EX, eks, used adjectively in words like _ex_-emperor, to signify _late_.
See Prefixes in Appendix.
EXACERBATE, egz-as'[.e]r-b[=a]t, or eks-, _v.t._ to embitter: to provoke:
to render more violent or severe, as a disease.--_ns._ EXACERB[=A]'TION,
EXACERBES'CENCE, increase of irritation or violence, esp. the increase of a
fever or disease: embitterment. [L. _exacerb[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, and
_acerb[=a]re_, from _acerbus_, bitter.]
EXACT, egz-akt', _v.t._ to force from: to compel full payment of: to make
great demands, or to demand urgently: to extort: to inflict.--_v.i._ to
practice extortion.--_adj._ precise: careful: punctual: true: certain or
demonstrable.--_p.adj._ EXACT'ING, compelling full payment of: unreasonable
in making demands.--_ns._ EXAC'TION, act of exacting or demanding strictly:
an oppressive demand: that which is exacted, as excessive work or tribute;
EXACT'ITUDE, exactness: correctness.--_adv._ EXACT'LY.--_ns._ EXACT'MENT;
EXACT'NESS, quality of being exact: accuracy; EXACT'OR, -ER, one who
exacts: an extortioner: one who claims rights, often too strictly:--_fem._
EXACT'RESS.--EXACT SCIENCES, the mathematical sciences, of which the
results are demonstrable. [L. _exig[)e]re_, _exactum_--_ex_, out,
_ag[)e]re_, to drive.]
EXAGGERATE, egz-aj'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to magnify unduly: to represent too
strongly: to intensify.--_n._ EXAGGER[=A]'TION, extravagant representation:
a statement in excess of the truth.--_adjs._ EXAGG'ERATIVE, EXAGG'ERATORY,
containing exaggeration or tending to exaggerate.--_n._ EXAGG'ERATOR. [L.
_exagger[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, _agger[=a]re_, to heap up--_agger_, a
heap.]
EXALBUMINOUS, eks-al-b[=u]'min-us, _adj._ (_bot._) without albumen.--Also
EXALB[=U]'MINOSE.
EXALGIN, eks-al'jin, _n._ an anodyne obtained from coal-tar products.
[Gr.,--_ex_, out, _algos_, pain.]
EXALT, egz-awlt', _v.t._ to elevate to a higher position: to elate or fill
with the joy of success: to extol: (_chem._) to refine or subtilise.--_n._
EXALT[=A]'TION, elevation in rank or dignity: high estate: elation:
(_astrol._) the position of a planet in the zodiac where it was supposed to
wield the greatest influence.--_p.adj._ EXALT'ED, elevated: lofty:
dignified.--_n._ EXALT'EDNESS. [L. _exalt[=a]re_--_ex_, _altus_, high.]
EXAMINE, egz-am'in, _v.t._ to test: to inquire into: to question.--_n._
EX[=A]'MEN, examination.--_adj._ EXAM'INABLE.--_ns._ EXAM'INANT, an
examiner; EXAM'INATE, one who is examined; EXAMIN[=A]'TION, careful search
or inquiry: trial: testing of capacity of pupils, also contracted to EXAM.;
EXAMIN[=EE]', one under examination; EXAM'INER, EXAM'IN[=A]TOR, one who
examines.--_p.adj._ EXAM'INING, that examines, or is appointed to examine.
[Fr.,--L. _examin[=a]re_--_examen_ (=_exagmen_), the tongue of a balance.]
EXAMPLE, egz-am'pl, _n._ that which is taken as a specimen of the rest, or
as an illustration of the rule, &c.: the person or thing to be imitated or
avoided: a pattern: a warning: a former instance.--_v.t._ to exemplify: to
instance.--_n._ EXAM'PLAR, a pattern, model.--_adj._ EXAM'PLARY, serving
for an example. [O. Fr.,--L. _exemplum_--_exim[)e]re_, to take out--_ex_,
out of, _em[)e]re_, _emptum_, to take.]
EXANIMATE, egz-an'i-m[=a]t, _adj._ lifeless: spiritless: depressed.--_n._
EXANIM[=A]'TION.--_adj._ EXAN'IMOUS [L. _exanim[=a]tus_--_ex_, neg.,
_animus_, spirit, life.]
EXANTHEMA, eks-an-th[=e]'ma, _n._ one of a class of febrile diseases with
distinctive eruptions on the skin, appearing at a definite period and
running a recognisable course:--_pl._ EXANTH[=E]'MATA.--_adjs._
EXANTHEMAT'IC, EXANTHEM'ATOUS.--_ns._ EXANTHEMATOL'OGY; EXANTH[=E]'SIS, the
appearing of an exanthema. [Gr.,--_ex_, out, _antheein_, to blossom.]
EXARCH, eks'ärk, _n._ name formerly given to the vicegerent of the
Byzantine empire in Italy: a bishop: (_Gr. Church_) an ecclesiastical
inspector.--_n._ EXARCH'ATE, the office of an exarch. [Gr.
_exarchos_--_ex_, and _archein_, to lead.]
EXASPERATE, egz-as'p[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to make very angry: to irritate in
a high degree.--_p.adj._ irritated.--_adjs._ EXAS'PERATING, EXAS'PERATIVE,
provoking.--_ns._ EXASPER[=A]'TION, act of irritating; state of being
exasperated: provocation: rage: aggravation; EXAS'PERATOR. [L. _ex_,
inten., _asper[=a]re_, to make rough--_asper_, rough.]
EXCALIBUR, eks-kal'ib-[.e]r, _n._ the name of King Arthur's sword. [O. Fr.
_escalibor_--_caliburn_; cf. Ir. _caladbolg_, a famous sword.]
EXCAMBION, eks-kam'bi-on, _n._ legal term for the exchange of lands--also
EXCAM'BIUM.--_v.t._ EXCAMB', to exchange. [Low L. _excambi[=a]re_.]
EXCAVATE, eks'ka-v[=a]t, _v.t._ to hollow or scoop out: to dig out.--_ns._
EXCAV[=A]'TION, act of excavating: a hollow or cavity made by excavating;
EX'CAVATOR, one who excavates: a machine used for excavating. [L.
_excav[=a]re_--_ex_, out, _cavus_, hollow.]
EXCEED, ek-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to go beyond the limit or measure of: to surpass
or excel.--_v.i._ to go beyond a given or proper limit.--_p.adj._
EXCEED'ING, surpassing, excessive.--_adv._ EXCEED'INGLY, very much:
greatly. [L. _ex_, beyond, _ced[)e]re_, _cessum_, to go.]
EXCEL, ek-sel', _v.t._ to be superior to: to exceed: to surpass.--_v.i._ to
have good qualities in a high degree: to perform very meritorious actions:
to be superior:--_pr.p._ excel'ling; _pa.p._ excelled'.--_ns._ EX'CELLENCE,
EX'CELLENCY, great merit: any excellent quality: worth: greatness: a title
of honour given to persons high in rank or office.--_adj._ EX'CELLENT,
surpassing others in some good quality: of great virtue, worth, &c.:
superior: valuable.--_adv._ EX'CELLENTLY.--_adj._ EXCEL'SIOR (L. _comp._),
higher still. [L. _excell[)e]re_--_ex_, out, up, and a word from the root
of _celsus_, high.]
EXCEPT, ek-sept', _v.t._ to take or leave out: to exclude.--_v.i._ to
object.--_prep._ leaving out: excluding: but.--_adj._ and _n._
EXCEPT'ANT.--_prep._ EXCEPT'ING, with the exception of, except.--_n._
EXCEP'TION, the act of excepting: that which is excepted: exclusion:
objection: offence.--_adj._ EXCEP'TIONABLE, objectionable.--_adv._
EXCEP'TIONABLY.--_adj._ EXCEP'TIONAL, peculiar.--_adv._
EXCEP'TIONALLY.--_adjs._ EXCEP'TIOUS, disposed to take exception;
EXCEPT'IVE, including, making, or being an exception; EXCEPT'LESS
(_Shak._), making an exception, usual.--_n._ EXCEPT'OR. [L. _excip[)e]re_,
_exceptum_--_ex_, out, _cap[)e]re_, to take.]
EXCERPT, ek's[.e]rpt, or ek-s[.e]rpt', _n._ a passage selected from a book,
an extract.--_v.t._ EXCERPT', to select: to extract.--_ns._ EXCERPT'ING,
EXCERP'TION; EXCERP'TOR. [L. _excerptum_, pa.p. of _excerp[)e]re_--_ex_,
out, _carp[)e]re_, to pick.]
EXCESS, ek-ses', _n._ a going beyond what is usual or proper: intemperance:
that which exceeds: the degree by which one thing exceeds another.--_adj._
EXCES'SIVE, beyond what is right and proper: immoderate: violent.--_adv._
EXCES'SIVELY.--_n._ EXCES'SIVENESS.--CARRY TO EXCESS, to do too much. [L.
_excessus_--_exced[)e]re_, _excessum_, to go beyond.]
EXCHANGE, eks-ch[=a]nj', _v.t._ to give or leave one place or thing for
another: to give and take mutually: to barter.--_n._ the giving and taking
one thing for another: barter: the thing exchanged: process by which
accounts between distant parties are settled by bills instead of money: the
difference between the value of money in different places: the building
where merchants, &c., meet for business.--_n._ EXCHANGEABIL'ITY.--_adj._
EXCHANGE'ABLE, that may be exchanged.--_n._ EXCHAN'GER, one who exchanges
or practises exchange: (_B._) a money-changer, a banker. [O. Fr.
_eschangier_ (Fr. _échanger_)--Low L. _excambi[=a]re_--L. _ex_, out,
_camb[=i]re_, to barter.]
EXCHEAT, eks-ch[=e]t', _n._ (_Spens._). Same as ESCHEAT.
EXCHEQUER, eks-chek'[.e]r, _n._ a superior court which had formerly to do
only with the revenue, but now also with common law, so named from the
chequered cloth which formerly covered the table, and on which the accounts
were reckoned.--_v.t._ to proceed against a person in the Court of
Exchequer.--EXCHEQUER BILL, bill issued at the Exchequer, under the
authority of acts of parliament, as security for money advanced to the
government.--CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (see CHANCELLOR); COURT OF
EXCHEQUER, originally a revenue court, became a division of the High Court
of Justice in 1875, and is now merged in the Queen's Bench Division. [From
root of _check_, _checker_.]
EXCIDE, ek-sid', _v.t._ to cut off. [L. _excid[)e]re_--_ex_, out,
_cæd[)e]re_, to cut.]
EXCIPIENT, ek-sip'i-ent, _n._ a substance mixed with a medicine to give it
consistence, or used as a vehicle for its administration.
EXCISE, ek-s[=i]z', _n._ a tax on certain home commodities and on licenses
for certain trades; the department in the civil administration which is
concerned with this tax.--_v.t._ to subject to excise duty.--_adj._
EXCIS'ABLE, liable to excise duty.--_n._ EXCISE'MAN, an officer charged
with collecting the excise. [Old Dut. _excijs_--O. Fr. _acceis_, tax--Low
L. _accens[=a]re_, to tax--_ad_, to, _census_, tax.]
EXCISE, ek-s[=i]z', _v.t._ to cut off or out.--_n._ EXCI'SION, a cutting
out or off of any kind: extirpation. [L. _excid[)e]re_, to cut out--_ex_,
out, _cæd[)e]re_, to cut.]
EXCITE, ek-s[=i]t', _v.t._ to call into activity: to stir up: to rouse: to
irritate.--_ns._ EXC[=I]TABIL'ITY, EXC[=I]T'ABLENESS.--_adj._
EXC[=I]T'ABLE, capable of being excited, easily excited.--_ns._ EXCITANT
(ek'sit-ant, or ek-s[=i]t'ant), that which excites or rouses the vital
activity of the body: a stimulant; EXCIT[=A]'TION, act of exciting: means
of excitement: state of excitement.--_adjs._ EXC[=I]T'[=A]TIVE,
EXC[=I]T'[=A]TORY, tending to excite.--_p.adj._ EXC[=I]T'ED,
agitated.--_ns._ EXCITE'MENT, agitation: that which excites;
EXC[=I]T'ER.--_p.adj._ EXC[=I]T'ING, tending to excite.--_adj._
EXC[=I]'TO-M[=O]'TOR, exhibiting muscular contraction. [Fr.,--L.
_excit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_exci[=e]re_--_ex_, out, _ci[=e]re_, to set in
motion.]
EXCLAIM, eks-kl[=a]m', _v.i._ to cry out: to utter or speak
vehemently.--_n._ an exclamation, outcry.--_n._ EXCLAM[=A]'TION, vehement
utterance: outcry: an uttered expression of surprise, and the like: the
mark expressing this (!): an interjection.--_adjs._ EXCLAM'ATIVE,
EXCLAM'ATORY, containing or expressing exclamation. [Fr. _exclamer_--L.
_exclam[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _clam[=a]re_, to shout.]
EXCLAVE, eks'kl[=a]v, _n._ a part of a country, province, &c. disjoined
from the main part--opp. to _Enclave_.
EXCLUDE, eks-kl[=oo]d', _v.t._ to close or shut out: to thrust out: to
hinder from entrance: to hinder from participation: to except.--_ns._
EXCLU'SION, a shutting or putting out: ejection: exception; EXCLU'SIONISM;
EXCLU'SIONIST, one who excludes, or would exclude, another from a
privilege.--_adj._ EXCLU'SIVE, able or tending to exclude: debarring from
participation: sole: not taking into account.--_n._ one of a number who
exclude others from their society.--_adv._ EXCLU'SIVELY.--_ns._
EXCLU'SIVENESS; EXCLU'SIVISM.--_adj._ EXCLU'SORY, exclusive.--EXCLUSIVE
DEALING, the act of abstaining deliberately from any business or other
transactions with persons of opposite political or other convictions to
one's own--a euphemism for _boycotting_ (q.v.). [L. _exclud[)e]re_--_ex_,
out, _claud[)e]re_, to shut.]
EXCOGITATE, eks-koj'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to discover by thinking: to think
earnestly or laboriously.--_n._ EXCOGIT[=A]'TION, laborious thinking:
invention: contrivance. [L. _excogit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out,
_cogit[=a]re_, to think.]
EXCOMMUNICATE, eks-kom-[=u]n'i-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to put out of or expel from
the communion of the church: to deprive of church privileges.--_adj._
EXCOMMUN'ICABLE.--_ns._ EXCOMMUNIC[=A]'TION, act of expelling from the
communion of a church--(_Milt._) EXCOMMUN'ION.--_adj._ EXCOMMUN'ICATORY, of
or pertaining to excommunication. [From Late L. _excommunic[=a]re_--L.
_ex_, out, _communis_, common.]
EXCORIATE, eks-k[=o]'ri-[=a]t, _v.t._ to strip the skin from.--_n._
EXCORI[=A]'TION, the act of excoriating: the state of being excoriated. [L.
_excori[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, from, _corium_, the skin.]
EXCORTICATE, eks-kor'ti-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to strip the bark off.--_n._
EXCORTIC[=A]'TION.
EXCREMENT, eks'kre-ment, _n._ useless matter discharged from the animal
system: dung.--_adjs._ EXCREMENT'AL, EXCREMENTI'TIAL, EXCREMENTI'TIOUS,
pertaining to or containing excrement. [L.
_excrementum_--_excern[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _cern[)e]re_, to sift.]
EXCRESCENCE, eks-kres'ens, _n._ that which grows out unnaturally from
anything else: an outbreak: a wart or tumour: a superfluous part.--_ns._
EX'CREMENT, an outgrowth; EXCRES'CENCY, state of being excrescent:
excrescence.--_adjs._ EXCRES'CENT, growing out: superfluous;
EXCRESCEN'TIAL. [Fr.,--L.,--_excresc[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _cresc[)e]re_, to
grow.]
EXCRETE, eks-kr[=e]t', _v.t._ to separate from: to eject.--_ns.pl._
EXCR[=E]'TA, EXCR[=E]TES', matters discharged from the animal body.--_n._
EXCR[=E]'TION, act of excreting matter from the animal system: that which
is excreted.--_adjs._ EXCR[=E]'TIVE, able to excrete; EXCR[=E]'TORY, having
the quality of excreting.--_n._ a duct that helps to receive and excrete
matter. [L. _ex_, from, _cern[)e]re_, _cretum_, to separate.]
EXCRUCIATE, eks-kr[=oo]'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to torture: to rack: to pain,
grieve.--_p.adj._ EXCRU'CI[=A]TING, extremely painful: racking: torturing:
agonising.--_adv._ EXCRU'CIATINGLY.--_n._ EXCRUCI[=A]'TION, torture:
vexation. [L. _ex_, out, _cruci[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to crucify--_crux_,
_crucis_, a cross.]
EXCULPATE, eks-kul'p[=a]t, _v.t._ to clear from the charge of a fault or
crime: to absolve: to vindicate.--_n._ EXCULP[=A]'TION.--_adj._
EXCUL'PATORY, tending to free from the charge of fault or crime. [L. _ex_,
from, _culpa_, a fault.]
EXCURSION, eks-kur'shun, _n._ a going forth: an expedition: a trip for
pleasure or health: a wandering from the main subject: a
digression.--_adj._ EXCUR'RENT (_bot._), projecting beyond the edge or
point.--_vs.i._ EXCURSE', to digress; EXCUR'SIONISE, to go on an
excursion.--_n._ EXCUR'SIONIST, one who goes on a pleasure-trip.--_adj._
EXCUR'SIVE, rambling: deviating.--_adv._ EXCUR'SIVELY.--_ns._
EXCUR'SIVENESS; EXCUR'SUS, a dissertation on some particular point appended
to a book or chapter.--EXCURSION TRAIN, a special train, usually with
reduced fares, for persons making an excursion. [L. _excursio_--_ex_, out,
_curr[)e]re_, _cursum_, to run.]
EXCUSE, eks-k[=u]z', _v.t._ to free from blame or guilt: to forgive: to
free from an obligation: to release, dispense with: to make an apology or
ask pardon for.--_n._ (eks-k[=u]s') a plea offered in extenuation of a
fault: indulgence.--_adj._ EXCUS'ABLE, admitting of justification.--_n._
EXCUS'ABLENESS.--_adv._ EXCUS'ABLY.--_adj._ EXCUS'ATORY, making or
containing excuse: apologetic.--EXCUSE ME, an expression used as an apology
for any slight impropriety, or for controverting a statement that has been
made. [L. _excus[=a]re_--_ex_, from, _causa_, a cause, accusation.]
EXEAT, eks'[=e]-at, _n._ formal leave, as for a student to be out of
college for more than one night. [L., 'let him go out.']
EXECRATE, eks'e-kr[=a]t, _v.t._ to curse: to denounce evil against: to
detest utterly.--_adj._ EX'ECRABLE, deserving execration: detestable:
accursed.--_adv._ EX'ECRABLY.--_n._ EXECR[=A]'TION, act of execrating: a
curse pronounced: that which is execrated.--_adj._ EX'ECR[=A]TIVE, of or
belonging to execration.--_adv._ EX'ECR[=A]TIVELY.--_adj._ EX'ECR[=A]TORY.
[L. _exsecr[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to curse--_ex_, from, _sacer_, sacred.]
EXECUTE, eks'e-k[=u]t, _v.t._ to perform: to give effect to: to carry into
effect the sentence of the law: to put to death by law.--_adj._
EXEC'UTABLE, that can be executed.--_ns._ EXEC'UTANT, one who executes or
performs; EX'ECUTER; EXEC[=U]'TION, act of executing or performing:
accomplishment: completion: carrying into effect the sentence of a court of
law: the warrant for so doing: the infliction of capital punishment;
EXEC[=U]'TIONER, one who executes, esp. one who inflicts capital
punishment.--_adj._ EXEC'UTIVE, designed or fitted to execute: active:
qualifying for or pertaining to the execution of the law.--_n._ the power
or authority in government that carries the laws into effect: the persons
who administer the government.--_adv._ EXEC'UTIVELY.--_n._ EXEC'UTOR, one
who executes or performs: the person appointed to see a will carried into
effect:--_fem._ EXEC'UTRESS, EXEC'UTRIX.--_adj._ EXECUT[=O]'RIAL.--_n._
EXEC'UTORSHIP.--_adj._ EXEC'UTORY, executing official duties: designed to
be carried into effect. [Fr. _exécuter_--L. _exsequi_, _exsecutus_--_ex_,
out, _sequi_, to follow.]
