ECCLESIOLOGISTEc*cle`si*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in ecclesiology.
ECCLESIOLOGYEc*cle`si*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Ecclesia + -logy.]
Defn: The science or theory of church building and decoration.
ECCRITICEc*crit"ic, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.
ECDERONEc"der*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: See Ecteron.— Ec`der*on"ic, a.
ECDYSIS Ec"dy*sis, n.; pl. Ecdyses. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to enter.] (Biol.)
Defn: The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.
ECGONINEEc"go*nine (; 104), n. Etym: [Gr. 'e`kgonos sprung from.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.
ECHAUGUETTE (), n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.
ECHEEch"e, a. or a. pron.
Defn: Each. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ECHELONEch"e*lon, n. Etym: [F., fr. échelle ladder, fr. L. scala.]
1. (Mil.)
Defn: An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics).
2. (Naval)
Defn: An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or Encyc. Dict. Echelon lens (Optics), a large lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; - - used in lighthouses.
ECHELONEch"e*lon, v. t. (Mil.)
Defn: To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.
ECHELONEch"e*lon, v. i.
Defn: To take position in echelon.Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right.Upton (Tactics).
ECHIDNAE*chid"na, n. Etym: [L., a viper, adder, Gr.
1. (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: A monster, half maid and half serpent.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; — called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
ECHIDNINEE*chid"nine (; 104), n. Etym: [See Echidna.] (Chem.)
Defn: The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande & C.
ECHINATE; ECHINATEDEch"i*nate, Ech"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. echinatus. See Echinus.]
Defn: Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
ECHINIDE*chi"nid, a. & n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Echinoid.
ECHINIDANE*chin"i*dan, n. Etym: [Cf. F. échinide.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One the Echinoidea.
ECHINITALE*chin"i*tal, a.
Defn: Of, or like, an echinite.
ECHINITEEch"i*nite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. échinite. See Echinus.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil echinoid.
ECHINOCOCCUSE*chi`no*coc"cus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Tænia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.
ECHINODERME*chin"o*derm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Echinodermata.
ECHINODERMALE*chi`no*der"mal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
ECHINODERMATAE*chi`no*der"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]
Note: The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum.
ECHINODERMATOUSE*chi`no*der"ma*tous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.
ECHINOIDE*chi"noid, a. Etym: [Echinus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea.— n.
Defn: One of the Echinoidea.
ECHINOIDEAEch`i*noi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Echinus, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. [Written also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]
ECHINOZOAE*chi`no*zo"a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Echinodermata.
ECHINULATEE*chin"u*late, a. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Set with small spines or prickles.
ECHINUSE*chi"nus, n.; pl. Echini. Etym: [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hedgehog.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
3. (Arch.) (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column (c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
ECHIUROIDEA Ech`i*u*roi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. echiurus, the name of one genus (Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.
ECHO Ech"o, n.; pl. Echoes. Etym: [L. echo, Gr. va to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. écho.]
1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Pope.
2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. Fuller.Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. R. L.Stevenson.
3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them. Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love ofNarcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from hermossy couch. Milton.Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as toproduce a soft, distant effect; — generally superseded by the swell.— Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived forproducing the soft effect of distant sound.— To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M.Arnold.I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again.Shak.
ECHO Ech"o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Echoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. — 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes (.]
1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden. The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. Keble.
2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they Macaulay.
ECHOEch"o, v. i.
Defn: To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." Blackmore.
ECHOEREch"o*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, echoes.
ECHOLESSEch"o*less, a.
Defn: Without echo or response.
ECHOMETERE*chom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. échomètre.] (Mus)
Defn: A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals. J. J. Rousseau.
ECHOMETRYE*chom"e*try, n. Etym: [Cf. F. échométrie.]
1. The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.
2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
ECHON; ECHOONEch*on", Ech*oon", pron.
Defn: Each one. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ECHOPATHYE*chop"a*thy, n. [Echo + -pathy, as in homeopathy.] (Med.)
Defn: A morbid condition characterized by automatic and purposeless repetition of words or imitation of actions.
ECHOSCOPEEch"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Med.)
Defn: An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.
ECLAIR e`clair", n. Etym: [F.] (Cookery)
Defn: A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.
ECLAIRCISE E*clair"cise, v. t. Etym: [F. éclaircir; pref. es- (L. ex) + clair clear, L. clarus.]
Defn: To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
ECLAIRCISSEMENT E*clair"cisse*ment, n. Etym: [F., fr. éclaircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.]
Defn: The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easilyunderstood; an explanation.The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer.Clarendon.
ECLAMPSIAEc*lamp"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
Note: The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.
ECLAMPSYEc*lamp"sy, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Eclampsia.
ECLAT E*clat", n. Etym: [F. éclat a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. éclater to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. sleizan to slit, split, fr. slizan, G. schleissen; akin to E. slit.]
1. Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.
2. Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause. Prescott.
ECLECTICEc*lec"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. éclectique. See Eclogue, and cf. Elect.]
1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine. Eclectic physician, one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic physician. [U.S.] — Eclectic school. (Paint.) See Bolognese school, under Bolognese.
ECLECTICEc*lec"tic, n.
Defn: One who follows an eclectic method.
ECLECTICALLYEc*lec"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.
ECLECTICISMEc*lec"ti*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éclecticisme. Cf. Electicism.]
Defn: Theory or practice of an eclectic.
ECLEGMEc*legm", n. Etym: [F. éclegme, L. ecligma, fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. John Quincy.
ECLIPSEE*clipse", n. Etym: [F. éclipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. Ex-, and Loan.]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature. That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. Milton.
2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness. All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Sir W. Raleigh. As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Shelley. Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular. — Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.
ECLIPSEE*clipse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eclipsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eclipsing.]
1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; — said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. "His eclipsed state." Dryden. My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. Shak.
ECLIPSEE*clipse", v. i.
Defn: To suffer an eclipse.While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.
ECLIPTICE*clip"tic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. écliptique, L. linea ecliptica, Gr.Ecliptic, a.]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23º 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
2. (Geog.)
Defn: A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23º 28' with the equator; — used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
ECLIPTICE*clip"tic, a. Etym: [L. eclipticus belonging to an eclipse, Gr.Eclipse.]
1. Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
2. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses. Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12º on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed. — Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17º from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.
ECLOGITEEc"lo*gite, n. Etym: [See Ecloque.] (Min.)
Defn: A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; — so called in reference to its beauty.
ECLOGUEEc"logue, n. Etym: [L. ecloga, Gr. égloque, écloque. See Ex-, andLegend.]
Defn: A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
ECONOMIC; ECONOMICAL E`co*nom"ic, E`co*nom"ic*al, a. Etym: [F. économique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. Economy.]
1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]" Milton.
2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies.
3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; — said of character or habits. Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. Harte.
4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; — said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths. These matters economical and political. J. C. Shairp. There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey. Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. H. C. Baird.
6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew.
Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.
ECONOMICALLYE`co*nom"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
ECONOMICSE`co*nom"ics, n. Etym: [Gr. Economic.]
1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political. "In politics and economics." V. Knox.
ECONOMISTE*con"o*mist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. économiste.]
1. One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. "Economists even to parsimony." Burke.
2. One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
ECONOMIZATIONE*con`o*mi*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] H.Spenser.
ECONOMIZEE*con"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Economized; p. pr. & vb. n.Economizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. économiser.]
Defn: To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend withfrugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.]Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ).Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.
ECONOMIZEE*con"o*mize, v. i.
Defn: To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] Milton.
ECONOMIZERE*con"o*mi`zer, n.
