*elat*

n. [ Pref. arch- + prelate. ] An archbishop or other chief prelate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belated; p. pr. & vb. n. Belating. ] To retard or make too late. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. “Some belated peasant.” Milton. -- Be*lat"ed*ness, n. Milton. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. related by blood, i.e. by a common genetic heritage.
Syn. -- akin(predicate), cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5

a. [ Bromine + gelatin. ] (Photog.) Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., fr. caelare to engrave in relief. ] Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. caelatura, fr. caelare to engrave in relief. ] 1. The act or art of engraving or embossing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is engraved. [ Obs. ] Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Mus.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ciclatoun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Cheliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a compound formed by combination of a metal ion in solution with a compound containing heteroatoms (such as oxygen or nitrogen), in which at least two heteroatoms are bound to the metal. The bonds may be covalent or non-covalent. Chelates in some cases have very low dissociation constants, and organic compounds (chelating agents) which form such chelates are therefore used to reduce the concentration of free metal ions in solution. [ PJC ]

adj. combined with a chelator so as to form a chelate; -- of metal ions.
Syn. -- chelate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) a compound which forms a chelate with a metal ion. Commonly used chelating agents in laboratory use are EDTA and sodium citrate. Citrate is used as an additive to blood collected in blood banks, to chelate the calcium ions and retard clotting. [ PJC ]

n. the process of removing a heavy metal from a solution by means of a chelate; as (Med.) the treatment of lead or mercury poisoning by adding a chelating agent to the blood. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. the process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. congélation, L. congelatio. ] 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a rower. ] (Zool.) See Larvalla. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. same as correlate. [ Rare ]
Syn. -- correlate, correlate with. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Corresponding relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating. ] [ Pref. cor- + relate. ] To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. mutually related.
Syn. -- correlative, correlate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Mathematics, statistics) showing a statistically significant relationship between the values of two or more variables; as, The statures of fathers and sons are correlated. [ PJC ]

n. [ LL. correlatio; L. cor- + relatio: cf. F. corrélation. Cf. Correlation. ] Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation. --
Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. corrélatif. ] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a correlative relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being correlative. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crenelated p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating ] [ LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr&unr_;neler to indent. See Crenelle. ] [ Written also crenellate. ] 1. To furnish with crenelles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; as, a crenelated molding.
Syn. -- embattled, crenelate, crenellated, crenellate, indented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having turrets and battlements in the style of a castle; -- of a building.
Syn. -- battlemented, castellated, castled, crenellated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [ Written also crenellation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating. ] [ L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v. ] [ Obs. or Archaic ] 1. To carry; to convey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To carry on; to conduct. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dilate. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delatio accusation: cf. F. délation. ] 1. Conveyance. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Accusation by an informer. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] An accuser; an informer. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. de + LL. pucella virgin, F. pucelle: cf. F. dépuceler. ] To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Lifted up; raised; elevated.

With upper lip elate. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And sovereign law, that State's collected will,
O'er thrones and globes, elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate,
Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating. ] 1. To raise; to exalt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the potent sun elated high. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With elation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being elated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, elates. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; driver, fr. &unr_; to drive. ] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Any beetle of the family Elateridæ, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zoöl.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; driving. See 2d Elater. ] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Elatrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Elater. ] Acting force; elasticity. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elatio. See Elate. ] A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. “Felt the elation of triumph.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]