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Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.

Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech.

Relating to elves.

Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. "Elfish light." Coleridge. The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne.

quiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth.

Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.

Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.

Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

Relating to emigration.

Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.

Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.

Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.

Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Of, or relating to, endothelium.

Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.