Webster's Dictionary 1828

1540

EPULARY

EP'ULARY, adjective [Latin epularis, from epulum, a feast.] Pertaining to a feast or banquet.

1541

EPULATION

EPULA'TION, adjective [Latin eppulatio, from epulor, to feast.] A feasting or feast.

1542

EPULOTIC

EPULOT'IC, adjective [Gr. to heal, to cicatrize; a cicatrix, to be sound, whole.] Healing; cicatrizing.EPULOT'IC, noun A medicament or application which tends to dry, cicatrize ...

1543

EQUABILITY

EQUABIL'ITY, noun [See Equable.] Equality in motion; continued equality, at all times, in velocity or movement; uniformity; as the equability of the motion of a heavenly body, o...

1544

EQUABLE

E'QUABLE, adjective [Latin oequabilis, from oequus, equal, even, oeguo, to equal, to level.]1. Equal and uniform at all times, as motion. An equable motion continues the same in...

1545

EQUABLY

E'QUABLY, adverb With an equal or uniform motion; with continued uniformity; evenly; as, bodies moving equably in concentriccircles.

1546

EQUAL

E'QUAL, adjective [Latin oegualis, from oequus, equal even, oeguo, to equal perhaps Gr. similar.]1. Having the same magnitude or dimensions; being of the same bulk or extent; as...

1547

EQUALITY

EQUAL'ITY, noun [Latin oequalitas.] An agreement of things in dimensions, quantity or quality; likeness; similarity in regard to two things compared. We speak of the equality of...

1548

EQUALIZATION

EQUALIZA'TION, noun The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.

1549

EQUALIZE

E'QUALIZE, verb transitive To make equal; as, to equalize accounts; to equalize burdens or taxes.

1550

EQUALIZED

E'QUALIZED, participle passive Made equal; reduced to equality.

1551

EQUALIZING

E'QUALIZING, participle present tense Making equal.

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EQUALLY

E'QUALLY, adverb In the same degree with another; alike; as, to be equally taxed; to be equally virtuous or vicious; to be equally impatient, hungry, thirsty, swift or slow; to ...

1553

EQUALNESS

E'QUALNESS, noun Equality; a state of being equal.1. Evenness; uniformity; as the equalness of a surface.

1554

EQUANGULAR

EQUAN'GULAR, adjective [Latin oequus and angulus.] Consisting of equal angles. [See Equiangular, which is generally used.]

1555

EQUANIMITY

EQUANIM'ITY, noun [Latin oequanimitas; oequus and animus, an equal mind.] Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed, which s...

1556

EQUANIMOUS

EQUAN'IMOUS, adjective Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.

1557

EQUATION

EQUA'TION, noun [Latin oequatio, from oequo, to make equal or level.]1. Literally, a making equal, or an equal division.2. In algebra, a proposition asserting the equality of tw...

1558

EQUATOR

EQUA'TOR, noun [Latin from oequo, to make equal.] In astronomy and geography, a great circle of the sphere, equally distant from the two poles of the world, or having the same p...

1559

EQUATORIAL

EQUATO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to the equator; as equatorial climates. The equatorial diameter of the earth is longer than the polar diameter.

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EQUERY

E'QUERY, noun [Low Latin scutarius, from scutum, a shield. See Esquire.]1. An officer of princes, who has the care and management of his horses.2. A stable or lodge for horses.

1561

EQUESTRIAN

EQUES'TRIAN, adjective [Latin equester, equestris, from eques, a horseman, from eqnus, a horse.]1. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship; performed with horses; as equestrian fea...

1562

EQUIANGULAR

EQUIAN'GULAR, adjective [Latin oequus, equal, and angulus, an angle.]In geometry, consisting of or having equal angles; an epithet given to figures whose angles are all equal, s...

1563

EQUIBALANCE

EQUIBAL'ANCE, noun [Latin oequus and bilanx.] Equal weight.EQUIBAL'ANCE, verb transitive To have equal weight with something.

1564

EQUICRURAL

EQUICRU'RAL, adjective [Latin oequus, equal and crus, a leg.] Having legs of equal length.1. Having equal legs, but longer than the base; isosceles; as an equicrural triangle.

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EQUIDIFFERENT

EQUIDIF'FERENT, adjective Having equal differences; arithmetically proportional.In crystalography, having a different number of faces presented by the prism and by each summit; ...

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EQUIDISTANCE

EQUIDIS'TANCE, noun Equal distance.