Elicitate
E‐lic″i‐tate (?), v. t. To elicit.
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Elicitation
E‐lic′i‐ta″tion (?), n. The act of eliciting. Abp. Bramhall.
Elide
E‐lide″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Elided; p. pr. & vb. n.Eliding.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. élider. See Lesion.] 1. To break or da...
Eligibility
El′i‐gi‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. éligibilité.] The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.
Eligible
El″i‐gi‐ble (?), a. [F. éligible, fr. L. eligere. See Elect.] 1. That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.2. Wo...
Eligibleness
El″i‐gi‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.
Eligibly
El″i‐gi‐bly, adv. In an eligible manner.
Elimate
El″i‐mate (?), v. t. [L. elimatus, p. p. of elimare to file up; e out + limare to file, fr. lima file.] To render smooth; to polish.
Eliminant
E‐lim″i‐nant (?), n.(Math.) The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; — called also resultant.
Eliminate
E‐lim″i‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Eliminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Eliminating (?).] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. ...
Elimination
E‐lim′i‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. élimination.] 1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances throug...
Eliminative
E‐lim″i‐na‐tive (?), a.(Physiol.) Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
Elinguate
E‐lin″guate (?), v. t. [L. elinguare.] To deprive of the tongue. Davies (Holy Roode).
Elinguation
E′lin‐gua″tion (?), n. [L. elinguatio. See Elinguid.] (O. Eng. Law) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Elinguid
E‐lin″guid (?), a. [L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue.] Tongue-tied; dumb.
Eliquament
E‐liq″ua‐ment (?), n. A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.
Eliquation
El′i‐qua″tion (?), n. [L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.] (Metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less...
Elison
E‐li″son (?), n. [L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. élision. See Elide.] 1. Division; separation. Bacon.2. (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel ...
Elisor
E‐li″sor (?), n. [F. éliseur, fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] (Eng. Law) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a ...
Élite
‖É′lite″ (?), n. [F., fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.
Élite (2)
‖É′lite″ (ā′lēt″), n. See Army organization, Switzerland.
Elix
E‐lix″ (?), v. t. [See Elixate.] To extract. Marston.
Elixate
E‐lix″ate (?), v. t. [L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.] To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or ...
Elixation
El′ix‐a″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. élixation.] A seething; digestion. Burton.
Elixir
E‐lix″ir (?), n. [F. élixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliksīr the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. � dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. kshā to burn.] 1. (Med.) A tincture w...
Elizabethan
E‐liz″a‐beth′an (?), a. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. — n. One...
Elk
Elk (?), n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zoöl.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alc...