Part 3896

<h1>Eradicable</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rad"i*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being eradicated.</def>

<h1>Eradicate</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rad"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Eradicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Eradicating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>eradicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eradicare</ets> to eradicate; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>radix</ets>, <ets>radicis</ets>, root. See <er>Radical</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To pluck up by the roots; to root up; <as>as, an oak tree <ex>eradicated</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; <as>as, to <ex>eradicate</ex> diseases, or errors</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be <b>eradicated</b> by vigorous treatment. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.</syn>

<h1>Eradication</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rad`i*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eradicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82radication</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being plucked up by the roots.</def>

<h1>Eradicative</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rad"i*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <ets>\'82radicatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.</def>

<h1>Eradicative</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rad"i*ca*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that effects a radical cure.</def>

<i>Whitlock.</i>

<h1>Erasable</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*ras"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being erased.</def>

<h1>Erase</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rase"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Erased</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Erasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>erasus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eradere</ets> to erase; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>radere</ets> to scrape, scratch, shave. See <er>Rase</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; <as>as, to <ex>erase</ex> a word or a name</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Erased</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rased"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. <er>Couped</er>.</def>