EXEDRA, eks'e-dra, _n._ a raised platform with steps, in the open air: an
apse, recess, niche--also EX'HEDRA:--_pl._ EX'EDRÆ. [L.]
EXEGESIS, eks-e-j[=e]'sis, _n._ the science of interpretation, esp. of the
Scriptures.--_ns._ EX'EGETE, EXEGET'IST, one who interprets the
Scriptures.--_adjs._ EXEGET'IC, -AL, pertaining to exegesis:
explanatory.--_adv._ EXEGET'ICALLY.--_n.pl._ EXEGET'ICS, the science of
exegesis. [Gr. _ex[=e]gesis_--_ex[=e]geesthai_, to explain--_ex_, out,
_h[=e]geesthai_, to guide.]
EXEME, eks-[=e]m', _v.t._ (_Scot._) to release, exempt. [L.
_exim[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _em[)e]re_, to take.]
EXEMPLAR, egz-em'plar, _n._ a person or thing to be imitated: the ideal
model of an artist: a type: an example.--_adv._ EX'EMPLARILY.--_ns._
EXEM'PLARINESS, the state or quality of being exemplary; EXEMPLAR'ITY,
exemplariness: exemplary conduct.--_adj._ EXEMPLARY (egz-em'plar-i, or
egz'em-plar-i), worthy of imitation or notice. [O. Fr. _exemplaire_--Low L.
_exemplarium_--_exemplum_, example.]
EXEMPLIFY, egz-em'pli-f[=i], _v.t._ to illustrate by example: to make an
attested copy of: to prove by an attested copy:--_pr.p._ exem'plifying;
_pa.p._ exem'plified.--_adj._ EXEM'PLIF[=I]ABLE.--_n._ EXEMPLIFIC[=A]'TION,
act of exemplifying: that which exemplifies: a copy or transcript. [L.
_exemplum_, example, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
EXEMPT, egz-emt', _v.t._ to free, or grant immunity (with _from_).--_adj._
taken out: not liable to: released: unaffected by.--_n._ EXEMP'TION, act of
exempting: state of being exempt: freedom from any service, duty, &c.:
immunity. [Fr.,--L. _exim[)e]re_, _exemptum_--_ex_, out, _em[)e]re_, to
buy.]
EXENTERATE, eks-en't[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to disembowel.--_p.adj._
disembowelled.--_n._ EXENTER[=A]'TION. [L. _exenter[=a]re_--Gr. _ex_, out,
_enteron_, intestine.]
EXEQUATUR, eks-e-kw[=a]'tur, _n._ an official recognition of a consul or
commercial agent given by the government of the country in which he is to
be. [L. _exequatur_='let him execute'--the opening word.]
EXEQUY, eks'e-kwi (only in _pl._ EXEQUIES, eks'e-kwiz), _n._ a funeral
procession: funeral rites.--_adj._ EX[=E]'QUIAL. [L. _exequiæ_--_ex_, out,
_sequi_, to follow.]
EXERCISE, eks'[.e]r-s[=i]z, _n._ a putting in practice: exertion of the
body for health or amusement: discipline: a lesson, task, academical
disputation, &c.: (_Shak._) skill: (_pl._) military drill: an act of
worship or devotion: a discourse, the discussion of a passage of Scripture,
giving the coherence of text and context, &c.--the _addition_, giving the
doctrinal propositions, &c.: the Presbytery itself.--_v.t._ to train by
use: to improve by practice: to afflict: to put in practice: to use: to
wield.--_adj._ EX'ERCISABLE. [O. Fr. _exercice_--L. _exercitium_--L.
_exerc[=e]re_, _-citum_--_ex_, out, _arc[=e]re_, to shut up.]
EXERCITATION, egz-er-sit-[=a]'shun, _n._ the putting into practice:
employment: exercise: a discourse. [L. _exercit[=a]re_--_exerc[=e]re_, to
exercise.]
EXERGUE, eks'erg, or egz-erg', _n._ the part on the reverse of a coin,
below the main device, often filled up by the date, &c.--_adj._ EXER'GUAL.
[Fr.,--Gr. _ex_, out, _ergon_, work.]
EXERT, egz-[.e]rt', _v.t._ to bring into active operation: to do or
perform.--_n._ EXER'TION, a bringing into active operation: effort:
attempt.--_adj._ EXERT'IVE, having the power or tendency to exert: using
exertion. [L. _exser[)e]re_, _exsertum_--_ex_, out, _ser[)e]re_, to put
together.]
EXEUNT, eks'[=e]-unt. See EXIT.
EXFOLIATE, eks-f[=o]'li-[=a]t, _v.i._ and _v.t._ to come off, or send off,
in scales.--_n._ EXFOLI[=A]'TION.--_adj._ EXF[=O]'LIATIVE. [L.
_exfoli[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, off, _folium_, a leaf.]
EXHALE, egz-h[=a]l', _v.t._ to emit or send out as vapour: to
evaporate.--_v.i._ to rise or be given off as vapour.--_adjs._ EXHAL'ABLE,
that can be exhaled; EXHAL'ANT, having the quality of exhaling.--_n._
EXHAL[=A]'TION, act or process of exhaling: evaporation: that which is
exhaled: vapour: steam. [Fr. _exhaler_--L. _exhal[=a]re_--_ex_, out,
_hal[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to breathe.]
EXHALE, egz-h[=a]l', _v.t._ to draw out: (_Shak._) to cause to flow. [Pfx.
_ex-_, and _hale_, to draw.]
EXHAUST, egz-awst', _v.t._ to draw out the whole of: to use the whole
strength of: to wear or tire out: to treat of or develop completely.--_n._
the exit of steam from the cylinder when it has done its work in propelling
the piston--escaping by the _exhaust-pipe_ and regulated by the
_exhaust-valve_.--_p.adj._ EXHAUST'ED, drawn out: emptied: consumed: tired
out.--_n._ EXHAUST'ER, he who or that which exhausts.--_adj._ EXHAUST'IBLE,
that may be exhausted.--_n._ EXHAUST'ION, act of exhausting or consuming:
state of being exhausted: extreme fatigue.--_adjs._ EXHAUST'IVE, tending to
exhaust; EXHAUST'LESS, that cannot be exhausted. [L. _exhaur[=i]re_,
_exhaustum_--_ex_, out, _haur[=i]re_, to draw.]
EXHEREDATE, eks-her'i-d[=a]t, _v.t._ (_rare_) to disinherit.--_n._
EXHERED[=A]'TION. [L. _exhered[=a]re_--_ex_, out, _heres_, _-edis_, heir.]
EXHIBIT, egz-ib'it, _v.t._ to hold forth or present to view: to present
formally or publicly.--_n._ (_law_) a document produced in court to be used
as evidence: something exhibited: an article at an exhibition.--_ns._
EXHIB'ITER, EXHIB'ITOR; EXHIBI'TION, presentation to view: display: a
public show, esp. of works of art, manufactures, &c.: that which is
exhibited: an allowance or bounty to scholars in a university;
EXHIBI'TIONER, one who enjoys an exhibition at a university;
EXHIBI'TIONIST.--_adjs._ EXHIB'ITIVE, serving for exhibition:
representative; EXHIB'ITORY, exhibiting.--MAKE AN EXHIBITION OF ONE'S SELF,
to behave foolishly, exciting ridicule. [L. _exhib[=e]re_, _-itum_--_ex_,
out, _hab[=e]re_, _-itum_, to have.]
EXHILARATE, egz-il'a-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to make hilarious or merry: to enliven:
to cheer.--_adj._ EXHIL'ARANT, exhilarating: exciting joy, mirth, or
pleasure.--_n._ an exhilarating medicine.--_p.adj._ EXHIL'AR[=A]TING,
cheering: gladdening.--_adv._ EXHIL'AR[=A]TINGLY.--_n._ EXHILAR[=A]'TION,
state of being exhilarated: joyousness.--_adjs._ EXHIL'AR[=A]TIVE,
EXHIL'AR[=A]TORY. [L. _exhilar[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, inten., _hilaris_,
cheerful.]
EXHORT, egz-hort', or egz-[=o]rt', _v.t._ to urge strongly to good deeds,
esp. by words or advice: to animate: to advise or warn.--_n._
EXHORT[=A]'TION, act of exhorting: language intended to exhort: counsel: a
religious discourse.--_adjs._ EXHORT'ATIVE, EXHORT'ATORY, tending to exhort
or advise. [L. _exhort[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_--_ex_, inten., _hort[=a]ri_, to
urge.]
EXHUME, eks-h[=u]m', _v.t._ to take out of the ground or place of burial:
to disinter: to bring to light--also EX'HUMATE.--_ns._ EXHUM[=A]'TION, act
of exhuming: disinterment; EXHUM'ER, one who exhumes. [L. _ex_, out of,
_humus_, the ground.]
EXIES, ek'siz, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) ecstasy: hysterics. [Perh. from _access_,
an attack, a fit.]
EXIGENT, eks'i-jent, _adj._ pressing: demanding immediate attention or
action.--_n._ end, extremity: (_Browning_) a needed amount.--_adj._
EXIGEANT', exacting.--_n.fem._ EXIGEANTE'.--_ns._ EX'IGENCE, EX'IGENCY,
pressing necessity: emergency: distress.--_adj._ EX'IGIBLE, capable of
being exacted.--_ns._ EXIG[=U]'ITY, EXIG'UOUSNESS.--_adj._ EXIG'UOUS,
small: slender. [L. _exigens_, _-entis_--_exig[)e]re_--_ex_, out,
_ag[)e]re_, to drive.]
EXILE, eks'[=i]l, or egz'[=i]l, _n._ state of being sent out of one's
native country: expulsion from home: banishment: one away from his native
country.--_v.t._ to expel from one's native country, to banish.--_n._
EX'[=I]LEMENT, banishment.--_adj._ EXIL'IC, pertaining to exile, esp. that
of the Jews in Babylon. [O. Fr. _exil_--L. _exsilium_, banishment--_ex_,
out of, and root of _sal[=i]re_, to leap.]
EXILITY, eks-il'i-ti, _n._ slenderness, smallness: refinement. [L.
