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J. A. Symonds.

Syn. -- Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.

E*ra"di*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eradiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradiating (?).] [Pref. e- + radiate.] To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H. More.

E*ra`di*a"tion (?), n. Emission of radiance.

E*rad"i*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being eradicated.

E*rad"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating (?).] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.] 1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment.

Southey.

Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

E*rad`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F. éradication.] 1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

E*rad"i*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. éradicatif.] Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

E*rad"i*ca*tive, n. (Med.) A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.

E*ras"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being erased.

E*rase" (*rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased (-rst"); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.] 1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke.

E*rased" (*rst"), p. p. & a. 1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

2. (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.

E*rase"ment (rs"ment), n. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

E*ras"er (?), n. One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

E*ra"sion (?), n. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

E*ras"tian (?; 106), n. (Eccl. Hist.) 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 State. Shipley.

E*ras"tian*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The principles of the Erastains.

E*ra"sure (?; 135), n. [From Erase.] The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

Er"a*tive (?), a. Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth.

Er"a*to (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to love.] (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Er"bi*um (?), n. [NL. from Ytterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found. Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.