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is reckoned. The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. R. S. Poole.

To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H. More.

Emission of radiance.

Capable of being eradicated.

To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

Capable of being erased.

or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of…

The principles of the Erastains.

The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth.

The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Gradually accelerating the movement.

To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.