_exilis_, slender, contraction for _exigilis_.]
EXIMIOUS, eg-zim'i-us, _adj._ excellent, distinguished. [L.
_eximius_--_exim[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _em[)e]re_, to take.]
EXIST, egz-ist', _v.i._ to have an actual being: to live: to continue to
be.--_n._ EXIST'ENCE, state of existing or being: continued being: life:
anything that exists: a being.--_adjs._ EXIST'ENT, having being: at present
existing; EXISTEN'TIAL. [L. _exist[)e]re_, _exsist[)e]re_--_ex_, out,
_sist[)e]re_, to make to stand.]
EXIT, eks'it, _n._ a direction in playbooks to an actor to go off the
stage: the departure of a player from the stage: any departure: a way of
departure: a passage out: a quitting of the world's stage, or life:
death:--_pl._ EX'EUNT.--_v.i._ to make an exit. [L. _exit_, he goes out,
_exeunt_, they go out--_ex[=i]re_, to go out--_ex_, out, and _[=i]re_,
_itum_, to go.]
EX LIBRIS, eks l[=i]'bris, _n._ a book-plate--lit. 'from the books of.'
[L.]
EXODE, ek's[=o]d, _n._ the concluding part of a Greek drama: a farce or
afterpiece. [Gr.]
EXODUS, eks'o-dus, _n._ a going out or departure, esp. that of the
Israelites from Egypt (1491 B.C., Usher): the second book of the Old
Testament.--_adj._ EXOD'IC.--_n._ EX'ODIST, one who goes out: an emigrant.
[L.,--Gr. _exodos_--_ex_, out, _hodos_, a way.]
EXOGAMY, eks-og'a-mi, _n._ the practice of marrying only outside of one's
own tribe.--_adj._ EXOG'AMOUS. [Gr. _exo_, out, _gamos_, marriage.]
EXOGEN, eks'o-jen, _n._ a plant belonging to the great class that increases
by layers growing on the outside of the wood.--_adj._ EXOG'ENOUS (-oj'),
growing by successive additions to the outside. [L. _ex[=o]_, outside, and
_gen_, root of _gignesthai_, to be produced.]
EXOMIS, eks-[=o]'mis, _n._ a sleeveless vest, worn by workmen and
slaves--(_Browning_) EX[=O]'MION. [Gr. _ex[=o]mis_--_ex_, out, _[=o]mos_,
shoulder.]
EXON, eks'on, _n._ one of the four officers of the yeomen of the Royal
Guard. [App. intended to express the pronunciation of Fr. _exempt_ (Dr
Murray).]
EXONERATE, egz-on'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to free from the burden of blame or
obligation: to acquit.--_n._ EXONER[=A]'TION, act of exonerating or freeing
from a charge or blame.--_adj._ EXON'ERATIVE, freeing from a burden or
obligation. [L. _exoner[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, from, _onus_, _oneris_,
burden.]
EXOPHAGY, eks-of'a-ji, _n._ the custom among cannibals of eating only the
flesh of persons not of their own tribe.--_adj._ EXOPH'AGOUS. [Formed from
Gr. _ex[=o]_, outside, _phagein_, to eat.]
EXORABLE, ek's[=o]-ra-bl, _adj._ capable of being moved by entreaty.--_n._
EXOR[=A]'TION, entreaty.
EXORBITANT, egz-or'bi-tant, _adj._ going beyond the usual limits:
excessive.--_ns._ EXOR'BITANCE, EXOR'BITANCY, extravagance:
enormity.--_adv._ EXOR'BITANTLY.--_v.i._ EXOR'BIT[=A]TE, to stray. [L.
_exorbitans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of _exorbit[=a]re_--_ex_, out of, _orbita_, a
track--_orbis_, a circle.]
EXORCISE, eks'or-s[=i]z, or eks-or'-, _v.t._ to adjure by some holy name:
to call forth or drive away, as a spirit: to deliver from the influence of
an evil spirit.--_ns._ EX'ORCISM, act of exorcising or expelling evil
spirits by certain ceremonies: a formula for exorcising; EX'ORCIST, one who
exorcises or pretends to expel evil spirits by adjurations: (_R.C. Church_)
the third of the minor orders. [Through Late L., from Gr.
_exorkizein_--_ex_, out, _horkos_, an oath.]
EXORDIUM, egz-or'di-um, _n._ the introductory part of a discourse or
composition.--_adj._ EXOR'DIAL, pertaining to the exordium: introductory.
[L. _exord[=i]ri_--_ex_, out, _ord[=i]ri_, to begin.]
EXOSKELETON, ek-s[=o]-skel'e-tun, _n._ any structure produced by the
hardening of the integument, as the scales of fish, but esp. when bony, as
the carapace of the turtle, &c.--_adj._ EXOSKEL'ETAL. [Gr. _ex[=o]_,
outside, _skeleton_.]
EXOSMOSE, eks'os-m[=o]z, _n._ the passage outward of fluids, gases, &c.
through porous media, esp. living animal membranes--also
EXOSM[=O]'SIS.--_adj._ EXOSMOT'IC. [L.,--Gr. _ex_, out, _[=o]smos_,
pushing.]
EXOSTOME, eks'os-t[=o]m, _n._ the small opening in the outer coating of the
ovule of a plant. [Gr. _ex[=o]_, without, _stoma_, a mouth.]
EXOSTOSIS, eks-os-t[=o]'sis, _n._ (_anat._) morbid enlargement of a bone.
[Gr. _ex_, out, _osteon_, a bone.]
EXOTERIC, -AL, eks-o-ter'ik, -al, _adj._ external: fit to be communicated
to the public or multitude--opp. to _Esoteric_.--_n._ EXOTER'ICISM. [Gr.
_ex[=o]terikos_--comp. formed from _ex[=o]_, outside.]
EXOTIC, egz-ot'ik, _adj._ introduced from a foreign country--the opposite
of _indigenous_.--_n._ anything of foreign origin: something not native to
a country, as a plant, a word, a custom.--_ns._ EXOT'ICISM, EX'OTISM.
[L.,--Gr. _ex[=o]tikos_--_ex[=o]_, outside.]
EXPAND, eks-pand', _v.t._ to spread out: to lay open: to enlarge in bulk or
surface: to develop, or bring out in fuller detail.--_v.i._ to become
opened: to enlarge.--_ns._ EXPANSE', a wide extent of space: the firmament;
EXPANSIBIL'ITY.--_adj._ EXPANS'IBLE, capable of being expanded.--_adv._
EXPANS'IBLY.--_adj._ EXPANS'ILE, capable of expansion.--_n._ EXPAN'SION,
act of expanding: state of being expanded: enlargement: that which is
expanded: immensity: extension.--_adj._ EXPANS'IVE, widely extended:
diffusive.--_adv._ EXPANS'IVELY.--_ns._ EXPANS'IVENESS; EXPANSIV'ITY. [L.
_expand[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _pand[)e]re_, _pansum_, to spread.]
EX PARTE, eks pär'ti, _adj._ on one side only: partial: prejudiced. [L.
_ex_, out, _pars_, _partis_, part.]
EXPATIATE, eks-p[=a]'shi-[=a]t, _v.i._ to range at large: to enlarge in
discourse, argument, or writing.--_n._ EXPATI[=A]'TION, act of expatiating
or enlarging in discourse.--_adjs._ EXP[=A]'TIATIVE, EXP[=A]'TIATORY,
expansive.--_n._ EXP[=A]'TIATOR. [L. _exspati[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_--_ex_, out
of, _spati[=a]ri_, to roam--_spatium_, space.]
EXPATRIATE, eks-p[=a]'tri-[=a]t, _v.t._ to send out of one's native
country: to banish, or exile.--_n._ EXPATRI[=A]'TION, act of expatriating:
exile, voluntary or compulsory. [Low L. _expatri[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_,
out of, _patria_, fatherland.]
EXPECT, eks-pekt', _v.t._ to wait for: to look forward to as something
about to happen: to anticipate: to hope.--_n._ (_Shak._)
expectation.--_ns._ EXPECT'ANCE, EXPECT'ANCY, act or state of expecting:
that which is expected: hope.--_adj._ EXPECT'ANT, looking or waiting
for.--_n._ one who expects: one who is looking or waiting for some benefit
or office.--_adv._ EXPECT'ANTLY.--_ns._ EXPECT[=A]'TION, act or state of
expecting: prospect of future good: that which is expected: the ground or
qualities for anticipating future benefits or excellence: promise: the
value of something expected: (_pl._) prospect of fortune or profit by a
will; EXPECT[=A]'TION-WEEK, the period between Ascension Day and
Whitsunday--during this time the Apostles continued praying in expectation
of the Comforter.--_adj._ EXPECT'ATIVE, giving rise to expectation:
reversionary.--_n._ an expectancy.--_n._ EXPECT'ER (_Shak._), one who waits
for a person or thing.--_adv._ EXPECT'INGLY, in a state of expectation. [L.
_exspect[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _spect[=a]re_, to look, freq. of
_spec[)e]re_, to see.]
EXPECTORATE, eks-pek'to-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to expel from the breast or lungs by
coughing, &c.: to spit forth.--_v.i._ to discharge or eject phlegm from the
throat.--_adj._ EXPEC'TORANT, tending to promote expectoration.--_n._ a
medicine which promotes expectoration.--_n._ EXPECTOR[=A]'TION, act of
expectorating: that which is expectorated: spittle.--_adj._
EXPEC'TOR[=A]TIVE, having the quality of promoting expectoration. [L.
_expector[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out of, from, _pectus_, _pectoris_, the
breast.]
EXPEDIENT, eks-p[=e]'di-ent, _adj._ suitable: advisable: (_Shak._)
hasty.--_n._ that which serves to promote: means suitable to an end:
contrivance.--_ns._ EXP[=E]'DIENCE (_Shak._), haste, despatch: expediency;
EXP[=E]'DIENCY, fitness: desirableness: self-interest.--_adj._
EXPEDIEN'TIAL.--_adv._ EXP[=E]'DIENTLY. [L. _expediens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_exped[=i]re_.]
EXPEDITE, eks'pe-d[=i]t, _v.t._ to free from impediments: to hasten: to
send forth: to despatch.--_adj._ free from impediment: unencumbered: quick:
prompt.--_adv._ EX'PEDITELY.--_n._ EXPEDI'TION, speed: promptness: any
undertaking by a number of persons: a hostile march or voyage: those who
form an expedition.--_adjs._ EXPEDI'TIONARY; EXPEDI'TIOUS, characterised by
expedition or rapidity: speedy: prompt.--_adv._ EXPEDI'TIOUSLY.--_n._
EXPEDI'TIOUSNESS, quickness.--_adj._ EXPED'ITIVE. [L. _exped[=i]re_,
_-itum_--_ex_, out, _pes_, _pedis_, a foot.]
EXPEL, eks-pel', _v.t._ to drive out: eject: to discharge: to banish:
(_Shak._) to keep off:--_pr.p._ expel'ling; _pa.p._ expelled'. [L.
_expell[)e]re_, _expulsum_--_ex_, out, _pell[)e]re_, to drive.]
EXPEND, eks-pend', _v.t._ to lay out: to employ or consume in any way: to
spend.--_ns._ EXPEND'ITURE, act of expending or laying out: that which is
expended: the process of using up: money spent; EXPENSE' (_Shak._),
expenditure: outlay: cost: (_pl._) the cost of a lawsuit (_Scots
law_).--_adj._ EXPENS'IVE, causing or requiring much expense:
extravagant.--_adv._ EXPENS'IVELY.--_n._ EXPENS'IVENESS.--BE AT THE EXPENSE
OF, to pay the cost of. [L. _expend[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _pend[)e]re_,
_pensum_, to weigh.]
EXPERIENCE, eks-p[=e]'ri-ens, _n._ thorough trial of: practical
acquaintance with any matter gained by trial: repeated trial: long and
varied observation, personal or general: wisdom derived from the changes
and trials of life.--_v.t._ to make trial of, or practical acquaintance
with: to prove or know by use: to suffer, undergo.--_p.adj._
EXP[=E]'RIENCED, taught by experience: skilful: wise.--_adjs._
EXP[=E]'RIENCELESS, having no experience; EXPERIEN'TIAL, pertaining to or
derived from experience.--_ns._ EXPERIEN'TIALISM;
EXPERIEN'TIALIST.--EXPERIENCE MEETING, a religious meeting, where those
present relate their religious experiences. [Fr.,--L. _experientia_, from
_exper[=i]ri_--_ex_, inten., and old verb _per[=i]ri_, to try.]
EXPERIMENT, eks-per'i-ment, _n._ a trial: something done to prove some
theory, or to discover something unknown.--_v.i._ to make an experiment or
trial: to search by trial.--_adj._ EXPERIMENT'AL, founded or known by
experiment: taught by experience: tentative.--_v.i._
EXPERIMENT'ALISE.--_ns._ EXPERIMENT'ALIST, EXPER'IMENTIST, one who makes
experiments.--_adv._ EXPERIMENT'ALLY.--_n._ EXPERIMENT[=A]'TION.--_adj._
EXPERIMENT'ATIVE. [L. _experimentum_, from _exper[=i]ri_, to try
thoroughly.]
EXPERT, eks-p[.e]rt', _adj._ taught by practice: having a familiar
knowledge: having a facility of performance: skilful, adroit.--_n._
EX'PERT, one who is expert or skilled in any art or science: a specialist:
a scientific or professional witness.--_adv._ EXPERT'LY.--_n._ EXPERT'NESS.
[Fr.,--L. _expertus_--_exper[=i]ri_, to try thoroughly.]
EXPIATE, eks'pi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to make complete atonement for: to make
satisfaction or reparation for.--_p.adj._ (_Shak._) expired.--_adj._
EX'PIABLE, capable of being expiated, atoned for, or done away.--_ns._
EXPI[=A]'TION, act of expiating or atoning for: the means by which
atonement is made: atonement; EX'PI[=A]TOR, one who expiates.--_adj._
EX'PI[=A]TORY, having the power to make expiation or atonement. [L.
_expi[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, inten., _pi[=a]re_, to appease, atone for.]
EXPIRE, eks-p[=i]r', _v.t._ to breathe out: to emit or throw out from the
lungs: to emit in minute particles.--_v.i._ to breathe out the breath of
life: to die out (of fire): to die: to come to an end.--_adj._
EXP[=I]'RABLE, that may expire or come to an end.--_ns._ EXP[=I]'RANT, one
expiring; EXPIR[=A]'TION, the act of breathing out: (_obs._) death: end:
that which is expired.--_adj._ EXP[=I]'RATORY, pertaining to expiration, or
the emission of the breath.--_p.adj._ EXP[=I]'RING, dying: pertaining to or
uttered at the time of dying.--_n._ EXP[=I]'RY, the end or termination:
expiration. [Fr. _expirer_--L. _ex_, out, _spir[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to
breathe.]
EXPISCATE, eks-pis'k[=a]t, _v.t._ to find out by skilful means or by strict
examination.--_n._ EXPISC[=A]'TION.--_adj._ EXPIS'CATORY. [L.
_expisc[=a]ri_, _expisc[=a]tus_--_ex_, out, _pisc[=a]ri_, to
fish--_piscis_, a fish.]
EXPLAIN, eks-pl[=a]n', _v.t._ to make plain or intelligible: to unfold and
illustrate the meaning of: to expound: to account for.--_adj._
EXPLAIN'ABLE, that may be explained or cleared up.--_ns._ EXPLAIN'ER, one
who explains; EXPLAN[=A]'TION, act of explaining or clearing from
obscurity: that which explains or clears up: the meaning or sense given to
anything: a mutual clearing up of matters.--_adv._ EXPLAN'ATORILY.--_adj._
EXPLAN'ATORY, serving to explain or clear up: containing
explanations.--EXPLAIN AWAY, to modify the force of by explanation,
generally in a bad sense. [O. Fr. _explaner_--L. _explan[=a]re_--_ex_, out,
_plan[=a]re_--_planus_, plain.]
EXPLETIVE, eks'ple-tiv, _adj._ filling out: added for ornament or merely to
fill up.--_n._ a word or syllable inserted for ornament or to fill up a
vacancy: an oath.--_adj._ EX'PLETORY, serving to fill up: expletive. [L.
_expletivus_--_ex_, out, _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]
EXPLICATE, eks'pli-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to unfold, develop: to lay open or
explain the meaning of.--_adj._ EX'PLICABLE, capable of being explicated or
explained.--_n._ EXPLIC[=A]'TION, act of explicating or explaining:
explanation.--_adjs._ EX'PLIC[=A]TIVE, EX'PLIC[=A]TORY, serving to
explicate or explain. [L. _explic[=a]re_, _explic[=a]tum_ or
_explicitum_--_ex_, out, _plic[=a]re_, to fold.]
EXPLICIT, eks-plis'it, _adj._ not implied merely, but distinctly stated:
plain in language: outspoken: clear: unreserved.--_adv._ EXPLIC'ITLY.--_n._
EXPLIC'ITNESS. [L. _explicitus_, from _explic[=a]re_.]
EXPLICIT, eks'plis-it, _n._ a term formerly put at the end of a book,
indicating that it is finished. [Contr. from L. _explicitus_ est liber, the
book is unrolled.]
EXPLODE, eks-pl[=o]d', _v.t._ to cry down, as an actor: to bring into
disrepute, and reject: to cause to blow up.--_v.i._ to burst with a loud
report: to burst into laughter.--_p.adj._ EXPL[=O]'DED, rejected,
discarded.--_n._ EXPL[=O]'SION, act of exploding: a sudden violent burst
with a loud report: a breaking out of feelings, &c.--_adj._ EXPL[=O]'SIVE,
liable to or causing explosion: bursting out with violence and noise.--_n._
something that will explode.--_adv._ EXPL[=O]'SIVELY.--_n._
EXPL[=O]'SIVENESS. [L. _explod[)e]re_, _explosum_--_ex_, out,
_plaud[)e]re_, to clap the hands.]
EXPLOIT, eks-ploit', _n._ a deed or achievement, esp. an heroic one: a
feat.--_v.t._ to work up: to utilise for one's own ends.--_adj._
EXPLOIT'ABLE.--_ns._ EXPLOIT'AGE, EXPLOIT[=A]'TION, the act of successfully
applying industry to any object, as the working of mines, &c.: the act of
using for selfish purposes. [O. Fr. _exploit_--L. _explicitum_, ended.]
EXPLORE, eks-pl[=o]r', _v.t._ to search for the purpose of discovery: to
examine thoroughly.--_n._ EXPLOR[=A]'TION, act of searching
thoroughly.--_adjs._ EXPLOR'ATIVE, EXPLOR'ATORY, serving to explore:
searching out.--_n._ EXPLOR'ER, one who explores.--_p.adj._ EXPLOR'ING,
employed in or intended for exploration. [Fr.,--L. _explor[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to search out--prob. from _ex_, out, _plor[=a]re_, to make to
flow.]
EXPONENT, eks-p[=o]'nent, _n._ he who, or that which, points out, or
represents: (_alg._) a figure which shows how often a quantity is to be
multiplied by itself, as _a_^3: an index: an example, illustration.--_adj._
EXPONEN'TIAL (_alg._), pertaining to or involving exponents.--_n._ an
exponential function.--EXPONENTIAL CURVE, a curve expressed by an
exponential equation; EXPONENTIAL EQUATION, one in which the _x_ or _y_
occurs in the exponent of one or more terms, as 5^{_x_} = 800; EXPONENTIAL
FUNCTION, a quantity with a variable exponent; EXPONENTIAL SERIES, a series
in which exponential quantities are developed; EXPONENTIAL THEOREM gives a
value of any number in terms of its natural logarithm, and from it can at
once be derived a series determining the logarithm. [L. _exponens_--_ex_,
out, _pon[)e]re_, to place.]
EXPONIBLE, eks-p[=o]'ni-bl, _adj._ able to be, or requiring to be,
explained.
EXPORT, eks-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to carry or send out of a country, as goods in
commerce.--_n._ EX'PORT, act of exporting: that which is exported: a
commodity which is or may be sent from one country to another, in
traffic.--_adj._ EXPORT'ABLE, that may be exported.--_ns._ EXPORT[=A]'TION,
act of exporting, or of conveying goods from one country to another;
EXPORT'ER, the person who exports, or who ships goods to a foreign or
distant country for sale--opp. to _Importer_. [L. _export[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out of, _port[=a]re_, to carry.]
