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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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E'qui-pōl'lent-ly, adv. p. 460With equal power.E'qui-pōn'der-ance or E'qui-pōn'der-an-cy, n. p. 460Equality of weight; equipoise.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ant, a. p. 460Having the same weight. Locke.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. i. p. 460To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Wilkins.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-āte, v. t. p. 460To weigh against; to counterbalance. More than equiponderated the declension in that direction. De Quincey.Ē'qui-pŏn'der-ous, a. p. 460Having equal weight. Bailey.E'qui-pôn'di-oûs, a. p. 460Having equal weight on both sides; equiponderant. — [Obs.] Glanville.Ē'/qui-rād'/i-cal, a. p. 460Equally radical. [Rare.] Coleridge.E'qui-rō'tal, a. p. 460Having wheels of the same size or diameter.Ē'qui-se-tā'ceoûs, a. p. 460(Bot.) Belonging to the family of the Equisetum, or horse-tail plant.E'qui-sĕt'i-fôrm, a. p. 460(Bot.) Having the form of the Equisetum. Craig.Ēq'ui-sē'tum, n. p. 460(Bot.) A genus of leafless plants, with hollow stems, containing much silicious matter, called horse-tail, in allusion to the fine branches of the species E. hyemale, known as the Dutch rush, or…E-quis'o-nance, n. p. 460(Mus.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the octave and double octave. Busby.E-quis'o-nant, a. p. 460Sounding equally.E'qui-ta-ble (ĕk'wi-ta-bl), a. p. 460Possessing or exhibiting equity; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; as, an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; an equitable judge. 2.…Ĕq'ui-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 460The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge; the equitableness of a decision, or distribution of property.E'qui-ta-bly, adv. p. 460In an equitable manner; justly; impartially; as, the laws should be equitably administered.Ēq'ui-tan-cy, n. p. 460Horsemanship.E'qui-tan-gên'tial, a. p. 460(Geom.) Having the tangent equal to a constant line; — said of a certain curve. Hutton.Eq'ui-tant, a. p. 460Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. 2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; — said of leaves whose bases or edges alternately overlap each other; as, the equitant leaves of the iris.…Eq'ui-tā'tion, n. p. 460A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship. The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.Ē'qui-tēm'po-rā'ne-oûs, a. p. 460Taking place or existing at the same time; contemporaneous; contemporary. [Obs.] Boyle.Eq'ui-ty, n. p. 460Justice; impartiality; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man;—distinguished from justice in requiring a more perfect standard than any…Equity of redemption p. 460the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the non-payment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at…E-quiv'a-lence or E-quiv'a-len-cy, n. p. 460The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of value, signification, or force; as, to give an equivalence of money for goods. 2. Equal power or force.E-quiv'a-lence, v. t. p. 460To be equal to. [Obs.] Brown.E-quiv'a-lent, a. p. 460Equal in value, worth, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; interchangeable. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial are terms equivalent.…E-quiv'a-lent, n. p. 460That which is equal in value, weight, dignity, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. Rogers. 2. (Chem.) The atomic weight of a substance, or a number which expresses the proportion by…E-quiv'a-lent-ly, adv. p. 460In an equal manner.E'qui-välve, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal in size and form; — said of certain bivalve shells.E'qui-välve, n. p. 460(Conch.) A bivalve in which the valves are of equal size and form.Ē'qui-vălved, a. p. 460(Conch.) Having the valves equal, as some bivalve shells. Dana.E-quĭv'o-ca-cy, n. p. 460Equivocalness. [Obs.] Browne.E-quiv'o-cal, a. p. 460Having different significations equally appropriate or plausible; capable of double interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words. For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or…E-quiv'o-cal, n. p. 460A word or term of doubtful meaning, or capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term, or one of double meaning; an equivogue. [Obs.] Dennis.E-quiv'o-cal-ly, adv. p. 460In an equivocal manner, signification, or origin; ambiguously.E-quiv'o-cal-ness, n. p. 460A state of being equivocal; ambiguity; double meaning.E-quiv'o-cāte, v. i. p. 460To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the…E-quiv'o-cā'tion, n. p. 460Ambiguity of speech; the use of words or expressions that are susceptible of a double signification, with a view to mislead; as, to be guilty of equivocation. There being no room for equivocations…E·quiv'o-cā'tor, n. p. 461One who equivocates; one who uses language which is ambiguous; one who uses mental reservation; a prevaricator; a quibbler.E·quiv'o·ca-to-ry, a. p. 461Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.Eq'ui-vōque or Eq'ui-vōke, n. p. 461An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. The equivoque between faith and intellectual satisfaction or insight. Coleridge. 2. Equivocation; double meaning. B. Jonson.E-qui'v'o-roûs, a. p. 461Feeding or subsisting on horse-flesh; as, equivorous Tartars.E'quus, n. p. 461(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrupeds, in Cuvier's system, including the horse and similar animals with solid or undivided hoofs, as the ass, zebra, and quagga.Er. p. 461The termination of many English words, and the Teutonic form of the Latin or. It denotes an agent, and was originally of the masculine gender, but is now applied to men or things indifferently; as in…Ē'rā, n. p. 461A fixed point of time, from which a series of years is reckoned; as, the Christian era. 2. A succession of years proceeding from a fixed point, or comprehended between two fixed points; a…E-rā'di-āte, v. i. p. 461To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam. Henry More.E-rā'di-ā'tion, n. p. 461The act of eradiating; emission of light or splendor. Hale.Ē-rād'i-ca-ble, a. p. 461Capable of being eradicated.E-rād’i-cāte, v. t. p. 461To pull up by the roots; to destroy at the roots; to extirpate; to root out. An oak tree eradicated, that is, torn up by the roots. W. Scott. 2. To put an end to; to destroy thoroughly; to get rid of…E-răd'/i-cā/tion, n. p. 461The act of plucking up by the roots; extirpation; excision; total destruction. 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.E-răd′ĭ-ca-tive, a. p. 461Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly.E-rād′i-ca-tīve, n. p. 461(Med.) A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.Ĕr'a-grōs'tis, n. p. 461(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several different species; live-grass.E-răn' the-mĭəm, n. p. 461(Bot.) A genus of acanthaceous plants, producing beautiful purple flowers.E-răn’this, n. p. 461(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the winter-aconite (E. hyemalis), a small, stemless, herbaceous plant, producing pale yellow flowers, found in some parts of Europe.E-rāse', v. t. p. 461To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; as, to erase a word or a name. 2. To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; as ideas in the mind or memory.E-rāsed', p. a. p. 461Rubbed or scraped out; obliterated; effaced. 2. (Her.) Torn off, leaving jagged and uneven edges. Barrington.E-rāse'ment, n. p. 461The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration; destruction. Johnson.E-rās'er, n. p. 461One who, or that which, erases; hence, a sharp instrument used to erase writings, &c.