<note>&hand; After \'bfor', <i>else</i> is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or <i>else</i> shall I?"</note>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Elsewhere</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>Else"where`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In any other place; <as>as, these trees are not to be found <ex>elsewhere</ex></as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; <as>as, it is reported in town and <ex>elsewhere</ex></as>.</def>
<h1>Elsewhither</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>Else"whith`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>To some, or any, other place; <as>as, you will have to go <ex>elsewhither</ex> for it</as>. <i>R</i>. <i>of Gloucester</i>.</def>"For <i>elsewhither</i> was I bound."
<i>Carlyle.</i>
<h1>Elsewise</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>Else"wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Otherwise.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Elsin</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>El"sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shoemaker's awl.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<h1>Elucidate</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*lu"ci*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Elucidated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Elucidating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>elucidatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elucidare</ets>; <ets>e + lucidus</ets> full of light, clear. See <er>Lucid</er>.]</ety> <def>To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; <as>as, an example will <ex>elucidate</ex> the subject</as>.</def>
<h1>Elucidation</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*lu`ci*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lucidation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; <as>as, one example may serve for further <ex>elucidation</ex> of the subject</as>.</def>
<h1>Elucidative</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*lu"ci*da`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making clear; tending to elucidate; <as>as, an <ex>elucidative</ex> note</as>.</def>
<h1>Elucidator</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*lu"ci*da`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.</def>
<h1>Elucidatory</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*lu"ci*da*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to elucidate; elucidative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Eluctate</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E*luc"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eluctatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eluctari</ets> to struggle out; <ets>e + luctari</ets> to wrestle.]</ety> <def>To struggle out; -- with <i>out</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Hacket.</i>
<h1>Eluctation</h1> <Xpage=481>
<hw>E`luc*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eluctatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A struggling out of any difficulty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Hall.</i>
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