Defn: To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated." Boyle.
EXANTLATIONEx`ant*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exantlation.]
Defn: Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EXARATE Ex"a*rate, v. t. Etym: [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.]
Defn: To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.
EXARATIONEx`a*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaratio.]
Defn: Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.
EXARCHEx"arch, n. Etym: [L. exarchus, Gr. exarque.]
Defn: A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.
EXARCHATE Ex*ar"chate, n. Etym: [LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat.]
Defn: The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.
EXARILLATEEx*ar"il*late, a. Etym: [Pref. ex- + arillate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having no aril; — said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.
EXARTICULATEEx`ar*tic"u*late, a. Etym: [Pref. ex- + articulate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having but one joint; — said of certain insects.
EXARTICULATIONEx`ar*tic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. ex- + articulation.]
Defn: Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.
EXASPERATE Ex*as"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]
Defn: Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs.Browning.
EXASPERATEEx*as"per*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.
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.
EXASPERATEREx*as"per*a`ter, n.
Defn: One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.
EXASPERATIONEx*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.
EXASPIDEANEx`as*pid"e*an, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the anterior scute
EXAUCTORATEEx*auc"tor*ate, v. t.
Defn: See Exauthorate. [Obs.]
EXAUCTORATIONEx*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.
EXAUGURATIONEx*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.
EXAUTHORATIONEx*au`thor*a"tion, n.
Defn: Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer.Taylor.
EXAUTHORIZEEx*au"thor*ize, v. t. Etym: [Pref. ex- + authorize.]
Defn: To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] Selden.
EXAUTHORIZEEx*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.
EXCALCEATIONEx*cal`ce*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.
EXCALFACTIONEx`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.
EXCALFACTORYEx`cal*fac"to*ry, a. Etym: [L. excalfactorius.]
Defn: Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.
EXCALIBUREx*cal"i*bur, n.
Defn: The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written alsoExcalibar, 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; EXCAMBIUMEx*cam"bi*on, Ex*cam"bi*um, n. Etym: [LL. excambium. See Excamb.](Scots Law)
Defn: Exchange; barter; — used commonly of lands.
EXCANDESCENCEEx`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.
EXCANTATIONEx`can*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excantare to charm out. See Ex, andChant.]
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.
EXCARNATIONEx`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.
EXCARNIFICATIONEx*car`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.
EXCAVATEEx"ca*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excavated(); p. pr. & vb. n.Excavating().] Etym: [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; exout + 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.
EXCAVATIONEx`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.
EXCAVATOREx"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.
EXCAVEEx*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.
EXCECATIONEx`ce*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.
EXCEDENTEx*ced"ent, n. Etym: [L. excedens, -entis, p. pr. of excedere. SeeExceed, v. t.]
Defn: Excess. [R.]
EXCEEDEx*ceed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.]Etym: [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedereto 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.
EXCEEDEx*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.
EXCEEDABLEEx*ceed"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.
EXCEEDEREx*ceed"er, n.
Defn: One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu.
EXCEEDINGEx*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.
EXCEEDINGEx*ceed"ing, adv.
Defn: In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It isnot 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.
EXCEEDINGLYEx*ceed"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
EXCELEx*cel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.]Etym: [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmenheight, 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.
EXCELEx*cel", v. i.
Defn: To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, oracquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel inmathematics, or classics.Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4.Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.
EXCELLENCEEx"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 formexcellency.I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king.Shak.
Syn. — Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
EXCELLENCYEx"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.
EXCELLENTEx"cel*lent, adv.
Defn: Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.
EXCELLENTLYEx"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.
EXCELSIOREx*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.
EXCENTRALEx*cen"tral, a. Etym: [Pref. ex.] (Bot.)
Defn: Out of the center.
EXCENTRIC; EXCENTRICALEx*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.
EXCENTRICITYEx`cen*tric"i*ty
Defn: . (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.
EXCEPTEx*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.
EXCEPTEx*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.
EXCEPTEx*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.
EXCEPTANTEx*cept"ant, a.
Defn: Making exception.
EXCEPTINGEx*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.
EXCEPTIONEx*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.
EXCEPTIONABLEEx*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 wholepoem. Addison.
EXCEPTIONALEx*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.
EXCEPTIONEREx*cep"tion*er, n.
Defn: One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.] Milton.
EXCEPTIONLESSEx*cep"tion*less, a.
Defn: Without exception.A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
EXCEPTIOUSEx*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.
EXCEPTIVEEx*cept"ive, a.
Defn: That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. I. Watts. A particular and exceptive law. Milton.
EXCEPTLESSEx*cept"less, a.
Defn: Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.]My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.
EXCEPTOREx*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.
EXCEREBROSEEx*cer"e*brose`, a. Etym: [See Excerebration.]
Defn: Brainless. [R.]
EXCERNEx*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.
EXCERNENTEx*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.
EXCERPTEx*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.
EXCERPTEx*cerp"t (277), n.
Defn: An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
EXCERPTIONEx*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.
EXCERPTIVEEx*cerp"tive, a.
Defn: That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie.
EXCERPTOREx*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.
EXCESSIVEEx*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.
EXCHANGEEx*change", n. Etym: [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr.eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. SeeChange, 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.
EXCHANGEEx*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.
EXCHANGEEx*change", v. i.
Defn: To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.
EXCHANGEABILITYEx*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.
EXCHANGEABLEEx*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.
EXCHANGEABLYEx*change"a*bly, adv.
Defn: By way of exchange.
EXCHANGE EDITOREx*change" ed"i*tor.
Defn: An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
EXCHANGEREx*chan"ger, n.
Defn: One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.
EXCHEATEx*cheat", n.
Defn: See Escheat. [Obs.] Spenser.
EXCHEATOREx*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.
EXCHEQUEREx*cheq"uer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchequered; p. pr. & vb. n.Exchequering.]
Defn: To institute a process against (any one) in the Court ofExchequer.
EXCIDEEx*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.]
EXCIPIENTEx*cip"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. excipients, -entis, p. pr. of exipere. SeeExcept, v. t.]
Defn: Taking an exception.
EXCIPIENTEx*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; EXCIPULUMEx"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.
EXCISABLEEx*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.]
EXCISEEx*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.]
EXCISEEx*cise", v. t. Etym: [See Excide.]
Defn: To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
EXCISEMANEx*cise"man, n.; pl. Excisemen (.
Defn: An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.
EXCISIONEx*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.
EXCITABILITYEx*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.
EXCITABLEEx*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.
EXCITANTEx*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.
EXCITATEEx*cit"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. excitatus, p.p. of excitare. See Excite.]
Defn: To excite. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCITATIONEx`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.
EXCITATIVEEx*cit"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excitatif.]
Defn: Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.
EXCITATOREx"ci*ta`tor, n. Etym: [L., one who rouses.] (Elec.)
Defn: A kind of discarder.
EXCITATORYEx*cit"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excitatoire.]
Defn: Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.
EXCITEEx*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.
EXCITEFULEx*cite"ful, n.
Defn: Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.
EXCITEMENTEx*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 inducesaction; 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.
EXCITEREx*cit"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, excites.Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.
EXCITINGEx*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.
EXCITIVEEx*cit"ive, a.
Defn: Serving or tending to excite; excitative. [R.] Bamfield.
EXCITIVEEx*cit"ive, n.
Defn: That which excites; an excitant. [R.]
EXCITO-MOTIONEx*ci`to-mo"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
EXCITO-MOTOREx*ci`to-mo"tor, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Excitomotory; as, excito-motor power or causes.
EXCITO-MOTORYEx*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-NUTRIENTEx*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-SECRETORYEx*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.
EXCLAIMEx*claim", v. t.& i. [imp. & p. p. Exclaimed;p. pr. & vb. n.Exclaiming.] Etym: [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cryout; 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.
EXCLAIMEx*claim", n.
Defn: Outcry; clamor. [Archaic]Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak.
