EPIRHIZOUS, ep-i-r[=i]'zus, _adj._ growing on a root.
EPISCOPACY, e-pis'ko-pas-i, _n._ the government of the church by bishops:
the office of a bishop: the period of office: the bishops, as a
class.--_adj._ EPIS'COPAL, governed by bishops: belonging to or vested in
bishops.--_adj._ EPISCOP[=A]'LIAN, belonging to bishops, or government by
bishops.--_n._ one who belongs to the Episcopal Church.--_n._
EPISCOP[=A]'LIANISM, episcopalian government and doctrine.--_adv._
EPIS'COPALLY.--_ns._ EPIS'COPANT (_Milt._); EPIS'COPATE, a bishopric: the
office of a bishop: the order of bishops.--_v.i._ (_Milt._) to act as a
bishop.--_v.t._ EPIS'COP[=I]SE.--_n._ EPIS'COPY (_Milt._), survey,
superintendence. [L. _episcopatus_--Gr. _episkopos_, an overseer.]
EPISEMON, ep-i-s[=e]'mon, _n._ the characteristic device of a city, &c.:
one of three obsolete Greek letters used as numerals--[vau], vau; [koppa],
koppa; and [san], san, sampi.
EPISODE, ep'i-s[=o]d, _n._ a story introduced into a narrative or poem to
give variety: an interesting incident.--_adjs._ EP'IS[=O]DAL,
EPIS[=O]'DIAL, EPIS[=O]D'IC, EPIS[=O]D'ICAL, pertaining to or contained in
an episode: brought in as a digression.--_adv._ EPIS[=O]D'ICALLY, by way of
episode: incidentally. [Gr. _epeisodion_--_epi_, upon, _eisodos_, a coming
in--_eis_, into, _hodos_, a way.]
EPISPASTIC, ep-i-spas'tik, _adj._ producing a blister on the skin.--_n._ a
blister.
EPISPERM, ep'i-sp[.e]rm, _n._ the outer integument of a seed. [Gr. _epi_,
upon, and _sperma_, seed.]
EPISTAXIS, ep-is-tak'sis, _n._ bleeding from the nose.
EPISTEMOLOGY, ep-is-t[=e]-mol'oj-i, _n._ the theory of knowledge.--_adj._
EPISTEMOLOG'ICAL. [Gr. _epist[=e]m[=e]_, knowledge, _logia_, discourse.]
EPISTERNUM, ep-i-ster'num, _n._ the interclavicle: the epiplastron: the
presternum of mammals.--_adj._ EPISTER'NAL.
EPISTILBITE, ep-i-stil'b[=i]t, _n._ a whitish hydrous silicate of
aluminium, calcium, and sodium.
EPISTLE, e-pis'l, _n._ a writing sent to one, a letter: esp. a letter to an
individual or church from an apostle, as the Epistles of Paul: the extract
from one of the apostolical epistles read as part of the communion
service.--_v.i._ (_Milt._) to preface.--_ns._ EPIS'TLER, EPIS'TOLER, a
letter-writer; EPIS'TLER, one who reads the liturgical epistle in the
communion service.--_adjs._ EPIS'TOLARY, EPIS'TOLATORY, EPISTOL'IC, -AL,
pertaining to or consisting of epistles or letters: suitable to an epistle:
contained in letters.--_n._ EPIS'TOLET, a short letter.--_v.i._
EPIS'TOLISE, to write a letter.--_ns._ EPIS'TOLIST, a writer of letters;
EPISTOLOG'RAPHY, letter-writing. [O. Fr.,--L. _epistola_--Gr.
_epistol[=e]_--_epi_, _stellein_, to send.]
EPISTROPHE, e-pis'tr[=o]-f[=e], _n._ (_rhet._) a form of repetition in
which successive clauses end with the same word, as in 2 Cor. xi. 22: a
refrain in music.
EPISTYLE, ep'i-st[=i]l, _n._ Same as ARCHITRAVE. [Gr. _epi_, upon,
_stylos_, a pillar.]
EPITAPH, ep'i-taf, _n._ a commemorative inscription on a tombstone or
monument.--_v.t._ to write an epitaph upon.--_adjs._ EPITAPH'IAN,
EPITAPH'IC.--_n._ EP'ITAPHIST, a writer of epitaphs. [Gr.
_epitaphion_--_epi_, upon, _taphos_, a tomb.]
EPITASIS, e-pit'a-sis, _n._ the main action of a Greek drama, leading to
the catastrophe--opp. to _Protasis_.
EPITHALAMIUM, ep-i-tha-l[=a]'mi-um, _n._ a song or poem in celebration of a
marriage.--_adj._ EPITHALAM'IC. [Gr. _epithalamion_--_epi_, upon,
_thalamos_, a bedchamber, marriage.]
EPITHELIUM, ep-i-th[=e]'li-um, _n._ the cell-tissue which invests the outer
surface of the body and the mucous membranes connected with it, and also
the closed cavities of the body.--_adj._ EPITH[=E]'LIAL.--_n._
EPITHELI[=O]'MA, carcinoma of the skin.--_adj._ EPITHELIOM'ATOUS.
[Gr.,--_epi_, upon, _th[=e]l[=e]_, nipple.]
EPITHEM, ep'i-them, _n._ (_med._) a soft external application. [Gr.
_epithema_--_epi_, upon, _tithenai_, to place.]
EPITHET, ep'i-thet, _n._ an adjective expressing some real quality of the
thing to which it is applied, or an attribute expressing some quality
ascribed to it: (_Shak._) term, expression.--_v.t._ to term.--_adj._
EPITHET'IC, pertaining to an epithet: abounding with epithets.--_n._
EPITH'ETON (_Shak._), epithet. [Gr. _epithetos_, added--_epi_, on,
_tithenai_, to place.]
EPITHYMETIC, ep-i-thim-et'ik, _adj._ pertaining to desire. [Gr.,--_epi_,
upon, _thymos_, the soul.]
EPITOME, e-pit'o-me, _n._ an abridgment or short summary of anything, as of
a book.--_adj._ EPITOM'ICAL, like an epitome.--_v.t._ EPIT'OMISE, to make
an epitome of: to shorten: to condense.--_ns._ EPIT'OMISER, EPIT'OMIST, one
who abridges.--IN EPITOME, on a small scale. [Gr.,--_epi_, _temnein_, to
cut.]
EPITONIC, ep-i-ton'ik, _adj._ overstrained. [Gr.,--_epi_, upon, _teinein_,
to stretch.]
EPITRITE, ep'i-tr[=i]t, _n._ (_pros._) a foot made up of three long
syllables and one short. [L.,--Gr.,--_epi_, in addition, _tritos_, the
third.]
EPIZEUXIS, ep-i-z[=u]k'sis, _n._ (_rhet._) the immediate repetition of a
word for emphasis. [Gr.]
EPIZOON, ep-i-z[=o]'on, _n._ a parasitic animal that lives on the bodies of
other animals and derives its nourishment from the skin--also
EPIZ[=O]'AN:--_pl._ EPIZ[=O]'A.--_adj._ EPIZOOT'IC, pertaining to epizoa:
(_geol._) containing fossil remains: epidemic, as applied to animals. [Gr.
_epi_, upon, _z[=o]on_, an animal.]
EPOCH, ep'ok, or [=e]'-, _n._ a point of time fixed or made remarkable by
some great event from which dates are reckoned: a period remarkable for
important events: (_astron._) the mean heliocentric longitude of a planet
in its orbit at any given time.--_adjs._ EP'OCHAL;
EP'OCH-M[=A]'KING.--MAKE, MARK, AN EPOCH, to begin an important era. [Gr.
_epoch[=e]_--_epechein_, to stop--_epi_, upon, _echein_, to hold.]
EPODE, ep'[=o]d, _n._ a kind of lyric poem invented by Archilochus, in
which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one: the last part of a lyric
ode, sung after the strophe and antistrophe.--_adj._ EPOD'IC. [Gr.
_ep[=o]dos_--_epi_, on, _[=o]d[=e]_, an ode.]
EPONYM, ep'o-nim, _n._ a mythical personage created to account for the name
of a tribe or people: a special title.--_adj._ EPON'YMOUS. [Gr. _epi_,
upon, to, _onoma_, a name.]
EPOPEE, ep'o-p[=e], EPOPOEIA, ep-o-p[=e]'ya, _n._ epic poetry: an epic
poem. [Formed from Gr. _epopoiia_--_epos_, a word, an epic poem, _poiein_,
to make.]
EPOPT, ep'opt, _n._ one initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries. [Gr.
_epi_, upon, and root _op-_, to see.]
EPOS, ep'os, _n._ the elementary stage of epic poetry: an epic poem: a
series of events such as are treated in epic poetry. [L.,--Gr. _epos_, a
word.]
EPROUVETTE, ep-roov-et', _n._ a machine for testing the strength of
gunpowder. [Fr.,--_éprouver_, to try.]
EPSOM, ep'sum, _n._ a useful purgative medicine, acting as a refrigerant,
and sometimes as a diuretic.--Also EP'SOM-SALT. [From _Epsom_, a town in
Surrey.]
EPULOTIC, ep-[=u]-lot'ik, _adj._ cicatrising.--_n._ a cicatrising
medicament.
EQUABLE, [=e]'kwa-bl, or ek'wa-bl, _adj._ equal and uniform: smooth: not
variable: of even temper.--_ns._ EQUABIL'ITY, E'QUABLENESS, the state or
condition of being equable.--_adv._ E'QUABLY. [L.
_æquabilis_--_æqu[=a]re_--_æquus_, equal.]
EQUAL, [=e]'kwal, _adj._ identical: of the same value: adequate: in just
proportion: fit: equable: uniform: equitable: evenly balanced: just.--_n._
one of the same age, rank, &c.--_v.t._ to be, or to make, equal
to:--_pr.p._ [=e]'qualling; _pa.p._ [=e]'qualled.--_n._ EQUALIS[=A]'TION,
the act of making equal: state of being equalised.--_v.t._ E'QUALISE, to
make equal.--_adj._ and _n._ EQUALIT[=A]R'IAN, of or pertaining to the
equality of mankind.--_n._ EQUAL'ITY, the condition of being equal:
sameness: evenness.--_adv._ E'QUALLY.--_n._ E'QUALNESS, the state of being
equal: evenness: uniformity.--_v.t._ EQU[=A]TE', to reduce to an average or
to a common standard of comparison: to regard as equal:--_pr.p._
equ[=a]t'ing; _pa.p._ equ[=a]t'ed.--_ns._ EQU[=A]'TION, the act of making
equal: (_alg._) a statement of the equality of two quantities: reduction to
a mean proportion; EQU[=A]'TOR (_geog._), a great circle passing round the
middle of the globe and dividing it into two equal parts: (_astron._) the
equinoctial.--_adj._ EQUAT[=O]'RIAL, of or pertaining to the equator.--_n._
an instrument for observing and following a celestial body in any part of
its diurnal course.--_adv._ EQUAT[=O]'RIALLY, so as to have motion or
direction parallel to the equator.--EQUAL TO THE OCCASION, fit or able for
an emergency.--EQUATION OF TIME, the reduction from mean solar time to
apparent solar time.--AN EQUAL (_Spens._), a state of equality.--PERSONAL
EQUATION, any error common to all the observations of some one person, any
tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some
person for which allowance must be made. [L. _æqualis_--_æqu[=a]re_, to
make equal--_æquus_, equal.]
EQUANIMITY, [=e]-kwa-nim'i-ti, _n._ equality or evenness of mind or
temper.--_adj._ EQUAN'IMOUS.--_adv._ EQUAN'IMOUSLY. [L.
_æquanimitas_--_æquus_, equal, _animus_, the mind.]
EQUERRY, ek'we-ri, _n._ in the royal household, an official under the
Master of the Horse, whose main duty is to accompany the sovereign when
riding in state. [Fr. _écurie_--Low L. _scuria_, a stable--Old High Ger.
_scûr_ (Ger. _scheuer_), a shed.]
EQUESTRIAN, e-kwes'tri-an, _adj._ pertaining to horses or horsemanship: on
horseback.--_n._ one who rides on horseback:--_fem._ EQUESTRIENNE'.--_n._
EQUES'TRIANISM, horsemanship. [L. _equester_, _equestris_--_eques_, a
horseman--_equus_, a horse.]
EQUI-, [=e]'kwi, a prefix meaning equal, from L. _æquus_.--_adj._
EQUIAN'GULAR, consisting of or having equal angles.--_n._ EQUIBAL'ANCE,
equal weight.--_adjs._ EQUIDIFF'ERENT, having equal differences;
EQUIDIS'TANT, equally distant.--_adv._ EQUIDIS'TANTLY.--_adj._
EQUILAT'ERAL, having all sides equal.--_v.t._ EQUIL[=I]'BR[=A]TE, to
balance: to counterpoise.--_ns._ EQUILIBR[=A]'TION; EQUILIB'RITY,
EQUILIB'RIUM, equal balancing: equality of weight or force: level position;
EQUIMUL'TIPLE, a number multiplied by the same number as another.--_adj._
EQUIP[=E]'DAL, equal-footed.--_ns._ EQUIPEN'DENCY, act of hanging in
equipoise; E'QUIPOISE, equality of weight or force: the state of a balance
when the two weights are equal.--_v.t._ to counterbalance.--_n._
EQUIS[=O]'NANCE, the consonance which exists between octaves.--_adj._
E'QUIVALVE, having valves equal in size or form.
