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Definition of Etiolates
1. etiolate [v] - See also: etiolate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etiolates
Literary usage of Etiolates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Henry Miers Elliot, William Wilson Hunter, Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906)
"adventurers, free from the lethargy of self-indulgence that too often etiolates
the exotic in the Indian forcing- house. The very bigotry of their creed was ..."
2. America and Europe by Adam G. De Gurowski (1857)
"... generally or habitually, etiolates the man of the South. There is not one
mental faculty, not one attribute of genuine manhood, in which the Southerner ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"It has been stated by some that steam draws up or etiolates plants, and lessens
the flavour of fruits ; but we are inclined to consider such effects, ..."
4. Medieval India Under Mohammedan Rule, 712-1764 by Stanley Lane-Poole (1903)
"... by fresh bodies of hardy adventurers, free from the lethargy of self-indulgence
that too often etiolates the exotic in the Indian forcing-house. ..."
5. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1882)
"She weakens from the drain of her milk, and etiolates from want of sunlight and
falls an easy victim to disease of the lungs. The cow suffers from the same ..."
6. Islam and Christianity in India and the Far East by Elwood Morris Wherry (1907)
"... by fresh bodies of hardy adventurers free from the lethargy of self-indulgence
that too often etiolates the exotic in the Indian forcing house. ..."
7. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann, George Edward Day (1851)
"The etiolates possess a bitter and at the same time a slightly sweet taste; they
are all soluble in alcohol, but water dissolves only the alkaline cholates ..."
8. Great Truths by Great Authors (1856)
"... if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if
immoderately, it withers, etiolates, and destroys. , — Shakspeare. ..."
9. History of India by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Vincent Arthur Smith, Stanley Lane-Poole, Henry Miers Elliot, William Wilson Hunter, Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906)
"adventurers, free from the lethargy of self-indulgence that too often etiolates
the exotic in the Indian forcing- house. The very bigotry of their creed was ..."
10. America and Europe by Adam G. De Gurowski (1857)
"... generally or habitually, etiolates the man of the South. There is not one
mental faculty, not one attribute of genuine manhood, in which the Southerner ..."
11. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"It has been stated by some that steam draws up or etiolates plants, and lessens
the flavour of fruits ; but we are inclined to consider such effects, ..."
12. Medieval India Under Mohammedan Rule, 712-1764 by Stanley Lane-Poole (1903)
"... by fresh bodies of hardy adventurers, free from the lethargy of self-indulgence
that too often etiolates the exotic in the Indian forcing-house. ..."
13. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1882)
"She weakens from the drain of her milk, and etiolates from want of sunlight and
falls an easy victim to disease of the lungs. The cow suffers from the same ..."
14. Islam and Christianity in India and the Far East by Elwood Morris Wherry (1907)
"... by fresh bodies of hardy adventurers free from the lethargy of self-indulgence
that too often etiolates the exotic in the Indian forcing house. ..."
15. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann, George Edward Day (1851)
"The etiolates possess a bitter and at the same time a slightly sweet taste; they
are all soluble in alcohol, but water dissolves only the alkaline cholates ..."
16. Great Truths by Great Authors (1856)
"... if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if
immoderately, it withers, etiolates, and destroys. , — Shakspeare. ..."
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