edulcorative

[Eng. edulcorat (e); -ive.] Having the power or property of edulcorating or sweetening. e-dŭl-cor-ā-tor, s . [Eng. edulcorat(e); -or.] He who or that which sweetens or removes acidity; a dropping-tube for applying small quantities of sweet solutions to a mixture. *ē-dū le, a . [Lat. edulium =anything good to eat.] Eatable, esculent, edible, fit for food. "The leaves alone of many edule plants."- Evelyn : Acetaria . *ē-dul-i-ous, a. [ Lat.edulium =anything good to eat; edo = to eat.] Eatable, edible, good for food. "The husks of peas, beans, or such edulious pulses."Sir T. Browne: Miscell., p. 13. ěd-wardş-ite, s. [Named after Edwards, an American mineralogist.] Min.: The same as MONAZITE (q. v.). *ed-wit, *ed-wyt, *ed-wyte, s. [A. S. edwit; O. H. Ger. itawiz ; Goth idweit .] Disgrace, shame, reproach. "So offte to make me edwyte." Hymns to the Virgin, p. 124. IMG:content-0775.png:[blocks in formation] "Arcite, and eek the hundred of his part, With baners red ys entred right anoon." Chaucer: C. T., 2,584, 2,585. IMG:content-0776.png:[blocks in formation] ē'en (1), e'en-in, 8. [EVENING.] Even, evening. ( Scotch .) "This hour on e'enin's edge I take." Burns: Epistle to J. Lapraik. ê'er, adv . [EVER.] A contraction for ever (q. v.). ëer-iě, a. [A. S. earg , earh =timid.] Frightened, dreading spirits. ( Scotch .) "Aft yont the dyke she's heard you bummin', Wi' eerie drone."" Burns: Addre to the Deil. ëer-I-ne , s. [Eng. eerie; -ne .] A supersti- tious dread of spirits; timidity. Bot .: Salsola kali . ( Turner .) eet-noch, eet-nock, s . [Etym. doubtful.] A mo -grown precipitous rock. "Among the auld gray eetnocks ."- Edinburgh Magazine. ef-, pref . The form a umed by the Latin prefix ex before words beginning with f . IMG:content-0777.png:[blocks in formation] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The same as EFFACEMENT (q. v.). êf-fa-rê, effraye, s . [Fr. scared, frightened.] Her.: An epithet applied to an animal repre- sented as rearing on its hind legs, as though fright- ened or enraged. *ef-fas'-çin-āte, v. t. [Lat. effascinatus , pa. par. of effascinor = to bewitch.] [FASCINATE.] To charm, to bewitch, to fascinate. "The vulgar already are so efascinated , as to begin to account their planetary presages for divine prophecies. - Gaule: Mag- Astro - Mantix , p. 129. *ef-fas-çin-ā-tion, s. [Lat. effascinatio , from effascinatus , pa. par. of effascinor .] The act of bewitching or fascinating; the state of being IMG:content-0778.png:[blocks in formation] effect ef-fect', v. t. [EFFECT, 8.] 1. To produce as a cause, consequence, or result; to be the cause of, to bring about, to cause to be. "The change made of that syrup into a purple color was effected by the vinegar."-Boyle: On Colors. 2. To bring to pa , to accomplish, to achieve, to attempt succe fully, to perform. "[He] sat down at last in despair of effecting it."Atterbury Sermons, vol. i. ser. 7. Crabb thus discriminates between to effect, to produce, and to perform: "The two latter are in reality included in the former; what is effected is both produced and performed; but what is produced or performed is not always effected . To pro duce, signifies to bring something forth or into existence; to perform , to do something to the end: to effect is to produce by performing: whatever is effected is the consequence of a specific design; it always requires therefore a rational agent to effect: what is produced may follow incidentally, or arise from the action of an irrational agent or an inanimate object; what is performed is done by specific efforts; it is therefore, like effect , the consequence of design, and requires a rational agent. Effect respects both the end and the means by which it is brought about: produce respects the end only; perform, the means only. No person ought to calculate on effecting a reformation in the morals of men, without the aid of religion: changes both in individuals and communities are often produced by trifles. To effect is said of that which emanates from the mind of the agent himself; to perform , of that which is marked out by rule, or prescribed by another. We effect a purpose; we perform a part, a duty or office. A true Christian is always happy when he can effect a reconciliation between parties who are at variance; it is a laudable ambition to strive to perform one's part creditably in society." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.)