining to the endocardium.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.
ENDOCARDITIS En`do*car*di"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the endocardium.
ENDOCARDIUM En`do*car"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.
ENDOCARP En"do*carp, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. endocarpe.] (Bot.)
Defn: The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
ENDOCHONDRAL En`do*chon"dral, a. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.
ENDOCHROME En"do*chrome, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.
ENDOCTRINE En*doc"trine, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + doctrine.]
Defn: To teach; to indoctrinate. [Obs.] Donne.
ENDOCYST En"do*cyst, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
ENDODERM En"do*derm, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. (b) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
ENDODERMAL; ENDODERMIC En`do*der"mal, En`do*der"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the endoderm.
ENDODERMIS En`do*der"mis, n. Etym: [NL. See Endoderm.] (Bot.)
Defn: A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
ENDOGAMOUS En*dog"a*mous, a. Etym: [Endo- + Gr.
Defn: Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.
ENDOGAMY En*dog"a*my, n.
Defn: Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
ENDOGEN En"do*gen, n. Etym: [Endo- + -gen: cf. F. endogène.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.
ENDOGENESIS En`do*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Endo- + genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: Endogeny.
ENDOGENETIC En`do*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Endogenous.
ENDOGENOUS En*dog"e*nous, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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.
ENDOGENOUSLY En*dog"e*nous*ly, adv.
Defn: By endogenous growth.
ENDOGENY En*dog"e*ny, n. Etym: [See Endogenesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
ENDOGNATH En"dog*nath, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
ENDOGNATHAL En*dog"na*thal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the endognath.
ENDOLYMPH En"do*lymph, n. Etym: [Endo- + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.] (Anat.)
Defn: The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
ENDOLYMPHANGIAL En"do*lym*phan"gi*al, a. Etym: [Endo- + lymphangial.] (Anat.)
Defn: Within a lymphatic vessel.
ENDOLYMPHATIC En"do*lym*phat"ic, a. Etym: [Endo- + lymphatic.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. (b) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
ENDOME En*dome", v. t.
Defn: To cover as with a dome.
ENDOMETRITIS En`do*me*tri"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Endometrium, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the endometrium.
ENDOMETRIUM En`do*me"tri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
ENDOMORPH En"do*morph, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
ENDOMYSIUM En`do*my"si*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.
ENDONEURIUM En`do*neu"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
ENDOPARASITE En`do*par"a*site, n. Etym: [Endo- + parasite.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
ENDOPHLOEUM En`do*phloe"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The inner layer of the bark of trees.
ENDOPHRAGMA En`do*phrag"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
ENDOPHRAGMAL En`do*phrag"mal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
ENDOPHYLLOUS En*doph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
ENDOPLASM En"do*plasm, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
ENDOPLASMA En`do*plas"ma, n. Etym: [NL. See Endoplasm.] (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.
ENDOPLAST En"do*plast, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: See Nucleus.
ENDOPLASTICA En`do*plas"ti*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am
ENDOPLASTULE En`do*plas"tule, n. Etym: [A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: See Nucleolus.
ENDOPLEURA En`do*pleu"ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Pleura.] (Bot.)
Defn: The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.
ENDOPLEURITE En`do*pleu"rite, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
ENDOPODITE En*dop"o*dite, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
ENDORHIZA En`do*rhi"za, n.; pl. Endorhizæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
Note: 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.
ENDORHIZAL; ENDORHIZOUS En`do*rhi"zal, En`do*rhi"zous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
ENDORSE En*dorse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endorsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: Same as Indorse.
Note: 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.
ENDORSE En*dorse", n. (Her.)
Defn: A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
ENDORSEE En`dor*see", n.
Defn: Same as Indorsee.
ENDORSEMENT En*dorse"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. endossement.]
Defn: Same as Indorsement.
ENDORSER En*dors"er, n.
Defn: Same as Indorser.
ENDOSARC En"do*sarc, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
ENDOSCOPE En"do*scope, n. Etym: [Endo- + -scope.] (Med.)
Defn: An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
ENDOSCOPY En*dos"co*py, n. (Med.)
Defn: The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
ENDOSKELETAL En`do*skel"e*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.
ENDOSKELETON En`do*skel"e*ton, n. Etym: [Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.)
Defn: The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
ENDOSMOMETER En`dos*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Endosmose + -meter.] (Physics)
Defn: An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.
ENDOSMOMETRIC En*dos`mo*met"ric, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.
ENDOSMOSE; ENDOSMOSIS En"dos*mose`, En`dos*mo"sis, n. Etym: [NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. endosmose.] (Physics)
Defn: The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.
ENDOSMOSMIC En`dos*mos"mic, a.
Defn: Endosmotic.
ENDOSMOTIC En`dos*mot"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.
ENDOSPERM En"do*sperm, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
ENDOSPERMIC En`do*sper"mic, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.
ENDOSPORE En"do*spore, n. Etym: [Endo- + spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: The thin inner coat of certain spores.
ENDOSPOROUS En`do*spor"ous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
ENDOSS En*doss", v. t. Etym: [F. endosser. See Endorse.]
Defn: To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENDOSTEAL En*dos"te*al, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.
ENDOSTERNITE En`do*ster"nite, n. Etym: [Endo- + sternum.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.
ENDOSTEUM En*dos"te*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
ENDOSTOMA En*dos"to*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
ENDOSTOME En"do*stome, n. Etym: [See Endostoma.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: And endostoma.
ENDOSTOSIS En`dos*to"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Endo-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
ENDOSTYLE En"do*style, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
ENDOTHECA En`do*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
ENDOTHECIUM En`do*the"ci*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Endotheca.] (Bot.)
Defn: The inner lining of an another cell.
ENDOTHELIAL En`do*the"li*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of, or relating to, endothelium.
ENDOTHELIUM En`do*the"li*um, n.; pl. Endothelia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.
ENDOTHELOID En`do*the"loid, a. Etym: [Endothelium + -oid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Like endothelium.
ENDOTHERMIC En`do*ther"mic, a. [Pref. endo-+ thermic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.
ENDOTHORAX En`do*tho"rax, n. Etym: [Endo- + thorax.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
ENDOW En*dow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.] Etym: [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.
ENDOWER En*dow"er, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower, Endow.]
Defn: To endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse.
ENDOWER En*dow"er, n.
Defn: One who endows.
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.
ENDOZOA En`do*zo"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Entozoa.
ENDRUDGE En*drudge", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + drudge.]
Defn: To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
ENDUE En*due", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endued; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] Etym: [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.]
Defn: 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.
ENDUE En*due", v. t.
Defn: An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.
ENDUEMENT En*due"ment, n.
Defn: Act of enduing; induement.
ENDURABLE En*dur"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.]
Defn: Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.
ENDURABLY En*dur"a*bly, adv.
Defn: In an endurable manner.
ENDURANCE En*dur"ance, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.
ENDURANT En*dur"ant, a.
Defn: Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
ENDURE En*dure", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring.] Etym: [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.
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.
Syn. -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.
ENDUREMENT En*dure"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. endurement.]
Defn: Endurance. [Obs.] South.
ENDURER En*dur"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.
ENDURING En*dur"ing, a.
Defn: Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.
ENDWAYS; ENDWISE End"ways`, End"wise, adv.
1. On end; erectly; in an upright position.
2. With the end forward.
ENDYMA En"dy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: See Ependyma.
ENDYSIS En"dy*sis, n.; pl. Endyses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.
ENECATE En"e*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.]
Defn: To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey.
ENEID E*ne"id, n.
Defn: Same as Æneid.
ENEMA En"e*ma, n.; pl. L. Enemata. Etym: [L. enema, Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn.
ENEMY En"e*my, n.; pl. Enemies. Etym: [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.]
Defn: 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. It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.
ENEMY En"e*my, a.
Defn: Hostile; inimical. [Obs.] They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. Jer. Taylor.
ENEPIDERMIC En*ep`i*der"mic, a. Etym: [Pref. en- (Gr. epidermic.] (Med.)
Defn: Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.
ENERGETIC; ENERGETICAL En`er*get"ic, En`er*get"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Energy.]
1. Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.
2. Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws.
Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; efficacious; potent; vigorous; effective; strenuous. -- En`er*get"ic*al*ly, adv. -- En`er*get"ic*al*ness, n.
ENERGETICS En`er*get"ics, n.
Defn: 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.]
ENERGIC; ENERGICAL En*er"gic, En*er"gic*al, a. Etym: [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.
ENERGIZE En"er*gize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Energized; p. pr. & vb. n. Energizing.] Etym: [From Energy.]
Defn: 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.
ENERGIZE En"er*gize, v. t.
Defn: To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
ENERGIZER En"er*gi`zer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
ENERGIZING En"er*gi`zing, a.
Defn: Capable of imparting or exercising energy. Those nobler exercises of energizing love. Bp. Horsley.
ENERGUMEN En`er*gu"men, n. Etym: [L. energumenos, fr. Gr. énergumène. See Energetic.] (Eccl. Antiq.)
Defn: One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.
ENERGY En"er*gy, n.; pl. Energies. Etym: [F. énergie, LL. energia, fr. Gr.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)
Defn: Capacity for performing work.
Note: 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.
Syn. -- Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit; efficiency; resolution.
ENERVATE E*ner"vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.
ENERVATE E*ner"vate, a. Etym: [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Defn: Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.
ENERVATION En`er*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. enervatio: cf. F. énervation.]
1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength.
2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon.
ENERVATIVE E*ner"va*tive, a.
Defn: Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]
ENERVE E*nerve", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. énerver. See Enervate.]
Defn: To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton.
ENERVOUS E*nerv"ous, a. Etym: [L. enervis, enervus.]
Defn: Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.]
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.
ENFAMISH En*fam"ish, v. t.
Defn: To famish; to starve.
ENFECT En*fect", a. Etym: [See Infect, a.]
Defn: Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENFEEBLE En*fee"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeebling.] Etym: [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
ENFEEBLEMENT En*fee"ble*ment, n.
Defn: The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
ENFEEBLER En*fee"bler, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
ENFEEBLISH En*fee"blish, v. i.
Defn: To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.
ENFELONED En*fel"oned, a. Etym: [Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner.]
Defn: Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] "Like one enfeloned or distraught." Spenser.
ENFEOFF En*feoff" (; see Feoff, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1. (Law)
Defn: 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.
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.
ENFESTER En*fes"ter, v. t.
Defn: To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).
ENFETTER En*fet"ter, v. t.
Defn: To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.
ENFEVER En*fe"ver, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfiévrer.]
Defn: To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward.
ENFIERCE En*fierce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfierced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfiercing.]
Defn: To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENFILADE En`fi*lade", n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.
ENFILADE En`fi*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfilading.] (Mil.)
Defn: To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops. Campbell.
ENFILED En*filed", p. a. Etym: [F. enfiler to pierce, thread.] (Her.)
Defn: 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.
ENFIRE En*fire", v. t.
Defn: To set on fire. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENFLESH En*flesh", v. t.
Defn: To clothe with flesh. [Obs.] Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio.
ENFLEURAGE En`fleu`rage", n. [F., fr. en-(L. in) + fleur flower.]
Defn: 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.
ENFLOWER En*flow"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enflowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Enflowering.]
Defn: To cover or deck with flowers. [Poetic] These odorous and enflowered fields. B. Jonson.
ENFOLD En*fold", v. t.
Defn: To infold. See Infold.
ENFOLDMENT En*fold"ment, n.
Defn: The act of infolding. See Infoldment.
ENFORCE En*force", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enforced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing.] Etym: [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 furious way." 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.
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.
ENFORCE En*force", n.
Defn: Force; strength; power. [Obs.] A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton.
ENFORCEABLE En*force"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being enforced.
ENFORCED En*forced", a.
Defn: Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.
ENFORCEMENT En*force"ment, n. Etym: [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.
ENFORCER En*for"cer, n.
Defn: One who enforces.
ENFORCIBLE En*for"ci*ble, a.
Defn: That may be enforced.
ENFORCIVE En*for"cive, a.
Defn: Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion. -- En*for"cive*ly, adv.
ENFOREST En*for"est, v. t.
Defn: To turn into a forest.
ENFORM En*form", v. t. Etym: [F. enformer. See Inform.]
Defn: To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENFOULDRED En*foul"dred, a. Etym: [Pref. en- + OF. fouldre, foldre, lightning, F. foudre, L. fulgur.]
Defn: Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [Obs.] "With foul enfouldred smoke." Spenser.
ENFRAME En*frame", v. t.
Defn: To inclose, as in a frame.
ENFRANCHISE En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising.] Etym: [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.
3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts.
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.
ENFRANCHISER En*fran"chis*er, n.
Defn: One who enfranchises.
ENFREE En*free", v. t.
Defn: To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." Shak.
ENFREEDOM En*free"dom, v. t.
Defn: To set free. [Obs.] Shak.
ENFREEZE En*freeze", v. t.
Defn: To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.] Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.
ENFROWARD En*fro"ward, v. t.
Defn: To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
ENGAGE En*gage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] Etym: [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. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." 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.)
Defn: 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.
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.)
Defn: To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
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.
ENGAGEDLY En*ga"ged*ly, adv.