EXPOSE, eks-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to lay forth to view: to deprive of cover,
protection, or shelter: to make bare: to abandon (an infant): to explain:
to make liable to: to disclose: to show up.--_ns._ EXPOSÉ
(eks-p[=o]-z[=a]'), an exposing: a shameful showing up: a formal recital or
exposition; EXPOS'EDNESS, the act of exposing: the state of being exposed;
EXPOS'ER; EXPOSI'TION, act of exposing: a setting out to public view: the
abandonment of a child: a public exhibition: act of expounding, or laying
open of the meaning of an author: explanation: commentary.--_adj._
EXPOS'ITIVE, serving to expose or explain: explanatory: exegetical.--_n._
EXPOS'ITOR, one who, or that which, expounds: an interpreter:--_fem._
EXPOS'ITRESS.--_adj._ EXPOS'ITORY, serving to explain: explanatory.--_n._
EXP[=O]'SURE (_Shak._, EXPOS'TURE), act of laying open or bare: act of
showing up an evil: state of being laid bare: openness to danger: position
with regard to the sun, influence of climate, &c. [Fr. _exposer_--L.
_expon[)e]re_, to expose.]
EXPOSTULATE, eks-post'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.i._ to reason earnestly with a person
on some impropriety of his conduct: to remonstrate: (_Shak._) to discuss:
(_Milt._) to claim.--_n._ EXPOSTUL[=A]'TION, act of expostulating, or
reasoning earnestly with a person against his conduct:
remonstrance.--_adjs._ EXPOST'ULATIVE, EXPOST'ULATORY, containing
expostulation.--_n._ EXPOST'ULATOR. [L. _expostul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_,
inten., _postul[=a]re_, to demand.]
EXPOUND, eks-pownd', _v.t._ to expose, or lay open the meaning of: to
explain: to interpret: to explain in a certain way.--_n._ EXPOUND'ER, one
who expounds: an interpreter. [O. Fr. _espondre_--L. _expon[)e]re_--_ex_,
out, _pon[)e]re_, to place.]
EXPRESS, eks-pres', _v.t._ to press or force out: to emit: to represent or
make known by a likeness or by words: to declare, reveal: to out into
words: to state plainly: to designate.--_adj._ pressed or clearly brought
out: exactly representing: directly stated: explicit: clear: intended or
sent for a particular purpose.--_adv._ with haste: specially: with an
express train.--_n._ a messenger or conveyance sent on a special errand: a
regular and quick conveyance: (_U.S._) a system organised for the speedy
and safe transmission of parcels or merchandise.--_n._ EXPRESS'AGE, the
system of carrying by express.--_adj._ EXPRESS'IBLE.--_ns._ EXPRES'SION,
act of expressing or forcing out by pressure: act of representing or giving
utterance to: faithful and vivid representation by language, art, the
features, &c.: that which is expressed: look: feature: the manner in which
anything is expressed: tone of voice or sound in music.--_adjs._
EXPRES'SIONAL, of or pertaining to expression; EXPRES'SIONLESS.--_n._
EXPRES'SION-STOP, a stop in a harmonium, by which the performer can
regulate the air to produce expression.--_adj._ EXPRES'SIVE, serving to
express or indicate: full of expression: vividly representing: emphatic:
significant.--_adv._ EXPRES'SIVELY.--_n._ EXPRES'SIVENESS.--_adv._
EXPRESS'LY.--_ns._ EXPRESS'-R[=I]'FLE, a modern sporting rifle for large
game at short range, with heavy charge of powder and light bullet;
EXPRESS'-TRAIN, a railway-train at high speed and with few stops;
EXPRES'SURE, the act of expressing: (_Shak._) expression. [O. Fr.
_expresser_--L. _ex_, out, _press[=a]re_, freq. of _prem[)e]re_, _pressum_,
to press.]
EXPROMISSION, eks-pr[=o]-mish'un, _n._ the intervention of a new debtor,
substituted for the former one, who is consequently discharged by the
creditor.--_n._ EXPROMIS'SOR.
EXPROPRIATE, eks-pr[=o]'pri-[=a]t, _v.t._ to dispossess.--_n._
EXPROPRI[=A]'TION. [L. _expropri[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _proprium_,
property.]
EXPUGNABLE, eks-pug'na-bl, or eks-p[=u]'-, _adj._ (_rare_) capable of being
stormed.--_v.t._ EXP[=U]GN', to overcome.--_n._ EXPUGN[=A]'TION. [Fr.,--L.
_expugn[=a]re_.]
EXPULSION, eks-pul'shun, _n._ the act of expelling: banishment.--_v.t._
EXPULSE' (_obs._), to expel forcibly, eject.--_adj._ EXPUL'SIVE, able or
serving to expel. [L. _expulsio_. See EXPEL.]
EXPUNGE, eks-punj', _v.t._ to wipe out: to efface.--_n._ EXPUNC'TION. [L.
_expung[)e]re_, to prick out, erase--_ex_, out, _pung[)e]re_, to prick.]
EXPURGATE, eks'pur-g[=a]t, or eks-pur'-, _v.t._ to purge out or render
pure: to purify from anything noxious or erroneous.--_ns._ EXPURG[=A]'TION,
act of expurgating or purifying: the removal of anything hurtful or evil:
exculpation; EXPURGATOR (eks'pur-g[=a]-tor, or eks-pur'ga-tor), one who
expurgates or purifies.--_adjs._ EXPURGAT[=O]'RIAL, EXPUR'GATORY, tending
to expurgate or purify.--_v.t._ EXPURGE', to purify, expurgate. [L.
_expurg[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _purg[=a]re_, to purge.]
EXQUISITE, eks'kwi-zit, _adj._ of superior quality: excellent: of delicate
perception or close discrimination: not easily satisfied: fastidious:
exceeding, extreme, as pain or pleasure.--_n._ one exquisitely nice or
refined in dress: a fop.--_adv._ EX'QUISITELY.--_n._ EX'QUISITENESS. [L.
_exquisitus_--_ex_, out, _quær[)e]re_, _quæsitum_, to seek.]
EXSANGUINOUS, eks-sang'gwin-us, _adj._ without blood: anæmic--also
EXSANG'UINE, -D, EXSANGUIN'EOUS.--_n._ EXSANGUIN'ITY. [L. _ex_, neg.,
_sanguis_, blood.]
EXSCIND, ek-sind', _v.t._ to cut off. [L. _ex_, off, _scind[)e]re_, to
cut.]
EXSECT, ek-sekt', _v.t._ to cut out.--_n._ EXSEC'TION. [L. _ex_, out,
_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
EXSERT, eks-sert', _v.t._ to protrude.--_p.adj._ EXSERT'ED,
projecting.--_adj._ EXSER'TILE.--_n._ EXSER'TION.
EXSICCATE, ek'si-k[=a]t, or ek-sik'-, _v.t._ to dry up.--_adj._
EXSICC'ANT.--_n._ EXSICC[=A]'TION.--_adj._ EXSICC'ATIVE.--_n._
EX'SICC[=A]TOR. [L. _exsicc[=a]re_--_ex-_, _siccus_, dry.]
EXSPUTORY, ek-sp[=u]'t[=o]-ri, _adj._ that is spit out or rejected. [L.
_expu[)e]re_, _exsputum_, to spit out.]
EXSTIPULATE, ek-stip'[=u]-l[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) without stipules.
EXSUCCOUS, eks-suk'us, _adj._ destitute of sap.
EXSUFFLICATE, eks-suf'fli-k[=a]t, _adj._ (_Shak._) puffed out,
contemptible, abominable.--_v.t._ EXSUF'FL[=A]TE, to exorcise. [Prob. from
L. _ex_, out, and _suffl[=a]re_, to blow out--_sub_, under, _fl[=a]re_, to
blow.]
EXTANT, eks'tant, _adj._ standing out, or above the rest: still standing or
existing. [L. _extans_, _antis_--_ex_, out, _st[=a]re_, to stand.]
EXTASY, EXTATIC. Same as ECSTASY, ECSTATIC.
EXTEMPORE, eks-tem'po-re, _adv._ on the spur of the moment: without
preparation: suddenly.--_adj._ sudden: rising at the moment: of a speech
delivered without help of manuscript.--_adjs._ EXTEM'PORAL,
EXTEMPOR[=A]'NEOUS, EXTEM'PORARY, done on the spur of the moment: hastily
prepared: speaking extempore: done without preparation: off-hand.--_advs._
EXTEMPOR[=A]'NEOUSLY; EXTEM'PORARILY.--_ns._ EXTEM'PORINESS;
EXTEMPORIS[=A]'TION, the act of speaking extempore.--_v.i._ EXTEM'PORISE,
to speak extempore or without previous preparation: to discourse without
notes: to speak off-hand. [L. _ex_, out of, _tempus_, _temporis_, time.]
EXTEND, eks-tend', _v.t._ to stretch out: to prolong in any direction: to
enlarge, expand: to widen: to hold out: to bestow or impart: (_law_) to
seize: to make a valuation of property by the oath of a jury.--_v.i._ to
stretch: to be continued in length or breadth.--_adj._ EXTEND'ANT (_her._),
displayed.--_adv._ EXTEND'EDLY.--_adjs._ EXTEND'IBLE; EXTENSE' (_obs._),
extensive.--_n._ EXTENSIBIL'ITY.--_adjs._ EXTENS'IBLE, EXTENS'ILE, that may
be extended.--EXTEN'SION, a stretching out, prolongation, or enlargement:
that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space: (_logic_)
a term, opposed to _Intension_, referring to the extent of the application
of a term or the number of objects included under it (UNIVERSITY EXTENSION,
the enlargement of the aim of a university, in providing instruction for
those unable to become regular students).--_adj._ EXTEN'SIONAL.--_ns._
EXTEN'SIONIST; EXTEN'SITY, sensation from which perception of extension is
derived.--_adj._ EXTENS'IVE, large: comprehensive.--_adv._
EXTENS'IVELY.--_ns._ EXTENS'IVENESS; EXTEN'SOR, a muscle which extends or
straightens any part of the body; EXTENT', the space or degree to which a
thing is extended: bulk: compass: scope: the valuation of property: (_law_)
a writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the
recovery of debts of record due to the Crown: (_Shak._) seizure, attack:
(_Shak._) maintenance: (_Shak._) behaviour.--_adj._ stretched out. [L.
