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1,508 words match “BACON”

ESTATE n.
s of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people. Bacon.
ESTUATE v.
To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon.
EVACUATE v.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.
EVADE v.
To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. "Evading from perils." Bacon. Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove. Milton.
EVANGELISM n.
The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.
EVAPORATE v.
on. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.
EVENHAND n.
Equality. [Obs.] Bacon.
EVIL-FAVORED a.
Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. -- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.
EVITATION n.
A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXAMINABLE a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.
EXAMINATE n.
A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCEPTION n.
st our account [relation]. Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. Shak. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on recor…
EXCERN v.
To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon.
EXCITATE v.
To excite. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCITATION n.
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.
EXCOCT v.
To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCOCTION n.
The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCOGITATE v.
To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.
EXCREMENT n.
d of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.
EXCRETION n.
That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.
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