English Dictionary: elated | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elaidate \E*la"i*date\, n. (Chem.) A salt of elaidic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elate \E*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elating}.] 1. To raise; to exalt. [R.] By the potent sun elated high. --Thomson. 2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. --Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elatedly \E*lat"ed*ly\, adv. With elation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elatedness \E*lat"ed*ness\, n. The state of being elated. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elide \E*lide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. [82]lider. See {Lesion}.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] --Hooker. 2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elude \E*lude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eluding}.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. [82]luder. See {Ludicrous}.] To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. --Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. --Tylor. Syn: To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eulytite \Eu"ly*tite\, n. [Gr. [?] well + [?] to dissolve.] (Min.) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also {culytine}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eldad whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses appointed (Num. 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the people. He, with Medad, prophesied in the camp instead of going with the rest to the tabernacle, as Moses had commanded. This incident was announced to Moses by Joshua, who thought their conduct in this respect irregular. Moses replied, "Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets" (Num. 11:24-30; comp. Mark 9:38; Luke 9:49). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Elidad whom God has loved, son of Chislon, and chief of the tribe of Benjamin; one of those who were appointed to divide the Promised Land among the tribes (Num. 34:21). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eldad, favored of God; love of God | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Elidad, beloved of God |