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   elate
         v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can
               uplift your spirits" [syn: {elate}, {lift up}, {uplift},
               {pick up}, {intoxicate}] [ant: {cast down}, {deject},
               {demoralise}, {demoralize}, {depress}, {dismay},
               {dispirit}, {get down}]

English Dictionary: elude by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eld
n
  1. a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
    Synonym(s): old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood
  2. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
    Synonym(s): age, eld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elide
v
  1. leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eliot
n
  1. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
    Synonym(s): Eliot, T. S. Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
  2. British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
    Synonym(s): Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elite
adj
  1. selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
    Synonym(s): elect, elite
n
  1. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    Synonym(s): elite, elite group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elodea
n
  1. submerged freshwater perennials [syn: Elodea, {genus Elodea}, pondweed, ditchmoss]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eluate
n
  1. a liquid solution that results from elution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elude
v
  1. escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
    Synonym(s): elude, evade, bilk
  2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
    Synonym(s): elude, escape
  3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
    Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elute
v
  1. wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eolith
n
  1. a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyelet
n
  1. a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
    Synonym(s): eyelet, eyehole
  2. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
    Synonym(s): cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eyelid
n
  1. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"
    Synonym(s): eyelid, lid, palpebra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ehlite \Eh"lite\, n. [From Ehl near Linz, where it occurs.]
      (Min.)
      A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous
      phosphate of copper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eild \Eild\, n. [See {Eld}.]
      Age. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elate \E*late"\, a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud
      (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e
      out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and
      akin to E. tolerate. See {Tolerate}, and cf. {Extol}.]

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]:
   Eld \Eld\, v. i.
      To age; to grow old. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eld \Eld\, v. t.
      To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
  
               Time, that eldeth all things.                  --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eld \Eld\, a. [AS. eald.]
      Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eld \Eld\, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald,
      old. See {Old}.]
      1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic]
  
                     As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic]
  
                     Astrologers and men of eld.               --Longfellow.

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]:
   Eye \Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[a0]ge; akin to
      OFries. [be]ge, OS. [?]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel.
      auga, Sw. [94]ga, Dan. [94]ie, Goth. aug[?]; cf. OSlav. oko,
      Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. [?], eye, [?], the two eyes, Skr.
      akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. {Diasy}, {Ocular}, {Optic},
      {Eyelet}, {Ogle}.]
      1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates
            generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the
            orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In
            most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or
            compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See {Ocellus}.
            Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d
            Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process;
            h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous
            Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m
            Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow
            spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center
            of the Optic Nerve.
  
      Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough
               outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving
               it are attached, and which in front changes into the
               transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the
               crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into
               two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled
               with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one
               behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor.
               The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented
               membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the
               back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent
               retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify.
               The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which
               has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil,
               admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a
               focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the
               light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and
               cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic
               nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.
  
      2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence,
            judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of
            objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the
            beautiful or picturesque.
  
      3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view;
            ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.
  
                     In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked
                     on.                                                   --Shak.
  
      4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of
            vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object
            which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate
            presence.
  
                     We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.
  
                     Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.
  
      5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice;
            attention; regard. [bd]Keep eyes upon her.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own
                     advantage.                                          --Addison.
  
      6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form,
            position, or appearance; as:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock.
            (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in
                  oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor
                  muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the
                  scallop.
            (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a
                  potato.
            (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye.
            (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a
                  dress.
            (f) The hole through the head of a needle.
            (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through
                  anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.;
                  as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss;
                  as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope.
            (h) The hole through the upper millstone.
  
      7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or
            beauty. [bd]The very eye of that proverb.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.
  
      8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]
  
                     Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.
  
      {By the eye}, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
  
      {Elliott eye} (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a
            thimble and served.
  
      {Eye agate}, a kind of circle agate, the central part of
            which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
            --Brande & C.
  
      {Eye animalcule} (Zo[94]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging
            to {Euglena} and related genera; -- so called because it
            has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
  
      {Eye doctor}, an oculist.
  
      {Eye of a volute} (Arch.), the circle in the center of
            volute.
  
      {Eye of day}, {Eye of the morning}, {Eye of heaven}, the sun.
            [bd]So gently shuts the eye day.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld.
  
      {Eye of a ship}, the foremost part in the bows of a ship,
            where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser
            holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Half an eye}, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as,
            to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively.
            [bd]Those who have but half an eye. [b8] --B. Jonson.
  
      {To catch one's eye}, to attract one's notice.
  
      {To find favor in the eyes (of)}, to be graciously received
            and treated.
  
      {To have an eye to}, to pay particular attention to; to
            watch. [bd]Have an eye to Cinna.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To keep an eye on}, to watch.
  
      {To set the eyes on}, to see; to have a sight of.
  
