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p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode. ] (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Erogated p. pr. & vb. n. Erogating ] [ L. erogatus, p. p. of erogare; e out + rogare to ask. ] To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. erogatio. ] The act of giving out or bestowing. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. causing sexual excitement when stimulated. [ PJC ]

2. relating to or arousing sexual excitement. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; love, &unr_; (personified) Eros, fr. &unr_; to love. ] (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. erosus, p. p. See Erode. ] 1. Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed. -- E*rose"ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. erosio. See Erode. ] 1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. a gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal; erosion of buying power by inflation. [ fig. ] [ PJC ]