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lision; to** truth by discussion; to^ap- ^^A^^^n. A bivalve mollusk of '^^^1^^^^^. 
"Tthe words taken together such a sense must be ll|^^^&b&SA ^S^^S^issues represented by cells in 
Fro 
elicited as will give a meaning to each word. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 254. 
the kidneys, skin, etc. 
//. N. Martin, Human Body (3d ed.), p. 30. 
-ida\] A family of fossil bivalve mollusks, typl- 
g e( J fty the genus Eligmus. They have a peculiar 
That may justly MM the assent of reasonable men. shell gaping behind the umbones and a special niyophore -' 
Sir M Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 129. for the adductor muscle. 'Ihe species are peculiar to e lj m i na t r (e-lim'l-na-tor), . [< eliminate + 
,:,_,.-,.... iv . _____ .... the Oolite. They are generally referred to the family _ m _^ Qne who or that which eliminates, re- 
moves, or throws aside. 
It is not the composition of the piece, but the number 
of starts and attitudes that may be introduced, that elicits 
applause. Goldsmith, Vicar, xviii. 
The inquiry at Stratham was calculated to elicit the 
elicitt (e-lis'it), a. [< L. elicitus, pp. : see the 
verb.] '1. Immediately directed to an end: 
opposed to imperate. 
To give alms is a proper and elicite act of charity. 
the Oolite. 
Oslreidi 
Eligmi 
<Gr. 
generally 
-lig'mus), n. [NL., prop. *Heligmus, 
, . ., , , 
a winding, rolling, convolution, < The lungs play a double part, being not merely ehm,- 
roll, & see Bto] The typi- -^^l WSSJ^MSSS 
e-li'mat), ,. t. [< L. e- 
of eUmare ; ffle po li s h, < e, out, + 
le, < lima, a file.] To render smooth ; 
ing as important as either 
: Youmaw, Physiol., 29. 
eliminatory (e-lim'i-na-to-ri), a. [< eliminate 
either food or drink, but someth 
to wit, oxygen. Huxley and 
limare, 
"Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, ii. 3. gl^n^e (e-lim'i-na-bl), a. [< L. eliminare, 
2. Performed by the will itself without the eliminate: se'e -able.]" Capable of being elimi- 
aid of any other faculty: as, volition, nolition, nated. pliiumatet (e ling'ewat) v t 
choice, consent, and the like are elicit acts: op- Cumulative error, not eliminable by working in a circuit, T !T I SL V J ' j :' 
Dosed to imperate. may be caused when there is much northing or southing 
The schools dispute whether In morals the external ac- " * direction of the line. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 707. 
+ -ory.] Eliminative. 
Chronic irritation set up in the eliminatory organs by 
the excretion of incompletely oxidized nitrogenous mat- 
ter. Ued. Newt, LII. 294. 
[< L. elinguatus, 
of elinguare, deprive of the tongue, < e. 
elicitatet 
To elicit. 
And make it streme with light from forms innate. 
Thus may a skilful man hid truth elicitate. 
Dr. H. More, Sleep of the Soul, II. 41. 
elicitationt (e-lis-i-ta'shon), H. [< elicitate + 
-ion.'] The act of eliciting, or of drawing out. 
That elicitation which the schools intend Is a deducing 
of the power of the will into act ; that drawing which they 
mention is merely from the appetibility of the object. 
Bp. Bramhall. 
elide (e-lld'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. elided, ppr. 
eliding. [= Sp. Pg. elidir = It. elidei-e, < L. eli- 
dere, knock, strike, or dash out, force out, press 
out, in gram. (tr. Gr. 0A(/3v: see ecthlipsis) 
suppress (a vowel), < e, out, + Icedere, strike, 
hurt by striking : see lesion. Cf. collide.'} If. 
To break or dash in pieces ; crush. 
Before we answer unto these things, we are to cut off 
that whereunto they from whom these objections proceed 
do oftentimes fly for defence and succour, when the force 
and strength of their arguments is elided. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. 4. 
out, "+ lingua =' E. tongue.] To cut" oiit the 
tongue of. 
The damned Doornes-man hath Him judg'd to death, 
The Diu'll that Diu'll elinguate for his doome. 
