Part 3901

<blockquote>The world, <b>erelong</b>, a world of tears must weep. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eremacausis</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er`e*ma*cau"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ quietly + <?/ burning, fr. <?/ to burn.]</ety> <def>A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.</def>

<h1>Eremitage</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"e*mit*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hermitage</er>.</def>

<h1>Eremite</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"e*mite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hermit</er>.]</ety> <def>A hermit.</def>

<blockquote>Thou art my heaven, and I thy <b>eremite</b>. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eremitic, Eremitical</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>Er`e*mit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Er`e*mit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.</def> "An <i>eremitical</i> life in the woods." <i>Fuller</i>. "The <i>eremitic</i> instinct."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Eremitish</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"e*mi`tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eremitic.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Eremitism</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"e*mit*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.</def>

<h1>Eretation</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E`re*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erepere</ets> to creep out; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>repere</ets> to creep.]</ety> <def>A creeping forth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ereption</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ereptio</ets>, fr. <ets>eripere</ets> to snatch away; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>rapere</ets> to snatch.]</ety> <def>A snatching away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Erethism</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"e*thism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ irritation, fr. <?/ to stir, rouse, fr. <?/ to stir: cf. F. <ets>\'82r\'82thisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.</def>

<i>Hoblyn.</i>

<h1>Erethistic</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er`e*this"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ irritating.]</ety> <def>Relating to erethism.</def>

<h1>Erewhile, Erewhiles</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>Ere`while"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ere`whiles"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>