1. One who, or that which, economizes.
2. Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
ECONOMYE*con"o*my, n.; pl. Economies. Etym: [F. économie, L. oeconomiahousehold management, fr. Gr. vicus village, E. vicinity) + Vicinity,Nomad.]
1. The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. Froude.
2. Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.
3. The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy. The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. Earle. In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence. B. Jonson. The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep. Paley.
4. Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. Political economy. See under Political.
Syn. — Economy, Frugality, Parsimony. Economy avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; frugality cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to lavishness or profusion. Frugality is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; parsimony is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. Economy is a virtue, and parsimony a vice.
I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent toliberty and ease. Swift.The father was more given to frugality, and the son to riotousness[luxuriousness]. Golding.
ECORCHE (), n. Etym: [F.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.
ECOSSAISE e`cos`saise", n. Etym: [F.] (Mus.)
Defn: A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
ECOSTATEE*cos"tate, a. Etym: [Pref. e- + costate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having no ribs or nerves; — said of a leaf.
ECOUTE e`coute", n. Etym: [F., a listening place.] (Mil.)
Defn: One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
ECPHASISEc"pha*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: An explicit declaration.
ECPHONEMAEc`pho*ne"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
ECPHONEMEEc"pho*neme, n. Etym: [See Ecphonema.]
Defn: A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown.
ECPHONESISEc`pho*ne"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Ecphonema.] (Rhet.)
Defn: An animated or passionate exclamation.The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs.
ECPHRACTICEc*phrac"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. ecphractique.] (Med.)
Defn: Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. — n.
Defn: An ecphractic medicine. Harvey.
ECRASEMENT e`crase`ment", n. Etym: [F.] (Surg.)
Defn: The operation performed with an écraseur.
ECRASEUR e`cra`seur", n. Etym: [F., fr. écraser to crush.] (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
ECRU e`cru", a. Etym: [F., fr. L. crudus raw.]
Defn: Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
ECSTASYEc"sta*sy, n.; pl. Ecstasies. Etym: [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr.Ex-, and Stand.] [Also written extasy.]
1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. Dryden. This is the very ecstasy of love. Shak.
2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture;enthusiastic delight.He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy.Milton.
3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.] That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy. Shak. Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Marlowe.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.
ECSTASYEc"sta*sy, v. t.
Defn: To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs.]The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. Jer. Taylor.
ECSTATICEc*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. extatique. See Ecstasy, n.]
1. Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance. This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy. Hammond.
2. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
ECSTATICEc*stat"ic, n.
Defn: An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden.
ECSTATICALEc*stat"ic*al, a.
1. Ecstatic. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. Tending to external objects. [R.] Norris.
ECSTATICALLYEc*stat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Rapturously; ravishingly.
ECT-; ECTO-Ect-, Ec"to-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A combining form signifying without, outside, external.
ECTADEc"tad, adv. Etym: [Ect- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.)
Defn: Toward the outside or surface; — opposed to entad. B. G.Wilder.
ECTALEc"tal, a. Etym: [See Ect-.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; — opposed to ental. B. G. Wilder.
ECTASIAEc*ta"si*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Ectasis.] (Med.)
Defn: A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.
ECTASISEc"ta*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Pros.)
Defn: The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
ECTENTALEc*ten"tal, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum. C. S. Minot.
ECTERONEc"ter*on, n. Etym: [See Ect-.] (Anat.)
Defn: The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. — Ec`ter*on"ic, a.
ECTETHMOIDEc*teth"moid, a. Etym: [Ect- + ethmoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.
ECTHLIPSISEc*thlip"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
2. (Lat. Pros.)
Defn: The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
ECTHOREUMEc`tho*re"um, n.; pl. Ecthorea. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. SeeNettling cell. [Written also ecthoræum.]
ECTHYMAEc*thy"ma, n.; pl. Ecthymata. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.
ECTO-Ec"to-.
Defn: See Ect-.
ECTOBLAST Ec"to*blast, n. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm. (b) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall. Agassiz.
