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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity. To exasperate the ways of death. Sir T. Browne.

Syn. — To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

EXASPERATER Ex*as"per*a`ter, n.

Defn: One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

EXASPERATION Ex*as`per*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.]

1. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger. Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South.

2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits." Sir H. Wotton.

EXASPIDEAN Ex`as*pid"e*an, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the anterior scute

EXAUCTORATE Ex*auc"tor*ate, v. t.

Defn: See Exauthorate. [Obs.]

EXAUCTORATION Ex*auc`tor*a"tion, n.

Defn: See Exauthoration.

EXAUGURATE Ex*au"gu*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. exauguratus, p. p. of exaugurare to profane; ex out + augurari to act as an augur, fr. augur. ]

Defn: To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

EXAUGURATION Ex*au`gu*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. exauguratio desecration.]

Defn: The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.]

EXAUTHORATE Ex*au"thor*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. exauctoratus, p. p. of exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to something, to hire, fr. auctor. See Author.]

Defn: To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.] Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

EXAUTHORATION Ex*au`thor*a"tion, n.

Defn: Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

EXAUTHORIZE Ex*au"thor*ize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. ex- + authorize.]

Defn: To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] Selden.

EXAUTHORIZE Ex*au"thor*ize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. ex.]

Defn: To deprive of authority. [Obs.] Selden.

EXCALCEATE Ex*cal"ce*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. excalceatus, p. p. of excalceare to unshoe. See Calceated.]

Defn: To deprive of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

EXCALCEATION Ex*cal`ce*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

EXCALFACTION Ex`cal*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. excalfactio.]

Defn: A heating or warming; calefaction. [Obs.] Blount.

EXCALFACTIVE Ex`cal*fac"tive, a. Etym: [L. excalfacere to warm; ex out (intens.) + calfacere to warm.]

Defn: Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

EXCALFACTORY Ex`cal*fac"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. excalfactorius.]

Defn: Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.

EXCALIBUR Ex*cal"i*bur, n.

Defn: The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written also Excalibar, Excalibor, Escalibar, and Caliburn.] Tennyson.

EXCAMB; EXCAMBIE Ex*camb", Ex*cam"bie, v. t. Etym: [LL. excambiare, excambire; L. ex out + cambire. See Change, and cf. Exchange.] (Scots Law)

Defn: To exchange; — used with reference to transfers of land.

EXCAMBION; EXCAMBIUM Ex*cam"bi*on, Ex*cam"bi*um, n. Etym: [LL. excambium. See Excamb.] (Scots Law)

Defn: Exchange; barter; — used commonly of lands.

EXCANDESCENCE Ex`can*des"cence, n. Etym: [L. excandescentia.]

1. A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence. [R.]

2. Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] Blount.

EXCANDESCENT Ex`can*des"cent, a. Etym: [L. excandescens, p. pr. of excandescere to take fire, glow; ex out (intens.) + candescere to begin to glisten or glow, fr. candere. See Candid.]

Defn: White or glowing with heat. [R.] Ure.

EXCANTATION Ex`can*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excantare to charm out. See Ex, and Chant.]

Defn: Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Obs.] Gayton.

EXCARNATE Ex*car"nate, v. t. Etym: [LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh.]

Defn: To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew.

EXCARNATION Ex`car*na"tion, n.

Defn: The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; — opposed to incarnation.

EXCARNIFICATE Ex*car"ni*fi*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See Carnify.]

Defn: To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More.

EXCARNIFICATION Ex*car`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.

EXCAVATE Ex"ca*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excavated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Excavating().] Etym: [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See Cave.]

1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.

3. (Engin.)

Defn: To dig out and remove, as earth. The material excavated was usually sand. E. L. Corthell. Excavating pump, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. Knight.

EXCAVATION Ex`ca*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. excavatio: cf. F. excavation.]

1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. "A winding excavation." Glover.

3. (Engin.) (a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. (b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity. The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.

EXCAVATOR Ex"ca*va`tor, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

EXCAVE Ex*cave", v. t. Etym: [L. excavare.]

Defn: To excavate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXCECATE Ex*ce"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. excaecatus, p. p. of excaecare to blind; ex (intens.) + caecare to blind, caecus blind.]

Defn: To blind. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXCECATION Ex`ce*ca"tion, n.

Defn: The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

EXCEDENT Ex*ced"ent, n. Etym: [L. excedens, -entis, p. pr. of excedere. See Exceed, v. t.]

Defn: Excess. [R.]

EXCEED Ex*ceed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] Etym: [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. excéder. See Cede.]

Defn: To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; — used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

Syn. — To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.

EXCEED Ex*ceed", v. i.

1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." Jer. Taylor. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3.

2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.

EXCEEDABLE Ex*ceed"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.

EXCEEDER Ex*ceed"er, n.

Defn: One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu.

EXCEEDING Ex*ceed"ing, a.

Defn: More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. — Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

EXCEEDING Ex*ceed"ing, adv.

Defn: In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] "The voice exceeding loud." Keble. His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix. 3. The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.

EXCEEDINGLY Ex*ceed"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

EXCEL Ex*cel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.] Etym: [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate, Column.]

1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense. Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior. I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.

2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass. She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. Milton.

EXCEL Ex*cel", v. i.

Defn: To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics. Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4. Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.

EXCELLENCE Ex"cel*lence, n. Etym: [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]

1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.

2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie.

3. A title of honor or respect; — more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak.

Syn. — Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.

EXCELLENCY Ex"cel*len*cy, n.; pl. Excellencies (.

1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority. His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.

2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.

EXCELLENT Ex"cel*lent, a. Etym: [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See Excel.]

1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; — used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume. Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.

Syn. — Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.

EXCELLENT Ex"cel*lent, adv.

Defn: Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.

EXCELLENTLY Ex"cel*lent*ly, adv.

1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.

2. In a high or superior degree; — in this literal use, not implying worthiness. [Obs.] When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J. Fletcher.

EXCELSIOR Ex*cel"si*or, a. Etym: [L., compar. of excelsus elevated, lofty, p. p. of excellere. See Excel, v. t.]

Defn: More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

EXCELSIOR Ex*cel"si*or, n.

Defn: A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.

EXCENTRAL Ex*cen"tral, a. Etym: [Pref. ex.] (Bot.)

Defn: Out of the center.

EXCENTRIC; EXCENTRICAL Ex*cen"tric, Ex*cen"tric*al, a.

1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.

EXCENTRICITY Ex`cen*tric"i*ty

Defn: . (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.

EXCEPT Ex*cept", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] Etym: [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]

1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] Shak.

EXCEPT Ex*cept", v. i.

Defn: To take exception; to object; — usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak.

EXCEPT Ex*cept", prep. Etym: [Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.]

Defn: With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. Milton.

Syn. — Except, Excepting, But, Save, Besides. Excepting, except, but, and save are exclusive. Except marks exclusion more pointedly. "I have finished all the letters except one," is more marked than "I have finished all the letters but one." Excepting is the same as except, but less used. Save is chiefly found in poetry. Besides (lit., by the side of) is in the nature of addition. "There is no one here except or but him," means, take him away and there is nobody present. "There is nobody here besides him," means, hi is present and by the side of, or in addition to, him is nobody. "Few ladies, except her Majesty, could have made themselves heard." In this example, besides should be used, not except.

EXCEPT Ex*cept", conj.

Defn: Unless; if it be not so that. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson.

Note: As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except.

EXCEPTANT Ex*cept"ant, a.

Defn: Making exception.

EXCEPTING Ex*cept"ing, prep. & conj.

Defn: , but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. "Excepting your worship's presence." Shak. No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself. Lubbock.

EXCEPTION Ex*cep"tion, n. Etym: [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.]

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions. Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. Cowper.

Note: Often with to. That proud exception to all nature's laws. Pope.

3. (Law)

Defn: An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. Burrill.

4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against. I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. Shak. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.

EXCEPTIONABLE Ex*cep"tion*a*ble, a.

Defn: Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. — Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.

EXCEPTIONAL Ex*cep"tion*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exceptionnel.]

Defn: Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. ) — Ex*cep"tion*al*ly(#), adv.

EXCEPTIONER Ex*cep"tion*er, n.

Defn: One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.] Milton.

EXCEPTIONLESS Ex*cep"tion*less, a.

Defn: Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.

EXCEPTIOUS Ex*cep"tious, a.

Defn: Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.] At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South. — Ex*cep"tious*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.

EXCEPTIVE Ex*cept"ive, a.

Defn: That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. I. Watts. A particular and exceptive law. Milton.

EXCEPTLESS Ex*cept"less, a.

Defn: Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.] My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.

EXCEPTOR Ex*cept"or, n. Etym: [L., a scribe.]

Defn: One who takes exceptions. T. Burnet.

EXCEREBRATION Ex*cer`e*bra"tion, n. Etym: [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.]

Defn: The act of removing or beating out the brains.

EXCEREBROSE Ex*cer"e*brose`, a. Etym: [See Excerebration.]

Defn: Brainless. [R.]

EXCERN Ex*cern", v. t. Etym: [L. excernere. See Excrete.]

Defn: To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon.

EXCERNENT Ex*cern"ent, a. Etym: [See Excern.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

EXCERP Ex*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest, and cf. Scarce, a.]

Defn: To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.

EXCERPT Ex*cerpt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] Etym: [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.]

Defn: To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

EXCERPT Ex*cerp"t (277), n.

Defn: An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

EXCERPTION Ex*cerp"tion, n. Etym: [L. excerptio.]

1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]

2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.] His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.

EXCERPTIVE Ex*cerp"tive, a.

Defn: That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie.

EXCERPTOR Ex*cerp"tor, n.

Defn: One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.

EXCESS Ex*cess", n. Etym: [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. excès. See Exceed.]

1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Shak. That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. Walsh.

2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Eph. v. 18. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. Milton.

3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

EXCESSIVE Ex*cess"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excessif.]

Defn: Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak.

Syn. — Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous —Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness, n.

EXCHANGE Ex*change", n. Etym: [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb.]

1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. Shak.

4. (Com.)

Defn: The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.

Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B.

5. (Law)

Defn: A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone.

6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. — Bill of exchange. See under Bill. — Exchange broker. See under Broker. — Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. — Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Syn. — Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

EXCHANGE Ex*change", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchanged;p. pr. & vb. n. Exchanging.] Etym: [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. échanger. See Exchange, n.]

1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; — usually followed by for before the thing received. Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke.

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing as, to exchange a palace for cell. And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser. To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak.

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats. Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.

Syn. — To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic.

EXCHANGE Ex*change", v. i.

Defn: To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.

EXCHANGEABILITY Ex*change`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being exchangeable. The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.

EXCHANGEABLE Ex*change"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf.F. échangeable.]

1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable value." J. S. Mill.

EXCHANGEABLY Ex*change"a*bly, adv.

Defn: By way of exchange.

EXCHANGE EDITOR Ex*change" ed"i*tor.

Defn: An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.

EXCHANGER Ex*chan"ger, n.

Defn: One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.

EXCHEAT Ex*cheat", n.

Defn: See Escheat. [Obs.] Spenser.

EXCHEATOR Ex*cheat"or, n.

