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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĕp'a-năs'tro-phe, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which the speaker makes the end of one clause the beginning of the next.E-păn'o-dŏs, n. p. 455(Rhet.) (a.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following lines: — O more exceeding love, or law more just; Just law indeed, but…Ep'a-nor-thō'sis, n. p. 455(Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker recalls what he has said, in order to substitute a stronger or more significant one; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!Ep-ăn'tho'us, a. p. 455(Bot.) Growing upon flowers; — said of certain species of fungi.Ĕp'ärch, n. p. 455The governor or prefect of a province; — in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy, or subdivision of a country, inferior to a monarch.Ĕp'ărch-y, n. p. 455A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor. Tooke.E-paule', n. p. 455(Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the angle made by the face and flank. Brande.E-pau-le'ment, n. p. 455(Fort.) A side-work, or work to cover sidewise, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or with earth heaped up. It is used to afford cover from the fire of an enemy, but is not…Ep'au-let' or Ep'au-let'te, n. p. 455(Mil.) A shoulder-piece, an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder by military and naval officers, the difference of rank being distinctly marked by some peculiarity of form or size.Ep'au-let'ed or Ep'au-let'ted, a. p. 455Furnished with epaulets.Ep'au lēt'ied, a. p. 455(Mil.) A shoulder-piece, an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder by military and naval officers, the difference of rank being distinctly marked by some peculiarity of form or size.Ep’en-ce-phāl’ic, a. p. 455(Anat.) Belonging or relating to the encephalon; — said of the bony arch which surrounds and protects it.Ĕp'en-cĕph'a-lon, n. p. 455(Anat.) The hindmost of the four principal divisions of the brain.Ĕp'e-nēt'ĭc, a. p. 455Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] Phillips.E-pĕn' the-sĭs, n. p. 455(Gram.) The insertion of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word; as, alitum for altum.Ěp'en-thĕt'ic, a. p. 455(Gram.) Inserted in the middle of a word.Épargne, n. p. 455An ornamental stand for a large dish in the center of a table. Smart.Ep·ex'ē·gē'sis, n. p. 455An explanation of something that has gone before; exegesis.Ep-ēx'e-gĕt'ĭc-al, a. p. 455Explanatory of that which immediately precedes; exegetical.E'phā or E'phāh, n. p. 455A Hebrew measure, equal, according to Josephus, to the Attic medimnus, or one and four ninths bushels English.E·phēd'rā, n. p. 455(Bot.) A genus of plants resembling the horse-tail, the berries of some species of which are used by the Russian peasants for food.E·phēm'e·rā, n. p. 455(Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only. 2. (Entom.) The day-fly, or May-fly, a genus of insects; strictly, a fly that lives one day only; but the word is applied also to insects that are very…E·phēm'e·ral, a. p. 455Any thing which lasts but a day, or a very short time; an ephemeral plant, insect, and the like.E-phēm'e-ral or E-phēm'e-rie or E-phēm'e-roüs, a. p. 455Beginning and ending in a day; continuing or existing one day only; diurnal. 2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. To pronounce sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal…E-phĕm'e-rĭs, n. p. 455A journal or account of daily transactions; a diary. Johnson. 2. (Astron.) (a.) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data…E-phēm'e-rist, n. p. 455One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets; an astrologer. Howell. 2. One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.E-phĕm'e-rŏn, n. p. 455An insect of very short existence, or living but a day. Bp. Taylor.E-phē'sian, a. p. 455(Geog.) Pertaining to Ephesus, in Asia Minor.E-phē'sian, n. p. 455(Geog.) A native or a naturalized inhabitant of Ephesus. 2. A person of dissolute life. [Obs.] Shak.Ĕph'e-sīte, n. p. 455(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina;—so called because found near Ephesus.Eph'i-äl'tēs, n. p. 456The nightmare. Brande.E-phĭp’pi-al, a. p. 456Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.E-phĭp'pi-ŭm, n. p. 456(Anat.) A saddle-shaped depression of the sphenoid bone. Dunglison. 2. (Zoöl.) A saddle-shaped cavity in a crustacean of the genus Daphnia. Dana.Ĕph'od, n. p. 456(Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit, being a kind of girdle, which was brought from behind the neck over the shoulders, and, hanging down before, was put across the stomach, then carried…Ĕph'or, n. p. 456One of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta, as a check on the regal power, or, according to some writers, on the senate.Ĕph'or-al, a. p. 456Pertaining to an ephor, or Spartan magistrate.Eph'or-al-ty, n. p. 456The office, or term of office, of an ephor.Ep'ic, a. p. 456Containing narration; rehearsing;—commonly designating an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some distinguished hero or fabulous personage, are narrated in…Ĕp'ic, n. p. 456An epic or heroic poem. See EPIC, a.Ep'i-cār'i-dan, n. p. 456(Zoöl.) An equal-footed parasitic crustacean which infests shrimps.Ep'i-cärp, n. p. 456(Bot.) The external or outermost layer of the pericarp or fruit. Gray.Ĕp'i-cēde, n. p. 456A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [Rare.] Donne.Ĕp'ĭ-cē'dĭ-al or Ĕp'ĭ-cē'dĭ-an, a. p. 456Elegiac; mournful.Ep'i·cē'di·ūm, n. p. 456An elegy; an epiced.Ep'i·cēne, a. or n. p. 456Common to both sexes;—a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as βούς, bos, for the ox and cow.…Ĕp'/i-ce-rās'/tic, a. p. 456Lenient; assuaging.Ep'i·chī-rē'mā, n. p. 456(Rhet. & Logic.) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.Ep'i-cōl'ic, a. p. 456(Anat.) Lying over and on each side of the colon; as, the epicolic regions. Dunglison.Ep'ic-tē'tian, a. p. 456Pertaining to Epictetus, a Stoic philosopher in the time of the Roman emperor Domitian. Arbuthnot.Ĕp'i-cūre, n. p. 456A follower of Epicurus; hence, one who is devoted to sensual enjoyments; especially, one who indulges in the luxuries of the table. Syn.—Voluptuary: sensualist.Ēp’ī-cū’re-an or Ēp’ī-cu-rē’an, a. p. 456Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. “The sect Epicurean.” Milton. 2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious. Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes.…Ĕp'ĭ-cū're-an or Ĕp'ĭ-cu-rē'an, n. p. 456A follower of Epicurus. 2. One given to the luxuries of the table.Ep'i-cū're-an-izm, n. p. 456Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.Ep'i-cū're-oŭs, a. p. 456Epicurean. [Obs.] Bp. Gardner.Ĕp'ĭ-kū-rĭzm, n. p. 456The doctrines of Epicurus. 2. Sensual enjoyments; indulgences in gross pleasure; voluptuousness.Ĕp’i-eu-rīze, v. i. p. 456To profess the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth. 2. To feed or indulge like an epicure; to riot; to feast. Fuller.Ĕp'ĭ-cy'cle, n. p. 456(Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the…Ĕp'/i-cy'cloid, n. p. 456(Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the circumference of a movable circle, which rolls on the inside or outside of the circumference of a fixed circle, as by the point a or a' in the circle A or…Ep'i-cy-cloid'al, a. p. 456Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties. Epicycloidal wheel, a contrivance for securing parallel motion in converting reciprocating motion into circular, depending on the principle…Ep′i-deic′tic, a. p. 456Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; — applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.