EQUINE, [=e]'kw[=i]n, EQUINAL, [=e]-kw[=i]n'al, _adj._ pertaining to a
horse or horses.--_n._ EQUIN'IA, horse-pox, glanders, farcy. [L.
_equinus_--_equus_, a horse.]
EQUINOX, [=e]'kwi-noks, _n._ the time when the sun crosses the equator,
making the night equal in length to the day, about 21st March and 23d
Sept.--_adj._ EQUINOC'TIAL, pertaining to the equinoxes, the time of the
equinoxes, or to the regions about the equator.--_n._ a great circle in the
heavens corresponding to the equator of the earth.--_adv._ EQUINOC'TIALLY,
in the direction of the equinox.--EQUINOCTIAL GALES, high gales popularly
supposed to prevail about the times of the equinoxes--the belief is
unsupported by observation. [L. _æquus_, equal, _nox_, _noctis_, night.]
EQUIP, e-kwip', _v.t._ to fit out: to furnish with everything needed for
any service or work:--_pr.p._ equip'ping; _pa.p._ equipped'.--_n._
E'QUIP[=A]GE, that with which one is equipped: furniture required for any
service, as that of a soldier, &c.: a carriage and attendants,
retinue.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to furnish with an equipage.--_n._ EQUIP'MENT,
the act of equipping: the state of being equipped: things used in equipping
or furnishing: outfit. [Fr. _équiper_, prob. Ice. _skipa_, to set in order,
_skip_, a ship.]
EQUIPOLLENT, e-kwi-pol'ent, _adj._ having equal power or force:
equivalent.--_n._ an equivalent.--_ns._ EQUIPOLL'ENCE, EQUIPOLL'ENCY. [L.
_æquus_, equal, _pollens_, _pollentis_, pr.p. of _poll[=e]re_, to be able.]
EQUIPONDERATE, [=e]-kwi-pon'd[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.i._ to be equal in weight: to
balance.--_adj._ equal in weight.--_n._ EQUIPON'DERANCE.--_adj._
EQUIPON'DERANT. [L. _æquus_, equal, _pondus_, _ponderis_, weight.]
EQUISETUM, ek-wi-s[=e]'tum, _n._ a genus of herbaceous plants having
leafless articulated and whorled stems and branches--also
_Horse-tail_.--_adjs._ EQUISET[=A]'CEOUS; EQUISET'IC; EQUISET'IFORM.
[L.,--_equus_, a horse, _seta_, a bristle.]
EQUITATION, ek-wi-t[=a]'shun, _n._ the art of riding on horseback.--_adjs._
EQ'UITANT, riding: straddling, overlapping; EQUIV'OROUS, eating
horse-flesh. [L.,--_equit[=a]re_--_equus_, a horse.]
EQUITY, ek'wi-ti, _n._ right as founded on the laws of nature: moral
justice, of which laws are the imperfect expression: the spirit of justice
which enables us to interpret laws rightly: fairness.--_adj._ EQ'UITABLE,
possessing or showing equity: held or exercised in equity.--_n._
EQ'UITABLENESS.--_adv._ EQ'UITABLY. [Fr. _equité_--L. _æquitas_--_æquus_,
equal.]
EQUIVALENT, e-kwiv'a-lent, _adj._ equal in value, power, meaning, &c.--_n._
a thing equivalent.--_n._ EQUIV'ALENCE.--_adv._ EQUIV'ALENTLY. [Fr.,--L.
_æquus_, equal, _valens_, _valentis_, pr.p. of _val[=e]re_, to be worth.]
EQUIVOCAL, e-kwiv'[=o]-kal, _adj._ capable of meaning two or more things:
of doubtful meaning: capable of a double explanation: suspicious:
questionable.--_adv._ EQUIV'OCALLY.--_n._ EQUIV'OCALNESS.--_v.i._
EQUIV'OC[=A]TE, to use equivocal or doubtful words in order to
mislead.--_ns._ EQUIVOC[=A]'TION, act of equivocating or using ambiguous
words to mislead; EQUIV'OC[=A]TOR.--_adj._ EQUIV'OC[=A]TORY, containing or
characterised by equivocation.--_ns._ E'QUIVOKE, E'QUIVOQUE, an equivocal
expression: equivocation: a quibble. [L. _æquus_, equal, _vox_, _vocis_,
the voice, a word.]
ERA, [=e]'ra, _n._ a series of years reckoned from a particular point, or
that point itself: an important date. [Late L. _æra_, a number, orig.
'counters,' pieces of copper used in counting, being the neut.pl. of _æs_,
_æris_, copper.]
ERADIATE, e-r[=a]'di-[=a]t, _v.i._ to shoot out like a ray of
light:--_pr.p._ er[=a]'diating; _pa.p._ er[=a]'diated.--_n._
ERADI[=A]'TION, the act of eradiating; emission of radiance. [L. _e_, out,
_radius_, a ray.]
ERADICATE, e-rad'i-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to pull up by the roots: to
destroy.--_adj._ ERAD'ICABLE, that may be eradicated.--_p.adj._
ERAD'IC[=A]TED, rooted up: (_her._) said of a tree, or part of a tree, torn
up by the roots.--_n._ ERADIC[=A]'TION, the act of eradicating: state of
being eradicated.--_adj._ ERAD'IC[=A]TIVE, serving to eradicate or drive
thoroughly away.--_n._ ERAD'IC[=A]TOR. [L. _eradic[=a]re_, to root
out--_e_, out, _radix_, _radicis_, a root.]
ERASE, e-r[=a]s', _v.t._ to rub or scrape out: to efface: to
destroy.--_adj._ ER[=A]'SABLE.--_p.adj._ ERASED', rubbed out: effaced:
(_her._) torn off, so as to leave jagged edges.--_ns._ ER[=A]'SER, one who,
or that which, erases, as _ink-eraser_; ER[=A]'SION, ERASE'MENT,
ER[=A]'SURE, the act of erasing: a rubbing out: the place where something
written has been rubbed out. [L. _erad[)e]re_--_e_, out, _rad[)e]re_,
_rasum_, to scrape.]
ERASTIAN, e-rast'yan, _n._ a follower of Thomas _Erastus_ (1524-83), a
Swiss physician, who denied the church the right to inflict excommunication
and disciplinary penalties: one who minimises the spiritual independence of
the church, subordinating her jurisdiction to the state--a position not
held by Erastus at all.--_adj._ relating to the Erastians or their
doctrines.--_n._ ERAST'IANISM, control of church by state.
ERATO, er'a-t[=o], _n._ the Muse of lyric poetry.
ERBIUM, er'bi-um, _n._ a rare metal, the compounds of which are present in
the mineral gadolinite, found at Ytterby in Sweden. [From Ytt_erby_.]
ERE, [=a]r, _adv._ before, sooner.--_prep._ before.--_conj._ sooner
than.--_advs._ ERELONG', before long: soon; ERENOW', before this time;
EREWHILE', formerly: some time before. [A.S. _['æ]r_; cf. Dut. _eer_.]
EREBUS, er'e-bus, _n._ (_myth._) the dark and gloomy cavern between earth
and Hades: the lower world, hell. [L.,--Gr. _Erebos_.]
ERECT, e-rekt', _v.t._ to set upright: to raise: to build: to exalt: to
establish.--_adj._ upright: directed upward.--_adj._ ERECT'ED.--_ns._
ERECT'ER, ERECT'OR, one who, or that which, erects or raises: a muscle
which assists in erecting a part or an organ: an attachment to a compound
microscope for making the image erect instead of inverted.--_adj._
ERECT'ILE, that may be erected.--_ns._ ERECTIL'ITY, quality of being
erectile; EREC'TION, act of erecting: state of being erected: exaltation:
anything erected: a building of any kind.--_adj._ ERECT'IVE, tending to
erect.--_adv._ ERECT'LY.--_n._ ERECT'NESS. [L. _erectus_, _erig[)e]re_, to
set upright--_e_, out, _reg[)e]re_, to direct.]
EREMACAUSIS, er-e-ma-kaw'sis, _n._ (_chem._) slow combustion or oxidation.
[Gr. _erema_, slowly, _kausis_--_kaiein_, to burn.]
EREMITE, er'e-m[=i]t, _n._ a recluse who lives apart, from religious
motives: a hermit.--_adjs._ EREMIT'IC, -AL.--_n._ ER'EMITISM, state of
being an eremite. [Late L.,--Gr. _er[=e]mos_, desert.]
ERETHISM, er'e-thizm, _n._ excitement or stimulation of any organ.--_adjs._
ERETHIS'MIC, ERETHIS'TIC, ERETHIT'IC. [Gr.]