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Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton.

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.

rdinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime. The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as…

[Obs.] The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. Sir J. Davies.

Equal weight; equiponderance.

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser.

The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J. Gregory.

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

ollowing the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.

Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. Burke. Our little…

Equality of weight; equipoise.

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

To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins.

Having equal weight. Bailey.

Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] Glanvill.

The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]