Defn: With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
ENGAGEDNESS En*ga"ged*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
ENGAGEMENT En*gage"ment, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden.
5. (Mach.)
Defn: The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
Syn. -- Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.
ENGAGER En*ga"ger, n.
Defn: One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.
ENGAGING En*ga"ging, a.
Defn: 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 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.
ENGALLANT En*gal"lant, v. t.
Defn: To make a gallant of. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENGAOL En*gaol", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + gaol: cf. OF. engaoler, engeoler. See Gaol, and cf. Enjail.]
Defn: To put in jail; to imprison. [Obs.] Shak.
ENGARBOIL En*gar"boil, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + garboil.]
Defn: To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] "To engarboil the church." Bp. Montagu.
ENGARLAND En*gar"land, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + garland: cf. F. enguirlander.]
Defn: To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. Sir P. Sidney.
ENGARRISON En*gar"ri*son, v. t.
Defn: To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.
ENGASTRIMUTH En*gas"tri*muth, n. Etym: [Gr. engastrimythe.]
Defn: An ventriloquist. [Obs.]
ENGENDER En*gen"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.
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. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.
ENGENDER En*gen"der, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, engenders.
ENGENDRURE En`gen*drure", n. Etym: [OF. engendreure.]
Defn: The act of generation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENGILD En*gild", v. t.
Defn: To gild; to make splendent. Fair Helena, who most engilds the night. Shak.
ENGINE En"gine, n. Etym: [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, [Obs.] A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. Chaucer.
2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; 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. "Terrible engines of death." Sir W. Raleigh.
4. (Mach.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
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, [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENGINEER En`gi*neer", n. Etym: [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ingénieur. See Engine, n.]
1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. 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.
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.]
ENGINEER CORPS; CORPS OF ENGINEERS 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.
ENGINEERING En`gi*neer"ing, n.
Defn: Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.
Note: 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.
ENGINEMAN En"gine*man, n.; pl. Enginemen (.
Defn: A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.
ENGINER En"gin*er, n. Etym: [See Engineer.]
Defn: A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. [Obs.] Shak.
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.
ENGINE-SIZED En"gine-sized`, a.
Defn: Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper. Knight.
ENGINE-TYPE GENERATOR En"gine-type` gen"er*a`tor. (Elec.)
Defn: A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.
ENGINOUS En"gi*nous, a. Etym: [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.
ENGIRD En*gird", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engirded or Engirt (p. pr. & vb. n. Engirding.] Etym: [Pref. en- + gird. Cf. Ingirt.]
Defn: To gird; to encompass. Shak.
ENGIRDLE En*gir"dle, v. t.
Defn: To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.
ENGIRT En*girt", v. t.
Defn: To engird. [R.] Collins.
ENGISCOPE En"gi*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Opt.)
Defn: A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]
ENGLAIMED En*glaimed", a. Etym: [OE. engleimen to smear, gleim birdlime, glue, phlegm.]
Defn: Clammy. [Obs.]
ENGLE En"gle, n. Etym: [OE. enghle to coax or cajole. Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.]
Defn: A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENGLE En"gle, v. t.
Defn: To cajole or coax, as favorite. [Obs.] I 'll presently go and engle some broker. B. Jonson.
ENGLISH Eng"lish, a. Etym: [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.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.)
Defn: See 1st Bond, n.,
8. -- English breakfast tea. See Congou. -- English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. -- English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.
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.
Note: 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.
Note: The type called English.
4. (Billiards)
Defn: 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, or Queen's, English. See under King.
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)
Defn: 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.]
ENGLISHABLE Eng"lish*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.
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.
ENGLISHMAN Eng"lish*man (-man), n.; pl. Englishmen (-men).
Defn: A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.
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.
ENGLISHWOMAN Eng"lish*wom`an, n.; pl. Englishwomen (.
Defn: Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
ENGLOOM En*gloom", v. t.
Defn: To make gloomy. [R.]
ENGLUE En*glue", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime.]
Defn: To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower.
ENGLUT En*glut", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting.] Etym: [Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir.]
1. To swallow or gulp down. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To glut. [Obs.] "Englutted with vanity." Ascham.
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.
ENGORGE En*gorge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging.] Etym: [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.
ENGORGE En*gorge", v. i.
Defn: To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food. Beaumont.
ENGORGED En*gorged", p. a.
1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.
ENGORGEMENT En*gorge"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. engorgement.]
1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
2. (Med.)
Defn: An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.
3. (Metal.)
Defn: The clogging of a blast furnace.
ENGOULED En*gouled", a. (Her.)
Defn: 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.
ENGOULEE En`gou`lée", a. Etym: [F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth.] (Her.)
Defn: Same as Engouled.
ENGRAFF En*graff", v. t. Etym: [See Ingraft.]
Defn: To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]
ENGRAFFMENT En*graff"ment, n.
Defn: See Ingraftment. [Obs.]
ENGRAFT En*graft", v. t.
Defn: See Ingraft. Shak.
ENGRAFTATION; ENGRAFTMENT En`graf*ta"tion, En*graft"ment, n.
Defn: The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. [R.]
ENGRAIL En*grail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.
ENGRAIL En*grail", v. i.
Defn: To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Parnell.
ENGRAILED En*grailed", a. (Her.)
Defn: Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
ENGRAILMENT En*grail"ment, n.
1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.
ENGRAIN En*grain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraining.] Etym: [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.
ENGRAPPLE En*grap"ple, v. t. & i.
Defn: To grapple. [Obs.]
ENGRASP En*grasp", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrasping.]
Defn: To grasp; to grip. [R.] Spenser.
ENGRAVE En*grave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.]
Defn: To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." Spenser.
ENGRAVE En*grave", v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] Etym: [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.
ENGRAVED En*graved", a.
1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
ENGRAVEMENT En*grave"ment, n.
1. Engraving.
2. Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.
ENGRAVER En*grav"er, n.
Defn: One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.
ENGRAVERY En*grav"er*y, n.
Defn: The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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.
Note: 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.
ENGREGGE En*greg"ge, v. t. Etym: [OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis heavy, for L. gravis. Cf. Aggravate.]
Defn: To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENGRIEVE En*grieve", v. t.
Defn: To grieve. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENGROSS En*gross", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] Etym: [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 wholly; 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.
Syn. -- To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb.
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.
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.
ENGUARD En*guard", v. t.
Defn: To surround as with a guard. [Obs.] Shak.
ENGULF En*gulf", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf.]
Defn: To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf. It quite engulfs all human thought. Young.
Syn. -- See Absorb.
ENGULFMENT En*gulf"ment, n.
Defn: A swallowing up as if in a gulf. [R.]
ENGYN En*gyn".
Defn: Variant of Engine. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENHALO En*ha"lo, v. t.
Defn: To surround with a halo.
ENHANCE En*hance", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enhanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing.] Etym: [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.
ENHANCE En*hance", v. i.
Defn: To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
ENHANCEMENT En*hance"ment, n.
Defn: The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
ENHANCER En*han"cer, n.
Defn: One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
ENHARBOR En*har"bor, v. t.
Defn: To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne.
ENHARDEN En*hard"en, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + harden: cf. F. enhardir to embolden.]
Defn: To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell.
ENHARMONIC; ENHARMONICAL En`har*mon"ic, En`har*mon"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. enharmonique.]
1. (Anc. Mus.)
Defn: 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 for G#. (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.
ENHARMONICALLY En`har*mon"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.
ENHEARTEN En*heart"en, v. t.
Defn: To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden. The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor.
ENHEDGE En*hedge", v. t.
Defn: To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.
ENHORT En*hort", v. t. Etym: [OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort.]
Defn: To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.
ENHUNGER En*hun"ger, v. t.
Defn: To make hungry. Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life. J. Martineau.
ENHYDROS En*hy"dros, n. Etym: [NL. See Enhydrous.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of chalcedony containing water.
ENHYDROUS En*hy"drous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.
ENIGMA E*nig"ma, n.; pl. Enigmas. Etym: [L. aenigma, Gr.
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.
ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL E`nig*mat"ic, E`nig*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. énigmatique.]
Defn: Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
ENIGMATICALLY E`nig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Darkly; obscurely.
ENIGMATIST E*nig"ma*tist, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.
ENIGMATIZE E*nig"ma*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Enigmatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing.]
Defn: To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.
ENIGMATOGRAPHY; ENIGMATOLOGY E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy, E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy, - logy.]
Defn: The art of making or of solving enigmas.
ENISLED En*isled", p. a.
Defn: Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.
ENJAIL En*jail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjailing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + jail. Cf. Engaol.]
Defn: To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne.
ENJOIN En*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
ENJOIN En*join", v. t.
Defn: To join or unite. [Obs.] Hooker.
ENJOINER En*join"er, n.
Defn: One who enjoins.
ENJOINMENT En*join"ment, n.
Defn: Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ENJOY En*joy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoying.] Etym: [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.
ENJOY En*joy", v. i.
Defn: To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.
ENJOYABLE En*joy"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.
ENJOYER En*joy"er, n.
Defn: One who enjoys.
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.
Syn. -- Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight.
ENKENNEL En*ken"nel, v. t.
Defn: To put into a kennel.
ENKERCHIEFED En*ker"chiefed, a.
Defn: Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
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.
ENLACE En*lace", v. t.
Defn: 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.
ENLACEMENT En*lace"ment, n.
Defn: The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.
ENLARD En*lard", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste.]
Defn: To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak.
ENLARGE En*large", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging.] Etym: [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 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.
Syn. -- To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.
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.)
Defn: To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.
ENLARGED En*larged", a.
Defn: Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.
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.
ENLARGER En*lar"ger, n.
Defn: One that enlarges.
ENLAY En*lay", v. t.
Defn: See Inlay.
ENLENGTHEN En*length"en, v. t.
Defn: To lengthen. [Obs.]
ENLEVEN En*lev"en, n.
Defn: Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENLIGHT En*light", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.]
Defn: To illumine; to enlighten. [R.] Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.
ENLIGHTEN En*light"en, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS. inlihtan. 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.
ENLIGHTENER En*light"en*er, n.
Defn: One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.
ENLIGHTENMENT En*light"en*ment, n.
Defn: Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
ENLIMN En*limn", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + limn. Cf. Enlumine, Illuminate.]
Defn: To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.
ENLINK En*link", v. t.
Defn: To chain together; to connect, as by links. Shak.
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.
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.
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.
ENLIVE En*live", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + live, a.]
Defn: To enliven. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
ENLIVEN En*liv"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlivened; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlivening.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To animate; rouse; inspire; cheer; encourage; comfort; exhilarate; inspirit; invigorate.
ENLIVENER En*liv"en*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.
ENLOCK En*lock", v. t.
Defn: To lock; to inclose.
ENLUMINE En*lu"mine, v. t. Etym: [F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.]
Defn: To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENLUTE En*lute", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + L. lutum mud, clay.]
Defn: To coat with clay; to lute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENMANCHE En`man`ché", a. Etym: [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + manche sleeve.] (Her.)
Defn: 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.
ENMARBLE En*mar"ble, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + marble.]
Defn: To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENMESH En*mesh", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.]
Defn: To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. Shak. My doubts enmesh me if I try. Lowell.
ENMEW En*mew", v. t.
Defn: See Emmew.
ENMIST En*mist", v. t.
Defn: To infold, as in a mist.
ENMITY En"mi*ty, n.; pl. Enmities. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor.
ENMOSSED En*mossed", a. Etym: [Pref. en- + moss.]
Defn: Covered with moss; mossed. Keats.
ENMOVE En*move", v. t.
Defn: See Emmove. [Obs.]
ENMUFFLE En*muf"fle, v. t.
Defn: To muffle up.
ENMURE En*mure", v. t.
Defn: To immure. [Obs.]
ENNATION En*na"tion, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ninth segment in insects.
ENNEAD En"ne*ad, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: 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.
ENNEAGON En"ne*a*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. ennéagone.] (Geom.)
Defn: A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.
ENNEAGONAL En`ne*ag"o*nal, a. (Geom.)
Defn: Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles.
ENNEAGYNOUS En`ne*ag"y*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.
ENNEAHEDRAL En`ne*a*he"dral, a. Etym: [Gr. (Geom.)
Defn: Having nine sides.
ENNEAHEDRIA; ENNEAHEDRON En`ne*a*he"dri*a, En`ne*a*he"dron, n. (Geom.)
Defn: A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.
ENNEANDRIA En`ne*an"dri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ennéandrie.] (Bot.)
Defn: A Linnæan class of plants having nine stamens.
ENNEANDRIAN; ENNEANDROUS En`ne*an"dri*an, En`ne*an"drous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having nine stamens.
ENNEAPETALOUS En`ne*a*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. petalous: cf. F. ennéapétale.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having nine petals, or flower leaves.
ENNEASPERMOUS En`ne*a*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.
ENNEATIC; ENNEATICAL En`ne*at"ic, En`ne*at"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: 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.
ENNEW En*new", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + new. Cf. Innovate.]
Defn: To make new. [Obs.] Skelton.
ENNICHE En*niche", v. t.
Defn: To place in a niche. Sterne.
ENNOBLE En*no"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ennobled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling.] Etym: [Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.]
1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." 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.
Syn. -- To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize.
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.
ENNOBLER En*no"bler, n.
Defn: One who ennobles.
ENNUI En`nui", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.]
Defn: A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray.
ENNUYE En`nuy`é", a. Etym: [F., p. p. of ennuyer. See Ennui.]
Defn: Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted.
ENNUYE En`nuy`é", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: One who is affected with ennui.
ENNUYEE En`nuy`ée", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A woman affected with ennui. Mrs. Jameson.
ENODAL E*nod"al, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Without a node. Gray.
ENODATION En`o*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See Enode.]
Defn: The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.
ENODE E*node", v. t. Etym: [L. enodare; e out + nodare to fill with knots, nodus a knot.]
Defn: To clear of knots; to make clear. [Obs.] Cockeram.
ENOINT E*noint", a.
Defn: Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENOMOTARCH E*nom"o*tarch, n. Etym: [Gr. Enomoty.] (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.
ENOMOTY E*nom"o*ty, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
ENOPLA En"o*pla, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.
ENOPTOMANCY En*op"to*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy.]
Defn: Divination by the use of a mirror.
ENORM E*norm", a. Etym: [Cf. F. énorme. See Enormous.]
Defn: Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENORMITY E*nor"mi*ty, n.; pl. Enormities. Etym: [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.
ENORMOUS E*nor"mous, a. Etym: [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 bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." 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.
Syn. -- Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious; monstrous. -- Enormous, Immense, Excessive. We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence or far exceeds its proper average or standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense. "Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately excessive rigor." V. Knox. "Complaisance becomes servitude when it is excessive." La Rochefoucauld (Trans).
ENORMOUSLY E*nor"mous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an enormous degree.
ENORMOUSNESS E*nor"mous*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being enormous.
ENORTHOTROPE En*or"tho*trope, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: 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.
ENOUGH E*nough", a. Etym: [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen, gen, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na, Gr.
Defn: 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.
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.
Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
ENOUGH E*nough", n.
Defn: 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 is as good as a feast." And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. 9.
ENOUGH E*nough", interj.
Defn: An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
ENOUNCE E*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing.] Etym: [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.
ENOUNCEMENT E*nounce"ment, n.
Defn: Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
ENOW E*now".
Defn: A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak.
EN PASSANT En` pas`sant". [F.]
Defn: In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif. (Chess),
Defn: 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.
ENPATRON En*pa"tron, v. t.
Defn: To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.
ENPIERCE En*pierce", v. t. Etym: [See Empierce.]
Defn: To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.
ENQUERE En*quere", v. i.
Defn: To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENQUICKEN En*quick"en, v. t.
Defn: To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
ENQUIRE En*quire", v. i. & t.
Defn: See Inquire.
ENQUIRER En*quir"er, n.
Defn: See Inquirer.
ENQUIRY En*quir"y, n.
Defn: See Inquiry.
ENRACE En*race", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + race lineage.]
Defn: To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENRAGE En*rage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging.] Etym: [F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See Rage.]
Defn: To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
Syn. -- To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.
ENRAGEMENT En*rage"ment, n.
Defn: Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]
ENRANGE En*range", v. t. Etym: [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.
ENRANK En*rank", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + rank.]
Defn: To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak.
EN RAPPORT En` rap`port". [F.]
Defn: 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.
ENRAPT En*rapt", p. a. Etym: [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. Enravish.]
Defn: Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.
ENRAPTURE En*rap"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.]
Defn: To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.
ENRAVISH En*rav"ish, v. t.
Defn: To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.
ENRAVISHINGLY En*rav"ish*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to throw into ecstasy.
ENRAVISHMENT En*rav"ish*ment, n.
Defn: The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.
ENREGISTER En*reg"is*ter, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Inregister.]
Defn: To register; to enroll or record; to inregister. To read enregistered in every nook His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser.
ENRHEUM En*rheum", v. i. Etym: [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.]
Defn: To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.
ENRICH En*rich", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enriched; p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.] Etym: [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.
ENRICHER En*rich"er, n.
Defn: One who enriches.
ENRICHMENT En*rich"ment, n.
Defn: The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
ENRIDGE En*ridge", v. t.
Defn: To form into ridges. Shak.
ENRING En*ring", v. t.
Defn: To encircle. [R.] The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst. Tennyson.
ENRIPEN En*rip"en, v. t.
Defn: To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.
ENRIVE En*rive", v. t.
Defn: To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]
ENROBE En*robe", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.]
Defn: To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
ENROCKMENT En*rock"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + rock.]
Defn: A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.
ENROLL En*roll", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.] Etym: [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.
ENROLLER En*roll"er, n.
Defn: One who enrolls or registers.
ENROLLMENT En*roll"ment, n. Etym: [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.
ENROOT En*root", v. t.
Defn: To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.
ENROUND En*round", v. t.
Defn: To surround. [Obs.] Shak.
EN ROUTE En` route". Etym: [F.]
Defn: On the way or road.
ENS Ens, n. Etym: [L., ens, entis, a thing. See Entity.]
1. (Metaph.)
Defn: Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]
ENSAFE En*safe", v. t.
Defn: To make safe. [Obs.] Hall.
ENSAMPLE En*sam"ple, n. Etym: [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example.]
Defn: An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale. Being ensamples to the flock.
ENSAMPLE En*sam"ple, v. t.
Defn: To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENSANGUINE En*san"guine, v. t.
Defn: To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. "The ensanguined field." Milton.
ENSATE En"sate, a. Etym: [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.
ENSCALE En*scale", v. t.
Defn: To cover with scales.
ENSCHEDULE En*sched"ule, v. t.
Defn: To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. [R.] Shak.
ENSCONCE En*sconce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced; imp. & p. p. Ensconcing.]
Defn: 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.
ENSEAL En*seal", v. t.
Defn: To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.] This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.
ENSEAM En*seam", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. Inseam.]
Defn: To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
ENSEAM En*seam", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + seam grease.]
Defn: To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.] In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.
ENSEAR En*sear", v. t.
Defn: To sear; to dry up. [Obs.] Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak.
ENSEARCH En*search", v. i. Etym: [OF. encerchier. See Search.]
Defn: To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t.
Defn: To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
ENSEEL En*seel", v. t.
Defn: To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]
ENSEINT En*seint", a. (Law)
Defn: With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]
ENSEMBLE En`sem"ble, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The whole; all the parts taken together.
ENSEMBLE En`sem"ble, adv. Etym: [F.]
Defn: All at once; together.
ENSHELTER En*shel"ter, v. t.
Defn: To shelter. [Obs.]
ENSHIELD En*shield", v. t.
Defn: To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.
ENSHIELD En*shield", a.
Defn: Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.
ENSHRINE En*shrine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.]
Defn: 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.
ENSHROUD En*shroud", v. t.
Defn: To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.
ENSIFEROUS En*sif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère.]
Defn: Bearing a sword.
ENSIFORM En"si*form, a. Etym: [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage, and Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.
ENSIGN En"sign, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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.
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.
ENSIGNCY En"sign*cy, n.; pl. Ensigncies (.
Defn: The rank or office of an ensign.
ENSIGNSHIP En"sign*ship, n.
Defn: The state or rank of an ensign.
ENSILAGE En"si*lage, n. Etym: [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.
ENSILAGE En"si*lage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging.]
Defn: To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.
ENSILE En*sile", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensiling.] [F. ensiler: cf. Sp. ensilar. See Silo.]
Defn: To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. -- En"si*list (#), n.
ENSKY En*sky", v. t.
Defn: To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.
ENSLAVE En*slave", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enslaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.]
Defn: 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.
ENSLAVEDNESS En*slav"ed*ness, n.
Defn: State of being enslaved.
ENSLAVEMENT En*slave"ment, n.
Defn: The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.
ENSLAVER En*slav"er, n.
Defn: One who enslaves. Swift.
ENSNARE En*snare", v. t.
Defn: To catch in a snare. See Insnare.
ENSNARL En*snarl", v. t.
Defn: To entangle. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENSOBER En*so"ber, v. t.
Defn: To make sober. [Obs.] Sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Jer. Taylor.
ENSOUL En*soul", v. t.
Defn: To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.
ENSPHERE En*sphere", v. t. Etym: [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.
ENSTAMP En*stamp", v. t.
Defn: To stamp; to mark as It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.
ENSTATE En*state", v. t.
Defn: See Instate.
ENSTATITE En"sta*tite, n. Etym: [Named fr. Gr. (Min.)
Defn: 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.
ENSTATITIC En`sta*tit"ic, a.
Defn: Relating to enstatite.
ENSTORE En*store", v. t. Etym: [See Instaurate.]
Defn: To restore. [Obs.] Wyclif.
ENSTYLE En*style", v. t.
Defn: To style; to name. [Obs.]
ENSUABLE En*su"a*ble, a.
Defn: Ensuing; following.
ENSUE En*sue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensued; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing.] Etym: [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.]
Defn: To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding.
ENSUE En*sue", v. i.
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.
ENSURE En*sure", v. t.
1. To make sure. See Insure.
2. To betroth. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
ENSURER En*sur"er, n.
Defn: See Insurer.
ENSWATHE En*swathe", v. t.
Defn: To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak.
ENSWATHEMENT En*swathe"ment, n.
Defn: The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.
ENSWEEP En*sweep", v. t.
Defn: To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [R.] Thomson.
ENT- Ent-.
Defn: A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.
-ENT -ent. Etym: [F. -ent, L. -ens, -entis.]
Defn: An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
ENTABLATURE En*tab"la*ture, n. Etym: [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.)
Defn: The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice.
Note: It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.
ENTABLEMENT En*tab"le*ment, n. Etym: [F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.]
Defn: See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.
ENTACKLE En*tac"kle, v. t.
Defn: To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.
ENTAD En"tad, adv. Etym: [Ent- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.)
Defn: Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.
ENTAIL En*tail", n. Etym: [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. Hence: (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.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.
ENTAIL En*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] Etym: [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 a ornamental way. [Obs.] Entailed with curious antics. Spenser.
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.
ENTAL En"tal, a. Etym: [See Ent-.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.
ENTAME En*tame", v. t.
Defn: To tame. [Obs.] Shak.
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 alliances." 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.
ENTANGLEMENT En*tan"gle*ment, n.
Defn: State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
ENTANGLER En*tan"gler, n.
Defn: One that entangles.
ENTASIA En*ta"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Entasis.] (Med.)
Defn: Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
ENTASIS En"ta*sis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr.
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Entasia.
ENTASSMENT En*tass"ment, n. Etym: [F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up.]
Defn: A heap; accumulation. [R.]
ENTASTIC En*tas"tic, a. Etym: [Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. Entasis.] (Med.)
Defn: Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.
ENTELECHY En*tel"e*chy, n. Etym: [L. entelechia, Gr. (Peripatetic Philos.)
Defn: An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
ENTELLUS En*tel"lus, n. Etym: [NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
ENTEND En*tend", v. i. Etym: [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.]
Defn: To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENTENDER En*ten"der, v. t.
1. To make tender. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
2. To treat with tenderness. [R.] Young.
ENTENTIVE En*ten"tive, a. Etym: [OF. ententif.]
Defn: Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENTER- En"ter-. Etym: [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-]
Defn: A prefix signifying between, among, part.
ENTER En"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered; p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] Etym: [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 pf 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.
ENTER En"ter, v. i.
1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year 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.
ENTERADENOGRAPHY En`ter*ad`e*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.
ENTERADENOLOGY En`ter*ad`e*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.
ENTERALGIA En`ter*al"gi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. entéralgie.] (Med.)
Defn: Pain in the intestines; colic.
ENTERDEAL En"ter*deal`, n. Etym: [Enter- + deal.]
Defn: Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.] The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser.
ENTERER En"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.
ENTERIC En*ter"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Enteritis.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.
ENTERING EDGE; ENTRANT EDGE En"ter*ing edge or En"trant edge.
Defn: = Advancing edge.
ENTERITIS En`te*ri"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.
ENTERLACE En`ter*lace", v. t.
Defn: See Interlace.
ENTERMETE En`ter*mete", v. i. Etym: [F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place.]
Defn: To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENTERMEWER En"ter*mew`er, n. Etym: [Enter- + mew to molt.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.
ENTERMISE En`ter*mise", n. Etym: [F. entremise, fr. s'entremettre. See Entermete.]
Defn: Mediation. [Obs.]
ENTEROCELE En"ter*o*cele`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.
ENTEROCOELE En"ter*o*coele`, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.
ENTEROGRAPHY En`ter*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.] (Anat.)
Defn: A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.
ENTEROLITH En"ter*o*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lith.] (Med.)
Defn: An intestinal concretion.
ENTEROLOGY En`ter*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. entérologie.]
Defn: The science which treats of the viscera of the body.
ENTERON En"te*ron, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.
ENTEROPATHY En`ter*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Disease of the intestines.
ENTEROPNEUSTA En`te*rop*neus"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
ENTERORRHAPHY En`ter*or"rha*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
ENTEROTOME En"ter*o*tome, n. Etym: [F. entérotome. See Enterotomy.] (Med.)
Defn: A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
ENTEROTOMY En`ter*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
ENTERPARLANCE En`ter*par"lance, n.
Defn: Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward.
ENTERPLEAD En`ter*plead", v. i.
Defn: Same as Interplead.
ENTERPRISE En"ter*prise, n. Etym: [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.
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.
ENTERPRISE En"ter*prise, v. i.
Defn: To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope.
ENTERPRISER En"ter*pri`ser, n.
Defn: One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
ENTERPRISING En"ter*pri`sing, a.
Defn: 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.
ENTERTAIN En`ter*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Entertaining.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To amuse; divert; maintain. See Amuse.
ENTERTAIN En`ter*tain", v. i.
Defn: To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
ENTERTAIN En`ter*tain", n. Etym: [Cf. F. entretien, fr. entretenir.]
Defn: Entertainment. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENTERTAINER En`ter*tain"er, n.
Defn: One who entertains.
ENTERTAINING En`ter*tain"ing, a.
Defn: Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.
ENTERTAINMENT En`ter*tain"ment, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Amusement; diversion; recreation; pastime; sport; feast; banquet; repast; carousal.
ENTERTAKE En`ter*take", v. t.
Defn: To entertain. [Obs.]
ENTERTISSUED En`ter*tis"sued, a.
Defn: Same as Intertissued.
ENTHEAL; ENTHEAN En"the*al, En"the*an, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]
ENTHEASM En"the*asm, n.
Defn: Inspiration; enthusiasm. [R.] "Religious entheasm." Byron.
ENTHEASTIC En`the*as"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Entheal.]
Defn: Of godlike energy; inspired. -- En`the*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
ENTHEAT En"the*at, a. Etym: [Cf. L. entheatus, fr. Gr.
Defn: Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.
ENTHELMINTHA; ENTHELMINTHES En`thel*min"tha, En`thel*min"thes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.
ENTHETIC En*the"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.
ENTHRALL En*thrall", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. Inthrall.] [Written also enthral.]
Defn: To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall. The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron.
ENTHRALLMENT En*thrall"ment, n.
Defn: The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.
ENTHRILL En*thrill", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + thrill.]
Defn: To pierce; to thrill. [Obs.] Sackville.
ENTHRONE En*throne", v. t. Etym: [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.)
Defn: To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
ENTHRONEMENT En*throne"ment, n.
Defn: The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]
ENTHRONIZATION En*thron`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.
ENTHRONIZE En*thron"ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enthronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Enthronizing.] Etym: [See Inthronize.]
Defn: To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop. There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles.
ENTHUSE En*thuse", v. t. & i.
Defn: To make or become enthusiastic. [Slang]
ENTHUSIASM En*thu"si*asm, n. Etym: [Gr. 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.
ENTHUSIAST En*thu"si*ast, n. Etym: [Gr. enthousiaste.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.
ENTHUSIASTIC; ENTHUSIASTICAL En*thu`si*as"tic, En*thu`si*as"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. "Enthusiastical raptures." Calamy. -- En*thu`si*as"tic*al*ly, adv. A young man . . . of a visionary and enthusiastic character. W. Irving.
ENTHUSIASTIC En*thu`si*as"tic, n.
Defn: An enthusiast; a zealot. [Obs.]
ENTHYMEMATIC; ENTHYMEMATICAL En`thy*me*mat"ic, En`thy*me*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.
ENTHYMEME En"thy*meme, n. Etym: [Gr. (Logic)
Defn: 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.
ENTICE En*tice", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle; incite; persuade; prevail on. See Allure.
ENTICEABLE En*tice"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being enticed.
ENTICEMENT En*tice"ment, n. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction; inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.
ENTICER En*ti"cer, n.
Defn: One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. Burton.
ENTICING En*ti"cing, a.
Defn: That entices; alluring.
ENTICINGLY En*ti"cing*ly, adv.
Defn: In an enticing manner; charmingly. "She . . . sings most enticingly." Addison.
ENTIERTY En*tier"ty, n.
Defn: See Entirety. [Obs.]
ENTIRE En*tire", a. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.
ENTIRE En*tire", n.
1. Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." Thackeray.
2. (Brewing)
Defn: A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.] "Foker's Entire." Thackeray.
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.
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.
ENTIRETY En*tire"ty, n.; pl. Entireness. Etym: [OF. entiereté. Cf. Integrity.]
1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone.
2. That which is entire; the whole. Bacon.
ENTIRE-WHEAT En*tire"-wheat", a.
Defn: Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran.
ENTITATIVE En"ti*ta*tive, a. Etym: [See Entity.]
Defn: Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances. Ellis. -- En"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv.
ENTITLE En*ti"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entitled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entitling.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To name; designate; style; characterize; empower; qualify; enable; fit.
ENTITULE En*tit"ule, v. t. Etym: [See Entitle.]
Defn: To entitle. B. Jonson.
ENTITY En"ti*ty, n.; pl. Entities. Etym: [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entité. See Essence, Is.]
Defn: 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.
ENTO- En"to-. Etym: [Gr. In.]
Defn: A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.
ENTOBLAST En"to*blast, n. Etym: [Ento- + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
ENTOBRONCHIUM En`to*bron"chi*um, n.; pl. Entobronchia. Etym: [See Ento-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
ENTOCUNEIFORM; ENTOCUNIFORM En`to*cu*ne"i*form, En`to*cu"ni*form, n. Etym: [Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
ENTODERM En"to*derm, n. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.
ENTODERMAL; ENTODERMIC En`to*der"mal, En`to*der"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to the entoderm.
ENTOGASTRIC En`to*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.
ENTOGENOUS En*tog"e*nous, a. Etym: [Ento- + -genous.] (Biol.)
Defn: See Endogenous.
ENTOGLOSSAL En`to*glos"sal, a. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.
ENTOIL En*toil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Entoiling.]
Defn: To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.] Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats.
ENTOMB En*tomb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entombed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entombing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.]
Defn: To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.
ENTOMBMENT En*tomb"ment, n.
Defn: The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.
ENTOMERE En"to*mere, n. Etym: [Ento- + -mere.] (Biol.)
Defn: The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
ENTOMIC; ENTOMICAL En*tom"ic, En*tom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Entomology.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to insects; entomological.
ENTOMOID En"to*moid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling an insect. -- n.
Defn: An object resembling an insect.
ENTOMOLIN En*tom"o*lin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: See Chitin.
ENTOMOLITE En*tom"o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil insect.
ENTOMOLOGIC; ENTOMOLOGICAL En`to*mo*log"ic, En`to*mo*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. entomologique.]
Defn: Of or relating to entomology. -- En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
ENTOMOLOGIST En`to*mol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. entomologiste.]
Defn: One versed in entomology.
ENTOMOLOGIZE En`to*mol"o*gize, v. i.
Defn: To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.
ENTOMOLOGY En`to*mol"o*gy, n.; pl. Entomologies. Etym: [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.
ENTOMOPHAGA En`to*moph"a*ga, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.)
1. One of 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.
ENTOMOPHAGAN En`to*moph"a*gan, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n.
Defn: One of the Entomophaga.
ENTOMOPHAGOUS En`to*moph"a*gous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
ENTOMOPHILOUS En`to*moph"i*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
ENTOMOSTRACA En`to*mos"tra*ca, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
ENTOMOSTRACAN En`to*mos"tra*can, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n.
Defn: One of the Entomostraca.
ENTOMOSTRACOUS En`to*mos"tra*cous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Entomostracans.
ENTOMOTOMIST En`to*mot"o*mist, n.
Defn: One who practices entomotomy.
ENTOMOTOMY En`to*mot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The science of the dissection of insects.
ENTONIC En*ton"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Entasis.] (Med.)
Defn: Having great tension, or exaggerated action. Dunglison.
ENTOPERIPHERAL En`to*pe*riph"er*al, a. Etym: [Ento- + peripheral.] (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
ENTOPHYTE En"to*phyte, n. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
ENTOPHYTIC En`to*phyt"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.
ENTOPLASM En"to*plasm, n. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) Endosarc.
ENTOPLASTIC En`to*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
ENTOPLASTRON En`to*plas"tron, n.; pl. Entoplastra. Etym: [Ento- + plastron.] (Anat.)
Defn: The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.
ENTOPROCTA En`to*proc"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
ENTOPTIC Ent*op"tic, a. Etym: [Ent- + optic.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.
ENTORGANISM Ent*or"gan*ism, n. Etym: [Ent- + organism.] (Biol.)
Defn: An internal parasitic organism.
ENTORTILATION En*tor`ti*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. entortiller to twist; pref. en- (L. in) + tortiller to twist.]
Defn: A turning into a circle; round figures. [Obs.] Donne.
ENTOSTERNUM En`to*ster"num, n.; pl. Entosterna. Etym: [NL. See Ento-, and Sternum.] (Anat.)
Defn: See Entoplastron. -- En`to*ster"nal, a.
ENTOSTHOBLAST En*tos"tho*blast, n. Etym: [Gr. 'e`ntosthe from within + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell. Agassiz.
ENTOTHORAX En`to*tho"rax, n. Etym: [Ento- + thorax.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Endothorax.
ENTOTIC Ent*ot"ic, a. Etym: [Ent- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the interior of the ear.
ENTOURAGE En`tou`rage" (äN`too`razh"), n. [F.]
Defn: 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.
ENTOZOA En`to*zo"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (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.
ENTOZOAL; ENTOZOIC En`to*zo"al, En`to*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.
ENTOZOOLOGIST; ENTOZOOELOGIST En`to*zo*öl"o*gist, n. Etym: [Entozoön + -logy + -ist.]
Defn: One versed in the science of the Entozoa.
ENTOZOON; ENTOZOOEN En`to*zo"ön, n.; pl. Entozoa. Etym: [NL. See Entozoa.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Entozoa.
ENTR'ACTE En`tr'acte", n. Etym: [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.
ENTRAIL En*trail", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + OF. treiller to grate, lattice, F. treille vine, arbor. See Trellis.]
Defn: To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENTRAIL En*trail", n.
Defn: Entanglement; fold. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENTRAILS En"trails, n. pl. Etym: [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.
ENTRAIN En*train", v. t. Etym: [F. entrainer.]
Defn: To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
ENTRAIN En*train", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + train.]
Defn: To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment. [Recent, Eng.]
ENTRAIN En*train", v. i.
Defn: To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station. [Recent, Eng.]
ENTRAMMEL En*tram"mel, v. t. Etym: [See Trammel.]
Defn: To trammel; to entangle. Bp. Hacket.
ENTRANCE En"trance, n. Etym: [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. "Beware of entrance to a quarrel." 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.
ENTRANCE En*trance", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrancing.] Etym: [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.
ENTRANCEMENT En*trance"ment, n.
Defn: The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy. Otway.
ENTRANT En"trant, n. Etym: [See Entrance, n.]
1. One who enters; a beginner. "The entrant upon life." Bp. Terrot.
2. An applicant for admission. Stormonth.
ENTRAP En*trap", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping.] Etym: [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.
ENTREAT En*treat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] Etym: [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 my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." 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.] "Pleasures to entreat." Spenser.
Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
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.
ENTREAT En*treat", n.
Defn: Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.
ENTREATABLE En*treat"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be entreated.
ENTREATANCE En*treat"ance, n.
Defn: Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.
ENTREATER En*treat"er, n.
Defn: One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.
ENTREATFUL En*treat"ful, a.
Defn: Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.
ENTREATINGLY En*treat"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In an entreating manner.
ENTREATIVE En*treat"ive, a.
Defn: Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.
ENTREATMENT En*treat"ment, n.
Defn: Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak.
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.
Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.
ENTREE En`trée", n. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
ENTREMETS En`tre*mets", n. sing. & pl. Etym: [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.]
1. (Cookery)
Defn: 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.]
ENTRENCH En*trench", v. t.
Defn: See Intrench.
ENTREPOT En`tre*pôt", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepôt for shipping goods in transit.
ENTREPRENEUR En`tre*pre*neur", n. Etym: [F. See Enterprise.] (Polit. Econ.)
Defn: One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. F. A. Walker.
ENTRESOL En`tre*sol", n. Etym: [F.] (Arch.)
Defn: A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.
ENTRICK En*trick", v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer. Cf. Trick, Intrigue.]
Defn: To trick, to perplex. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
ENTROCHAL En"tro*chal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.
ENTROCHITE En"tro*chite, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.
ENTROPION En*tro"pi*on, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: Same as Entropium.
ENTROPIUM En*tro"pi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Entropy.] (Med.)
Defn: The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
ENTROPY En"tro*py, n. Etym: [Gr. (Thermodynamics)
Defn: 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 . 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.
ENTRUST En*trust", v. t.
Defn: See Intrust.
ENTRY En"try, n.; pl. Entries. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
ENTRYNG En"tryng, n.
Defn: Am entrance. [Obs.] So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer.
ENTUNE En*tune", v. t.
Defn: To tune; to intone. Chaucer.
ENTWINE En*twine", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine.]
Defn: 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.
ENTWINE En*twine", v. i.
Defn: To be twisted or twined. With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey.
ENTWINEMENT En*twine"ment, n.
Defn: A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.
ENTWIST En*twist", v. t.
Defn: To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak.