ECTOBRONCHIUMEc`to*bron"chi*um, n.; pl. Ectobronchia. Etym: [NL. See Ecto-, andBronchia.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.
ECTOCUNERIFORM; ECTOCUNIFORM Ec`to*cu*ne"ri*form, Ec`to*cu"ni*form, n. Etym: [Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
ECTOCYSTEc"to*cyst, n. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
ECTODERM Ec"to*derm, n. Etym: [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.
ECTODERMAL; ECTODERMICEc`to*der"mal, Ec`to*der"mic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Of or relating to the ectoderm.
ECTOLECITHALEc`to*lec"i*thal, a. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.
ECTOMEREEc"to*mere, n. Etym: [Ecto- + -mere.] (Biol.)
Defn: The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
ECTOPARASITEEc`to*par"a*site, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; — opposedto endoparasite.— Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic, a.
ECTOPIAEc*to"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.
ECTOPICEc*top"ic, a. (Med.)
Defn: Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.
ECTOPLASM Ec"to*plasm, n. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan.
ECTOPLASTICEc`to*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.
ECTOPROCTAEc`to*proc"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
ECTOPYEc"to*py, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Ectopia.
ECTORGANISMEct*or"gan*ism, n. Etym: [Ect- + organism.] (Biol.)
Defn: An external parasitic organism.
ECTOSARCEc"to*sarc, n. Etym: [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.
ECTOSTEALEc*tos"te*al, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.
ECTOSTOSISEc`tos*to"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Ect-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.)
Defn: A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
ECTOZOICEc`to*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Epizoic.
ECTOZOON; ECTOZOOENEc`to*zo"ön, n.; pl. Ectozoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Epizoön.
ECTROPIONEc*tro"pi*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.
ECTROPIUMEc*tro"pi*um, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: Same as Ectropion.
ECTROTICEc*trot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.
ECTYPALEc"ty*pal, a. Etym: [L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. Type.]
Defn: Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.
ECTYPEEc"type, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.]
1. (Classical Archæol.) (a) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: (b) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).
2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has previouslyexisted.Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets.Eng. Cyc. .
ECTYPOGRAPHYEc`ty*pog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Ectype + -graphy.]
Defn: A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.
ECUMENIC; ECUMENICALEc`u*men"ic, Ec`u*men"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. oecumenicus, Gr. Economy.]
Defn: General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that whichconcerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also.] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.— Ecumenical council. See under Council.
ECURIEEc"u*rie, n. Etym: [F. See Equerry.]
Defn: A stable.
ECZEMAEc"ze*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.](Med.)
Defn: An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; — called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
ECZEMATOUSEc*zem"a*tous, a. (Med.)
Defn: Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.
-ED -ed.
Defn: The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.
EDACIOUSE*da"cious, a. Etym: [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.]
Defn: Given to eating; voracious; devouring.Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.— E*da"cious*ly, adv.— E*da"cious*ness, n.
EDACITYE*dac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. edacitas.]
Defn: Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon.
EDAM; EDAM CHEESEE"dam, n., or Edam cheese.
Defn: A Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; — so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.
EDDAEd"da, n.; pl. Eddas. Etym: [Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., ofScandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynjúlf Sveinsson, whobrought it again to light in 1643.]
Defn: The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.
Note: There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems, was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland between 1050 and 1133. The younger or prose Edda, called also the Edda of Snorri, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.
EDDAIC; EDDICEd*da"ic, Ed"dic, a.
Defn: Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.
EDDEREd"der, n. Etym: [See Adder.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An adder or serpent. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
EDDEREd"der, n. Etym: [AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar.]
Defn: Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. [Obs.] Tusser.
EDDEREd"der, v. t.
Defn: To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge.[Obs.]
EDDISHEd"dish, n. Etym: [AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew. Cf.Eddy, and Arrish.]
Defn: Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish. [Eng.]
EDDOESEd"does, n. pl. (Bot.)
Defn: The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.
EDDY Ed"dy, n.; pl. Eddies. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. i; cf. Icel. pref. i back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.]
1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; awhirlpool.And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. Addison.
Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. Dryden.
EDDYEd"dy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eddied; p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying.]
Defn: To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.
EDDYEd"dy, v. t.
Defn: To collect as into an eddy. [R.] The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson.
EDDY CURRENTEd"dy cur"rent. (Elec.)
Defn: An induced electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal; — called also Foucault current.
EDDY KITE Ed"dy kite. Called also Malay kite. [After William A. Eddy, American kite expert.]
Defn: A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite.
EDELWEISSE"del*weiss, n. Etym: [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.)
Defn: A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
EDEMAE*de"ma, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: Same as oedema.
EDEMATOUS; EDEMATOSEE*de"ma*tous, or E*de"ma*tose`, a. (Med.)
Defn: Same as oedematous.
EDEN E"den, n. Etym: [Heb. eden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.]
Defn: The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.
EDENICE*den"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. "Edenic joys." Mrs.Browning.
EDENITEE"den*ite, n. Etym: [From Edenville, N. Y.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.
EDENIZEDE"den*ized, a.
Defn: Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit'sPilgr. ).
EDENTALE*den"tal, a.
Defn: See Edentate, a.— n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Edentata.
EDENTALOUSE*den"tal*ous, a.
Defn: See Edentate, a.
EDENTATA E`den*ta"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; — called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.
EDENTATEE*den"tate, a.
1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Edentata.
EDENTATEE*den"tate, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Edentata.
EDENTATEDE*den`ta*ted, a.
Defn: Same as Edentate, a.
EDENTATIONE`den*ta"tion, n.
Defn: A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram.
EDENTULOUSE*den"tu*lous, a. Etym: [L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.]
Defn: Toothless.
EDGEEdge, n. Etym: [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke,Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. a edge. Egg, v. t.,Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]
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. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.
2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott. 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.
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. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. — 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. — Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. — Edge plane. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. — Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. — 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. — Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. — Edge stone, a curbstone. — Edge tool. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. — To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. — To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. Bacon.
EDGEEdge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged; p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]
1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.
2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.
3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.
4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.] By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward.
5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.
EDGEEdge, v. i.
1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
2. To sail close to the wind. I must edge up on a point of wind. Dryden. To edge away or off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. — To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. — To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. — To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.
EDGEBONEEdge"bone`, n.
Defn: Same as Aitchbone.
EDGELESSEdge"less, a.
Defn: Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
EDGELONGEdge"long, adv.
Defn: In the direction of the edge. [Obs.] Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.
EDGESHOTEdge"shot, a. (Carp.)
Defn: Having an edge planed, — said of a board. Knight.
EDGEWAYS; EDGEWISEEdge"ways, Edge"wise, adv.
Defn: With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.
EDGINGEdg"ing, n.
1. That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden. Dryden.
2. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal. Edging machine, a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.
EDGINGLYEdg"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Gradually; gingerly. [R.]
EDGYEdg"y, a. Etym: [From Edge.]
1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
2. (Fine Arts)
Defn: Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.
EDHEdh, n.
Defn: The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter edh, capital form th in a similar word: oedher, other, dôedh, doth." March.
EDIBILITYEd`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
EDIBLEEd"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.]
Defn: Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. — n.
Defn: Anything edible. Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest,
2.— Edible crab (Zoöl.), any species of crab used as food, esp. theAmerican blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.— Edible frog (Zoöl.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta),used as food.— Edible snail (Zoöl.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatiaand H. aspersa of Europe.
EDIBLENESSEd"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Suitableness for being eaten.
EDICT E"dict, n. Etym: [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction.]
Defn: 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. It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak. 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 Law.
EDICTALE*dic"tal, a.
