Dated form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally with spaces in between, before, and after them, " . . . ", or, more recently, a single character, "…", used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible, or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues (e.g., 1, ..., 4 means 1, 2, 3, 4).

(obsolete) Zeal. / (obsolete) Strength; courage. / (theology) Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.

(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.

(grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.

A park in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval. / Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted. / (of speech) Concise, condensed. / (mathematics, rare) Elliptic.

(astronomy) An elliptical galaxy. / An elliptical trainer.

Obsolete form of alder.