Part 675

Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance.

Addison.

E*lope"ment (?), n. The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

E*lop"er (?), n. One who elopes.

E"lops (?), n. [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes. See Saury.

2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] Milton.

El"o*quence (?), n. [F. éloquence, L. eloquentia, fr. eloquens. See Eloquent.] 1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart.

Hare.

2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.

Pope.

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

Macaulay.

3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.

O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast.

Shak.

Syn. -- Oratory; rhetoric.

El"o*quent (?), a. [F. éloquent, L. eloquens, -entis, p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] 1. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.

O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love.

Pope.

2. Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.

El"o*quent*ly, adv. In an eloquent manner.

{ El"rich (?) or El"ritch }, a. Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

Else (?), a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. äljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. &?;. Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? "Bastards and else." Shak.

This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.

Else, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.