ENUBILATE E*nu"bi*late, v. t. Etym: [L. enubilatus, p. p. of enubilare to enubilate; e out + nubila clouds, fr. nubilis cloudy, nubes cloud.]
Defn: To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. [R.] Bailey.
ENUBILOUS E*nu"bi*lous, a. Etym: [See Enubilate.]
Defn: Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. [R.]
ENUCLEATE E*nu"cle*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating.] Etym: [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.)
Defn: To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).
ENUCLEATION E*nu`cle*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. énucléation.]
Defn: The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke.
ENUMERATE E*nu"mer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enumerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating.] Etym: [L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate; rehearse; recapitulate; detail.
ENUMERATION E*nu`mer*a"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
ENUMERATIVE E*nu"mer*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. énumératif.]
Defn: Counting, or reckoning up, one by one. Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor.
ENUMERATOR E*nu"mer*a`tor, n.
Defn: One who enumerates.
ENUNCIABLE E*nun"ci*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being enunciated or expressed.
ENUNCIATE E*nun"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating.] Etym: [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.
ENUNCIATE E*nun"ci*ate, v. i.
Defn: To utter words or syllables articulately.
ENUNCIATION E*nun`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [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.
ENUNCIATIVE E*nun"ci*a*tive, a. Etym: [L. enuntiativus, -ciativus.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe. -- E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.
ENUNCIATOR E*nun"ci*a`tor, n. Etym: [L. enuntiator, enunciator.]
Defn: One who enunciates or proclaims.
ENUNCIATORY E*nun"ci*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.
ENURE En*ure", v. t.
Defn: See Inure.
ENURESIS En`u*re"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.
ENVASSAL En*vas"sal, v. t.
Defn: To make a vassal of. [Obs.]
ENVAULT En*vault", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [R.] Swift.
ENVEIGLE En*vei"gle, v. t.
Defn: To entice. See Inveigle.
ENVELOP En*vel"op, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enveloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Enveloping.] Etym: [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.]
Defn: 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.
ENVELOPE; ENVELOP En"vel*ope, En*vel"op, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.
3. (Fort.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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. 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 Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usu. by technological development.
ENVELOPMENT En*vel"op*ment, n. Etym: [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.
ENVENIME En*ven"ime, v. t.
Defn: To envenom. [Obs.]
ENVENOM En*ven"om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envenomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Envenoming.] Etym: [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.
ENVERMEIL En*ver"meil, v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil.]
Defn: To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [Obs.] Milton.
ENVIABLE En"vi*a*ble, a. Etym: [From Envy.]
Defn: Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay. -- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.
ENVIE En*vie", v. i. Etym: [See Vie.]
Defn: To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENVIER En"vi*er, n.
Defn: One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.
ENVIGOR En*vig"or, v. t.
Defn: To invigorate. [Obs.]
ENVIOUS En"vi*ous, a. Etym: [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. -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.
ENVIRON En*vi"ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
ENVIRON En*vi"ron, adv. Etym: [F.]
Defn: About; around. [Obs.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.
ENVIRONMENT En*vi"ron*ment, n. Etym: [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.
ENVIRONS En*vi"rons, n. pl. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.
ENVISAGE En*vis"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envisaged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging.] Etym: [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.]
Defn: 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.
ENVISAGEMENT En*vis"age*ment, n.
Defn: The act of envisaging.
ENVOLUME En*vol"ume, v. t.
Defn: To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [R.]
ENVOLUP En*vol"up, v. t. Etym: [See Envelop.]
Defn: To wrap up; to envelop. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENVOY En"voy, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.]
Defn: 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.
ENVOYSHIP En"voy*ship, n.
Defn: The office or position of an envoy.
ENVY En"vy, n.; pl. Envies. Etym: [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.
ENVY En"vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied; p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.] Etym: [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.
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.] "He has . . . envied against the people." Shak.
ENVYNED En*vyned", a. Etym: [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.]
Defn: Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENWALL En*wall", v. t.
Defn: See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.
ENWALLOW En*wal"low, v. t.
Defn: 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.
ENWHEEL En*wheel", v. t.
Defn: To encircle. Shak.
ENWIDEN En*wid"en, v. t.
Defn: To widen. [Obs.]
ENWIND En*wind", v. t.
Defn: To wind about; to encircle. In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.
ENWOMAN En*wom"an, v. t.
Defn: To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel.
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.
ENWRAP En*wrap", v. t.
Defn: To envelop. See Inwrap.
ENWRAPMENT En*wrap"ment, n.
Defn: Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford.
ENWREATHE En*wreathe", v. t.
Defn: See Inwreathe. Shelton.
ENZOOTIC; ENZOOETIC En`zo*öt"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. enzoötique.]
Defn: Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
ENZYME En"zyme, n. Etym: [Pref. en- (Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.
EOCENE E"o*cene, a. Etym: [Gr. (Geol.)
Defn: 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.
Defn: The Eocene formation. Lyell.
EOLIAN E*o"li*an, a. Etym: [See Æolian.]
1. Æolian.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See Æolian.
EOLIC E*ol"ic, a. & n.
Defn: See Æolic.
EOLIPILE E*ol"i*pile, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éolipyle.]
Defn: Same as Æolipile.
EOLIS E"o*lis, n. Etym: [L. Aeolis a daughter of Æolus, Gr. A'ioli`s.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillæ along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also Æolis.]
EON; AEON E"on, Æ"on, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
EOPHYTE E"o*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.
EOPHYTIC E`o*phyt"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to eophytes.
EOS E"os, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 'Hw`s.] (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: Aurora, the goddess of morn.
EOSAURUS E`o*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
EOSIN E"o*sin, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
EOSPHORITE E*os"pho*rite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)
Defn: A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.
EOZOIC E`o*zo"ic, a. Etym: [See Eozoön.] (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.
Note: 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.
EOZOON; EOZOOEN E`o*zo"ön, n.; pl. Eozoöns, L. Eozoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.)
Defn: 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.
EOZOONAL; EOZOOENAL E`o*zo"ön*al, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to the eozoön; containing eozoöns; as, eozoönal limestone.
EP- Ep-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: See Epi-.
EPACRIS Ep"a*cris, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
EPACT E"pact, n. Etym: [F. épacte, fr. Gr. Epi-, and Act.] (Chron.)
Defn: 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.
EPAGOGE Ep`a*go"ge, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. Epact.] (Logic)
Defn: The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
EPAGOGIC Ep`a*gog"ic, a.
Defn: Inductive. Latham.
EPALATE E*pal"ate, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + palpus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Without palpi.
EPANADIPLOSIS Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
EPANALEPSIS Ep*an`a*lep"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.
EPANAPHORA Ep`a*naph"o*ra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: Same as Anaphora. Gibbs.
EPANASTROPHE Ep`a*nas"tro*phe, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: Same as Anadiplosis. Gibbs.
EPANODOS E*pan"o*dos, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: -- O more exceeding love, or law more just Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton.
EPANODY E*pan"o*dy, n. Etym: [See Epanodos.] (Bot.)
Defn: The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; - - considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.
EPANORTHOSIS Ep`an*or*tho"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: 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!
EPANTHOUS Ep*an"thous, a. Etym: [Pref. ep- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.
EPARCH Ep"arch, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
EPARCHY Ep"arch*y, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: 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.
EPARTERIAL Ep`ar*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [Pref. ep- + arterial.] (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPAULE E*paule", n. Etym: [F. épaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder.] (Fort.)
Defn: The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
EPAULEMENT E*paule"ment, n. Etym: [F. épaulement.] (Fort.)
Defn: 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.
EPAULET; EPAULETTE Ep"au*let`, Ep"au*lette`, n. Etym: [F. épaulette, dim. of épaule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. Spade the instrument, and cf. Epaule, Spatula.] (Mil.)
Defn: 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.
Note: In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.
EPAULETED; EPAULETTED Ep"au*let`ed, Ep"au*let`ted, a.
Defn: Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
EPAXIAL Ep*ax"i*al, a. Etym: [Pref. ep- + axial.] (Anat.)
Defn: Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.
EPEIRA E*pei"ra, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
EPEN Ep"en, n. (Anat.)
Defn: See Epencephalon.
EPENCEPHALIC Ep`en*ce*phal"ic, a. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to the epencephalon. (b) Situated on or over the brain.
EPENCEPHALON Ep`en*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
EPENDYMA Ep*en"dy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
EPENDYMIS Ep*en"dy*mis, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Ependyma.
EPENETIC Ep`e*net"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.
EPENTHESIS E*pen"the*sis, n.; pl. Epentheses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)
Defn: The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. nemol.
EPENTHETIC Ep`en*thet"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. épenthétique.] (Gram.)
Defn: Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.
EPERGNE É`pergne", n. Etym: [F. épargne a sparing or saving; a treasury. "Our épergne is a little treasury of sweetmeats, fruits, and flowers." Brewer.]
Defn: A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.
EPERLAN É`per`lan", n. Etym: [F. éperlan, fr. G. spierling. See Sparling.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
EPEXEGESIS Ep*ex`e*ge"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Exegesis.]
Defn: A full or additional explanation; exegesis.
EPEXEGETICAL Ep*ex`e*get"ic*al, a.
Defn: Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.
EPHAH; EPHA E"phah, or E"pha, n. Etym: [Heb.
Defn: A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
EPHEMERA E*phem"e*ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Defn: A fever of one day's continuance only.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
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 popularity." 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.
EPHEMERAL E*phem"er*al, n.
Defn: Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
EPHEMERAN E*phem"er*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the ephemeral flies.
EPHEMERIC E*phem"e*ric, a.
Defn: Ephemeral.
EPHEMERIS E*phem"e*ris, n.; pl. Ephemerides. Etym: [L., a diary, Gr. 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)
Defn: A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.
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.
EPHEMERON E*phem"e*ron, n.; pl. Ephemera. Etym: [NL. See Ephemera.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the ephemeral flies.
EPHEMEROUS E*phem"er*ous, a.
Defn: Ephemeral. [R.] Burke.
EPHESIAN E*phe"sian, a. Etym: [L. Ephesius: cf. F. éphésien.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.
EPHESIAN E*phe"sian, n.
1. A native of Ephesus.
2. A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] Shak.
EPHIALTES Eph`i*al"tes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: The nightmare. Brande & C.
EPHIPPIAL E*phip"pi*al, a.
Defn: Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.
EPHIPPIUM E*phip"pi*um, n. Etym: [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr.
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
EPHOD Eph"od, n. Etym: [Heb. aphad to put on.] (Jew. Antiq.)
Defn: 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.
EPHOR Eph"or, n.; pl. Ephors, L. Ephori. Etym: [L. ephorus, Gr. éphore.] (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.
EPHORAL Eph"or*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an ephor.
EPHORALTY Eph"or*al*ty, n.
Defn: The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.
EPHRAIM E"phra*im, n. Etym: [The proper name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
EPHYRA Eph"y*ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A stage in the development of discophorous medusæ, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.
EPI- Ep"i-. Etym: [Gr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.]
Defn: 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.
EPIBLAST Ep"i*blast, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.
EPIBLASTIC Ep`i*blas"tic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.
EPIBLEMA Ep`i*ble"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.
EPIBOLIC Ep`i*bol"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.
EPIBOLY E*pib"o*ly, n. Etym: [Cf. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.
EPIBRANCHIAL Ep`i*bran"chi*al, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + branchial.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.
Defn: An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
EPIC Ep"ic, a. Etym: [L. epicus, Gr. vox voice: cf. F. épique. See Voice.]
Defn: 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.
EPIC Ep"ic, n.
Defn: An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.
EPICAL Ep"ic*al (, a.
Defn: Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.
EPICARDIAC Ep`i*car"di*ac, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or relating to the epicardium.
EPICARDIUM Ep`i*car"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.
EPICARICAN Ep`i*car"i*can, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.
EPICARP Ep"i*carp, Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
EPICEDE Ep"i*cede, n. Etym: [L. epicedion, Gr. épicède.]
Defn: A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne.
EPICEDIAL Ep`i*ce"di*al, a.
Defn: Elegiac; funereal.
EPICEDIAN Ep`i*ce"di*an, a.
Defn: Epicedial. -- n.
Defn: An epicede.
EPICEDIUM Ep`i*ce"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An epicede.
EPICENE Ep"i*cene, a. & n. Etym: [L. epicoenus, Gr. 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 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.
EPICENTRAL Ep`i*cen"tral, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.)
Defn: Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.
EPICERASTIC Ep`i*ce*ras"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. épicérastique.] (Med.)
Defn: Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]
EPICHIREMA Ep`i*chi*re"ma, n.; pl. Epichiremata. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet. & Logic)
Defn: 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.]
EPICHORDAL Ep`i*chor"dal, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPICHORIAL Ep`i*cho"ri*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: In or of the country. [R.] Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. De Quincey.
EPICLEIDIUM Ep`i*clei"di*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
EPICLINAL Ep`i*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
EPICOELE; EPICELE Ep"i*coele, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPICOENE Ep"i*coene, a.
Defn: Epicene. [R.] Hadley.
EPICOLIC Ep`i*col"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.
EPICONDYLAR Ep`i*con"dy*lar, n. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.
