eliasite

[Named from the Elias mine, Joachimsthal, where it occurs; -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: A sub translucent or opaque mineral occurring in shapele ma es. Hardne , 3-3-4-5; specific gravity, 4-5. There are two varieties: (1) Eliasite proper: Of reddish-brown color, hyacinth red on the edges, streak yellow or orange; (2) Pittinite: Color black, streak olive-green. Both are closely akin to Gremnite (q. v.). The Brit. Mus. Cat. makes it a variety of Pitchblende (q. v.). e-liç'-it, *ě-liç'-Ite, v . t . & i. [Lat. elicit us , pa. par. of elicio =to draw out: e=out, and lacio =to entice, to allure.] IMG:content-0881.jpg:[graphic] A. Transitive : 1. To draw out, to extract, to educe. "Divers particles of matter and spirits derived and elicited from the plant or animal." - Hale : Origin of Man kind , p. 76. 2. To ascertain by reasoning and observation; to deduce. "By bringing reason to bear upon observation, the astronomer has been able out of the 'mystic dance' to elicit their order and their real paths." -Paley: Natural Theology, ch. xxii. 3. To ascertain or bring to light by inquiry and questioning. B. In trans.: To ascertain, to find out, to discover, to deduce. *e-liç'-It, *e-liç'-ite, a . [Lat. elicit us , pa. par. of elicio.] Brought into act or real existence; open, evident. "The schools dispute whether, in morals, the external action superadds anything of good or evil to the internal elicit act of the will."-South: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 3. *ě-liç'-I-tāte, v. t . [ Eng.elicit ; -ate.] To elicit, to discover, to deduce. *e-liç-1-tā-tion, s. [Eng. elicit at ( e ); -ion.] The act or proce of eliciting, drawing out, or educing. ě-liç'-1-těd, pa . par . or a. [ELICIT, v .] ě-liç'-It-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [ELICIT, v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of drawing out, deducing, or ascertaining. *ě-li de, v. t . [Lat. elido , from e =out, and lædo =to dash, to hurt.] I. Ord. Lang.: To crush, to break in pieces, to destroy utterly. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0883.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Causing a quantity or quantities to disappear 1. Law : To quash. 2. Gram.: Τo cut off or suppre the last syllable from an equation; removing a quantity or quant i- by olision. *e-lie, *e-lye, v . t . [OIL, v .] To anoint. *el-i-gent, s. [Lat. eligens , pa. par. of eligo to choose, to elect.] An elector. ěl-lg-1-bil-1-ty, s. [As if from a Low Lat. eligibilitas, from eligibilis eligible (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being worthy or fit to be chosen; the state of being preferable. 2. The quality or state of being eligible or capable for being chosen to any office or position: the position of being legally qualified for any office. ěl-lg-1-ble, a . [Fr. Eligible , from Low Latin eligibilis , from Lat. eligo to choose: e=out, and lego to choose; Ital. eligibile .] [ELECT.] 1. Fit or deserving to be chosen; worthy of choice, preferable. 2. Desirable, suitable. 3. Fit or qualified to be chosen to any office or position; legally qualified or capable for election or appointment. (Generally followed by for before the office or position.) Crabb thus discriminates between eligible and preferable: " Eligible or fit to be elected, and pref erable to be preferred, serve as epithets in the sense of choose and prefer: what is eligible is desirable in itself, what is preferable is more desirable than another. There may be many eligible situations out of which perhaps there is but one prefer able. Of persons, however, we say rather that they are eligible to an office than preferable ." ( Crabb : Eng. Synon. )