The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 498
Ed"it (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing .] [F. \'82diter , or L. editus , p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.] To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper .
Philosophical treatises which have never been edited . Enfield.
Edition <Xpage=471>
E*di"tion (?) , n. [L. editio , fr. edere to publish; cf. F. \'82dition . See Edit .]
1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold .
\'90dition de luxe <Xpage=471>
\'90`di`tion" de luxe" (?) . [F.] See Luxe .
Editioner <Xpage=471>
E*di`tion*er (?) , n. An editor. [Obs.]
Editor <Xpage=471>
Ed"i*tor (?) , n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. \'82diteur .] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
Editorial <Xpage=471>
Ed`i*to"ri*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. <-- editorial content -->
Editorial <Xpage=471>
Ed`i*to"ri*al , n. A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
Editorially <Xpage=471>
Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly (?) , adv. In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
Editorship <Xpage=471>
Ed"i*tor*ship (?) , n. The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
Editress <Xpage=471>
Ed"i*tress (?) , n. A female editor.
Edituate <Xpage=471>
E*dit"u*ate (?) , v. t. [LL. aedituatus , p. p. of aedituare , fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.] To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.]
J. Gregory.
Edomite <Xpage=471>
E"dom*ite (?) , n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.
Edriophthalma <Xpage=471>
Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ steadfast + <?/ the eye.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata .]
Edriophthalmous <Xpage=471>
Ed`ri*oph*thal"mous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.
Educability <Xpage=471>
Ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. \'82ducabilit\'82 .] Capability of being educated.
Educable <Xpage=471>
Ed"u*ca*ble (?; 135) , a. [Cf. F. \'82ducable .] Capable of being educated. "Men are educable ."
M. Arnold.
Educate <Xpage=471>
Ed"u*cate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (?) .] [L. educatus , p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to <?/ed forth, bring up (a child). See Educe .] To bring <?/<?/<?/ or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
Educated <Xpage=471>
Ed"u*ca`ted (?) , a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man .
Education <Xpage=471>
Ed`u*ca"tion (?; 135) , n. [L. educatio ; cf. F. \'82ducation .] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education .
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.
Syn. -- Education , Instruction , Teaching , Training , Breeding . Education , properly a drawing forth , implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks . Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.
Educational <Xpage=471>
Ed`u*ca"tion*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment."
J. H. Newman.
Educationist <Xpage=471>
Ed`u*ca"tion*ist , n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.
Educative <Xpage=471>
Ed"u*ca*tive (?; 135) , a. [Cf. F. \'82ducatif .] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
Educator <Xpage=471>
Ed"u*ca`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.
Educe <Xpage=471>
E*duce" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Educed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?) .] [L. educere ; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke .] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter .
The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope.
They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold.
Educible <Xpage=471>
E*du"ci*ble (?) , a. Capable of being educed.
Educt <Xpage=471>
E"duct (?) , n. [L. eductum , fr. educere .] That which is educed, as by analysis.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Eduction <Xpage=471>
E*duc"tion (?) , n. [L. eductio .] The act of drawing out or bringing into view.
Eduction pipe , ∧ Eduction port . See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port , under Exhaust , a.
Eductive <Xpage=471>
E*duc"tive (?) , a. Tending to draw out; extractive.
Eductor <Xpage=471>
E*duc"tor (?) , n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin.
Edulcorant <Xpage=471>
E*dul"co*rant (?) , a. [See Edulcorate .] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.
Edulcorant <Xpage=471>
E*dul"co*rant , n. An edulcorant remedy.
Edulcorate <Xpage=471>
E*dul"co*rate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating .] [L. e ou<?/ + dulcoratus , p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. \'82dulcorer .]
1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.
2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
Edulcoration <Xpage=471>
E*dul`co*ra"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. \'82dulcoration .]
1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.]
Ure.
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Edulcorative <Xpage=472>
E*dul"co*ra*tive (?) , a. Tending to <?/weeten or purify by affusions of water.
Edulcorator <Xpage=472>
E*dul"co*ra`tor (?) , n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.
Edulious <Xpage=472>
E*du"li*ous (?) , a. [L. edulis , fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] " Edulious pulses."
Sir T. Browne.
-ee <Xpage=472>
-ee (?) . [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -\'82 , masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred ; as in assign ee , don ee , alien ee , grant ee , etc. It is correlative to -or , the agent or doer.
