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Elocular (�lŏk�lẽr), a. [Pref. e- + locular.] Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.
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Elocution (?), n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. élocution. See .] 1. Utterance by speech. [R.]
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[Fruit] whose taste . . .
Gave elocution to the mute, and taught
The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.
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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
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3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.]
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To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.
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Elocutionary (?), a. Pertaining to elocution.
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Elocutionist, n. One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.
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Elocutive (?), a. Pertaining to oratorical expression. [Obs.] Feltham.
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Elodian (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.
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Éloge (?), n. [F. See .] A panegyrical funeral oration.
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Elogist (?), n. [F. élogiste.] One who pronounces an éloge.

{ Elogium (�lōjĭŭm), Elogy (ĕl�j�), } n. [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. logos speech, fr. legein to speak. Cf. .] The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
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Elohim (�lōhĭm), n. [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.
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Elohist (?), n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.
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Elohistic (?), a. Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.
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Eloign (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] [F. éloigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See .] [Written also eloin.] 1. To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]
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From worldly cares he did himself eloign. Spenser.
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2. (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.
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The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. Blackstone.
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Eloignate (?), v. t. To remove. [Obs.] Howell.
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Eloignment (?), n. [F. éloignement.] Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]
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Eloin (?), v. t. See .
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Eloinate (?), v. t. See .
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Eloinment (?), n. See .
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Elong (?; 115), v. t. [See , .] 1. To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]
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2. To put away; to separate; to keep off. [Obs.] Wyatt.
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Elongate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See , a., and cf. .] 1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
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2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Elongate, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
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Elongate (?), a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. “An elongate form.” Earle.
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elongated adj. 1. having a length noticeably longer than the width.
Syn. -- elongate.
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2. rendered longer.
Syn. -- lengthened.
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Elongation (?; 277), n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F. élongation.] 1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. “Elongation of the fibers.” Arbuthnot.
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2. That which lengthens out; continuation.
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May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains? Pinkerton.
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3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
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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.
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4. (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
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Elope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See , v. t.] 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.
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Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.
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Elopement (?), n. 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.
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Eloper (?), n. One who elopes.
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Elops (?), n. [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr. �.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes. See .
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2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] Milton.
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Eloquence (?), n. [F. éloquence, L. eloquentia, fr. eloquens. See .] 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.
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Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.
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2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
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Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Pope.
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The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Macaulay.
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3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.
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O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. Shak.

Syn. -- Oratory; rhetoric.
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Eloquent (?), a. [F. éloquent, L. eloquens, -entis, p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak. See .] 1. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.
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O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove
What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.
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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.
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Eloquently, adv. In an eloquent manner.

{ Elrich (?) or Elritch }, a. Ghastly; preternatural. Same as . [Scot. & Local, Eng.]
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Else (?), a. & pron. [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. �. Cf. , .] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? “Bastards and else.” Shak.
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☞ 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.
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Else, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
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2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. Ps. li. 16.
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☞ After ‘or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. “Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?” Shak.
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Elsewhere (?), adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.
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2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
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Elsewhither (?), adv. To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester. “For elsewhither was I bound.” Carlyle.
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Elsewise (?), adv. Otherwise. [R.]
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Elsin (?), n. A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]
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Elucidate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating (?).] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See .] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
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Elucidation (?), n. [Cf. F. élucidation.] 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.
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Elucidative (?), a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.
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Elucidator (?), n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.
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Elucidatory (?), a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]
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Eluctate (?), v. i. [L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle.] To struggle out; -- with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
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Eluctation (?), n. [L. eluctatio.] A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Elucubrate (?), v. i. [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.] See . [Obs.] Blount.
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Elucubration (?), n. [Cf. F. élucubration.] See . [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Elude (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See .] 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.
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Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope.
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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.
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Eludible (?), a. Capable of being eluded; evadible.
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Elul (?), n. [Heb.] 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.
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Elumbated (?), a. [L. elumbis; e + lumbus loin.] Weak or lame in the loins. [Obs.]
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Elusion (?), n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See .] Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.
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Elusive (?), a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
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Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.

-- Elusively, adv. -- Elusiveness, n.
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Elusory (?), a. [LL. elusorius.] Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- Elusoriness (#), n.
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Elute (?), v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.] To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.
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Elutriate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating (?).] [L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.] 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.
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Elutriation (?), n. The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.
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Eluxate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + luxate.] To dislocate; to luxate.
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Eluxation (?), n. Dislocation; luxation.
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Elvan (?), a. 1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.
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2. (Mining) 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 (?) }, n. The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
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Elve (?), n. An old form of Elf.
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Elver (?), n. (Zoöl.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.
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Elves (?), n.; pl. of Elf.
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Elvish (?), a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See .
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He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer.
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2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
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Elvishly, adv. In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.
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Elwand (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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Elysian (?), a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. “Elysian shades.” Massinger. “Elysian age.” Beattie.
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This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.
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Elysium (?), n.; pl. E. Elysiums (#), L. Elysia (#). [L., fr. Gr. �, � �, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.) 1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.
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2. Hence, any delightful place.
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An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. I. Taylor.
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Elytriform (?), a. [Elytrum + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.
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Elytrin (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) See .
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Elytroid (?), a. [Gr. � sheath, a wing case + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Elytron (?; 277), Elytrum (-tr�m) n.; pl. Elytra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. �, fr. � to roll round.] (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 . (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See .
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Elzevir (?), a. (Bibliog.) 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.
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The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Brande & C.
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'Em (?). An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Addison.
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Em (?), n. (Print.) 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.
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Em-. A prefix. See .
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Emacerate (?), v. t. & i. [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.
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Emaceration (?), n. Emaciation. [Obs.]
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Emaciate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See .] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. “He emaciated and pined away.” Sir T. Browne.
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Emaciate, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.
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Emaciate (?), a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” T. Warton.
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emaciated adj. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.
Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted.
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Emaciation (?), n. [Cf. F. émaciation.] 1. The act of making very lean.
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2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
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Emaculate (?), v. t. [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See .] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.
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Emaculation (?), n. The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.
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E-mail, email, e-mail (ēmâl), n. electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one computer to another through an electronic communications medium, especially by means of a computer network.
Syn. -- electronic mail.
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E-mail, email, e-mail v. t. [imp. & p. p. E-mailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. E-mailing.] to send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the article to the editor; she emailed me her report.
Syn. -- mail electronically.
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Æmail ombrant (?). [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.
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Emanant (?), a. [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See .] 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.
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Emanate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] [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. �, �, wet, � to be wet, Skr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. .]
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