Elamite (elamit)

and a. [ +-ite2.] I. n. An inhabitant of ancient Elam, a country east of Babylonia, commonly regarded as corresponding nearly to the old province of Susiana in Persia (now Khuzistan). II. a . Pertaining to Elam or the Elamites. elampt (e-lamp'), v . i . [L. e, out, + E. lamp : see lamp .] To shine. As when the cheerful sun, elamping wide, Glads all the world with his uprising ray. G. Fletcher, Christ's Victory and Triumph, i. This, indeed, is deformed by words neither English nor Latin, but simply barbarous, as elamping , eblazon, deprostrate, purpured, glitterand, and many others. Hallam , Introd. Lit. of Europe, iii. 5. élan (a-lon'), n. [F., élancer , shoot, incite, refl. rush forward, dash: see elance .] Ardor inspired by enthusiasm, pa ion, or the like; dash. elance (e-lans'), v . t . [F. élancer , é- (L. e), out, + lancer , dart, hurl, lance , a lance.] Το throw or shoot; hurl; dart. [Rare.] While thy unerring hand elanc'd Another, and another dart, the people Joyfully repeated Io! Prior, tr. of Second Hymn of Call i mach us. Young , Night Thoughts, ix. Elance thy thought, and think of more than man.