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rm applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology)…

Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] Ogilvie.

airs. And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies.

Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).

newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

ils. Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought.

To deprive of the tongue. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode).

passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.

rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance. The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton. When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.…

To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.

To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.

To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).

powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

nlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.

A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.