Eek, Eeke <Xpage=472>
Eek , Eeke (?) , v. t. See Eke . [Obs.]
Spenser.
Eel <Xpage=472>
Eel (?) , n. [AS. <?/l ; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal , Icel. \'bell , Sw. \'86l .] (Zo\'94l.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla . The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus . The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel , Electric eel , and Gymnotus .
Eelbuck <Xpage=472>
Eel"buck` (?) , n. An eelpot or eel basket.
Eelfare <Xpage=472>
Eel"fare` (?) , n. [ Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zo\'94l.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]
Eelgrass <Xpage=472>
Eel"grass` (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant ( Zostera marina ), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.
Eel-mother <Xpage=472>
Eel"-moth`er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The eelpout.
Eelpot <Xpage=472>
Eel"pot` (?) , n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
Eelpout <Xpage=472>
Eel"pout` (?) , n. [AS. <?/lepute .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A European fish ( Zoarces viviparus ), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone , guffer , bard , and Maroona eel . Also, an American species ( Z. anguillaris ), -- called also mutton fish , and, erroneously, congo eel , ling , and lamper eel . Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
Eelspear <Xpage=472>
Eel"spear` (?) , n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
E'en <Xpage=472>
E'en (?) , adv. A contraction for even . See Even .
I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange.
Een <Xpage=472>
Een (?) , n. The old plural of Eye .
And eke with fatness swollen were his een . Spenser.
E'er <Xpage=472>
E'er (?; 277) , adv. A contraction for ever . See Ever .
Eerie, Eery <Xpage=472>
Ee"rie , Ee"ry (?) , a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories .
She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted.
Burns.
Eerily <Xpage=472>
Ee"ri*ly (?) , adv. In a strange, unearthly way.
Eerisome <Xpage=472>
Ee"ri*some (?) , a. Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.]
Eet <Xpage=472>
Eet (?) , obs. imp. of Eat .
Chaucer.
Effable <Xpage=472>
Ef"fa*ble (?) , a. [L. effabilis ; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.
Barrow.
Efface <Xpage=472>
Ef*face" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effaced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?) .] [F. effacer ; pref. es- (L. ex ) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face , and cf. Deface .]
1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin .
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon.
Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface , Deface . To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.
Effaceable <Xpage=472>
Ef*face"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being effaced.
Effacement <Xpage=472>
Ef*face"ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. effacement .] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.
Effascinate <Xpage=472>
Ef*fas"ci*nate (?) , v. t. [L. effascinare .] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.]
Heywood.
Effascination <Xpage=472>
Ef*fas`ci*na"tion (?) , n. [L. effascinatio .] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]
Effect <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect" (?) , n. [L. effectus , fr. efficere , effectum , to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet , formerly also spelled effect . See Fact .]
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May .
That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. Shak.
2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
All the large effects That troop with majesty. Shak.
3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause ; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury .
The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. Whewell.
4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect . J. C. Shairp.
The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving.
5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect .
6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to .
They spake to her to that effect . 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.
7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his intent."
Chaucer.
8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
No other in effect than what it seems. Denham.
9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects .
For effect , for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect , in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Of no effect , Of none effect , To no effect , ∨ Without effect , destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition." Mark vii. 13 . "All my study be to no effect ." Shak . -- To give effect to , to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. -- To take effect , to become operative, to accomplish aims.
Shak.
Syn. -- Effect , Consequence , Result . These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect , which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences , but can rarely discover its final results .
Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results , into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Cowper.
Shun the bitter consequence , for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. Milton.
Effect <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting .]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
So great a body such exploits to effect . Daniel.
2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed. Bp. Hurd.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose. Jowett (Th. ).
Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish .
Effecter <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect"er (?) , n. One who effects.
Effectible <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible.
Sir T. Browne.
Effection <Xpage=472>
Ef*fec"tion (?) , n. [L. effectio : cf. F. effection .] Creation; a doing. [R.]
Sir M. Hale.
Effective <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect"ive (?) , a. [L. effectivus : cf. F. effectif .] Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them. Bacon.
Whosoever is an effective , real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual .
Effective <Xpage=472>
Ef*fect"ive , n. 1. That which produces a given effect; a cause.
Jer. Taylor.
2. One who is capable of active service.
He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth. W. P. Johnston.