Defn: Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.
EDIFICANTEd"i*fi*cant, a. Etym: [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare.See Edify.]
Defn: Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.
EDIFICATIONEd`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. aedificatio: cf. F. édification. SeeEdify.]
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. The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.
2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] Bullokar.
EDIFICATORYEd"i*fi*ca`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.
EDIFICEEd"i*fice, n. Etym: [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice.See Edify.]
Defn: A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
EDIFICIALEd`i*fi"cial, a. Etym: [L. aedificialis.]
Defn: Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
EDIFIEREd"i*fi`er, n.
1. One who builds. [Obs.]
2. One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
EDIFYEd"i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.]Etym: [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., afireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ad,OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]
1. To build; to construct. [Archaic] There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser.
2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach. It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.
3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.
EDIFYEd"i*fy, v. i.
Defn: To improve. [R.] Swift.
EDIFYINGEd"i*fy`ing, a.
Defn: Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.— Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv.— Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.
EDILEE"dile, n. Etym: [L. aedilis: cf. F. édile. Cf. Ædile.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: See Ædile.
EDILESHIPE"dile*ship, n.
Defn: The office of ædile. T. Arnold.
EDINGTONITEEd"ing*ton*ite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
EDITEd"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] Etym:[F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth,publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.]
Defn: 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. Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.
EDITIONE*di"tion, n. Etym: [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition.See Edit.]
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.
2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
EDITION DE LUXEÉ`di`tion" de luxe". Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Luxe.
EDITIONERE*di`tion*er, n.
Defn: An editor. [Obs.]
EDITOR Ed"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. éditeur.]
Defn: One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
EDITORIALEd`i*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. editorial content
EDITORIALEd`i*to"ri*al, n.
Defn: A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
EDITORIALLYEd`i*to"ri*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
EDITORSHIPEd"i*tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
EDITRESSEd"i*tress, n.
Defn: A female editor.
EDITUATE E*dit"u*ate, v. t. Etym: [LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.]
Defn: To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
EDOMITEE"dom*ite, n.
Defn: One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
EDRIOPHTHALMAEd`ri*oph*thal"ma, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; theArthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]
EDRIOPHTHALMOUSEd`ri*oph*thal"mous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
EDUCABILITYEd`u*ca*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éducabilité.]
Defn: Capability of being educated.
EDUCABLEEd"u*ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. éducable.]
Defn: Capable of being educated. "Men are educable." M. Arnold.
EDUCATEEd"u*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated; p. pr. & vb. n. Educating.]Etym: [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physicallyor mentally, to educate, fr. educere to Educe.]
Defn: To bring 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.
EDUCATEDEd"u*ca`ted, a.
Defn: Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
EDUCATIONEd`u*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. educatio; cf. F. éducation.]
Defn: 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. To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.
Syn. — Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. 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.
EDUCATIONALEd`u*ca"tion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment."J. H. Newman.
EDUCATIONISTEd`u*ca"tion*ist, n.
Defn: One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
EDUCATIVEEd"u*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. éducatif.]
Defn: Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
EDUCATOREd"u*ca`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who educates; a teacher.
EDUCEE*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed; p. pr. & vb. n. Educing.] Etym:[L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.]
Defn: 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. The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope. They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold.
EDUCIBLEE*du"ci*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being educed.
EDUCTE"duct, n. Etym: [L. eductum, fr. educere.]
Defn: That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.
EDUCTIONE*duc"tion, n. Etym: [L. eductio.]
Defn: The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.
EDUCTIVEE*duc"tive, a.
Defn: Tending to draw out; extractive.
EDUCTORE*duc"tor, n. Etym: [L., tutor.]
Defn: One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin.
EDULCORANTE*dul"co*rant, a. Etym: [See Edulcorate.]
Defn: Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
EDULCORANTE*dul"co*rant, n.
Defn: An edulcorant remedy.