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t action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.

To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." Mrs. Browning. Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura. -- Electrical battery. See Battery. -- Electrical brush. See under Brush. -- Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Electric candle. See under Candle. -- Electric cat (Zoöl.…

lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.

Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.] We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne.

Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak. Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning.

Not really, but apparently. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.

The neck of horse. R. Browning.

The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne.