a. [ L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See Abrade. ] Rubbed smooth. [ Obs. ] “An abrase table.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an enzyme which exists in nerve cells and hydrolyses acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. It is essential for neurotransmission at autonomous synapses and neuromuscular junctions, and its inhibition by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can paralyze or kill an animal.
Syn. -- ACE [ PJC ]

{ } v. t. [ Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. écraser to crush. See Crase, Craze. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To craze. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Arras. ] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Brazen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a magnoliid genus; a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as the most primitive of extant angiosperms; alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Syn. -- genus Brasenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. crisopace, OF. crisoprace, F. chrysoprase, L. chrysoprasus, fr. Gr. &unr_;; chryso`s gold + &unr_; leek. ] (Min.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Craze. ] To break in pieces; to crack. [ Obs. ] “The pot was crased.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Biochemistry, Genetics) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Cells contain several types of DNA polymerase, some of which are required for replication of DNA, and are indispensable for multipliation and division of cells. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Surg.) The operation performed with an écraseur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. écraser to crush. ] (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Erased p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing. ] [ L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase. ] 1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the ability to perceive or gain information about external facts or events by means other than the senses. the existence of such an ability, as well as other parapsychologial phenomena, is widely disbelieved among scientists, and no demonstration of the phenomenon satisfyng rigorous standards of scientific proof has been reported. [ PJC ]

n. A genus of North American herbs: columbo; it includes some species sometimes placed in the genus Swertia.
Syn. -- genus Frasera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. e'i^dos form + kra^sis mixture, from keranny`nai to mix; cf. F. idocrase. ] (Min.) Same as Vesuvianite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biochem.) an enzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, thereby producing bioluminescence. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. meta`frasis, from metafra`zein to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. métaphrase. ] 1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; a literal translation; -- opposed to paraphrase. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An answering phrase; repartee. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Translated literally. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a paraphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. paraphrasis, Gr. para`frasis, from parafra`zein to say the same thing in other words; para` beside + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See Para-, and Phrase. ] A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. Sowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paraphrased p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphrasing ] To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are put to construe and paraphrase our own words. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who paraphrases. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paraselenæ [ NL., from Gr. para` beside + selh`nh the moon: cf. F. parasélène. ] (Meteor.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. periphrasis, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to think about, to be expressed periphrastically; &unr_; + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. périphrase. See Phrase. ] (Rhet.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. “To describe by enigmatic periphrases.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Periphrased p. pr. & vb. n. Periphrasing. ] [ Cf. F. périphraser. ] To express by periphrase or circumlocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use circumlocution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. phrasis diction, phraseology, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to speak. ] 1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Convey” the wise it call. “Steal!” foh! a fico for the phrase. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression. “Phrases of the hearth.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou speak'st
In better phrase and matter than thou didst. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A short clause or portion of a period. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A composition consists first of sentences, or periods; these are subdivided into sections, and these into phrases. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phrase book, a book of idiomatic phrases. J. S. Blackie. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Phrased p. pr. & vb. n. Phrasing. ] [ Cf. F. phraser. ] To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. “These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To use proper or fine phrases. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To group notes into phrases; as, he phrases well. See Phrase, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indescribable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a phrase + -gram. ] (Phonography) A symbol for a phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phraseology; consisting of a peculiar form of words. “This verbal or phraseological answer.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collector or coiner of phrases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, phrase + -logy: cf. F. phraséologie. ] 1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most completely national in his . . . phraseology. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Diction; style. See Diction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prasius, fr. Gr. &unr_; of a leek-green, fr. Gr. &unr_; a leek: cf. F. prase. ] (Min.) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; leek-green, green, fr. &unr_; a leek. ] A combining form signifying green; as, praseocobalt, a green variety of cobalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Praseo- + didymium. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Praseo- + -lite. ] (Min.) A variety of altered iolite of a green color and greasy luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rased p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing. ] [ F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent. ] 1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. Beckford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [ In this sense raze is generally used. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased,
They would not turn home. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A scratching out, or erasure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slight wound; a scratch. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + sepal. ] (Bot.) Having four sepals. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. t. [ Pref. to- + OE. r&unr_;sen to rage. ] To scratch to pieces. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]