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Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]

See Epimeron.

Pertaining to the epimera.

as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.

Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon. Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. -- Equilateral shell (Zoöl.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually e…

Equal as to number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Equality of weight; equipoise.

Being of the same weight. A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke.

To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. "More than equiponderated the declension in that direction." De Quincey.

Hope. [Obs.] Shak.

ed to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr. Esperanto" in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it in 1887. The vocabulary is very largely based upon words common to the chief European languages, and sounds peculiar to any one language are eliminated. The spelling is phoneti…

Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c). Shak.

An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

To rip open; todisembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown.

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

A disemboweling.

To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]." Sir M. Hale.

Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.

That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv.

The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.