Equivocation
(E*quiv`o*ca"tion) n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a
purpose to mislead.
There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions.
Locke. Syn. — Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.
Equivocator
(E*quiv"o*ca`tor) n. One who equivocates.
Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate
to heaven.
Shak. Equivocatory
(E*quiv"o*ca*to*ry) a. Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
Equivoque
(Eq"ui*voque, Eq"ui*voke) n. [F. équivoque. See Equivocal.]
1. An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. Coleridge.
2. An equivocation; a guibble. B. Jonson.
Equivorous
(E*quiv"o*rous) a. [L. equus horse + vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding on horseflesh; as,
equivorous Tartars.
Equus
(||E"quus) n. [L., horse.] (Zoöl.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
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er
(-er) .
1. [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.] The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; — applied
either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a
man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -za, L. - ior, Gr. Skr. -iyas.] A suffix used to form
the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
Era
(E"ra) n.; pl. Eras [LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of
aes, aeris, brass, money. See Ore.]
1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era.
R. S. Poole. 2. A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from
some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
The first century of our era.
M. Arnold. 3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture.
J. A. Symonds. Syn. — Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.
Eradiate
(E*ra"di*ate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eradiated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eradiating ] [Pref. e- + radiate.]
To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H. More.
Eradiation
(E*ra`di*a"tion) n. Emission of radiance.
