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The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance. H. Spenser.

An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

e action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process of etherification.

The art or process of determining he constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.

The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.

effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation. To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies.

The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior.

A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay. Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witnes…

The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and ma…

To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.

A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.