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elaborate, elaborative, elaborated, elaborating, elaborately
elaborateness, elaboration, elaborator
developed in great detail; produced by great effort; worked out in careful detail; to express at greater length or in greater detail (asked me to elaborate on my proposal); to work out

elect, elected, electing, elects
to select by vote for an office or for membership; to pick out; select (elect an art course); choose; to decide, especially by preference (elected to take the summer off); to select by divine will for salvation; to make a choice or selection; chosen deliberately; singled out; elected but not yet installed; often used in combination (chosen for marriage, the bride-elect; one that is chosen or selected; an exclusive group of people

election
the act or power of electing; the fact of being elected; the right or ability to make a choice; choice

electoral,electorally
of, relating to, or composed of electors; of or relating to election

Electoral Reform
elimination of undemocratic, dishonest, and corrupt practices in the conduct of public elections. Reform is usually effected by statutory enactments that contain provisions for accomplishing one or more of the following ends: a change in the qualification of voters in order to include in the electorate certain categories of citizens previously barred from voting; a revision of procedures for selecting candidates and arranging elections to ensure that voters will be able to register an effective choice; the definition and outlawing of corrupt practices employed to influence the outcome of elections..Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

electorate
a body of qualified voters

eminent, eminently
towering or standing out above others; prominent (an eminent peak); of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy (eminent members of the community); outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished (an eminent historian); noted

Eminent Domain.(meaning of 'eminent'; meaning of 'domain')
the unrestrained ownership of land; independent of all action from without and paramount over all action within (in detail)

The individual states through their own constitutions, possess the right of eminent domain as sovereignties, within their borders and within the limits on their powers as defined by delegates from the 12 states who drafted the U.S. Constitution and subsequently presented it to the individual states for ratification.

The United States federal government possesses the right of Eminent Domain as a sovereign state, made possible by the individual states granting land to form the District of Columbia.

Point is: the people of the individual States had opportunity and were able to be involved in that which was to affect them, and knew and collectively agreed on the limited powers granted to a federal government of their creation. Such a thing has not happened in Canada, as it has to other former dominions of Britain, to the detriment of regions outside of Ontario and Quebec.
Business and Economics..the right of a government to take private property for a public purpose, usually with just compensation to the owner

enact, enacted, enacting, enacts, enactable, enactor, enactment
to make into law: Congress enacted a tax reform bill; to act (something) out, as on a stage (enacted the part of the parent); the act of enacting; the state of being enacted; something that has been enacted

encompass, encompassed, encompassing, encompasses, encompassment
to constitute or include (a survey that encompassed a wide range of participants); to accomplish; achieve; to form a circle or ring around; surround; surround; to enclose; envelop

England/United Kingdom
a division of the United Kingdom, the southern part of the island of Great Britain; originally settled by Celtic peoples, it was subsequently conquered by Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes and Normans; acts of union joined England with Wales in 1536, with Scotland in 1707 to create the political entity of Great Britain, and, in 1801, with Ireland to form the United Kingdom. London is the capital and the largest city of both England and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom/United Kingdom of.Great Britain.and Northern Ireland, commonly called Great Britain or Britain, England, all terms referring to the.British.people and people of the United Kingdom (comprising the British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh people) Abbr. U.K., UK; a country comprising England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; beginning with the kingdom of England, it was created by three acts of union (with Wales (1536), Scotland (1707) and Northern Ireland (1800); at the height of its power in the 19th century it ruled an empire that spanned the globe; London is the capital and the largest city.
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entity, entities
anything real in itself having individual existence in reality, or in the mind; the fact of existence; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit (persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law); being; the existence of something considered apart from its properties

envoy
a representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission; a minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador

equitable, equitableness, equitably
marked by or having equity; just and impartial; fair

equity, equities
the state, quality, or ideal of being just, impartial and fair; something that is just, impartial, and fair

erroneous, erroneously, erroneousness
containing or derived from error; mistaken (erroneous conclusions); wandering about in error; wrong; mistaken

essence
the intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something; the most important ingredient; the crucial element; the inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things; an extract that has the fundamental properties of a substance in concentrated form

in essence
essentially (she is in essence a reclusive sort); by nature

of the essence
of the greatest importance; crucial: (rime is of the essence)

essential, essentiality.or.essentialn, essessentially
constituting or being part of the essence of something; inherent; basic or indispensable; necessary (essential ingredients); indispensable; something fundamental; something necessary or indispensable

et al.
and others

ethical, ethically, ethicize
conforming to moral standards; to make, or regard as ethical
ethic
a set of principles of right conduct; atheory or a system of moral values
ethics
the study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy
ethics
the rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession: medical ethics

excerpt, excerptor.or.excerpter, excerption, excerpt, excerpted, excerpting, excerpts
a passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film; to select or use (a passage or segment from a longer work); to select or use material from (a longer work)

expedient, expedient, expediently
appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote one's interest (was merciful only when mercy was expedient); based on or marked by a concern for self interest rather than principle; self interested; something that is a means to an end; something contrived or used to meet an urgent need; makeshift

exemplary, exemplariness.or.exemplarity
worthy of imitation; serving as a model; commendable (exemplary behavior)

explicit, explicitly, explicitness
fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity; leaving no question as to meaning or intent (explicit instructions); fully developed or formulated (an explicit plan) (an explicit notion of our objective); unambiguous in expression (was very explicit on how we are to behave); open in the depiction of nudity or sexuality (explicit books and films)
explicit.implies such verbal plainness and distinctness that there is no need for inference and no room for difficulty in understanding (explicit instructions) compare,implicit
synonyms.definite, express, specific
definite.stresses precise, clear statement or arrangement that leaves no doubt or indecision (the law is definite in such cases) 
express.implies both explicitness and direct and positive utterance (her express wishes) 
specific.means perfectly clear in meaning; applies to what is precisely and fully treated in detail or particular (two specific criticisms)

extort, extorted, extorting, extorts
to obtain from another by coercion or intimidation; educe; force
extorter
extortive

extortion
the act or an instance of extorting; illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage; an excessive or exorbitant charge; something extorted
extortionary
extortionist.or.extortioner

extrapolate, extrapolated, extrapolating, extrapolates, extrapolation, extrapolative, extrapolator
to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information; to engage in the process of extrapolating

esoteric.adjective
intended for or understood by only a chosen few such as the management group, the priestly order in the time of Emmanuel and thereafter (recall the burning of books, the burnings at the stake, the martyrizing of so many, etc.); the philosophy of aloofness or keeping others ignorant so as to maintain secrecy, respect and distance in relationships; one makes little or no effort towards building trust; a protection wall for the one holding to the philosophy, used to exclude others, hide the heart's real intent, maintain control at the expense of others and secret meeting behind closed doors; perhaps better known as sneaky elitism or untoward-surreptitiousness; contrast exoteric
esoterically.adverb

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