Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEHere's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. E·quiv"o·ca·to·ry (?), a. Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation. 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. E·quiv"o·rous (?), a. [L. equus horse + vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars. E"quus (?), n. [L., horse.] (Zoöl.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc. -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. -īyas.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier. 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. 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). |