_extend[)e]re_, _extentum_, or _extensum_--_ex_, out, _tend[)e]re_, to
stretch.]
EXTENUATE, eks-ten'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to lessen: to underrate: to weaken
the force of: to palliate.--_p.adj._ EXTEN'UATING, palliating.--_adv._
EXTEN'UATINGLY.--_n._ EXTENU[=A]'TION, act of representing anything as less
wrong or criminal than it is: palliation: mitigation.--_adjs._
EXTEN'UATIVE, EXTEN'UATORY, tending to extenuate: palliative.--_n._
EXTEN'UATOR. [L. _extenu[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, inten., _tenuis_, thin.]
EXTERIOR, eks-t[=e]'ri-or, _adj._ outer: outward, external: on or from the
outside: foreign.--_n._ outward part or surface: outward form or
deportment: appearance.--_n._ EXTERIOR'ITY.--_adv._ EXT[=E]'RIORLY,
outwardly. [L. _exterior_, comp. of _exter_, outward--_ex_, out.]
EXTERMINATE, eks-t[.e]r'mi-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to destroy utterly: to put an end
to: to root out.--_adj._ EXTER'MINABLE, that can be exterminated: used in
the sense of 'illimitable' by Shelley.--_n._ EXTERMIN[=A]'TION, complete
destruction or extirpation.--_adjs._ EXTER'MIN[=A]TIVE, EXTER'MIN[=A]TORY,
serving or tending to exterminate.--_n._ EXTER'MIN[=A]TOR.--_v.t._
EXTER'MINE (_Shak._), to exterminate. [L. _extermin[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out of, _terminus_.]
EXTERNAL, eks-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ exterior: lying outside: outward:
belonging to the world of outward things: that may be seen: not innate or
intrinsic: accidental: foreign.--_n._ exterior: (_pl._) the outward parts:
outward or non-essential forms and ceremonies.--_n._ EXT[=E]'RIOR, an
exterior thing, the outside.--_adj._ EXTERN', external, outward.--_n._ a
day-scholar.--_n._ EXTERNALIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ EXTER'NALISE, to give form
to.--_ns._ EXTER'NALISM, undue regard to mere externals or non-essential
outward forms, esp. of religion; EXTERNAL'ITY, external character:
superficiality: undue regard to externals.--_adv._ EXTER'NALLY.--_n._
EXTER'NAT, a day-school. [L. _externus_--_exter_.]
EXTERRANEOUS, eks-ter-r[=a]'ne-us, _adj._ belonging to or coming from
abroad, foreign.--_adjs._ EXTERRIT[=O]'RIAL, EXTRATERRIT[=O]'RIAL, exempt
from territorial jurisdiction. [L. _exterraneus_--_ex_, out of, _terra_,
the earth.]
EXTERSION, eks-ter'shun, _n._ the act of rubbing out.
EXTINCT, eks-tingkt', _adj._ put out: extinguished: no longer existing:
dead.--_adj._ EXTINCT'ED, extinguished.--_ns._ EXTINCTEUR (eks-tang'tür,
eks-tingk'tür--see EXTINGUISHER); EXTINC'TION, a quenching or destroying:
destruction: suppression.--_adj._ EXTINCT'IVE, tending to extinguish.--_n._
EXTINCT'URE (_Shak._), extinction.
EXTINE, eks'tin, _n._ (_bot._) the outer coat of the pollen-grain or of a
spore.
EXTINGUISH, eks-ting'gwish, _v.t._ to quench: to destroy, annihilate: to
obscure by superior splendour.--_v.i._ to die out.--_adj._
EXTING'UISHABLE.--_ns._ EXTING'UISHER, one who, or that which,
extinguishes: a small hollow conical instrument for putting out a
candle--also in Fr. form EXTINCTEUR; EXTING'UISHMENT, the act of
extinguishing: (_law_) putting an end to a right by consolidation or union.
[L. _extingu[)e]re_, _extinctum_--_ex_, out, _stingu[)e]re_, to quench.]
EXTIRPATE, eks't[.e]r-p[=a]t, _v.t._ to root out: to destroy totally: to
exterminate--(_obs._) EXTIRP'.--_adj._ EXTIRP'ABLE.--_ns._ EXTIRP[=A]'TION,
extermination: total destruction; EXTIRP'ATOR.--_adj._ EXTIRP'ATORY. [L.
_exstirp[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, and _stirps_, a root.]
EXTOL, eks-tol', _v.t._ to magnify: to praise:--_pr.p._ extolling; _pa.p._
extolled'.--_n._ EXTOL'MENT, the act of extolling: the state of being
extolled. [L. _extoll[)e]re_--_ex_, up, _toll[)e]re_, to lift or raise.]
EXTORT, eks-tort', _v.t._ to gain or draw from by compulsion or
violence.--_p.adj._ wrongfully obtained.--_adj._ EXTORS'IVE, serving or
tending to extort.--_adv._ EXTORS'IVELY.--_n._ EXTOR'TION, illegal or
oppressive exaction: that which is extorted.--_adjs._ EXTOR'TIONARY,
pertaining to or implying extortion; EXTOR'TION[=A]TE, oppressive.--_ns._
EXTOR'TIONER, one who practises extortion; EXTOR'TIONIST.--_adj._
EXTOR'TIONOUS. [L. _extorqu[=e]re_, _extortum_--_ex_, out, _torqu[=e]re_,
to twist.]
EXTRA, eks'tra, _adj._ beyond or more than the usual or the necessary:
extraordinary: additional.--_adv._ unusually.--_n._ what is extra or
additional, as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum:
something over and above the usual course or charge in a bill, &c.: a
special edition of a newspaper containing later news, &c.--_adjs._
EX'TRA-CONDENSED' (_print._), extremely narrow in proportion to the height;
EX'TRA-CON'STELLARY, outside of the constellations; EXTRAD[=O]'TAL, not
forming part of the dowry; EX'TRA-FOLI[=A]'CEOUS (_bot._), situated outside
of or away from the leaves; EX'TRA-FOR[=A]'NEOUS, outdoor;
EX'TRA-JUDI'CIAL, out of the proper court, or beyond the usual course of
legal proceeding.--_adv._ EX'TRA-JUDI'CIALLY.--_adjs._ EX'TRA-LIM'ITAL, not
found within a given faunal area: lying outside a prescribed area--also
EXTRALIM'ITARY; EX'TRA-MUN'DANE, beyond the material world;
EX'TRA-M[=U]'RAL, without or beyond the walls; EX'TRA-OFFI'CIAL, not being
within official rights, &c.; EX'TRA-PAR[=O]'CHIAL, beyond the limits of a
parish; EX'TRA-PHYS'ICAL, not subject to physical laws;
EX'TRA-PROFES'SIONAL, outside the usual limits of professional duty;
EXTR'A-PRO'VINCIAL, outside the limits of a particular province;
EX'TRA-REG'ULAR, unlimited by rules; EX'TRA-S[=O]'LAR, beyond the solar
system; EX'TRA-TROP'ICAL, situated outside the tropics; EX'TRA-[=U]'TERINE,
situated outside the uterus; EXTRAVAS'CULAR, situated outside of the
vascular system. [Perh. a contraction for _extraordinary_.]
EXTRACT, eks-trakt', _v.t._ to draw out by force or otherwise: to choose
out or select: to find out: to distil.--_n._ EX'TRACT, anything drawn from
a substance by heat, distillation, &c., as an essence: a passage taken from
a book or writing.--_adjs._ EXTRACT'ABLE, EXTRACT'IBLE;
EXTRACT'IFORM.--_n._ EXTRAC'TION, act of extracting: derivation from a
stock or family: birth: lineage: that which is extracted.--_adj._
EXTRACT'IVE, tending or serving to extract.--_n._ an extract.--_n._
EXTRACT'OR, he who, or that which, extracts.--EXTRACT THE ROOT OF A
QUANTITY, to find its root by a mathematical process; EXTRACTIVE MATTER,
the soluble portions of any drug. [L. _extrah[)e]re_, _extractum_--_ex_,
out, _trah[)e]re_, to draw.]
EXTRADITION, eks-tra-dish'un, _n._ a delivering up by one government to
another of fugitives from justice.--_adj._ EXTRAD[=I]'TABLE.--_v.t._
EX'TRADITE, to hand over to justice. [L. _ex_, from,
_traditio_--_trad[)e]re_, _traditum_, to deliver up.]
EXTRADOS, eks-tr[=a]'dos, _n._ the convex surface of an arch or vault.
[Fr.]
EXTRANEOUS, eks-tr[=a]n'yus, _adj._ external: foreign: not belonging to or
dependent on a thing: not essential.--_n._ EXTRAN[=E]'ITY.--_adv._
EXTRAN'EOUSLY. [L. _extraneus_, external, _ex_, from, _extra_, outside.]
EXTRAORDINARY, eks-tror'di-nar-i, or eks-trä-or'-, _adj._ beyond ordinary:
not usual or regular: wonderful: special or supernumerary, as 'physician
extraordinary' in a royal household, and 'extraordinary professor' in a
German university, both being inferior to the ordinary official.--_n.pl._
EXTRAOR'DINARIES, things that exceed the usual order, kind, or
method.--_adv._ EXTRAOR'DINARILY.--_n._ EXTRAOR'DINARINESS. [L. _extra_,
outside, _ordo_--_inis_, order.]
EXTRAUGHT, eks-trawt' (_Shak._), _pa.p._ of EXTRACT.
EXTRAVAGANT, eks-trav'a-gant, _adj._ wandering beyond bounds: irregular:
unrestrained: excessive: profuse in expenses: wasteful.--_ns._
EXTRAV'AGANCE, excess: lavish expenditure: (_Milt._) digression;
EXTRAV'AGANCY (_Shak._), vagrancy: extravagance.--_adv._
EXTRAV'AGANTLY.--_v.i._ EXTRAV'AG[=A]TE, to wander: to exceed proper
bounds. [L. _extra_, beyond, _vagans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of _vag[=a]ri_, to
wander.]
