ELUSORY
ELU'SORY, adjective Tending to elude; tending to deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ELUTE
ELU'TE, verb transitive [Latin eluo, elutum; qu. e and lavo. See Elutriate.]To wash off; to cleanse.
ELUTRIATE
ELU'TRIATE, verb transitive [Latin elutrio.] To purify by washing; to cleanse by separating foul matter, and decanting or straining off the liquor. In chimistry, to pulverize an...
ELUTRIATED
ELU'TRIATED, participle passive Cleansed by washing and decantation.
ELUTRIATING
ELU'TRIATING, participle present tense Purifying by washing and decanting.
ELUTRIATION
ELUTRIA'TION, noun The operation of pulverizing a solid substance, mixing it with water, and pouring off the liquid, while the foul or extraneous substances are floating, or aft...
ELUXATE
ELUX'ATE, verb transitive [Latin eluxatus.] To dislocate. [See Luxate.]
ELUXATION
ELUXA'TION, noun The dislocation of a bone. [See Luxation.]
ELVELOCKS
ELVELOCKS. [See Elf-lock.]
ELVERS
ELV'ERS, noun Young eels; young congers or sea-eels.
ELVES
ELVES, plural of elf.
ELVISH
ELV'ISH, adjective More properly elfish, which see.
ELYSIAN
ELYS'IAN, adjective elyzh'un. [Latin elysius.] Pertaining to elysium or the seat of delight; yielding the highest pleasures; deliciously soothing; exceedingly delightful; as ely...
ELYSIUM
ELYS'IUM, noun elyzh'um. [Latin elysium] In ancient mythology, a place assigned to happy souls after death; a place in the lower regions, furnished with rich fields, groves, sha...
EM
'EM, A contraction of them.They took 'em.
EMACERATE
EMAC'ERATE, verb transitive To make lean. [Not in use.]
EMACIATE
EMA'CIATE, verb intransitive [Latin emacio, from maceo, or macer, lean; Gr. small; Eng. meager, meek.] To lose flesh gradually; to become lean by pining with sorrow, or by loss ...
EMACIATED
EMA'CIATED, participle passive Reduced to leanness by a gradual loss of flesh; thin; lean.
EMACIATING
EMA'CIATING, participle present tense Wasting the flesh gradually; making lean.
EMACIATION
EMACIA'TION, noun The act of making lean or thin in flesh; or a becoming lean by a gradual waste of flesh.1. The state of being reduced to leanness.
EMACULATE
EMAC'ULATE, verb transitive [infra.] To take spots from. [Little used.]
EMACULATION
EMACULA'TION, noun [Latin emaculo, from e and macula, a spot.]The act or operation of freeing from spots. [Little used.]
EMANANT
EM'ANANT, adjective [Latin emanans. See Emanate.] Issuing or flowing from.
EMANATE
EM'ANATE, verb intransitive [Latin emanano; e and mano, to flow.1. To issue from a source; to flow from; applied to fluids; as, light emanates from the sun; perspirable matter, ...
EMANATING
EM'ANATING, participle present tense Issuing or flowing from a fountain.
EMANATION
EMANA'TION, noun The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain-head or origin.1. That which issues, flows or proceeds from any source, substance or body; efflux; effluvium. L...
EMANATIVE
EM'ANATIVE, adjective Issuing from another.