Part 3613

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Eerily</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ee"ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a strange, unearthly way.</def>

<h1>Eerisome</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ee"ri*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing fear; eerie.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Eet</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Eet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs. imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Eat</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Effable</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef"fa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effabilis</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>fari</ets> to speak.]</ety> <def>Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Efface</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*face"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Effaced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Effacing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>effacer</ets>; pref. <ets>es-</ets> (L. <ets>ex</ets>) + <ets>face</ets> face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See <er>Face</er>, and cf. <er>Deface</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; <as>as, to <ex>efface</ex> the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.</def>

<blockquote><b>Efface</b> from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- <er>Efface</er>, <er>Deface</er>. To <i>deface</i> is to injure or impair a figure; to <i>efface</i> is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.</syn>

<h1>Effaceable</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*face"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being effaced.</def>

<h1>Effacement</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*face"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>effacement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.</def>

<h1>Effascinate</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*fas"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effascinare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To charm; to bewitch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Effascination</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*fas`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effascinatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Effect</h1> <Xpage=472>

<hw>Ef*fect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>effectus</ets>, fr. <ets>efficere</ets>, <ets>effectum</ets>, to effect; <ets>ex + facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>effet</ets>, formerly also spelled <ets>effect</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety>