array( 'part' => 'v.i.', 'definition' => 'Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself.', 'quote' => array( 'A lady with one of her ears applied', 'To an open keyhole heard, inside,', 'Two female gossips in converse free —', 'The subject engaging them was she.', '"I think," said one, "and my husband thinks', 'That she\'s a prying, inquisitive minx!"', 'As soon as no more of it she could hear', 'The lady, indignant, removed her ear.', '"I will not stay," she said, with a pout,', '"To hear my character lied about!"', ), 'author' => 'Gopete Sherany', ), 'EDIBLE' => array( 'part' => 'adj.', 'definition' => 'Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.', ), 'EDUCATION' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.', ), 'ELOQUENCE' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.', ), 'ELYSIUM' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians — may their souls be happy in Heaven!', ), 'EMANCIPATION' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'A bondman\'s change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself.', 'quote' => array( 'He was a slave: at word he went and came;', 'His iron collar cut him to the bone.', 'Then Liberty erased his owner\'s name,', 'Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own.', ), 'author' => 'G.J.', ), 'EMOTION' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.', ), 'ENVELOPE' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter.', ), 'ENVY' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.', ), 'EPITAPH' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:', 'quote' => array( 'Here lie the bones of Parson Platt,', 'Wise, pious, humble and all that,', 'Who showed us life as all should live it;', 'Let that be said — and God forgive it!', ), ), 'EVANGELIST' => array( 'part' => 'n.', 'definition' => 'A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.', ), ); if (isset($entries[strtoupper($_REQUEST['term'])])) { $term = strtoupper($_REQUEST['term']); $entry = $entries[$term]; echo build_entry($term, $entry); } else { echo '
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