Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EJULATION

EJULA'TION, noun [Latin ejulatio, from ejulo, to cry, to yell, to wail.]Outcry; a wailing; a loud cry expressive of grief or pain; mourning; lamentation.

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EKE

EKE, verb transitive [Latin augeo.]1. To increase; to enlarge; as, to eke a store of provisions.2. To add to; to supply what is wanted; to enlarge by addition; sometimes with ou...

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EKED

E'KED, participle passive Increased; lengthened.

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EKERBERGITE

EKERBERG'ITE, noun [from Ekeberg.] A mineral, supposed to be a variety of scapolite.

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EKING

E'KING, participle present tense Increasing; augmenting; lengthening.E'KING, noun Increase or addition.

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ELABORATE

ELAB'ORATE, verb transitive [Latin elaboro, from laboro, labor. See Labor.]1. To produce with labor.They in full joy elaborate a sigh.2. To improve or refine by successive opera...

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ELABORATED

ELAB'ORATED, participle passive Produced with labor or study; improved.

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ELABORATELY

ELAB'ORATELY, adverb With great labor or study; with nice regard to exactness.

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ELABORATENESS

ELAB'ORATENESS, noun The quality of being elaborate or wrought with great labor.

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ELABORATING

ELAB'ORATING, participle present tense Producing with labor; improving; refining by successive operations.

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ELABORATION

ELABORA'TION, noun Improvement or refinement by successive operations.

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ELAIN

ELA'IN, noun [Gr. oily.] The oily or liquid principle of oils and fats.

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ELAMPING

ELAMP'ING, adjective [See Lamp.] Shining. [Not in use.]

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ELANCE

EL'ANCE, verb transitive To throw or shoot; to hurl; to dart.While thy unerring hand elanced--a dart.

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ELAND

E'LAND, noun A species of heavy, clumsy antelope in Africa.

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ELAOLITE

ELA'OLITE, noun [Gr. olive.] A mineral, called also fettstein [fat-stone.] from its greasy appearance. It has a crystalline structure, more or less distinctly foliated in direct...

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ELAPSE

ELAPSE, verb intransitive elaps'. [Latin elapsus, from elabor, labor, to slide.]To slide away; to slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; applied chiefly or wholly t...

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ELAPSED

ELAPS'ED, participle passive Slid or passed away, as time.

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ELAPSING

ELAPS'ING, participle present tense Sliding away; gliding or passing away silently, as time.

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ELASTIC

ELAS'TICELAS'TICAL, adjective [from the Gr. to impel, to drive.] Springing back; having the power of returning to the form from which it is bent, extended, pressed or distorted;...

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ELASTICAL

ELAS'TICAL, a. [from the Gr. to impel, to drive.] Springing back; having the power of returning to the form from which it is bent, extended, pressed or distorted; having the inh...

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ELASTICALLY

ELAS'TICALLY, adverb In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.

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ELASTICITY

ELASTIC'ITY, noun The inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or state, after external pressure, tension or distortion. Thus elastic gum, extended,...

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ELATE

ELA'TE, adjective [Latin elatus.] Raised; elevated in mind; flushed, as with success. Whence, lofty; haughty; as elate with victory. [It is used chiefly in poetry.]ELA'TE, verb ...

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ELATED

ELA'TED, participle passive Elevated in mind or spirits; puffed up, as with honor, success or prosperity. We say, elated with success; elated with pride. [This is used in prose.]

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ELATEDLY

ELA'TEDLY, adverb With elation.

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ELATERIUM

ELATE'RIUM, noun A substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium wild cucumber. It is in thin cakes of a greenish color and bitter taste, and is a pow...