EPICONDYLE Ep`i*con"dyle, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + condyle.] (Anat.)
Defn: A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.
EPICORACOID Ep`i*cor"a*coid, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + coracoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.
EPICRANIAL Ep`i*cra"ni*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
EPICRANIUM Ep`i*cra"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Epi-, and Cranium.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
EPICTETAIN; EPICTETIAN Ep`ic*te"tain, Ep`ic*te"tian, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.
EPICURE Ep"i*cure, n. Etym: [L. Epicurus, Gr.
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.
Syn. -- Voluptuary; sensualist.
EPICUREAN Ep`i*cu*re"an, a. Etym: [L. Epicureus, Gr. épicurien.]
1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect 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.
EPICUREAN Ep`i*cu*re"an, n.
1. A follower or Epicurus.
2. One given to epicurean indulgence.
EPICUREANISM Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism, n.
Defn: Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.
EPICURELY Ep"i*cure`ly, adv.
Defn: Luxuriously. Nash.
EPICUREOUS Ep`i*cu*re"ous, a.
Defn: Epicurean. [Obs.]
EPICURISM Ep"i*cu*rism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. épicurisme.]
1. The doctrines of Epicurus.
2. Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
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.
EPICYCLE Ep"i*cy`cle, n. Etym: [L. epicyclus, Gr. Cycle.]
1. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Defn: 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 eccentries, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.
EPICYCLIC Ep`i*cyc"lic, a.
Defn: 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.
EPICYCLOID Ep`i*cy"cloid, n. Etym: [Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. épicycloïde.] (Geom.)
Defn: A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.
Note: 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.
EPICYCLOIDAL Ep`i*cy*cloid"al, a.
Defn: 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.
EPIDEICTIC Ep`i*deic"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Epidictic.]
Defn: Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.
EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMICAL Ep`i*dem"ic, Ep`i*dem"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. epidemus, Gr. épidémique. Cf. Demagogue.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
EPIDEMIC Ep`i*dem"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. Epidemy.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
EPIDEMICALLY Ep`i*dem"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an epidemic manner.
EPIDEMIOGRAPHY Ep`i*de`mi*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Epidemy + -graphy.] (Med.)
Defn: A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL Ep`i*de`mi*o*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
EPIDEMIOLOGIST Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: A person skilled in epidemiology.
EPIDEMIOLOGY Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.)
Defn: That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
EPIDEMY Ep"i*dem`y, n. Etym: [Gr. épidémie. See Epidemic.] (Med.)
Defn: An epidemic disease. Dunglison.
EPIDERM Ep"i*derm, n. Etym: [Cf. F. épiderme. See Epidermis.] (Anat.)
Defn: The epidermis.
EPIDERMAL Ep`i*der"mal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
EPIDERMATIC Ep`i*der*mat"ic, a.
Defn: Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMATOID Ep`i*der"ma*toid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid. Cf. Epidermoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Epidermoid. Owen.
EPIDERMEOUS Ep`i*der"me*ous, a.
Defn: Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIC Ep`i*der"mic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épidermique.]
Defn: Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.
EPIDERMICAL Ep`i*der"mic*al, a.
Defn: Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIDAL Ep`i*der"mi*dal, a.
Defn: Epidermal. [R.]
EPIDERMIS Ep`i*der"mis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Tear, v. t.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
EPIDERMOID Ep`i*der"moid, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épidermoïde.] (Anat.)
Defn: Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.
EPIDERMOSE Ep`i*der"mose, n. Etym: [See Epidermis.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Keratin.
EPIDICTIC; EPIDICTICAL Ep`i*dic"tic, Ep`i*dic"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. epidictius. See Epideictic.]
Defn: Serving to explain; demonstrative.
EPIDIDYMIS Ep`i*did"y*mis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPIDIDYMITIS Ep`i*did`y*mi"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Epididymis, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.
EPIDOTE Ep"i*dote, n. Etym: [Gr. épidote. So named from the enlargement of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.] (Min.)
Defn: 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.
Note: The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or serium epidote.
EPIDOTIC Ep`i*dot"ic,, a.
Defn: Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.
EPIGAEA Ep`i*gæ"a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.
EPIGAEOUS Ep`i*gæ"ous, a. Etym: [Gr. Epigæa, and cf. Epigee.] (Bot.)
Defn: Growing on, or close to, the ground.
EPIGASTRIAL Ep`i*gas"tri*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Epigastric.
EPIGASTRIC Ep`i*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. épigastrique.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
EPIGASTRIUM Ep`i*gas"tri*um, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The upper part of the abdomen.
EPIGEAL Ep`i*ge"al, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Epigæous. [R.]
EPIGEE Ep"i*gee, n. Etym: [NL. epigeum, fr. Gr. Epigæa.]
Defn: See Perigee. [Obs.]
EPIGENE Ep"i*gene, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr.
1. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.
EPIGENESIS Ep`i*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
EPIGENESIST Ep`i*gen"e*sist, n. (Biol.)
Defn: One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
EPIGENETIC Ep`i*ge*net"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.
EPIGEOUS Ep`i*ge"ous, a.
Defn: Same as Epigæous.
EPIGEUM Ep*i*ge"um, n. Etym: [NL. See Epigee.]
Defn: See Perigee. [Obs.]
EPIGLOTTIC Ep`i*glot"tic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
EPIGLOTTIDEAN Ep`i*glot*tid"e*an, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Epiglottic.
EPIGLOTTIS Ep`i*glot"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Glottis.] (Anat.)
Defn: A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.
EPIGNATHOUS E*pig"na*thous, a. Etym: [Epi- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.
EPIGRAM Ep"i*gram, n. Etym: [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. 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.
Note: 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.
EPIGRAMMATIC; EPIGRAMMATICAL Ep`i*gram*mat"ic, Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al,Etym: [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.
EPIGRAMMATICALLY Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.
EPIGRAMMATIST Ep`i*gram"ma*tist, n. Etym: [L. epigrammatista: cf. F. épigrammatiste.]
Defn: One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them. The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.
EPIGRAMMATIZE Ep`i*gram"ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing.]
Defn: To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
EPIGRAMMATIZER Ep`i*gram"ma*ti`zer, n.
Defn: One who writes in an affectedly pointed style. Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge.
EPIGRAMMIST Ep"i*gram`mist, n.
Defn: An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor.
EPIGRAPH Ep"i*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. 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)
Defn: 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.
EPIGRAPHIC; EPIGRAPHICAL Ep`i*graph"ic, Ep`i*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.
EPIGRAPHICS Ep`i*graph"ics, n.
Defn: The science or study of epigraphs.
EPIGRAPHIST E*pig"ra*phist, n.
Defn: A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.
EPIGRAPHY E*pig"ra*phy, n.
Defn: The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
EPIGYNOUS E*pig"y*nous, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. épigyne.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
EPIHYAL Ep`i*hy"al, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + the Greek letter (Anat.)
Defn: A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.
EPILEPSY Ep"i*lep`sy, n. Etym: [L. epilepsia, Gr. épilepsie. Cf. Catalepsy.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
EPILEPTIC Ep`i*lep"tic, a. Etym: [L. epilepticus, Gr. épileptique.]
Defn: Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
EPILEPTIC Ep`i*lep"tic, n.
1. One affected with epilepsy.
2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
EPILEPTICAL Ep`i*lep"tic*al, a.
Defn: Epileptic.
EPILEPTIFORM Ep`i*lep"ti*form, a.
Defn: Resembling epilepsy.
EPILEPTOGENOUS Ep`i*lep*tog"e*nous, a. Etym: [Gr. -genous.] (Med.)
Defn: Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.
EPILEPTOID Ep`i*lep"toid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Med.)
Defn: Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.
EPILOGATION Ep`i*lo*ga"tion, n. Etym: [LL. epilogatio.]
Defn: A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.
EPILOGIC; EPILOGICAL Ep`i*log"ic, Ep`i*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an epilogue.
EPILOGISM E*pil"o*gism, n. Etym: [Gr. Epilogue.]
Defn: Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.
EPILOGISTIC Ep`i*lo*gis"tic, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr. Epilogism.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton.
EPILOGIZE E*pil"o*gize, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Epilogism.]
Defn: To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.
EPILOGUE Ep"i*logue, n. Etym: [F. épilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. Legend.]
1. (Drama)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
EPILOGUIZE Ep"i*lo*guize, v. i. & t.
Defn: Same as Epilogize.
EPIMACHUS E*pim"a*chus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
EPIMERA E*pim"e*ra, n. pl.
Defn: See Epimeron.
EPIMERAL E*pim"e*ral, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epimera.
EPIMERE Ep"i*mere, n. Etym: [Epi- + -mere.] (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
EPIMERON E*pim"e*ron, n.; pl. Epimera. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]
EPINASTIC Ep`i*nas"tic, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
EPINEURAL Ep`i*neu"ral, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + neural.] (Anat.)
Defn: Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
EPINEURIUM Ep`i*neu"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPINGLETTE Ep`in*glette", n. Etym: [F.] (Mil.)
Defn: An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.
EPINICIAL Ep`i*ni"cial, a. Etym: [See Epinicion.]
Defn: Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.
EPINICION Ep`i*ni"cion, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. epinicium.]
Defn: A song of triumph. [Obs.] T. Warton.
EPINIKIAN Ep`i*nik"i*an, a.
Defn: Epinicial.
EPIORNIS Ep`i*or"nis, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. épiornis. See Æpyornis.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus Æpiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also Æpyornis.]
EPIOTIC Ep`i*o"tic, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.
EPIPEDOMETRY Ep`i*pe*dom"e*try, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.] (Geom.)
Defn: The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]
EPIPERIPHERAL Ep`i*pe*riph"er*al, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + peripheral.] (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
EPIPETALOUS Ep`i*pet"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + petal.] (Bot.)
Defn: Borne on the petals or corolla.
EPIPHANY E*piph"a*ny, n. Etym: [F. épiphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. 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.)
Defn: 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.
EPIPHARYNGEAL Ep`i*phar`yn*ge"al, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n.
Defn: An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.
EPIPHARYNX Ep`i*phar"ynx, n. Etym: [Epi- + pharynx.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
EPIPHONEMA Ep`i*pho*ne"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.
EPIPHONEME E*piph"o*neme, n.
Defn: Epiphonema. [R.]
EPIPHORA E*piph"o*ra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Defn: The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
EPIPHRAGM Ep"i*phragm, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or æstivation.
EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS Ep`i*phyl`lo*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing fruit on the back of the leaves, as ferns. Harris (1710).
EPIPHYLLOUS Ep`i*phyl*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.
EPIPHYLLUM Ep`i*phyl"lum, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
EPIPHYSEAL; EPIPHYSIAL Ep`i*phys"e*al, Ep`i*phys"i*al, (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.
EPIPHYSIS E*piph"y*sis, n.; pl. Epiphyses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (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.
EPIPHYTAL E*piph"y*tal, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to an epiphyte.
EPIPHYTE Ep"i*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. épiphyte.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.
EPIPHYTIC; EPIPHYTICAL Ep`i*phyt"ic, Ep`i*phyt"ic*al, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. -- Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.
EPIPLASTRON Ep`i*plas"tron, n.; pl. Epiplastra. Etym: [Pref. epi- + plastron.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
EPIPLEURAL Ep`i*pleu"ral, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + pleural.] (Anat.)
Defn: Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen.
EPIPLEXIS Ep`i*plex"is, n. Etym: [L., reproof, fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
EPIPLOCE E*pip"lo*ce, n. Etym: [L., connection, from Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
EPIPLOIC Ep`i*plo"ic, a.
Defn: Relating to the epiploön.
EPIPLOON; EPIPLOOEN E*pip"lo*ön, n.; pl. Epiploa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: See Omentum.
EPIPODIAL Ep`i*po"di*al, a.
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.
EPIPODIALE Ep`i*po`di*a"le, n.; pl. Epipodialia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.
EPIPODITE E*pip"o*dite, n. Etym: [See Epipodium.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
EPIPODIUM Ep`i*po"di*um, n.; pl. Epipodia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
EPIPOLIC Ep`i*pol"ic, a. (Opt.)
Defn: Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]
EPIPOLISM E*pip"o*lism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Opt.)
Defn: See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.
EPIPOLIZED E*pip"o*lized, a.
Defn: Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. [R.] Stokes.
EPIPTERIC Ep`ip*ter"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. -- n.
Defn: The epipteric bone.
EPIPTERYGOID Ep`ip*ter"y*goid, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + pterygoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n.
Defn: An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.
EPIPUBIC Ep`i*pu"bic, a.
Defn: Relating to the epipubis.
EPIPUBIS Ep`i*pu"bis, n.; pl. Epipubes. Etym: [NL., epi- + pubis.] (Anat.)
Defn: A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
EPISCOPACY E*pis"co*pa*cy, n. Etym: [See Episcopate.]
Defn: 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.
EPISCOPAL E*pis"co*pal, a. Etym: [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.
EPISCOPALIAN E*pis`co*pa"li*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.
EPISCOPALIAN E*pis`co*pa"li*an, n.
Defn: 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.
EPISCOPALIANISM E*pis`co*pa"li*an*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.
EPISCOPALLY E*pis"co*pal*ly, adv.
Defn: By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.
