— Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. — Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
Efreet
(Ef"reet) n. See Afrit.
Eft
(Eft) n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A
salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).
Eft
(Eft), adv. [AS. eft, æft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly.
[Obs.]
I wold never eft comen into the snare.
Spenser. Eftsoon
(Eft*soon" Eft*soons") adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + sna soon. See Eft, and Soon.]
Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic]
And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone.
Chaucer.
The champion stout eftsoons dismounted.
Spenser. Egad
(E*gad") interj. [Euphemistic corruption of the oath, "by God."] An exclamation expressing exultation
or surprise, etc.
Egal
(E"gal) a. [F. égal. See Equal.] Equal; impartial. [Obs.] Shak.
Egality
(E*gal"i*ty) n. [OE. egalite, F. égalité.] Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson.
Egean
(E*ge"an) a. See Ægean.
Egence
(E"gence) n. [L. egens, - entis, p. pr. of egere to be needy, suffer want.] The state of needing,
or of suffering a natural want. [R.] J. Grote.
Eger
(E"ger E"gre), a. [See Eager.] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.]
The egre words of thy friend.
Chaucer. Eger
(E"ger), n. An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.
Egerminate
(E*ger"mi*nate) v. i. [From L. egerminare to sprout.] To germinate. [Obs.]
Egest
(E*gest") v. t. [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.]
(Physiol.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in
an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
