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- English Word Erasion Definition The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
- English Word Erastian Definition One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
- English Word Erastianism Definition The principles of the Erastains.
- English Word Erasure Definition The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
- English Word Erative Definition Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
- English Word Erato Definition The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
- English Word Erbium Definition A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.
- English Word Ercedeken Definition An archdeacon.
- English Word Erd Definition The earth.
- English Word Ere Definition Before; sooner than.
- English Word Ere Definition Rather than.
- English Word Ere Definition To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.
- English Word Erebus Definition A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.
- English Word Erebus Definition The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.
- English Word Erect Definition Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
- English Word Erect Definition Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- English Word Erect Definition Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- English Word Erect Definition Watchful; alert.
- English Word Erect Definition Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
- English Word Erect Definition Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- English Word Erect Definition To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- English Word Erect Definition To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
- English Word Erect Definition To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- English Word Erect Definition To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- English Word Erect Definition To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
- English Word Erect Definition To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- English Word Erect Definition To rise upright.
- English Word Erectable Definition Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.
- English Word Erected Definition of Erect
- English Word Erecter Definition An erector; one who raises or builds.