Webster's Dictionary 1828

1621

EQUIVOROUS

EQUIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin equus, horse, and voro, to eat.]Feeding or subsisting on horse flesh.Equivorous Tartars.

1622

ER

ER, the termination of many English words, is the Teutonic form of the Latin or; the one contracted from wer, the other from vir, a man. It denotes an agent, originally of the m...

1623

ER-SELLER

FEATH'ER-SELLER, 'ER-SELLER, noun One who sells fethers for beds.

1624

ERA

E'RA, noun [Latin oera. The origin of the term is not obvious.]1. In chronology, a fixed point of time, from which any number of years is begun to be counted; as the Christian e...

1625

ERADIATE

ERA'DIATE, verb intransitive [Latin e and radio, to beam.]To shoot as rays of light; to beam.

1626

ERADIATION

ERADIA'TION, noun Emission of rays or beams of light; emission of light or splendor.

1627

ERADICATE

ERAD'ICATE, verb transitive [Latin eradico, from radix, root.]1. To pull up the roots, or by the roots. Hence, to destroy anything that grows; to extirpate; to destroy the roots...

1628

ERADICATED

ERAD'ICATED, participle passive Plucked up by the roots; extirpated; destroyed.

1629

ERADICATING

ERAD'ICATING, participle present tense Pulling up the roots of any thing; extirpating.

1630

ERADICATION

ERADICA'TION, noun The act of plucking up by the roots; extirpation; excision; total destruction.1. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

1631

ERADICATIVE

ERAD'ICATIVE, adjective That extirpates; that cures or destroys thoroughly.ERAD'ICATIVE, noun A medicine that effects a radical cure.

1632

ERASABLE

ERA'SABLE, adjective That may or can be erased.

1633

ERASE

ERA'SE, verb transitive [Latin erado, erasi; e and rado, to scrape; Heb. a graving tool.]1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved or painted; to effac...

1634

ERASED

ERA'SED, participle passive Rubbed or scratched out; obliterated; effaced.

1635

ERASEMENT

ERA'SEMENT, noun The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration; destruction.

1636

ERASING

ERA'SING, participle present tense Rubbing or scraping out; obliterating; destroying.

1637

ERASION

ERA'SION, noun s as z. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

1638

ERASTIAN

ERAS'TIAN, noun A follower of one Erastus, the leader of a religious sect, who denied the power of the church to discipline its members.

1639

ERASTIANISM

ERAS'TIANISM, noun The principles of the Erastians.

1640

ERASURE

ERA'SURE, noun era'zhur. The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.1. The place where a word or letter has been erased or obliterated.

1641

ERE

ERE, adverb Before; sooner than.ERE sails were spread new oceans to explore.The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. John 4:49.In these passages, ere is reall...

1642

EREBUS

ER'EBUS, noun [Latin erebus] In mythology, darkness; hence, the region of the dead; a deep and gloomy place; hell.

1643

ERECT

ERECT', adjective [Latin erectus, from erigo, to set upright; e and rego, to stretch or make straight, right, rectus. See Right.]1. Upright, or in a perpendicular posture; as, h...

1644

ERECTABLE

ERECT'ABLE, adjective That can be erected; as an erectable feather.

1645

ERECTED

ERECT'ED, participle passive Set in a straight and perpendicular direction; set upright; raised; built; established; elevated; animated; extended and distended.

1646

ERECTER

ERECT'ER, noun One that erects; one that raises or builds.

1647

ERECTING

ERECT'ING, participle present tense Raising and setting upright; building; founding; establishing; elevating; inciting; extending and distending.