ecce! (L.), behold!

ecce signum! (L.), behold the sign or the proof!

ecco! (It.), here is! there! look there!

éclaircissement (Fr.), an explanation.

école (Fr.), school;—école de droit, law school;—école de médecine, school of medicine;—école militaire, military school;—école polytechnique, polytechnic school.

e contra (Late L.), contrariwise, conversely.

e contrario (Late L.), on the contrary.

e converso (Late L.), conversely, by logical conversion.

écrasé (Fr.), crushed;—écraser, to crush;—écrasez l'infâme! crush the abominable [superstition] out of existence! [motto of Voltaire—against the Roman Catholic Church of his time].

écrevisse (Fr.), crayfish.