Defn: See Escheator. [Obs.]

EXCHEQUER Ex*cheq"uer, n. Etym: [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr. LL. scaccarium. See Checker, Chess, Check.]

1. One of the superior courts of law; — so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.]

Note: The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in the common law department, it administered justice in personal actions between subject and subject. A person proceeding against another in the revenue department was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in which the judgments of each of the superior courts of common law, in England, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes involving difficult questions of law were sometimes after argument, adjourned into this court from the other courts, for debate before judgment in the court below. Recent legislation in England (1880) has abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being established for the trial of all classes of civil cases. Wharton.

2. The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low. Barons of the exchequer. See under Baron. — Chancellor of the exchequer. See under Chancellor. — Exchequer bills or bonds (Eng.), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.

EXCHEQUER Ex*cheq"uer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchequered; p. pr. & vb. n. Exchequering.]

Defn: To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

EXCIDE Ex*cide", v. t. Etym: [L. excidere, excisum; ex out + caedere to cut. See Concise, and cf. Excise to cut off.]

Defn: To cut off. [R.]

EXCIPIENT Ex*cip"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. excipients, -entis, p. pr. of exipere. See Except, v. t.]

Defn: Taking an exception.

EXCIPIENT Ex*cip"i*ent, n.

1. An exceptor. [R.]

2. (Med.)

Defn: An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers.

EXCIPLE; EXCIPULUM Ex"ci*ple, Ex*cip"u*lum, n. Etym: [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.)

Defn: The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

EXCISABLE Ex*cis"a*ble, a.

Defn: Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.

EXCISE Ex*cise", n. Etym: [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia, assize. See Assize, Concise.]

1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system. The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. Abbot. An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. 11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.

2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]

EXCISE Ex*cise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excised; p. pr. & vb. n. Excising.]

1. To lay or impose an excise upon.

2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]

EXCISE Ex*cise", v. t. Etym: [See Excide.]

Defn: To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

EXCISEMAN Ex*cise"man, n.; pl. Excisemen (.

Defn: An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.

EXCISION Ex*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]

1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.

EXCITABILITY Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excitabilité.]

1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

EXCITABLE Ex*cit"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable.]

Defn: Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

EXCITANT Ex*cit"ant, a. Etym: [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.]

Defn: Tending to excite; exciting.

EXCITANT Ex*cit"ant, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

EXCITATE Ex*cit"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. excitatus, p.p. of excitare. See Excite.]

Defn: To excite. [Obs.] Bacon.

EXCITATION Ex`ci*ta"tion n. Etym: [L. excitatio: cf. F. excitation.]

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.

EXCITATIVE Ex*cit"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excitatif.]

Defn: Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.

EXCITATOR Ex"ci*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L., one who rouses.] (Elec.)

Defn: A kind of discarder.

EXCITATORY Ex*cit"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excitatoire.]

Defn: Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

EXCITE Ex*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting.] Etym: [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite.]

1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Syn. — To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. — To Excite, Incite. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of Cæsar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.

EXCITEFUL Ex*cite"ful, n.

Defn: Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.

EXCITEMENT Ex*cite"ment n. Etym: [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.]

1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. Talfowrd.

3. (Physiol.)

Defn: A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

EXCITER Ex*cit"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, excites. Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.

EXCITING Ex*cit"ing, a.

Defn: Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. — Ex*cit"ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.

EXCITIVE Ex*cit"ive, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to excite; excitative. [R.] Bamfield.

EXCITIVE Ex*cit"ive, n.

Defn: That which excites; an excitant. [R.]

EXCITO-MOTION Ex*ci`to-mo"tion, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.

EXCITO-MOTOR Ex*ci`to-mo"tor, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Excitomotory; as, excito-motor power or causes.

EXCITO-MOTORY Ex*ci`to-mo"to*ry, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Exciting motion; — said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

EXCITO-NUTRIENT Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent, a (Physiol.)

Defn: Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

EXCITO-SECRETORY Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Exciting secretion; — said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.

EXCLAIM Ex*claim", v. t.& i. [imp. & p. p. Exclaimed;p. pr. & vb. n. Exclaiming.] Etym: [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam.]

Defn: To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

EXCLAIM Ex*claim", n.

Defn: Outcry; clamor. [Archaic] Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak.

EXCLAIMER Ex*claim"er, n.

Defn: One who exclaims.

EXCLAMATION Ex`cla*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.]

1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.

2. (Rhet.)

Defn: A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

3. (Print.)

Defn: A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; — called also exclamation point.

EXCLAMATIVE Ex*clam"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exclamatif.]

Defn: Exclamatory. Earle. — Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv.

EXCLAMATORY Ex*clam"a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. — Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly, adv.

EXCLAVE Ex*clave", n. Etym: [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en-]

Defn: A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]

Note: The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.

EXCLUDE Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] Etym: [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]

1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; — the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton.

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

EXCLUSION Ex*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.]

1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume.

2. (Physiol.)

Defn: The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.

EXCLUSIONARY Ex*clu"sion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.

EXCLUSIONISM Ex*clu"sion*ism, n.

Defn: The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.

EXCLUSIONIST Ex*clu"sion*ist, n.

Defn: One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles

EXCLUSIVE Ex*clu"sive a. Etym: [Cf. F. exclusif.]

1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; — opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

EXCLUSIVE Ex*clu"sive, n.

Defn: One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.

EXCLUSIVENESS Ex*clu"sive*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being exclusive.

EXCLUSIVISM Ex*clu"siv*ism, n.

Defn: The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

EXCLUSIVIST Ex*clu"siv*ist, n.

Defn: One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism. The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone.

EXCLUSORY Ex*clu"so*ry, a. Etym: [L. exclusorius.]

Defn: Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.

EXCOCT Ex*coct" v. t. Etym: [L. excoctus, p.p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d Cook.]

Defn: To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon.

EXCOCTION Ex*coc"tion. Etym: [L. excoctio.]

Defn: The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.

EXCOGITATE Ex*cog"i*tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] Etym: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.]

Defn: To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell.

EXCOGITATE Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i.

Defn: To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.

EXCOGITATION Ex*cog`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.]

Defn: The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

EXCOMMUNE Ex`com*mune" v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. excommuier. See Excommunicate.]

Defn: To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.] Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton.

EXCOMMUNICABLE Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [See Excommunicate.]

Defn: Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. "Persons excommunicable ." Bp. Hall. What offenses are excommunicable Kenle.

EXCOMMUNICANT Ex`com*mu"ni*cant, n.

Defn: One who has been excommunicated.

EXCOMMUNICATE Ex"com*mu"ni*cate, a. Etym: [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.]

Defn: Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. — n.

Defn: One excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak.

EXCOMMUNICATE Ex`com*mu"ni*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excommunicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excommunicating.]

1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.

2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin.

EXCOMMUNICATION Ex`com*mu`ni*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. excommunicatio: cf. F. excommunication.]

Defn: The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

Note: excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful.

EXCOMMUNICATOR Ex`com*mu"ni*ca`tor n. Etym: [Cf. LL. excommunicator.]

Defn: One who excommunicates.

EXCOMMUNION Ex`com*mun"ion

Defn: . A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.] Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.

EXCORIABLE Ex*co"ri*a*ble

Defn: . Capable of being excoriated. The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable. Sir T. Browne.

EXCORIATE Ex*co"ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated;p. pr. & vb. n. excoriating.] Etym: [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.]

Defn: To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.

EXCORIATION Ex*co`ri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excoriation.]

1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.] A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell.

EXCORTICATE Ex*cor"ti*cate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark.]

Defn: To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] "Excorticate the tree." Evelyn.

EXCORTICATION Ex*cor`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excortication.]

Defn: The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.

EXCREABLE Ex"cre*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. excreabilis, exscreabilis, fr. exscreare. See Excreate.]

Defn: Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.

EXCREATE Ex"cre*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. excreare, exsreare; ex out + screare to hawk.]

Defn: To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXCREATION Ex`cre*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. excreatio, exscreatio.]

Defn: Act of spitting out. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXCREMENT Ex"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excrément. See Excrete.]

Defn: Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.

EXCREMENT Ex"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.]

Defn: An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.

EXCREMENTAL Ex`cre*men"tal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to excrement.

EXCREMENTITIAL; EXCREMENTITIOUS Ex`cre*men*ti"tial, Ex`cre*men*ti"tious, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.

EXCREMENTIVE Ex`cre*men"tive, a.

Defn: Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

EXCREMENTIZE Ex"cre*ment*ize` v. i.

Defn: To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood

EXCRESCENCE Ex*cres"cence n. Etym: [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See Excrescent.]

Defn: An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

EXCRESCENCY Ex*cres"cen*cy, n.

Defn: Excrescence. [Obs.]

EXCRESCENT Ex*cres"cent, a. Etym: [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]

Defn: Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.

EXCRESCENTIAL Ex`cres*cen"tial a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne.

EXCRETA Ex*cre"ta, n. pl. Etym: [L.]

Defn: Matters to be excreted.

EXCRETE Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] Etym: [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.]

Defn: To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.

EXCRETIN Ex"cre*tin, n. Etym: [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human fæces.

EXCRETION Ex*cre"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétion.]

1. The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.

2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.

EXCRETIVE Ex*cre"tive, a.

Defn: Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey.

EXCRETORY Ex*cre"to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétoire.]

Defn: Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.

EXCRUCIABLE Ex*cru"ci*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. excruciabilis.]

Defn: Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey.

EXCRUCIATE Ex*cru"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.]

Defn: Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.

EXCRUCIATE Ex*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.]

Defn: To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.

EXCRUCIATING Ex*cru"ci*a`ting

Defn: . Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox. "Excruciating fears." Bentley — Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.

EXCRUCIATION Ex*cru`ci*a"tion n. Etym: [L. excruciatio.]

Defn: The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.

EXCUBATION Ex`cu*ba"tion n. Etym: [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.]

Defn: A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey.

EXCUBITORIUM Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.)

Defn: A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.

EXCULPABLE Ex*cul"pa*ble

Defn: . Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.

EXCULPATE Ex*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated, p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating ( Etym: [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable.]

Defn: To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.

Syn. — To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.

EXCULPATION Ex`cul*pa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exculpatio.]

Defn: The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

EXCULPATORY Ex*cul"pa*to*ry

Defn: . Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.

EXCUR Ex*cur" i. Etym: [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.]

Defn: To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey.

EXCURRENT Ex*cur"rent, a. Etym: [L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See Current.]

1. Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.)

Defn: Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

2. (Zoöl)

Defn: Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.

EXCURSE Ex*curse", v. t. Etym: [See excurrent.]

Defn: To journey or pass thought. [R.]

EXCURSION Ex*cur"sion. Etym: [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]

1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

Syn. — Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.

EXCURSIONIST Ex*cur"sion*ist, n.

Defn: One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.

EXCURSIVE Ex*cur"sive, a.

Defn: Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy. The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor. — Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. — Ex*cur"sive*ness, , n.

EXCURSUS Ex*cur"sus, n. Etym: [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See Excurrent.]

Defn: A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

EXCUSABLE Ex*cus"a*ble a. Etym: [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.]

Defn: That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. — Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. — Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.

EXCUSATION Ex`cu*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation.]

Defn: Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon.

EXCUSATOR Ex`cu*sa"tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [Obs.] Hume.

EXCUSATORY Ex*cus"a*to*ry, a.

Defn: Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.

EXCUSE Ex*cuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excused; p. pr. & vb. n. Excusing.] Etym: [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See Cause.]

1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. Abp. Sharp.

2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. I must excuse what can not be amended. Shak.

3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. Pope.

4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture. I pray thee have me excused. xiv. 19.

5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you 2 Cor. xii. 19.

Syn. — To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. - To Pardon, Excuse, Forgive. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse.

EXCUSE Ex*cuse", n. Etym: [Cf. F. excuse. See Excuse, v. t.]

1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. Shak.

2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment. Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. Milton.

3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. "It hath the excuse of youth." Shak. If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Emerson.

Syn. — See Apology.

EXCUSELESS Ex*cuse"less, a.

Defn: Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock.

EXCUSEMENT Ex*cuse"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. excusement.]

Defn: Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.

EXCUSER Ex*cus"er, n.

1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Swift.

2. One who excuses or forgives another. Shelton.

EXCUSS Ex*cuss", v. t. Etym: [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]

1. To shake off; to discard. [R.] To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.] To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).

3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

EXCUSSION Ex*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.]

Defn: The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

EXEAT Ex"e*at, n. Etym: [L., let him go forth.]

1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] Shipley.

2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.

EXECRABLE Ex"e*cra*ble, a. Etym: [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See Execrate.]

Defn: Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride." Hooker. — Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. — Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.

EXECRATE Ex"e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating.] Etym: [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.]

Defn: To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.

EXECRATION Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]

1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn. — See Malediction.

EXECRATIVE Ex"e*cra*tive, a.

Defn: Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. — Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv.

EXECRATIVE Ex"e*cra*tive, n.

Defn: A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle.

EXECRATORY Ex"e*cra*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. — n.

Defn: A formulary of execrations. L. Addison.

EXECT Ex*ect", v. t. Etym: [See Exsect.]

Defn: To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect. Harvey.

EXECTION Ex*ec"tion, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Exsection.

EXECUTABLE Ex"e*cu`ta*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.]

EXECUTANT Ex*ec"u*tant, n.

Defn: One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.

EXECUTE Ex"e*cute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed; p. pr. & vb. n. Executing.] Etym: [F. exécuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]

1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform; Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day Milton.

2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.

3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.

4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.

5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.

6. (Mus.)

Defn: To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.

Syn. — To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.

EXECUTE Ex"e*cute, v. i.

1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.

2. To perform musically.

EXECUTER Ex"e*cu`ter, n.

Defn: One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.

EXECUTION Ex`e*cu"tion, n. Etym: [F. exécution, L. executio, exsecutio.]

1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.

2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. Shak.

3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.

4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.

5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; — usually with do. To do some fatal execution. Shak.

6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] Beau. & FL.

EXECUTIONER Ex`e*cu"tion*er, n.

1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon.

2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

EXECUTIVE Ex*ec"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf.F. exécutif.]

Defn: Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.

EXECUTIVE Ex*ec"u*tive, n.

Defn: An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

EXECUTIVELY Ex*ec"u*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In the way of executing or performing.

EXECUTOR Ex*ec"u*tor, n. Etym: [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer.]

1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.

2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.

3. (Law)

Defn: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.

EXECUTORIAL Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [LL. executorialis.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to an executive.

EXECUTORSHIP Ex*ec"u*tor*ship, n.

Defn: The office of an executor.

EXECUTORY Ex*ec"u*to*ry, a. Etym: [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.]

1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. The official and executory duties of government. Burke.

2. (Law)

Defn: Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.

EXECUTRESS Ex*ec"u*tress, n. Etym: [Cf.F. exécutrice.]

Defn: An executrix.

EXECUTRIX Ex*ec"u*trix, n. Etym: [LL.] (Law)

Defn: A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

EXEDENT Ex"e*dent, a. Etym: [L. exedent, -entis, p.pr. of exedere. See Exesion.]

Defn: Eating out; consuming. [R.]

EXEDRA Ex"e*dra, n.; pl. Exedræ. Etym: [L., fr.Gr

1. (Class. Antiq.)

Defn: A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

EXEGESIS Ex`e*ge"sis, n.;pl. Exegeses. Etym: [NL., fr.Gr. Agent.]

1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

2. (Math.)

Defn: The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

EXEGETE Ex"e*gete, n. Etym: [Gr. exégète. See Exegesis.]

Defn: An exegetist.

EXEGETIC; EXEGETICAL Ex`e*get"ic, Ex`e*get"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. exégétique.]

Defn: Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly, adv.

EXEGETICS Ex`e*get"ics, n.

Defn: The science of interpretation or exegesis.

EXEGETIST Ex`e*ge"tist, n.

Defn: One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; — also called exegete.

EXEMPLAR Ex*em"plar, n. Etym: [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]

1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.

2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.

EXEMPLAR Ex*em"plar, a.

Defn: Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.

EXEMPLARILY Ex"em*pla*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example. She is exemplarily loyal. Howell. Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.

EXEMPLARINESS Ex"em*pla*ri*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

EXEMPLARITY Ex`em*plar"i*ty (, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exemplaritas.]

Defn: Exemplariness. [R.] The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.

EXEMPLARY Ex"em*pla*ry, a. Etym: [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See Exemplar.]

1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.

2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.

3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Fuller. Exemplary damages. (Law) See under Damage.

EXEMPLARY Ex"em*pla*ry, n.

Defn: An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.

EXEMPLIFIABLE Ex*em"pli*fi`a*ble, a.

Defn: That can be exemplified.

EXEMPLIFICATION Ex*em`pli*fi*ca"tion, n.

1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

3. (Law)

Defn: A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

EXEMPLIFIER Ex*em"pli*fi`er, n.

Defn: One who exemplifies by following a pattern.

EXEMPLIFY Ex*em"pli*fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exemplified; p. pr. &. vb. n. Exemplifying.] Etym: [L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.]

1. To show or illustrate by example. He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.

2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.

3. To prove or show by an attested copy.

EXEMPT Ex*empt", a. Etym: [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.]

1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.

2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.

3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; — (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service. True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.

EXEMPT Ex*empt", n.

1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

EXEMPT Ex*empt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] Etym: [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]

1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.

2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. Milton.

EXEMPTIBLE Ex*empt"i*ble, a.

Defn: That may be exempted.

EXEMPTION Ex*emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. exenptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption.]

Defn: The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.

EXEMPTITIOUS Ex`emp*ti"tious, a.

Defn: Separable. [Obs.] "Exemptitious from matter." Dr. H. More.

EXENTERATE Ex*en"ter*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. exenteratus, p.p. of exenterare; cf. Gr.

Defn: To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.] Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.

EXENTERATION Ex*en`ter*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. exenteratio.]

Defn: Act of exenterating. [R.]

EXEQUATUR Ex`e*qua"tur, n. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequi, exsequi, to perform, execute.]

1. A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

2. Official recognition or permission. Prescott.

EXEQUIAL Ex*e"qui*al, a. Etym: [L. exequialis, exsequialis, fr. exsequiae exequies.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

EXEQUIOUS Ex*e"qui*ous, a.

Defn: Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton.

EXEQUY Ex"e*quy, n.;pl. Exequies. Etym: [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See Exequte.]

Defn: A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

EXERCENT Ex*er"cent, a. Etym: [L. exercents, -entis, p. pr. of exercere. See Exercise.]

Defn: Practicing; professional. [Obs.] "Every exercent advocate." Ayliffe.

EXERCISABLE Ex"er*ci`sa*ble a.

Defn: That may be exercised, used, or exerted.

EXERCISE Ex"er*cise, n. Etym: [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See Ark.]

1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice. exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson. O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.

2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise." Spenser. An exercise of the eyes and memory. Locke.

3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise ob horseback. The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.

4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty. Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison. To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.

5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ebbs; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition. The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. Prescott. He seems to have taken a degree, and preformed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. Brydges.

6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test. Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. Milton. Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.

EXERCISE Ex"er*cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exercised; p. pr. & vb. n. Exercising.]

1. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy. Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. Acts xxiv. 16.

2. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops. About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. Milton.

3. To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain. Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. Milton.

4. To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office. I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Jer. ix. 24. The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Ezek. xxii. 29.

EXERCISE Ex"er*cise, v. i.

Defn: To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement. I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper.

EXERCISER Ex"er*ci`ser, n.

Defn: One who exercises.

EXERCISIBLE Ex"er*ci`si*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

EXERCITATION Ex*er`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exercitatio, fr. exercitare, intense., fr. exercere to exercise: CF. f. exercitation.]

Defn: exercise; practice; use. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

EXERGUE Ex*ergue", n. Etym: [F.,fr.Gr. i.e., accessory work. See Work.] (Numis.)

Defn: The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.

EXERT Ex*ert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.] Etym: [L. exertus, exsertus, p.p. of exerere, exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. Exsert.]

1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden.

2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.

3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. South. To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.

EXERTION Ex*er"tion, n.

Defn: The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.

Syn. — Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt.

EXERTIVE Ex*ert"ive, a.

Defn: Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.

EXERTMENT Ex*ert"ment, n.

Defn: Exertion. [R.]

EXESION Ex*e"sion, n. Etym: [L. exedere, exesum, to eat up; ex out + edere to eat.]

Defn: The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EXESTUATE Ex*es"tu*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. exaestuatus,p.p. of exaestuare to boil up. See Estuate.]

Defn: To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]

EXESTUATION Ex*es`tu*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaestuatio.]

Defn: A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle.

EXEUNT Ex"e*unt. Etym: [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.]

Defn: They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.

EXFETATION Ex`fe*ta"tion, n Etym: [Pref. ex- + fetation.] (Med.)

Defn: Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.

EXFOLIATE Ex*fo"li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating.] Etym: [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]

1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

2. (Min.)

Defn: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

EXFOLIATE Ex*fo"li*ate v. t.

Defn: To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.

EXFOLIATION Ex*fo`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exfoliation.]

Defn: The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

EXFOLIATIVE Ex*fo"li*a"tive, a. Etym: [Cf.F. exfoliatif.]

Defn: Having the power of causing exfoliation. — n.

Defn: An exfoliative agent. Wiseman.

EXHALABLE Ex*hal"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.

EXHALANT Ex*hal"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exhalant.]

Defn: Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

EXHALATION Ex`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]

1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.

EXHALE Ex*hale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Exaling.] Etym: [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.]

1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.

EXHALE Ex*hale", v. i.

Defn: To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.

EXHALEMENT Ex*hale"ment, n.

Defn: Exhalation. [Obs.]

EXHALENCE Ex*hal"ence, n.

Defn: Exhalation. [R.]

EXHAUST Ex*haust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting.] Etym: [L. exhaustus, p.p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]

1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. Motley.

4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

5. (Chem.)

Defn: To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.

Syn. — To spend; consume; tire out; weary.

EXHAUST Ex*haust", a. Etym: [L. exhaustus, p.p.]

1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. — Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. — Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. — Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. — Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. — Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. — Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.

EXHAUST Ex*haust", n. (Steam Engine)

1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

EXHAUSTER Ex*haust"er n.

Defn: One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

EXHAUSTIBILITY Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Capability of being exhausted. I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.

EXHAUSTIBLE Ex*haust"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

EXHAUSTING Ex*haust"ing, a.

Defn: Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. — Ex*haust"ing, adv.

EXHAUSTION Ex*haus"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exhaustion.]

1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

3. (Math.)

Defn: An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.

Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.

EXHAUSTIVE Ex*haust"ive, a.

Defn: Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.

EXHAUSTLESS Ex*haust"less, a.

Defn: Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

EXHAUSTMENT Ex*haust"ment, n.

Defn: Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

EXHAUSTURE Ex*haus"ture, n.

Defn: Exhaustion. Wraxall.

EXHEDRA Ex"he*dra, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: See Exedra.

EXHEREDATE Ex*her"e*date, v. t. Etym: [L., exheredatus, p.p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres, heredis, heir.]

Defn: To disinherit. [R.] Huloet.

EXHEREDATION Ex*her`e*da"tion, n. Etym: [L., exheredatio: cf. F. exhérédation.]

Defn: A disinheriting; disherisor. [R.]

EXHEREDITATION Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [LL. exhereditare, exhereditatum, disinherit.]

Defn: A disinheriting; disherison. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

EXHIBIT Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] Etym: [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]

1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.

2. (Law)

Defn: To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

3. (Med.)

Defn: To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. — To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]

EXHIBIT Ex*hib"it, n.

1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

2. (Law)

Defn: A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

EXHIBITER Ex*hib"it*er, n. Etym: [Cf. Exhibitor.]

Defn: One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill. Shak.

EXHIBITION Ex`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.]

1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak. I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale.

4. (Med.)

Defn: The act of administering a remedy.

EXHIBITIONER Ex`hi*bi"tion*er, n. (Eng. Univ.)

Defn: One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.

EXHIBITIVE Ex*hib"it*ive, a.

Defn: Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris. — Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv.

EXHIBITOR Ex*hib"it*or, n. Etym: [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.]

Defn: One who exhibits.

EXHIBITORY Ex*hib"it*o*ry, a. Etym: [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.]

Defn: Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.

EXHILARANT Ex*hil"a*rant, a. Etym: [L. exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.]

Defn: Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. — n.

Defn: That which exhilarates.

EXHILARATE Ex*hil"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] Etym: [L. exhilaratus, p.p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.]

Defn: To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

EXHILARATE Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i.

Defn: To become joyous. [R.] Bacon.

EXHILARATING Ex*hil"a*ra`ting, a.

Defn: That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. — Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

EXHILARATION Ex*hil`a*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L., exhilaratio.]

1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.

Syn. — Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

EXHORT Ex*hort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.] Etym: [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.]

Defn: To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak. Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes.

EXHORT Ex*hort", v. i.

Defn: To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.

EXHORT Ex*hort", n.

Defn: Exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.

EXHORTATION Ex`hor*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.]

1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

EXHORTATIVE Ex*hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.]

Defn: Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

EXHORTATORY Ex*hor"ta*to*ry a. Etym: [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

EXHORTER Ex*hort"er, n.

Defn: One who exhorts or incites.

EXHUMATED Ex*hu"ma*ted, a.

Defn: Disinterred. [Obs.]

EXHUMATION Ex`hu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.]

Defn: The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

EXHUME Ex*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] Etym: [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.]

Defn: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

EXICCATE Ex"ic*cate, v. t.

Defn: See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.

EXICCATION Ex`ic*ca"tion, n.

Defn: See Exsiccation. [Obs.]

EXIGENCE Ex"i*gence, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Exigency. Hooker.

EXIGENCY Ex"i*gen*cy, n.;pl. Exigencies. Etym: [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.]

Defn: The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.

Syn. — Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

EXIGENDARY Ex`i*gen"da*ry, n.

Defn: See Exigenter.

EXIGENT Ex`i*gent, a. Etym: [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.]

Defn: Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

EXIGENT Ex"i*gent, n.

1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent Shak.

2. (o. Eng. Law)

Defn: The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

EXIGENTER Ex"i*gent*er, n. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

EXIGIBLE Ex"i*gi*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.]

Defn: That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

EXIGUITY Ex`i*gu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.]

Defn: Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

EXIGUOUS Ex*ig"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. exiguus.]

Defn: Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." Carlyle. — Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]

EXILE Ex"ile, n. Etym: [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.]

1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.

2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak.

Syn. — Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

EXILE Ex"ile v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.]

Defn: To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson. Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.

Syn. — See Banish.

EXILE Ex*ile", a. Etym: [L. exilis.]

Defn: Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.

EXILEMENT Ex"ile*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. exilement.]

Defn: Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.

EXILIC Ex*il"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon. Encyc. Dict.

EXILITION Ex`i*li"tion, n. Etym: [L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap.]

Defn: A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EXILITY Ex*il"ity, n. Etym: [L. exilitas: cf. F. exilité. See Exile, a.]

Defn: Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.] Paley.

EXIMIOUS Ex*im"ious a. Etym: [L. eximius taken out, i. e. select, fr. eximere to take out. See Exempt.]

Defn: Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.] The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.

EXINANITE Ex*in"a*nite, v. t. Etym: [L. exinanitus, p. p. of exinanire; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis, empty.]

Defn: To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

EXINANITION Ex*in`a*ni"tion

Defn: n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.] Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.

EXIST Ex*ist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.] Etym: [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See Stand.]

1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. South.

2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.

3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.

Syn. — See Be.

EXISTENCE Ex*ist"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. existence.]

1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. Lubbock.

2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.

3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

EXISTENCY Ex*ist"en*cy, n.

Defn: Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

EXISTENT Ex*ist"ent, a. Etym: [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.]

Defn: Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

EXISTENTIAL Ex`is*ten"tial, a.

Defn: Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. —Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic] Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige.

EXISTER Ex*ist"er, n.

Defn: One who exists.

EXISTIBLE Ex*ist"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of existence. Grew.

EXISTIMATION Ex*is`ti*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.]

Defn: Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.

EXIT Ex"it. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.]

Defn: He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.

EXIT Ex"it, n. Etym: [See 1st Exit.]

1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.

3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

EXITIAL; EXITIOUS Ex*i"tial, Ex*i"tious, a. Etym: [L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitium a going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr.exire to go out: cf. F. exitial.]

Defn: Destructive; fatal. [Obs.] "Exitial fevers." Harvey.

EX LIBRIS Ex` li"bris. [L. ex from + libris books.]

Defn: An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.

EXMOOR Ex"moor, n. [From Exmoor, a district in Somersetshire and Devonshire.]

1. One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.

2. A breed of ponies native to the Exmoor district.

EXO; EXO- Ex"o. Etym: [Gr. Ex-.]

Defn: A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.

EXOCARDIAC; EXOCARDIAL Ex`o*car"di*ac, Ex`o*car"di*al, a. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; — opposed to endocardiac.

EXOCARP Ex"o*carp, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

EXOCCIPITAL Ex`oc*cip"i*tal, a. Etym: [Pref. ex- + occipital.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. — n.

Defn: The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.

EXOCETUS; EXOCOETUS Ex`o*ce"tus ( or ), Ex`ocoe"tus, n. Etym: [NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. (Zoöl)

Defn: A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

EXOCULATE Ex*oc"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. exoculatus, p. p. of exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye.]

Defn: To deprive of eyes. [R.] W. C. Hazlitt.

EXODE Ex"ode n. Etym: [L. exodium, Gr. exode. See Exodus.]

1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.

2. (Gr. Drama)

Defn: The final chorus; the catastrophe.

3. (Rom. Antig.)

Defn: An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

EXODIC Ex*od"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Exodus.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; — said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

EXODIUM Ex*o"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: See Exode.

EXODUS Ex"o*dus, n. Etym: [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. Skr. a-sad to approach.]

1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

EXODY Ex"o*dy, n.

Defn: Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.] The time of the Jewish exody. Sir M. Hale.

EX-OFFICIAL Ex`-of*fi"cial, a.

Defn: Proceeding from office or authority.

EX OFFICIO Ex` of*fi"ci*o; pl. Ex officiis. Etym: [L.]

Defn: From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

EXOGAMOUS Ex*og"a*mous, a. Etym: [Exo- + Gr.

Defn: Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; — opposed to endogenous.

EXOGAMY Ex*og"a*my, n.

Defn: The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; — opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

EXOGEN Ex"o*gen, n. Etym: [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exogène.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

EXOGENETIC Ex`o*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Arising or growing from without; exogenous.

EXOGENOUS Ex*og"e*nous, a.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; — the opposite of endogenous.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: Growing by addition to the exterior.

3. (Anat.)

Defn: Growing from previously ossified parts; — opposed to autogenous. Owen. Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.

EXOGYRA Ex`o*gy"ra n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

EXOLETE Ex"o*lete, a. Etym: [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.]

Defn: Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]

EXOLUTION Ex`o*lu"tion, n. Etym: [L. exolutio a release. See Exolve.]

Defn: See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

EXOLVE Ex*olve", v. t. Etym: [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere.]

Defn: To loose; to pay. [Obs.]

EXON Ex"on, n. Etym: [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.]

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

EXON Ex"on, n. Etym: [F. expect an under officer.]

Defn: An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

EXONERATE Ex*on"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating.] Etym: [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.]

1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.

2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.

3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.

Syn. - To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.

EXONERATION Ex*on`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exonération.]

Defn: The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

EXONERATIVE Ex*on"er*a*tive, a.

Defn: Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

EXONERATOR Ex*on"er*a`tor, n. Etym: [L., an unloader.]

Defn: One who exonerates or frees from obligation.

EXOPHTHALMIA Ex`oph*thal"mi*a, n. Etym: [Nl.,fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

EXOPHTHALMIC Ex`oph*thal"mic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia. Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.

EXOPHTHALMOS; EXOPHTHALMUS Ex`oph*thal"mos, Ex`oph*thal"mus (, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)

Defn: Same as Exophthalmia.

EXOPHTHALMY Ex`oph*thal"my, n. (Med.)

Defn: Exophthalmia.

EXOPHYLLOUS Ex*oph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Not sheathed in another leaf.

EXOPLASM Ex"o*plasm, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.

EXOPODITE Ex*op"o*dite, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Zoöl)

Defn: The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

EXOPTABLE Ex*op"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. exoptabilis.]

Defn: Very desirable. [Obs.] Bailey.

EXOPTILE Ex*op"tile, n. Etym: [F., fr.Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; — so called because the plumule is naked.

EXORABLE Ex"o*ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. exorabilis: cf. F. exorable. See Exorate.]

Defn: Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender. Milton.

EXORATE Ex"o*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. exoratus, p. p. of exorare to gain by entreaty; ex out, from + orare to pay.]

Defn: To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty. [Obs.] Cockeram.

EXORATION Ex`o*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. exoratio.]

Defn: Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

EXORBITANCE; EXORBITANCY Ex*or"bi*tance, Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.

Defn: A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. "a curb to your exorbitancies." Dryden. The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall.

EXORBITANT Ex*or"bi*tant, a. Etym: [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]