EPISCOPANT E*pis"co*pant, n.
Defn: A bishop. [Obs.] Milton.
EPISCOPARIAN E*pis`co*pa"ri*an, a.
Defn: Episcopal. [R.] Wood.
EPISCOPATE E*pis"co*pate, n. Etym: [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.
EPISCOPATE E*pis"co*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Episcopated; p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.]
Defn: To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton.
EPISCOPICIDE E*pis"co*pi*cide, n. Etym: [L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill.]
Defn: The killing of a bishop.
EPISCOPIZE E*pis"co*pize, v. t.
Defn: To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey.
EPISCOPIZE E*pis"co*pize, v. i.
Defn: To perform the duties of a bishop.
EPISCOPY E*pis"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. Bishop.]
1. Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Episcopacy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
EPISEPALOUS Ep`i*sep"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + sepal.] (Bot.)
Defn: Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.
EPISKELETAL Ep`i*skel"e*tal, a. Etym: [Pref. epi- + skeleletal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.
EPISODAL Ep`i*so"dal, a.
Defn: Same as Episodic.
EPISODE Ep"i*sode, n. Etym: [Gr. sad to go: cf. F. épisode.] (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
EPISODIAL Ep`i*so"di*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
EPISODIC; EPISODICAL Ep`i*so"dic, Ep`i*so"dic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épisodique. See Episode.]
Defn: 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.
EPISPADIAS Ep`i*spa"di*as, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.
EPISPASTIC Ep"i*spas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. épispastique.] (Med.)
Defn: Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
EPISPASTIC Ep"i*spas"tic, n. (Med.)
Defn: An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
EPISPERM Ep"i*sperm, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. épisperme.] (Bot.)
Defn: The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.
EPISPERMIC Ep`i*sper"mic, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.
EPISPORE Ep"i*spore, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: The thickish outer coat of certain spores.
EPISTAXIS Ep`i*stax"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Bleeding at the nose.
EPISTEMOLOGY E*pis`te*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
EPISTERNAL Ep`i*ster"nal, a. (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the episternum.
EPISTERNUM Ep`i*ster"num, n.; pl. Episterna. Etym: [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.)
Defn: One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.
EPISTILBITE Ep`i*stil"bite, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + stilbite.] (Min.)
Defn: A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
EPISTLE E*pis"tle, n. Etym: [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. 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.)
Defn: 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.
EPISTLE E*pis"tle, v. t.
Defn: To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.
EPISTLER E*pis"tler, n.
1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
EPISTOLAR E*pis"to*lar, a.
Defn: Epistolary. Dr. H. More.
EPISTOLARY E*pis"to*la*ry, a. Etym: [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 correspondence." Addison.
EPISTOLEAN Ep`is*to"le*an, n.
Defn: One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.
EPISTOLER E*pis"to*ler, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
EPISTOLET E*pis"to*let, n.
Defn: A little epistle. Lamb.
EPISTOLIC; EPISTOLICAL Ep`is*tol"ic, Ep`is*tol"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. epistolicus, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
EPISTOLIZE E*pis"to*lize, v. i.
Defn: To write epistles.
EPISTOLIZER E*pis"to*li`zer, n.
Defn: A writer of epistles.
EPISTOLOGRAPHIC E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. épistolographique.]
Defn: Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. Epistolographic character or mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.
EPISTOLOGRAPHY E*pis`to*log"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie.]
Defn: The art or practice of writing epistles.
EPISTOMA; EPISTOME E*pis"to*ma, Ep"i*stome, n. Etym: [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. (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.
EPISTROPHE E*pis"tro*phe, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
EPISTYLE Ep"i*style, n. Etym: [L. epistylium, Gr. épistyle.] (Anc. Arch.)
Defn: A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
EPISYLLOGISM Ep`i*syl"lo*gism, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + syllogism.] (Logic)
Defn: 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.
EPITAPH Ep"i*taph, n. Etym: [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. 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."
EPITAPH Ep"i*taph, v. t.
Defn: To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.
EPITAPH Ep"i*taph, v. i.
Defn: 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.
EPITAPHER Ep"i*taph`er, n.
Defn: A writer of epitaphs. Nash.
EPITAPHIAL; EPITAPHIAN Ep`i*taph"i*al, Ep`i*taph"i*an, a.
Defn: 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.
EPITAPHIC Ep`i*taph"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n.
Defn: An epitaph. Udall.
EPITAPHIST Ep"i*taph`ist, n.
Defn: An epitapher.
EPITASIS E*pit"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
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.)
Defn: The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.
EPITHALAMIC Ep`i*tha*lam"ic, a.
Defn: Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.
EPITHALAMIUM Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um, n.; pl. Epithalamiums, L. Epithalamia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: 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.
EPITHALAMY Ep`i*thal"a*my, n.; pl. Epithalamies (.
Defn: Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.
EPITHECA Ep`i*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
EPITHELIAL Ep`i*the"li*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.
EPITHELIOID Ep`i*the"li*oid, a. Etym: [Epithelium + -oid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.
EPITHELIOMA Ep`i*the`li*o"ma, n. Etym: [NL. See Epithelium, and -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.
EPITHELIUM Ep`i*the"li*um, n.; pl. E. Epitheliums, L. Epithelia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
EPITHELOID Ep`i*the"loid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Epithelioid.
EPITHEM Ep"i*them, n. Etym: [L. epithema, Gr. épithème. See Epithet.] (Med.)
Defn: Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.
EPITHEMA Ep`i*the"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
EPITHESIS E*pith"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.
EPITHET Ep"i*thet, n. Etym: [L. epitheton, Gr. 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. "Stiffed with epithets of war." Shak.
Syn. -- Epithet, Title. The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which give a title or describe character (as the "epithet of liar"), but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further, considering the term epithet as belonging only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as, the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. But this restriction does not prevail in general literature. Epithet is sometimes confounded with application, which is always a noun or its equivalent.
EPITHET Ep"i*thet, v. t.
Defn: To describe by an epithet. [R.] Never was a town better epitheted. Sir H. Wotton.
EPITHETIC; EPITHETICAL Ep`i*thet"ic, Ep`i*thet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.
EPITHITE Ep"i*thite, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason.
EPITHUMETIC Ep`i*thu*met"ic, a.
Defn: Epithumetical. [Obs.]
EPITHUMETICAL Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.
EPITITHIDES Ep`i*tith"i*des, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Epithet.] (Arch.)
Defn: The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
EPITOMATOR E*pit"o*ma`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]
Defn: An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton.
EPITOME E*pit"o*me, n.; pl. Epitomes. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 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. An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment.
EPITOMIST E*pit"o*mist, n.
Defn: One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. Milton.
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.
EPITOMIZER E*pit"o*mi`zer, n.
Defn: An epitomist. Burton.
EPITRITE Ep"i*trite, n. Etym: [Gr. i. e., , or in the ratio of 4 to 3); epitritos, F. épitrite.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.)
Defn: A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Note: 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.
EPITROCHLEA Ep`i*troch"le*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Epi-, and Trochlea.] (Anat.)
Defn: A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.
EPITROCHLEAR Ep`i*troch"le*ar, a.
Defn: Relating to the epitrochlea.
EPITROCHOID Ep`i*tro"choid, n. Etym: [Pref. epi- + Gr. -oid.] (Geom.)
Defn: A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.
EPITROPE E*pit"ro*pe, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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."
EPIZEUXIS Ep`i*zeux"is, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
EPIZOAN Ep`i*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An epizoön.
EPIZOAN Ep`i*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An epizoön.
EPIZOIC Ep`i*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
EPIZOIC Ep`i*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
EPIZOON; EPIZOOEN Ep`i*zo"ön, n.; pl. Epizoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
EPIZOOTIC; EPIZOOETIC Ep`i*zo*öt"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épizoötique.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an epizoön.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: 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.
EPIZOOTY; EPIZOOETY; EPIZOOTIC; EPIZOOETIC Ep`i*zo"ö*ty, Ep`i*zo*öt"ic, n. Etym: [F. épizoötie.]
Defn: An epizoötic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
EPOCH Ep"och, n. Etym: [LL. epocha, Gr. 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.
Note: 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. "So vast an epoch of time." 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.)
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Era; time; date; period; age. -- Epoch, Era. We speak of the era of the Reformation, when we think of it as a period, during which a new order of things prevailed; so also, the era of good feeling, etc. Had we been thinking of the time as marked by certain great events, or as a period in which great results were effected, we should have called the times when these events happened epochs, and the whole period an epoch. The capture of Constantinople is an epoch in the history of Mahometanism; but the flight of Mahomet is its era. C. J. Smith.
EPOCHA Ep"o*cha, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: See Epoch. J. Adams.
EPOCHAL Ep"o*chal, a.
Defn: Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. "Epochal points." Shedd.
EPODE Ep"ode, n. Etym: [L. epodos, Gr. 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.
EPODIC E*pod"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode.
EPONYM; EPONYME Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme, n. Etym: [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.
EPONYMIC Ep`o*nym"ic, a.
Defn: Same as Eponymous. Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
EPONYMIST E*pon"y*mist, n.
Defn: One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.
EPONYMOUS E*pon"y*mous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: 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.
EPONYMY E*pon"y*my, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.
EPOOPHORON; EPOOEPHORON Ep`o*öph"o*ron, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: See Parovarium.
EPOPEE; EPOPOEIA Ep"o*pee`, Ep`o*poe"ia, n. Etym: [F. épopée, Gr. Epos.]
Defn: An epic poem; epic poetry.
EPOPT Ep"opt, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. Carlyle.
EPOS Ep"os, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: An epic.
EPOTATION Ep`o*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. epotare, epotatum, to drink; e out + potare to drink.]
Defn: A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham.
EPROUVETTE e`prou`vette", n. Etym: [F.] (Gun.)
Defn: An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.
EPSOMITE Ep"som*ite, n.
Defn: Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
EPSOM SALTS; EPSOM SALT Ep"som salts` or Ep"som salt`. (Med.)
Defn: 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.
EPULARY Ep"u*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. epularis, fr. epulum a feast: cf. F. épulaire.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart.
EPULATION Ep`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. epulatio.]
Defn: A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EPULIS E*pu"lis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A hard tumor developed from the gums.
EPULOSE Ep"u*lose`, a. Etym: [L. epulum a feast.]
Defn: Feasting to excess. [Obs.]
EPULOSITY Ep`u*los"i*ty, n.
Defn: A feasting to excess. [Obs.]
EPULOTIC Ep`u*lot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n.
Defn: An epulotic agent.
EPURATION Ep`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. e out, quite + purare to purify, purus pure.]
Defn: Purification.
EPURE e`pure", n. Etym: [F.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.
EPWORTH LEAGUE Ep"worth League.
Defn: 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.
EQUABILITY E`qua*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable.]
Defn: 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.
EQUABLE E"qua*ble, a. Etym: [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.
EQUABLENESS E"qua*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being equable.
EQUABLY E"qua*bly, adv.
Defn: In an equable manner.
EQUAL E"qual, a. Etym: [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. , 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. "An equal temper." 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.)
Defn: Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [R.]
7. (Math.)
Defn: Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity. Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.
Syn. -- Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable.
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.
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 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.
EQUALITARIAN E*qual`i*ta"ri*an, n.
Defn: One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.
EQUALITY E*qual"i*ty, n.; pl. Equalities. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
EQUALIZATION E`qual*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke.
EQUALIZE E"qual*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] Etym: [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.
EQUALIZER E"qual*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
EQUALLY E"qual*ly, adv.
Defn: 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.
EQUALNESS E"qual*ness, n.
Defn: Equality; evenness. Shak.
EQUANGULAR E*quan"gu*lar, a. Etym: [See Equiangular.]
Defn: Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.
EQUANIMITY E`qua*nim"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. aequanimitas, fr. aequanimus: cf. F. équanimité. See Equanimous.]
Defn: 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.
EQUANIMOUS E*quan"i*mous, a. Etym: [L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal + animus mind.]
Defn: Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden.
EQUANT E"quant, n. Etym: [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. équant. See Equate.] (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Defn: A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.
EQUATE E*quate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.] Etym: [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
Defn: 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.
EQUATION E*qua"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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 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.
EQUATOR E*qua"tor, n. Etym: [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. équateur equator. See Equate.]
1. (Geog.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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 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.
EQUATORIAL E`qua*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. équatorial.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
EQUATORIAL E`qua*to"ri*al, n. (Astron.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
EQUATORIALLY E`qua*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.
EQUERRY Eq"uer*ry, n.; pl. Equerries. Etym: [F. écurie stable, for older escurie, escuirie (confused somewhat with F. écuyer, OF. escuyer, squire), LL. scuria, OHG. skiura, sc, 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.
Note: In England equerries are officers of the royal household in the department of the Master of the Horse.
EQUERY Eq"ue*ry, n.
Defn: Same as Equerry.
EQUESTRIAN E*ques"tri*an, a. Etym: [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.
EQUESTRIAN E*ques"tri*an, n.
Defn: One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
EQUESTRIANISM E*ques"tri*an*ism, n.
Defn: The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.
EQUESTRIENNE E*ques"tri*enne`, n. Etym: [Formed after analogy of the French language.]
Defn: A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.
