Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEEp"u·lose` (?), a. [L. epulum a feast.] Feasting to excess. [Obs.] Ep`u·los"i·ty (?), n. A feasting to excess. [Obs.] Ep`u·lot"ic (?), a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to scar over or heal; επι upon, over + ? whole.] Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n. An epulotic agent. Ep`u·ra"tion (?), n. [L. e out, quite + purare to purify, purus pure.] Purification. É`pure" (?), n. [F.] (Fine Arts) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing. Ep"worth League (?). A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. E`qua·bil"i·ty (?), n. [L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable.] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. E"qua·ble (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.] 1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper. E"qua·ble·ness, n. Quality or state of being equable. E"qua·bly, adv. In an equable manner. E"qual (?), a. [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. ?ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.] |