Word For The Day, Monday, August 4, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/4/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, verb
elucidates; elucidating; elucidated: intransitive verb
elucidation; elucidator: noun
elucidative: adjective

1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
2. To give an explanation that serves to clarify
3. Shed light on.
4. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

He thought that film's promise and purpose was to elucidate the real, to reveal the patterns already before us, and he believed that unity of space and time were paramount.
--Nancy Reisman, House Fires

Etymology: [Late Latin l cid re, l cid t- : Latin -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin l cidus, bright (from l c re, to shine. See leuk- in Indo-European Roots).]

[xsmommy]

here is how you know he is lying, had my hand been anywhere, there would have been nothing to wonder about... ; )

[xsmommy]

Christmas card photo....; )

[Gabz]

Good grief - my 5 ct amethyst is more purple than that.

[xsmommy]

ok, then i would like your 5 ct amethyst!

[hobbes1]

maybe he is psychologically surpressing the trauma ; )

[xsmommy]

yer just J.

[hobbes1]

mebbe....whatofit?

[Hegewisch Dupa]

do I have to feed you the "it takes two hands to tame the Tiger anyway" line?! What's up - slow Monday morn?

[xsmommy]

obviously he is just not...up... to things, this AM....

[Gabz]

And it's heart shaped!!!!

It's my engagement ring, when coolbreeze and I got engaged he knew I wanted no part of a diamond engagement ring. Our wedding rings have the diamonds.

[Texan5]

Thank you so much. Now I can go try to find it.

[Texan5]

I think if I could afford either one, I'd go for the yellow one-there is a huge one on display at the museum in San Antonio, along with a lot of other exotic looking jewelry.

[xsmommy]

that ring on Vanessa Bryant looks like an ordinary, albeit LARGE, white diamond. i don't believe that is the vaunted bribe purple diamond, since googling purple diamonds gives you this

[VRWCmember]

Hey look. slick willie is making a personal appeal to CJ to support hillary's campaign.

[Gabz]

I'm very inclined to agree with you.

[xsmommy]

Ceej, according to bubba, hil promises a sheep in every bed, a chicken in every pot, and so on....

[Texan5]

Okay, now that's more like what I would expect. It's PURPLE.

[xsmommy]

purple is my absolute fave color. most of the flowers in my flower bed are purple.

[VRWCmember]

[xsmommy]

i would rather see CJ lock lips with this ewe, than to see this .