EQUI- E"qui-. Etym: [L. aequus equal. See Equal.]
Defn: A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.
EQUIANGLED E"qui*an`gled, a. Etym: [Equi- + angle.]
Defn: Equiangular. [Obs.] Boyle.
EQUIANGULAR E`qui*an"gu*lar, a. Etym: [Equi- + angular. Cf. Equangular.]
Defn: 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.
EQUIBALANCE E`qui*bal"ance, n. Etym: [Equi- + balance.]
Defn: Equal weight; equiponderance.
EQUIBALANCE E`qui*bal"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
Defn: To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
EQUICRESCENT E`qui*cres"cent, a. Etym: [Equi- + crescent.] (Math.)
Defn: Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.
EQUICRURAL E`qui*cru"ral, a. Etym: [L. aequicrurius; aequus equal + crus, cruris, leg.]
Defn: Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. [R.] "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.
EQUICRURE E"qui*crure, a.
Defn: Equicrural. [Obs.]
EQUIDIFFERENT E`qui*dif"fer*ent, a. Etym: [Equi- + different: cf. F. équidifférent.]
Defn: Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.
EQUIDISTANCE E`qui*dis"tance, n.
Defn: Equal distance.
EQUIDISTANT E`qui*dis"tant, a. Etym: [L. aequidistans, -antis; aequus equal + distans distant: cf. F. équidistant.]
Defn: Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
EQUIDIURNAL E`qui*di*ur"nal, a. Etym: [Equi- + diurnal.]
Defn: Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line. Whewell.
EQUIFORM E"qui*form, a. Etym: [L. aequiformis; aequus equal + forma form.]
Defn: Having the same form; uniform. -- E`qui*for"mi*ty, n. Sir T. Browne.
EQUILATERAL E`qui*lat"er*al, a. Etym: [L. aequilateralis; aequus equal + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. équilatéral.]
Defn: 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.
EQUILATERAL E`qui*lat"er*al, n.
Defn: A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.
EQUILIBRATE E`qui*li"brate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equilibrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equilibrating.] Etym: [L. aequilibratus in equilibrium; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equilibrium.]
Defn: To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser.
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.)
Defn: The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance. H. Spenser.
EQUILIBRIOUS E`qui*lib"ri*ous, a.
Defn: Evenly poised; balanced. Dr. H. More. -- E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.
EQUILIBRIST E*quil"i*brist, n.
Defn: One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.
EQUILIBRITY E`qui*lib"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. aequilibritas equal distribution. See Equilibrium.]
Defn: The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J. Gregory.
EQUILIBRIUM E`qui*lib"ri*um, n.; pl. E. Equilibriums, L. Equilibria. Etym: [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.
EQUIMOMENTAL E`qui*mo*men"tal, a. Etym: [Equi- + momental.] (Mech.)
Defn: Having equal moments of inertia.
Note: 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.
EQUIMULTIPLE E`qui*mul"ti*ple, a. Etym: [Equi- + multiple: cf. F. équimultiple.]
Defn: Multiplied by the same number or quantity.
EQUIMULTIPLE E`qui*mul"ti*ple, n. (Math.)
Defn: 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.
EQUINAL E*qui"nal, a.
Defn: See Equine. "An equinal shape." Heywood.
EQUINE E"quine, a. Etym: [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. a, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.
EQUINIA E*quin"i*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Equine.] (Med.)
Defn: Glanders.
EQUINOCTIAL E`qui*noc"tial, a. Etym: [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. 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.
EQUINOCTIAL E`qui*noc"tial, n.
Defn: The equinoctial line.
EQUINOCTIALLY E`qui*noc"tial*ly, adv.
Defn: Towards the equinox.
EQUINOX E"qui*nox, n. Etym: [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.
EQUINUMERANT E`qui*nu"mer*ant, a. Etym: [Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number.]
Defn: Equal as to number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
EQUIP E*quip", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.] Etym: [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.
EQUIPAGE Eq"ui*page (; 48), n. Etym: [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.
EQUIPAGED Eq"ui*paged, a.
Defn: Furnished with equipage. Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper.
EQUIPARABLE E*quip"a*ra*ble a. Etym: [L. aequiparabilis.]
Defn: Comparable. [Obs. or R.]
EQUIPARATE E*quip"a*rate v. t. Etym: [L. aequiparatus, p. p. of aequiparare.]
Defn: To compare. [R.]
EQUIPEDAL E*quip"e*dal, a. Etym: [Equi- + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
EQUIPENDENCY E`qui*pend"en*cy, n. Etym: [Equi- + pendency.]
Defn: The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South.
EQUIPENSATE E`qui*pen"sate, v. t. Etym: [Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. Equipoise.]
Defn: To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]
EQUIPMENT E*quip"ment, n. Etym: [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.
EQUIPOISE E"qui*poise, n. Etym: [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.
EQUIPOLLENCE; EQUIPOLLENCY E`qui*pol"lence, E`qui*pol"len*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. équipollence. See Equipollent.]
1. Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.
2. (Logic)
Defn: Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.
EQUIPOLLENT E`qui*pol"lent, a. Etym: [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)
Defn: Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.
EQUIPOLLENTLY E`qui*pol"lent*ly, adv.
Defn: With equal power. Barrow.
EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY E`qui*pon"der*ance, E`qui*pon"der*an*cy, n. Etym: [Equi- + ponderance: cf. F. équipondérance.]
Defn: Equality of weight; equipoise.
EQUIPONDERANT E`qui*pon"der*ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. équipondérant.]
Defn: Being of the same weight. A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke.
EQUIPONDERATE E`qui*pon"der*ate, v. i. Etym: [Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate.]
Defn: To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins.
EQUIPONDERATE E`qui*pon"der*ate, v. t.
Defn: To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. "More than equiponderated the declension in that direction." De Quincey.
EQUIPONDEROUS E`qui*pon"der*ous, a. Etym: [Equi- + L. pondus, ponderis, weight.]
Defn: Having equal weight. Bailey.
EQUIPONDIOUS E`qui*pon"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. aequipondium an equal weight; aequus equal + pondus weight.]
Defn: Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] Glanvill.
EQUIPOTENTIAL E`qui*po*ten"tial, a. Etym: [Equi- + potential.] (Mech. & Physics)
Defn: 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.
EQUIRADICAL E`qui*rad"i*cal a. Etym: [Equi- + radical.]
Defn: Equally radical. [R.] Coleridge.
EQUIROTAL E`qui*ro"tal, a. Etym: [Equi- + L. rota wheel.]
Defn: Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. [R.]
EQUISETACEOUS E`qui*se*ta"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Belonging to the Equisetaceæ, or Horsetail family.
EQUISETIFORM E`qui*set"i*form, a. Etym: [Equisetum- + -form.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the form of the equisetum.
EQUISETUM Eq`ui*se"tum, n.; pl. Equiseta. Etym: [L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
Note: 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.
EQUISONANCE E*quis"o*nance, n. Etym: [Equi- + L. sonans, p. pr. of sonare to sound: cf. F. équisonnance. See Sonant.] (Mus.)
Defn: An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
EQUISONANT E*quis"o*nant a.
Defn: Of the same or like sound.
EQUITABLE Eq"ui*ta*ble, a. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Just; fair; reasonable; right; honest; impartial; candid; upright.
EQUITABLENESS Eq"ui*ta*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.
EQUITABLY Eq"ui*ta*bly, adv.
Defn: In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.
EQUITANCY Eq"ui*tan*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. equitantia. See Equitant.]
Defn: Horsemanship.
EQUITANT Eq"ui*tant, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
EQUITATION Eq`ui*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. equitatio, fr. equitare: cf. F. équitation.]
Defn: A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.
EQUITEMPORANEOUS E`qui*tem`po*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time.]
Defn: Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle.
EQUITES Eq"ui*tes n. pl Etym: [L., pl. of eques a horseman.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
EQUITY Eq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Equities. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
Syn. -- Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See Justice.
EQUIVALENCE E*quiv"a*lence, n. Etym: [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.]
EQUIVALENCE E*quiv"a*lence, v. t.
Defn: To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
EQUIVALENCY E*quiv"a*len*cy, n.
Defn: Same as Equivalence.
EQUIVALENT E*quiv"a*lent, a. Etym: [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 wortir 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.)
Defn: Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
EQUIVALENT E*quiv"a*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. Macaulay.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.)
Defn: 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), 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 0º C. to 1º C., or from 32º F. to 33º 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.
EQUIVALENT E*quiv"a*lent, v. t.
Defn: To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]
EQUIVALENTLY E*quiv"a*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an equal manner.
EQUIVALUE E`qui*val"ue, v. t.
Defn: To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. W. Taylor.
EQUIVALVE; EQUIVALVED E"qui*valve, E"qui*valved, a. Etym: [Equi- + valve.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
EQUIVALVULAR E`qui*val"vu*lar, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
EQUIVOCACY E*quiv"o*ca*cy, n.
Defn: Equivocalness.
EQUIVOCAL E*quiv"o*cal, a. Etym: [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 repentances." Milton.
3. Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. "How equivocal a test." 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.
Syn. -- Ambiguous; doubtful; uncertain; indeterminate. -- Equivocal, Ambiguous. We call an expression ambiguous when it has one general meaning, and yet contains certain words which may be taken in two different senses; or certain clauses which can be so connected with other clauses as to divide the mind between different views of part of the meaning intended. We call an expression equivocal when, taken as a whole, it conveys a given thought with perfect clearness and propriety, and also another thought with equal propriety and clearness. Such were the responses often given by the Delphic oracle; as that to Crambiguous is a mere blunder of language; what is equivocal is usually intended to deceive, though it may occur at times from mere inadvertence. Equivocation is applied only to cases where there is a design to deceive.
EQUIVOCAL E*quiv"o*cal, n.
Defn: 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.
EQUIVOCALLY E*quiv"o*cal*ly, adv.
Defn: In an equivocal manner.
EQUIVOCALNESS E*quiv"o*cal*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being equivocal.
EQUIVOCATE E*quiv"o*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Equivocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equivocating.] Etym: [L. aequivocatus, p. p. of aequivocari to be called by the same name, fr. L. aequivocus: cf. F. équivoquer. See Equivocal, a.]
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See Prevaricate.
EQUIVOCATE E*quiv"o*cate, v. t.
Defn: To render equivocal or ambiguous. He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. Sir G. Buck.
EQUIVOCATION E*quiv`o*ca"tion, n.
Defn: 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.
Syn. -- Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.
EQUIVOCATOR E*quiv"o*ca`tor, n.
Defn: One who equivocates. Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. Shak.
EQUIVOCATORY E*quiv"o*ca*to*ry, a.
Defn: Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
EQUIVOQUE; EQUIVOKE Eq"ui*voque, Eq"ui*voke, n. Etym: [F. équivoque. See Equivocal.]
1. An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. Coleridge.
2. An equivocation; a guibble. B. Jonson.
EQUIVOROUS E*quiv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. equus horse + vorare to eat greedily.]
Defn: Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.
EQUUS E"quus, n. Etym: [L., horse.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
-ER -er
Defn: .
1. Etym: [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.]
Defn: 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. Etym: [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -, L. -ior, Gr. -iyas.]
Defn: A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
ERA E"ra, n.; pl. Eras. Etym: [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.
Syn. -- Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.
ERADIATE E*ra"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eradiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradiating.] Etym: [Pref. e- + radiate.]
Defn: To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H. More.
ERADIATION E*ra`di*a"tion, n.
Defn: Emission of radiance.
ERADICABLE E*rad"i*ca*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being eradicated.
ERADICATE E*rad"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating.] Etym: [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.
Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.
ERADICATION E*rad`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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.
ERADICATIVE E*rad"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. éradicatif.]
Defn: Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
ERADICATIVE E*rad"i*ca*tive, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.
ERASABLE E*ras"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being erased.
ERASE E*rase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] Etym: [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.
ERASED E*rased", p. pr. & a.
1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
2. (Her.)
Defn: Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.
ERASEMENT E*rase"ment, n.
Defn: The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.
ERASER E*ras"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
ERASION E*ra"sion, n.
Defn: The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
ERASTIAN E*ras"tian, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: 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.
ERASTIANISM E*ras"tian*ism, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: The principles of the Erastains.
ERASURE E*ra"sure, n. Etym: [From Erase.]
Defn: The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
ERATIVE Er"a*tive, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth.
ERATO Er"a*to, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
ERBIUM Er"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL. from Ytterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found. Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.
ERCEDEKEN Er`ce*de"ken, n. Etym: [OE., fr. pref. erce- = archi- + deken a deacon.]
Defn: An archdeacon. [Obs.]
ERD Erd, n. Etym: [OE. erd, eard, earth, land, country, AS. eard; akin to OS. ard dwelling place, OHG. art plowing, tillage, Icel. öredh crop, and to L. arare to plow, E. ear to plow.]
Defn: The earth. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Erd shrew (Zoöl.), the common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.
ERE Ere, prep. & adv. Etym: [AS. , prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. , G. eher, D. eer, Icel. ar, Goth. air. sq. root204. 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.
ERE Ere, v. t.
Defn: To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. Chaucer.
EREBUS Er"e*bus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Greek Myth.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus. To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile. Shak.
ERECT E*rect", a. Etym: [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.