EXTRAVAGANZA, eks-trav-a-gan'za, _n._ an extravagant or eccentric piece of
music or literary production: extravagant conduct or speech. [It.]
EXTRAVASATE, eks-trav'a-s[=a]t, _v.t._ to let out of the proper
vessels.--_adj._ let out of its proper vessel: extravasated.--_n._
EXTRAVAS[=A]'TION, act of extravasating: the escape of any of the fluids of
the living body from their proper vessels through a rupture in their walls.
[L. _extra_, out of, _vas_, a vessel.]
EXTREAT, eks-tr[=e]t', _n._ (_Spens._) extraction.
EXTREME, eks-tr[=e]m', _adj._ outermost: most remote: last: highest in
degree: greatest: excessive: most violent: most urgent: stringent.--_n._
the utmost point or verge: end: utmost or highest limit or degree: great
necessity.--_adv._ EXTR[=E]ME'LY.--_ns._ EXTR[=E]'MISM;
EXTR[=E]'MIST.--_adj._ EXTREM'ITAL.--_n._ EXTREM'ITY, the utmost limit: the
highest degree: greatest necessity or distress: (_pl._) the hands and
feet.--EXTREME UNCTION (see UNCTION).--GO TO EXTREMES, to go too far: to
use extreme measures.--IN EXTREMIS (L.), at the point of death; IN THE
EXTREME, in the last, highest degree: extremely; THE LAST EXTREMITY, the
utmost pitch of misfortune: death. [O. Fr. _extreme_--L. _extremus_,
superl. of _exter_, on the outside.]
EXTRICATE, eks'tri-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to free from hinderances or perplexities:
to disentangle: to set free.--_adj._ EX'TRICABLE.--_n._ EXTRIC[=A]'TION,
disentanglement: act of setting free. [L. _extric[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_,
out, _tricæ_, hinderances.]
EXTRINSIC, -AL, eks-trin'sik, -al, _adj._ external: not contained in or
belonging to a body: foreign: not essential--opp. to _Intrinsic_.--_n._
EXTRINSICAL'ITY.--_adv._ EXTRIN'SICALLY. [Fr.,--L. _extrinsecus_--_exter_,
outside, _secus_, beside.]
EXTRORSE, eks-trors', _adj._ turned outward.--Also EXTROR'SAL. [L. _extra_,
outside, _versus_, turned.]
EXTRUDE, eks-tr[=oo]d', _v.t._ to force or urge out: to expel: to drive
off.--_n._ EXTRU'SION, act of extruding, thrusting, or throwing out:
expulsion.--_adjs._ EXTRU'SIVE, EXTRU'SORY. [L. _extrud[)e]re_,
_extrusum_--_ex_, out, _trud[)e]re_, to thrust.]
EXUBERANT, eks-[=u]'b[.e]r-ant, _adj._ plenteous: overflowing: happy:
lavish.--_ns._ EX[=U]'BERANCE, EX[=U]'BERANCY, quality of being exuberant:
an overflowing quantity: superfluousness: outburst.--_adv._
EX[=U]'BERANTLY.--_v.i._ EX[=U]'BER[=A]TE, to be exuberant. [L.
_exuberans_, pr.p. of _exuber[=a]re_--_ex_, inten., _uber_, rich.]
EXUDE, eks-[=u]d', _v.t._ to discharge by sweating: to discharge through
pores or incisions, as sweat, moisture, &c.--_v.i._ to flow out of a body
through the pores.--_n._ EXUD[=A]'TION, act of exuding or discharging
through pores: that which is exuded. [L. _exud[=a]re_--_ex_, out,
_sud[=a]re_, to sweat.]
EXUL, eks'ul, _n._ (_Spens._) an exile.
EXULCERATE, egz-ul'ser-[=a]t, _v.t._ to exasperate, afflict.--_n._
EXULCER[=A]'TION, ulceration: exasperation. [L. _exculcer[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _ulcer[=a]re_.]
EXULT, egz-ult', _v.i._ to rejoice exceedingly: to triumph.--_ns._
EXULT'ANCE, EXULT'ANCY, exultation: triumph.--_adj._ EXULT'ANT, exulting:
triumphant.--_n._ EXULT[=A]'TION, rapturous delight: transport.--_adv._
EXULT'INGLY. [L. _exsult[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, from _exsil[=i]re_--_ex_, out
or up, _sal[=i]re_, to leap.]
EXUVIÆ, eks-[=u]'vi-[=e], _n.pl._ cast-off skins, shells, or other
coverings of animals: (_geol._) fossil shells and other remains of
animals.--_adj._ EX[=U]'VIAL.--_v.i._ EX[=U]'VI[=A]TE, to lay aside an old
covering or condition for a new one.--_n._ EXUVI[=A]'TION, the act of
exuviating. [L., from _exu[)e]re_, to draw off.]
EYALET, [=i]'a-let, _n._ a division of the Turkish Empire--_vilayet_.
[Turk.,--Ar. _iy[=a]lah[=a]l_, to govern.]
EYAS, [=i]'as, _n._ an unfledged hawk.--_adj._ (_Spens._) unfledged.--_n._
EY'AS-MUS'KET, an unfledged male hawk: (_Shak._) a child. [_Eyas_, a corr.
of _nyas_--Fr. _niais_--L. _nidus_, nest.]
EYE, [=i], _n._ (_obs._) a brood. [For _nye_, _neye_; _a neye_=an eye. See
EYAS.]
EYE, [=i], _n._ the organ of sight or vision, more correctly the globe or
movable part of it: the power of seeing: sight: regard: aim: keenness of
perception: anything resembling an eye, as the hole of a needle, loop or
ring for a hook, &c.: the seed-bud of a potato: (_pl._) the foremost part
of a ship's bows, the hawse-holes.--_v.t._ to look on: to observe
narrowly.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to appear:--_pr.p._ ey'ing or eye'ing; _pa.p._
eyed ([=i]d).--_ns._ EYE'-BALL, the ball, globe, or apple of the eye;
EYE'-BEAM, a glance of the eye; EYE'BRIGHT, a beautiful little plant of the
genus _Euphrasia_, formerly used as a remedy for diseases of the eye (see
EUPHRASY); EYE'BROW, the hairy arch above the eye.--_v.t._ to provide with
artificial eyebrows.--_adj._ EYE'BROWLESS, without eyebrows.--_p.adj._
EYED, having eyes: spotted as if with eyes.--_ns._ EYE'-DROP (_Shak._), a
tear; EYE'-FLAP, a blinder on a horse's bridle; EYE'-GLANCE, a quick look;
EYE'GLASS, a glass to assist the sight, esp. such as stick on the nose by
means of a spring: the eye-piece of a telescope and like instrument:
(_Shak._) the lens of the eye; EYE'LASH, the line of hairs that edges the
eyelid.--_adj._ EYE'LESS, without eyes or sight: deprived of eyes:
blind.--_ns._ EYE'LET, EYE'LET-HOLE, a small eye or hole to receive a lace
or cord, as in garments, sails, &c.: a small hole for seeing through: a
little eye.--_v.i._ to make eyelets.--_ns._ EYE'LIAD, obsolete form of
_oeillade_; EYE'LID, the lid or cover of the eye: the portion of movable
skin by means of which the eye is opened or closed at pleasure;
EYE'-[=O]'PENER, something that opens the eyes literally or figuratively, a
startling story: a drink, esp. in the morning; EYE'-PIECE, the lens or
combination of lenses at the eye-end of a telescope; EYE'-PIT, the socket
of the eye; EYE'-SALVE, salve or ointment for the eyes; EYE'-SERV'ANT, a
servant who does his duty only when under the eye of his master;
EYE'-SERV'ICE, service performed only under the eye or inspection of an
employer: formal worship; EYE'-SHOT, the reach or range of sight of the
eye: a glance; EYE'SIGHT, power of seeing: view: observation; EYE'SORE,
anything that is offensive to the eye or otherwise; EYE'-SPLICE, a kind of
eye or loop formed by splicing the end of a rope into itself; EYE'-SPOT, a
spot like an eye.--_adj._ EYE'-SPOT'TED (_Spens._), marked with spots like
eyes.--_ns._ EYE'-STONE, a small calcareous body used for removing
substances from under the eyelid; EYE'-STRING, the muscle which raises the
eyelid; EYE'-TOOTH, one of the two canine teeth of the upper jaw, between
the incisors and premolars; EYE'-WA'TER, water flowing from the eye: a
lotion for the eyes; EYE'-WINK (_Shak._), a rapid lowering and raising of
the eyelid: a glance: the time of a wink; EYE'-WIT'NESS, one who sees a
thing done.--EYE FOR EYE, _lex talionis_ (Ex. xxi. 24); EYE OF DAY, the
sun.--ALL MY EYE (_slang_) unreal; BE ALL EYES, to give all attention; BE A
SHEET IN THE WIND'S EYE, to be intoxicated; CLAP, LAY, SET, EYES ON
(_coll._), to see; CRY ONE'S EYES OUT, to weep bitterly; CUT ONE'S
EYE-TOOTH, to cease to be a child: to be shrewd; GIVE AN EYE TO, to attend
to; GREEN EYE, jealousy; HAVE AN EYE TO, to contemplate: to have regard to;
IN EYE, in sight; IN ONE'S MIND'S EYE, in contemplation; IN THE EYES OF, in
the estimation, opinion, of; IN THE WIND'S EYE, against the wind; KEEP
ONE'S EYE ON, to observe closely: to watch; MAKE A PERSON OPEN HIS EYES, to
cause him astonishment; MAKE EYES AT, to look at in an amorous way: to
ogle; MIND YOUR EYE (_slang_), take care; MY EYE! a mild asseveration;
NAKED EYE (see NAKED); OPEN A PERSON'S EYES, to make him see: to show him
something of which he is ignorant; PIPE, or PUT THE FINGER IN, THE EYE, to
weep; SEE EYE TO EYE, from Is. lii. 8, but used in the sense of 'to think
alike;' SEE WITH HALF AN EYE, to see without difficulty; UNDER THE EYE OF,
under the observation of; UP TO THE EYES, deeply engaged. [A.S. _éage_; cf.
Goth. _augo_, Ger. _auge_, Dut. _oog_, Ice. _auga_.]
EYNE, [=i]n, _n.pl._ (_arch._) eyes.