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Edentate (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata.
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Edentated (?), a. Same as , a.
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Edentation (?), n. A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram.
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Edentulous (?; 135), a. [L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] Toothless.
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Edge (ĕj), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. 'akh point, Skr. açri edge. √1. Cf. , v. t., , spike of corn, .] 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, (figuratively), that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
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He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.
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Slander,
Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
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2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
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Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak.
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In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge
Of battle. Milton.
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Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
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3. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
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The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott.
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Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Jer. Taylor.
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4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. “On the edge of winter.” Milton.
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Coloq. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Coloq. Edge mill , a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Coloq. Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. -- Coloq. Edge plane . (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. -- Coloq. Edge play , a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. -- Coloq. Edge rail . (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. -- Coloq. Edge railway , a railway having the rails set on edge. -- Coloq. Edge stone , a curbstone. -- Coloq. Edge tool . (a) Any tool or instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. -- Coloq. To be on edge , (a) to be eager, impatient, or anxious. (b) to be irritable or nervous. -- Coloq. on edge , (a) See to be on edge. (b) See to set the teeth on edge. -- Coloq. To set the teeth on edge , (a) to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. [archaic] Bacon. (b) to produce a disagreeable or unpleasant sensation; to annoy or repel; -- often used of sounds; as, the screeching of of the subway train wheels sets my teeth on edge.
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Edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.] 1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
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To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.
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2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
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3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.
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Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.
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4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]
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By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward.
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5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.
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Edge, v. i. 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
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2. To sail close to the wind.
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I must edge up on a point of wind. Dryden.
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Coloq. To edge away or Coloq. To edge off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. -- Coloq. To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. -- Coloq. To edge in , to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. -- Coloq. To edge in with , as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
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Edgebone (?), n. Same as .
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edged adj. 1. having a specified kind of border or edge; as, a black-edged card; dried sweat left salt-edged patches. [Postpositional]
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2. having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination; as, a dull-edged blade. Opposit of edgeless. [Postpositional]
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3. having a biting effect, implying criticism; -- used of words or language; as, edged satire.
Syn. -- cutting, harsh, sharp, sharp-worded, stinging.
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Edgeless, a. Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
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Edgelong (?; 115), adv. In the direction of the edge. [Obs.]
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Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck
Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.
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Edgeshot (?), a. (Carp.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.

{ Edgeways (?), Edgewise (?), } adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
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Coloq. to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. the form edgeways is now uncommon.
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Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.
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Edging (?), n. 1. That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden. Dryden.
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2. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
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Coloq. Edging machine , a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.
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Edgingly, adv. Gradually; gingerly. [R.]
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Edgy (?), a. [From .] 1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
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2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. “An edgy style of sculpture.” Hazlitt.
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Edh (?), n. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter ð, capital form Ð. It is sounded as “English th in a similar word: ōðer, other, dôð, doth.” March.
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Edibility (?), n. Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
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Edible (?), a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See .] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.
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Coloq. Edible bird's nest . See , 2. -- Coloq. Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See . -- Coloq. Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. -- Coloq. Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.
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Edibleness, n. Suitableness for being eaten.
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Edict (?), n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See .] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
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It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak.
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Coloq. Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants.

Syn. -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See .
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Edictal (?), a. Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.
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Edificant (?), a. [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See .] Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.
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Edification (?), n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. édification. See .] 1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
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The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall.
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Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.
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2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] Bullokar.
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Edificatory (?), a. Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.
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Edifice (?), n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. See .] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
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Edificial (?), a. [L. aedificialis.] Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
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Edifier (?), n. 1. One who builds. [Obs.]
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2. One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
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Edify (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. � to burn, Skr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ād, OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See , .] 1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]
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There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser.
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2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.
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It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.
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3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Edify, v. i. To improve. [R.] Swift.
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Edifying (?), a. Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- Edifyingly, adv. -- Edifyingness, n.
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Edile (?), n. [L. aedilis: cf. F. édile. Cf. .] (Rom. Antiq.) See .
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Edileship, n. The office of ædile. T. Arnold.
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Edingtonite (?), n. (Min.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
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Edit (ĕdĭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] [F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See a point of time.] To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
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Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.
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edited adj. improved or corrected by critical editing.
Syn. -- emended.
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Edition (?), n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. See .] 1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
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2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
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Édition de luxe (?). [F.] See .
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Editioner (?), n. An editor. [Obs.]
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Editor (?), n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. éditeur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
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Editorial (?), a. Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.
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Editorial, n. A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
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editorialize v. i. 1. to write an opinion in an editorial in a publication.
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2. to insert personal opinions into an article or statement that is supposed to be an objective statement of facts.
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Editorially (?), adv. In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
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Editorship (?), n. The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
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Editress (?), n. A female editor.
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Edituate (?), v. t. [LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.] To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
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Edomite (?), n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
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Edriophthalma (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. edrai^os steadfast + 'ofqalmos the eye.] (Zoöl.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]
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Edriophthalmous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
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educability (ĕd�kȧbĭlĭt�), n. [Cf. F. éducabilité.] Capability of being educated.
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educable (ĕd�kȧb'l; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducable.] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold.
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educate (ĕd�kāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated (ĕd�kātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (ĕd�kātĭng).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See .] To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
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Educated (?), a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
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educatee n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
Syn. -- student, pupil.
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Education (?; 135), n. [L. educatio; cf. F. éducation.] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
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To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.

Syn. -- , , , , . Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.
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Educational (?), a. Of or pertaining to education. “His educational establishment.” J. H. Newman.
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educationalist n. a specialist in the theory of eduction.
Syn. -- educationist.
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Educationist, n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
Syn. -- educationalist.
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Educative (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. éducatif.] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
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Educator (?), n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.
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Educe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See .] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.
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The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope.
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They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold.
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Educible (?), a. Capable of being educed.
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Educt (?), n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Eduction (?), n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
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Coloq. Eduction pipe , and Coloq. Eduction port . See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under , a.
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Eductive (?), a. Tending to draw out; extractive.
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Eductor (?), n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
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Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin.
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Edulcorant (?), a. [See .] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
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Edulcorant, n. An edulcorant remedy.
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Edulcorate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.] 1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
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Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.
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2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
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Edulcoration (?), n. [Cf. F. édulcoration.] 1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
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2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.
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