e. gr.

A form of e.g. — An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. archaicArchaic form of e.g..

    Hence said of a ligament by which the use of some member of the body is impeded, e. gr. the tongue, Mk. vii. 35; […]

    1840, S[amuel] T[homas] Bloomfield, A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament: […], London: […] Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], page 77, column 2
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    The Figure of the Pupil in various Animals, is wonderfully adapted to their various Circumſtances and Occaſions. In ſome, e. gr. in Man, ’tis round; […]

    1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “PUPILLA”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes II (I–Z), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 912, column 1

    According to the police regulation, Moſco is partitioned into twenty chief diviſions, denominated from the principal ſtreets they ſeverally comprehend, e. gr. the Boſmanſkoi, the Verſkoi, &c.

    1800, W[illiam] Tooke, “Sketch of Mosco”, in History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catharine the Second, volume II, London: […] A. Strahan, […], for T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], pages 367–368
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