Dames, Holy Roode, p. 14. 
of any number of homogeneous equations elinKuation . t (e-ling-gwa'shon),. [< LL. eKw- 
amongthe same number of unknown quanti- "^ O(H . ) < T L . e ,ing,tare, deprive of the tongue: 
ties, such that the vanishing of it is the neces- ^ ee e]i }" ie i In ota Eng _ i aw the punishment 
sary and sufficient condition of the equations of cutt ^ out the tongue, 
being consistent with one another. [The word elingui dt (e-ling'gwid), a. [With irreg. term. 
was introduced by De Morgan. Many writers *%& J^jES without a tongue, speechless, 
continue to use Bezout's word, resultant.} . t + lin(jua _ E tongue.] Tongue-tied ; 
eli^ate (e-Uml-natX . t j pret and pp.^iw- ^ hav ' ing tne power of speech. Coles. 
[ of dormouse, Myoxits 
, . J A genus of dormice, of the 
family Myoxidte, with distichous tufted tail and 
simple stomach. There are several species, 
the best-known of which, E. nitela, is the lerot, 
about 6 inches long. 
eliquament (e-lik'wa-ment), . [< LL. as if 
"eliquamentum, < eliquare, clarify, strain: see 
eliquate.] A liquid expressed from fat, or from 
fat fish. 
If. To go be- 
2. In gram., to suppress or slur over the sound pel ; get rid of. 
of in speech, or note the suppression of in writ- Thls detains secre tions which nature finds it necessary 
ing : technically applied especially to the cut- to eliminate. Med. Repos. 
*f ~f ! Q 1 oc, ; th> onon T.,,t Now here the obvioua method occurs ( gifting the 
Scientific truths, of whatever order, are reached by elim- 
inating perturbing or conflicting factors, and recognizing 
only fundamental factors. 
H . Speiuxr, Data of Ethics, 104. 
3. In math., to remove (a quantity) from a sys- 
tem of equations by the reduction of the number 
of equations. Thus, if we have two equations express- 
ting off of a final vowel, as in "th' enemy," but 
in a more general sense to that of a syllable 
or any part of a word. See elision, 1. 
eligibility (el"i-ji-bil'i-ti), . [< eligible: see 
-biliti/.] 1. Worthiness or fitness to be cho- 
sen ; the state or quality of a thing which ren- 
ders it desirable or preferable to another. 
Sickness hath some degrees of eligibility, at least by an 
after-choice. Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying, vi. 8. 
2. Capability of being chosen to an office: the 
condition of being qualified to be chosen ; legal 
qualification for election or appointment. 
eligible (el'i-ji-bl), a. and n. [< OF. eligible, F. 
eligible = It. eligibile, < ML. "eligibilis, that may 
be chosen (in adv. compar. eligibilius), < L. eli- 
gere, choose: see elect.] I. a. 1. Fit to be 
chosen ; worthy of choice ; desirable : as, an 
eligible tenant. 
Peace with men can never be eligible when it implies 
enmity with God. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxiv. 
While health endures, the latter part of life, in the eye elimination (e-lim-i-na'shon), n. 
of reason, is certainly the more eligible. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 153. 
Certainty, in a deep distress, is more eligible than sus- 
pense. Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe. 
Through tomes of fable and of dream 
I sought an eligible theme. 
Cowper, Annus Memorabilis, 1789. 
2. Qualified to be chosen ; legally qualified for 
election or appointment. 
Among the Mundrucus, the possession of ten smoke- 
dried heads of enemies renders a man eligible to the rank 
of chief. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 350. 
II. n. One who is qualified to be chosen or 
elected; an eligible person. 
The certification of all the eligibles will result in what 
you have applauded. The American, XII. 132. 
eligibleness (el'i-ji-bl-nes), . The state of 
being eligible; fitness to be chosen in prefer- 
ence to another; suitableness; desirableness. 
It [citizenship] embraced certain private rights, and cer- 
tain political rights ; these last being principally the right 
of suffrage, and eligibleness to office. 
O. P. Fixher, Begin, of Christianity, p. 49. 
eligibly (el'i-ji-bli), adv. In an eligible man- 
ner ; so as to be worthy of choice or capable of 
election. 
(Mf-),aboundary: see limit."} 
yond the limit or limits of. 