      {In the eye of the wind} (Naut.), in a direction opposed to
            the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

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]:
   Elute \E*lute"\, v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e +
      luere to wash.]
      To wash out. [R.] --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyalet \E`ya*let"\, n. [Turk., fr. Ar. iy[be]lah.]
      Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of
      the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a {vilayet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyelet \Eye"let`\, n. [F. [oe]illet, dim. of [oe]il eye, fr. L.
      oculus. See {Eye}, and cf. {Oillet}.]
      1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener,
            as in garments, sails, etc.
  
      2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends
            of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in
            place; -- used to line an eyelet hole.
  
      {Eyelet hole}, a hole made for an eyelet.
  
      {Eyelet punch}, a machine for punching eyelet holes and
            fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth.
  
      {Eyelet ring}. See {Eyelet}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyelid \Eye`lid"\, n. (Anat.)
      The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which
      an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eyliad \Ey"li*ad\, n.
      See {[OE]iliad}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Elida, NM (town, FIPS 23000)
      Location: 33.94418 N, 103.65465 W
      Population (1990): 201 (121 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 88116
   Elida, OH (village, FIPS 24808)
      Location: 40.78600 N, 84.19978 W
      Population (1990): 1486 (541 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45807

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Eliot, ME
      Zip code(s): 03903

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Elliott, IA (city, FIPS 24915)
      Location: 41.14984 N, 95.16303 W
      Population (1990): 399 (187 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51532
   Elliott, IL (village, FIPS 23425)
      Location: 40.46415 N, 88.27484 W
      Population (1990): 309 (131 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Elliott, ND (city, FIPS 23340)
      Location: 46.40241 N, 97.81388 W
      Population (1990): 32 (16 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58054
   Elliott, SC
      Zip code(s): 29046

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Elwood, IA
      Zip code(s): 52226
   Elwood, IL (village, FIPS 23945)
      Location: 41.41207 N, 88.10898 W
      Population (1990): 951 (362 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60421
   Elwood, IN (city, FIPS 21070)
      Location: 40.27573 N, 85.83893 W
      Population (1990): 9494 (3946 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46036
   Elwood, KS (city, FIPS 20950)
      Location: 39.75393 N, 94.87897 W
      Population (1990): 1079 (477 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Elwood, NE (village, FIPS 15570)
      Location: 40.58963 N, 99.86163 W
      Population (1990): 679 (291 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68937
   Elwood, NY (CDP, FIPS 24405)
      Location: 40.84623 N, 73.34212 W
      Population (1990): 10916 (3387 housing units)
      Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11731
   Elwood, UT (town, FIPS 22760)
      Location: 41.67880 N, 112.13926 W
      Population (1990): 575 (170 housing units)
      Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   elite adj.   Clueful.   Plugged-in.   One of the cognoscenti.
   Also used as a general positive adjective.   This term is not
   actually hacker slang in the strict sense; it is used primarily by
   crackers and {warez d00dz}, for which reason hackers use it only
   with heavy irony.   The term used to refer to the folks allowed in to
   the "hidden" or "privileged" sections of BBSes in the early 1980s
   (which, typically, contained pirated software). Frequently, early
   boards would only let you post, or even see, a certain subset of the
   sections (or `boards') on a BBS. Those who got to the frequently
   legendary `triple super secret' boards were elite. Misspellings of
   this term in warez d00dz style abound; the forms `eleet', and
   `31337' (among others) have been sighted.
  
      A true hacker would be more likely to use `wizardly'. Oppose
   {lamer}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   elite
  
      1. A term used to describe skilled {crackers} or
      {hackers}, or their deeds.   In the last sense, compare to
      {elegant}.
  
      The term is also used to describe exclusive forums ({ftp}
      sites, {BBS}s) used for trading pirated software, {crack}ing
      tools, or {phreaking} codes.
  
      (1997-01-31)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Elath
      grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings
      9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of
      Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of
      Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut. 2:8. It
      is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26. It was
      within the limits of Solomon's dominion, but afterwards
      revolted. It was, however, recovered and held for a time under
      king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Now the ruin Aila.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eliada
      whom God cares for. (1.) One of David's sons born after his
      establishment in Jerusalem (2 Sam. 5:16).
     
         (2.) A mighty man of war, a Benjamite (2 Chr. 17:17).
     
         (3.) An Aramite of Zobah, captain of a marauding band that
      troubled Solomon (1 Kings 11:23).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Eliathah
      to whom God will come, one of the foureen sons of the Levite
      Heman, and musician of the temple in the time of David (1 Chr.
      25:4).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eladah, the eternity of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Elath, a hind; strength; an oak
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eldaah, knowledge of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Elead, witness of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eliada, knowledge of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eliathah, thou art my God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Eliud, God is my praise
  
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