eclpse - n.
a condition involving convulsions leading to coma, occurring esp. in pregnant women.

eclamptic adj. [mod.L f. F eclampsie f. Gk eklampsis sudden development f. eklampo shine forth]

eclpse - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 deriving ideas, tastes, style, etc., from various sources.
2 Philos. & Art selecting one's beliefs etc. from various sources; attached to no particular school of philosophy.

--n.

1 an eclectic person.
2 a person who subscribes to an eclectic school of thought.

eclectically adv. eclecticism n. [Gk eklektikos f. eklego pick out]

eclpse - n. & v.
--n.

1 the obscuring of the reflected light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the eye or between it and its source of illumination.
2 a deprivation of light or the period of this.
3 a rapid or sudden loss of importance or prominence, esp. in relation to another or a newly-arrived person or thing.

--v.

tr.
1 (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another).
2 intercept (light, esp. of a lighthouse).
3 deprive of prominence or importance; outshine, surpass.

in eclipse 1 surpassed; in decline.
2 (of a bird) having lost its courting plumage.

eclipser n. [ME f. OF f. L f. Gk ekleipsis f. ekleipo fail to appear, be eclipsed f. leipo leave]

eclpse - n. & adj.
--n.

the sun's apparent path among the stars during the year.

--adj.

of an eclipse or the ecliptic. [ME f. L f. Gk ekleiptikos (as ECLIPSE)]

eclpse - n.
a short poem, esp. a pastoral dialogue. [L ecloga f. Gk ekloge selection f. eklego pick out]

eclpse - n.
the emergence of an insect from a pupa-case or of a larva from an egg. [F

closion f.

clore hatch (as EX-(1), L claudere to close)]