ELEPHANTS-FOOT
ELEPHANT'S-FOOT, noun A plant, the Elephantopus.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ELEUSINIAN
ELEUSIN'IAN, adjective Relating to Eleusis in Greece; as eleusinian mysteries or festivals, the festivals and mysteries of Ceres.
ELEVATE
EL'EVATE, verb transitive [Latin elevo; e and levo, to raise; Eng. to lift. See Lift.]1. To raise, in a literal and general sense; to raise from a low or deep place to a higher....
ELEVATED
EL'EVATED, participle passive Raised; exalted; dignified; elated; excited; made more acute or more loud, as sound.
ELEVATING
EL'EVATING, participle present tense Raising; exalting; dignifying; elating; cheering.
ELEVATION
ELEVA'TION, noun [Latin elevatio.] The act of raising or conveying from a lower or deeper place to a higher.1. The act of exalting in rank, degree or condition; as the elevation...
ELEVATOR
EL'EVATOR, noun One who raises, lifts or exalts.1. In anatomy, a muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the lip or the eye.2. A surgical instrument for raising a de...
ELEVATORY
EL'EVATORY, noun An instrument used in trepanning, for raising a depressed or fractured part of the skull.
ELEVE
ELE'VE, noun One brought up or protected by another.
ELEVEN
ELEV'EN, adjective elev'n. Ten and one added; as eleven men.
ELEVENTH
ELEV'ENTH, adjective The next in order to the tenth; as the eleventh chapter.
ELF
ELF, nounplural elves.1. A wandering spirit; a fairy; a hobgoblin; an imaginary being which our rude ancestors supposed to inhabit unfrequented places, and in various ways to af...
ELF-ARROW
ELF'-ARROW, noun A name given to flints in the shape of arrow-heads, vulgarly supposed to be shot by fairies.
ELF-LOCK
ELF'-LOCK, noun A knot of hair twisted by elves.
ELFIN
ELF'IN, adjective Relating or pertaining to elves.ELF'IN, noun A little urchin.
ELFISH
ELF'ISH, adjective Resembling elves; clad in disguise.
ELICIT
ELIC'IT, verb transitive [Latin elicio; e or ex and lacio, to allure.]1. To draw out; to bring to light; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.2. To...
ELICITATION
ELICITA'TION, noun The act of eliciting; the act of drawing out.
ELICITED
ELIC'ITED, participle passive Brought or drawn out; struck out.
ELICITING
ELIC'ITING, participle present tense Drawing out; bringing to light; striking out.
ELIDE
ELI'DE, verb transitive [Latin elido; e and loedo.] To break or dash in pieces; to crush. [Not used.]1. To cut off a syllable.
ELIGIBILITY
ELIGIBIL'ITY, noun [from eligible] Worthiness or fitness to be chosen; the state or quality of a thing which renders it preferable to another, or desirable.1. The state of being...
ELIGIBLE
EL'IGIBLE, adjective [Latin eligo, to choose or select; e and lego.]1. Fit to be chosen; worthy of choice, preferable.In deep distress, certainty is more eligible than suspense....
ELIGIBLENESS
EL'IGIBLENESS, noun Fitness to be chosen in preference to another; suitableness; desirableness.
ELIGIBLY
EL'IGIBLY, adverb In a manner to be worthy of choice; suitably.
ELIMINATE
ELIM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold.]1. To thrust out of doors.2. To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty.Th...
ELIMINATED
ELIM'INATED, participle passive Expelled; thrown off; discharged.