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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden. Elective affinity or attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.

ch have immense one-sided leaves. -- Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread.…

arge pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

A pupil; a student.

nce which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

To occupy; as, to employ time in study.

; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

To utter; to articulate. The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. A. M. Bell.

To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.

One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.

r pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.

The science or study of epigraphs.

A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

n; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele.…

One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

One who studies or writes upon ethology.

A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

ing, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

ing; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.