EXCLAIMEREx*claim"er, n.
Defn: One who exclaims.
EXCLAMATIONEx`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.
EXCLAMATIVEEx*clam"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exclamatif.]
Defn: Exclamatory. Earle.— Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv.
EXCLAMATORYEx*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.
EXCLUDEEx*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.
EXCLUSIONEx*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.
EXCLUSIONARYEx*clu"sion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.
EXCLUSIONISMEx*clu"sion*ism, n.
Defn: The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.
EXCLUSIONISTEx*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
EXCLUSIVEEx*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.
EXCLUSIVEEx*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.
EXCLUSIVENESSEx*clu"sive*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being exclusive.
EXCLUSIVISMEx*clu"siv*ism, n.
Defn: The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
EXCLUSIVISTEx*clu"siv*ist, n.
Defn: One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness orexclusivism.The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground ofthe exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone.
EXCLUSORYEx*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.
EXCOCTIONEx*coc"tion. Etym: [L. excoctio.]
Defn: The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCOGITATEEx*cog"i*tate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated; p. pr. & vb. n..Excogitating.] Etym: [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare toexcogitate; 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.
EXCOGITATEEx*cog"i*tate, v. i.
Defn: To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.
EXCOGITATIONEx*cog`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.]
Defn: The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
EXCOMMUNEEx`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.
EXCOMMUNICABLEEx`com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [See Excommunicate.]
Defn: Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; makingexcommunication possible or proper. "Persons excommunicable ." Bp.Hall.What offenses are excommunicable Kenle.
EXCOMMUNICANTEx`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.
EXCOMMUNICATOREx`com*mu"ni*ca`tor n. Etym: [Cf. LL. excommunicator.]
Defn: One who excommunicates.
EXCOMMUNIONEx`com*mun"ion
Defn: . A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.]Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.
EXCORIABLEEx*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.
EXCORIATIONEx*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.
EXCORTICATIONEx*cor`ti*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excortication.]
Defn: The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.
EXCREABLEEx"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.
EXCREATIONEx`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.] "Ornamentalexcrements." Fuller.Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothingthat is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts.Bacon.
EXCREMENTALEx`cre*men"tal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to excrement.
EXCREMENTITIAL; EXCREMENTITIOUSEx`cre*men*ti"tial, Ex`cre*men*ti"tious, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
EXCREMENTIVEEx`cre*men"tive, a.
Defn: Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.]"The excrementive parts." Felthman.
EXCREMENTIZEEx"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.
EXCRESCENCYEx*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 asuperfluity.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.
EXCRESCENTIALEx`cres*cen"tial a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne.
EXCRETAEx*cre"ta, n. pl. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Matters to be excreted.
EXCRETEEx*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.
EXCRETINEx"cre*tin, n. Etym: [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human fæces.
EXCRETIONEx*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.
EXCRETIVEEx*cre"tive, a.
Defn: Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey.
EXCRETORYEx*cre"to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétoire.]
Defn: Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.
EXCRUCIABLEEx*cru"ci*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. excruciabilis.]
Defn: Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey.
EXCRUCIATEEx*cru"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare toexcruciate; 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.
EXCRUCIATEEx*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.
EXCRUCIATINGEx*cru"ci*a`ting
Defn: . Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox."Excruciating fears." Bentley — Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.
EXCRUCIATIONEx*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.
EXCULPABLEEx*cul"pa*ble
Defn: . Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G.Buck.
EXCULPATEEx*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated, p. pr. & vb. n..Exculpating ( Etym: [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to findfault 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.
EXCULPATIONEx`cul*pa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exculpatio.]
Defn: The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that whichexculpates; excuse.These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strongcase in exculpation of themselves. Southey.
EXCULPATORYEx*cul"pa*to*ry
Defn: . Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.
EXCUREx*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.
EXCURSEEx*curse", v. t. Etym: [See excurrent.]
Defn: To journey or pass thought. [R.]
EXCURSIONEx*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.