n. [F. See Elogium.] A panegyrical funeral oration.
Elogist
(El"o*gist) n. [F. élogiste.] One who pronounces an éloge.
Elogium
(E*lo"gi*um) Elogy
(El"o*gy) n. [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. lo`gos speech,
fr. le`gein to speak. Cf. Éloge.] The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
Elohim
(E*lo"him) n. [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew
Scriptures.
Elohist
(E*lo"hist) n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably
those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the
name of the Supreme Being; — distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.
Elohistic
(El`o*his"tic) a. Relating to Elohim as a name of God; — said of passages in the Old Testament.
Eloign
(E*loign") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] [F. éloigner, OF. esloignier; pref.
es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate.] [Written also eloin.]
1. To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]
From worldly cares he did himself eloign.
Spenser. 2. (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.
The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned.
Blackstone. Eloignate
(E*loign"ate) v. t. To remove. [Obs.] Howell.
Eloignment
(E*loign"ment) n. [F. éloignement.] Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]
Eloin
(E*loin") v. t. See Eloign.
Eloinate
(E*loin"ate) v. t. See Eloignate.
Eloinment
(E*loin"ment) n. See Eloignment.
Elong
(E*long") v. t. [See Eloign, Elongate.]
1. To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]
2. To put away; to separate; to keep off. [Obs.] Wyatt.
Elongate
(E*lon"gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [LL. elongatus, p.
p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]
1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Elongate
(E*lon"gate), v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun,
as a planet in its orbit. [R.]
Elongate
(E*lon"gate) a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An
elongate form." Earle.
Elongation
(E`lon*ga"tion) n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F. élongation.]
