Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ECLAIRCISE

ECLA'IRCISE, verb transitive To make clear; to explain; to clear up what is not understood or misunderstood.

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ECLAIRCISSEMENT

ECLA'IRCISSEMENT, noun Explanation; the clearing up of any thing not before understood.

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ECLAMPSY

ECLAMP'SY, noun [Gr. a shining, to shine.] A flashing of light, a symptom of epilepsy. Hence, epilepsy itself.

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ECLAT

ECLAT, noun ecla.1. Primarily, a burst of applause; acclamation. Hence, applause; approbation; renown.2. Splendor; show; pomp.

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ECLECTIC

ECLEC'TIC, adjective [Gr. to choose.] Selecting; choosing; an epithet given to certain philosophers of antiquity, who did not attach themselves to any particular sect, but selec...

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ECLECTICALLY

ECLEC'TICALLY, adverb By way of choosing or selecting; in the manner of the eclectical philosophers.

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ECLEGM

ECLEGM', noun [Gr.] A medicine made by the incorporation of oils with syrups.

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ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE, noun eclips'. [Latin eclipsis; Gr. defect, to fail, to leave.]1. Literally, a defect or failure; hence in astronomy, an interception or obscuration of the light of the ...

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ECLIPSED

ECLIPS'ED, participle passive Concealed; darkened; obscured; disgraced.

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ECLIPSING

ECLIPS'ING, participle present tense Concealing; obscuring; darkening; clouding.

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ECLIPTIC

ECLIP'TIC, noun [Gr. to fail or be defective; Latin eclipticus, linea ecliptica, the ecliptic line, or line in which eclipses are suffered.]1. A great circle of the sphere suppo...

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ECLOGUE

EC'LOGUE, noun ec'log. [Gr. choice, to select.] Literally, a select piece. Hence, in poetry, a pastoral composition, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other...

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ECONOMIC

ECONOM'ICECONOM'ICAL, adjective [See Economy.] Pertaining to the regulation of household concerns; as the economic art.1. Managing domestic or public pecuniary concerns with fru...

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ECONOMICAL

ECONOM'ICAL, a. [See Economy.] Pertaining to the regulation of household concerns; as the economic art.1. Managing domestic or public pecuniary concerns with frugality; as an ec...

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ECONOMICALLY

ECONOM'ICALLY, adverb With economy; with frugality.

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ECONOMIST

ECON'OMIST, noun One who manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time or labor judiciously, and without waste.1. One who writes on economy; the...

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ECONOMIZE

ECON'OMIZE, verb intransitive To manage pecuniary concerns with frugality; to make a prudent use of money, or of the means of saving or acquiring property. It is our duty to eco...

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ECONOMIZED

ECON'OMIZED, participle passive Used with frugality.

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ECONOMIZING

ECONOMIZING, participle present tense Using with frugality.

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ECONOMY

ECON'OMY, noun [Latin oeconomia; Gr. house, and law, rule.]1. Primarily, the management, regulation and government of a family or the concerns of a household.2. The management o...

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ECPHRACTIC

ECPHRAC'TIC, adjective [Gr.] In medicine, deobstruent; attenuating.ECPHRAC'TIC, noun A medicine which dissolves or attenuates viscid matter, and removes obstructions.

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ECSTASIED

EC'STASIED, adjective [See Ecstasy.] Enraptured; ravished; transported; delighted.

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ECSTASY

EC'STASY, noun [Gr. to stand.]1. Primarily, a fixed state; a trance; a state in which the mind is arrested and fixed, or as we say, lost; a state in which the functions of the s...

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ECSTATIC

ECSTAT'ICECSTAT'ICAL, adjective Arresting the mind; suspending the senses; entrancing.In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecstatic fit.1. Rapturous; transporting; ravishing; del...

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ECSTATICAL

ECSTAT'ICAL, a. Arresting the mind; suspending the senses; entrancing.In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecstatic fit.1. Rapturous; transporting; ravishing; delightful beyond m...

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ECTYPAL

EC'TYPAL, adjective [infra.] Taken from the original.

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ECTYPE

EC'TYPE, adjective [Gr.] A copy.]Not used.]