elegize (elejiz)

i. or t.; pret. and pp. ele gized, ppr. elegizing. [ I... perhaps should have elegized on for a page or two farther, when Harry, who has no idea of the dignity of grief, blundered in. H. Walpole , Letters, II. 371. elegy (el'e-ji), n.; pl. elegies (-jiz). [Formerly elegie; D. G. elegie = Dan. Sw. elegi, LL. elegium, elegeum, elegion, elegeon, an elegy; cf. L. dim. elegidion, elegidarion, a short elegy), neut. (sc. μέτρον, meter, or ἔπος, poem) of έλεγεῖος, prop. pertaining to a song of mourning, elegiac, 1873 anything is in part compounded, which exists in it, and which is itself not decomposable into parts of different kinds; a fundamental or ulti- mate part or principle; hence, in general, any component part; any constituent part or prin- ciple. Thought Alone, and its quick elements , will, pa ion, Reason, imagination, cannot die. Shelley , Hellas. Noble architecture is one element of culture. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 99. That element of tragedy which lies in the very fact of frequency has not yet wrought itself into the coarse emotion of mankind. George Eliot , Middle march, I. 214. Three tribes, settlers on three hills, were the elements of which the original [Roman] commonwealth was made. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 285. Specifically-( a ) An ingredient, especially of the temperament. There's little of the melancholy element in her, my lord. Shak., Much Ado, ii. 1. element weights. (See periodic law, under periodic.) The following is a list of the elements with symbols and atomic weights. Copper Decipium. Didymium Erbium Fluorin Gallium Germanium Glucinum.. (b) pl. The rudimentary principles of any science: as, Euclid's " Elements " (Gr. στοιχεία ), a work setting forth in an orderly and logical way the simple and fundamental propositions of geometry. (c) In geom., one of the points, lines, or planes, or other geometrical forms, by which a figure or geometrical construction is made up. "Space may be considered as a geometrical figure whose elements are either points or planes. Taking the points as elements, the straight. Gold lines of space are so many ranges, and the planes of space Hydrogen so many planes of points. If, on the other hand, the planes Indium. are considered as elements, the straight lines of space are the axes of so many axial pencils, and points of space are centers of so many sheaves of planes" ( Cremona, Geom., tr. by Leuesdorff, § 31). (d) In math,, one of a number of objects arranged in a symmetrical or regular figure. The Iodine.. IMG:content-0307.png:[blocks in formation] 58 15 Atomic Weights. IMG:content-0308.png:[blocks in formation] Chromium Cr 52.3 Cobalt Co 58.8 Columbium (see niobium ). 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(e) In astron., one of the quantities nece ary to be known in calculating the place of a planet (perhaps because the planets were called elements ). They Molybdenum are namely, the longitude of the ascending node, inclination of the orbit to the ecliptic, the longitude of the perihelion, the mean distance from the sun, the mean longitude at any epoch, and the eccentricity. Hence (1) A datum required for the solution of any problem. pl. bread wine used in the eucharist: tinctively called communion elements. When all have communicated, the Bishop shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remain eth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth. Book of Common Prayer , Holy Communion. The third sorrowing was of loues, by long lamentation in Elegie : so was their song called, and it was in a pitious maner of meetre, placing a limping Pentameter after alusty Exameter, which made it go dolourously more then any other meeter. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 39. 2. A mournful or plaintive poem; a poem or song expre ive of sorrow and lamentation; a dirge; a funeral song. And there is such a solemn melody, "Tween doleful songs, tears and sad elegies . Webster, White Devil, v. 1. Let Swans from their forsaken Rivers fly, And sick'ning at her Tomb, make haste to dye, That they may help to sing her Elegy . Congreve, Death of Queen Mary. 3. Any serious poem pervaded by a tone of melancholy, whether grief is actually expre ed or not: as, Gray's " Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Elegy is the form of poetry natural to the reflective mind. It may treat of any subject, but it must treat of no subject for itself, but always and exclusively with reference to the poet himself. Cole ridge. 4. In music, a sad or funereal composition, vocal or instrumental, whether actually commemorative or not; a dirge. =Syn. Dirge, Requiem, etc. See dirge.