In thy wreathed cloister thou 
Walkest thine own gray friar too; 
Strict, and lock'd tip, thou'rt hood all o'er, 
And ne'er eliminatst thy door. 
Lovelace, The Snail. 
2. To thrust out; remove, throw aside, or dis- 
regard as injurious, superfluous, irrelevant, or eliquate (el'i-kwat), v. 1. ; pret. and pp. eliquat- 
for any reason undesirable or unnecessary; ex- cd, ppr. eliquating. [< L. elumatus, pp. of eli- 
quare, cause to flow, pour forth, clarify, strain, 
< L. e, out, + liquare,mett, liquefy: see liquate.] 
To separate, as one metal from another. See 
liquate. 
masses so "as to eliminate the worst elements and retain eliquation (el-i-kwa'shon), n. [< LL. eliqua- 
the best. Prof. Blackie. tio(n-), a liquefying, < eliquare, cause to flow 
freely, pour forth, clarify, strain: see eliquate.] 
See liquation. 
Elis (e'lis), n. [NL. (Fabricius, 1804).] A ge- 
nus of fossorial hymenopterous insects, of the 
family Scoliida;. The eyes are subreniform in both 
sexes, and the front wings have two recurrent nervures. 
tree increases in bulk and in weight, we can combine them 
so as to eliminate the time, and so obtain an equation ex- 
ressing the relation between the bulk and the weight. 
o eliminate the personal equation. See equation. 
(The use of eliminate as a synonym of elicit, deduce, sepa- 
rate, etc., practised by some writers, is without justifica- 
tion. 
Newton, . . . having eliminated the great law of the 
natural creation. J. D. Alorell. 
To eliminate the real effect of art from the effects of the 
abuse. Ruskin.} 
[=F. Elimi- 
nation = Sp. eliminacion = Pg. eliminaqfto = It. 
eliminazione, < L. as if *eliminatio(n-), < elimi- 
nare, thrust out of doors: see eliminate.] 1. A 
thrusting out ; the act of removing, throwing 
aside, or disregarding ; expulsion ; riddance. 
The preparatory step of the discussion was, therefore, Tney are large wasps of scoliid habits, of which 9 North 
an elimination of those less precise and appropriate sig- American and 6 European species are known. E. gua- 
nifications which, as they would at best only afford a re- drinotata and E. plumiprs inhabit the southern United 
mote genus and difference, were wholly incompetent for states, where they have been found on cotton-plants, 
the purpose of a definition. '". eljgion (e-lizh'pn), . [= F. elision = Sp. elision 
By means of researches on different coloured light it is _ p g . ellsao ='lt. elisione, elision, < L. elisio(n-), 
now ascertained that those rays which cause the liveliest striking or pressing out, in gram. (LL.) the 
elimination of oxygen belong to the less refrangible half , ,' ff f K m,,l,,r- s 
of the spectrum. Lommel, Light (trans.), p. 198. suppression Ot a vowel 
i-rtlilipsis), < elidere, pp. elisus, strike out, press 
2. In law, the act of banishing or turning out out . -^ eMe -, ^ A str iking or cutting off; 
of doors; ejection. 3. In math., the process speeifical i Yi i n q ra m., the cutting off or sup- 
of reducing a number of equations containing ' esgion o f a vowe i or syllable, naturally or for 
the sake of euphony or meter, especially at 
the end of a word when the next word begins 
Elis qtiadrinotata. Datura! size. 
with a vowel; more generally, the suppres- 
certain quantities to a smaller number, in 
which one or more of the quantities shall not 
be found.Dlalytlc elimination. See diaiytic. 
Euler's method of elimination, a method of eliminat- ~. an _ . . - , . ' -j. or ' Cit- 
ing an unknown quantity between two equations of the Sion Ot any p 
ith and nth degrees respectively, which consists in mul- "= " "' "->>+>rt nlmn MIR i 
tiplying the first by an indeterminate expression of the 
(n l)th degree and the second by an indeterminate ex- 
pression of the (m l)th degree, and equating separately 
the m + n terms so obtained. The determinant express- 
ing their compatibility is the elimiimnt required. 
ing: as, in ' ? th' embattled plain" there is an 
elision of e; in "I'll not do it" there is an 
elision of in. 
The Italian is so full of Vowels, that it must euer be 
cumbred with Elisions. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
