3. A wandering from a subject; digression. I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.
4. (Mach.)
Defn: Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
Syn.— Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.
EXCURSIONISTEx*cur"sion*ist, n.
Defn: One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
EXCURSIVEEx*cur"sive, a.
Defn: Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, anexcursive fancy.The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor.— Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv.— Ex*cur"sive*ness, , n.
EXCURSUSEx*cur"sus, n. Etym: [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See Excurrent.]
Defn: A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.
EXCUSABLEEx*cus"a*ble a. Etym: [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.]
Defn: That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted ofblame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.— Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.— Ex*cus"a*bly, adv.The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.
EXCUSATIONEx`cu*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation.]
Defn: Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon.
EXCUSATOREx`cu*sa"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [Obs.] Hume.
EXCUSATORYEx*cus"a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.
EXCUSEEx*cuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excused; p. pr. & vb. n. Excusing.]Etym: [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L.excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See Cause.]
1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. Abp. Sharp.
2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. I must excuse what can not be amended. Shak.
3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; topardon.And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page thanAddison remains. Pope.
4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture. I pray thee have me excused. xiv. 19.
5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you 2 Cor. xii. 19.
Syn. — To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. - To Pardon, Excuse, Forgive. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse.
EXCUSEEx*cuse", n. Etym: [Cf. F. excuse. See Excuse, v. t.]
1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. Shak.
2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment. Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. Milton.
3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. "It hath the excuse of youth." Shak. If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Emerson.
Syn.— See Apology.
EXCUSELESSEx*cuse"less, a.
Defn: Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock.
EXCUSEMENTEx*cuse"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. excusement.]
Defn: Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.
EXCUSEREx*cus"er, n.
1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Swift.
2. One who excuses or forgives another. Shelton.
EXCUSS Ex*cuss", v. t. Etym: [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]
1. To shake off; to discard. [R.] To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.] To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).
3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
EXCUSSION Ex*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.]
Defn: The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
EXEATEx"e*at, n. Etym: [L., let him go forth.]
1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] Shipley.
2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.
EXECRABLE Ex"e*cra*ble, a. Etym: [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See Execrate.]
Defn: Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable;abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride." Hooker.— Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n.— Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.
EXECRATEEx"e*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Execrating.] Etym: [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare,exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.]
Defn: To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.
EXECRATION Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]
1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn.— See Malediction.
EXECRATIVEEx"e*cra*tive, a.
Defn: Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle.— Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv.
EXECRATIVEEx"e*cra*tive, n.
Defn: A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.Earle.
EXECRATORYEx"e*cra*to*ry, a.
Defn: Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. — n.
Defn: A formulary of execrations. L. Addison.
EXECTEx*ect", v. t. Etym: [See Exsect.]
Defn: To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect. Harvey.
EXECTIONEx*ec"tion, n. [Obs.]
Defn: See Exsection.
EXECUTABLEEx"e*cu`ta*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.[R.]
EXECUTANTEx*ec"u*tant, n.
Defn: One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musicalinstrument.Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.
EXECUTE Ex"e*cute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed; p. pr. & vb. n. Executing.] Etym: [F. exécuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]
1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform; Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day Milton.
2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.
3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
6. (Mus.)
Defn: To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly.
Syn. — To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.
EXECUTEEx"e*cute, v. i.
1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.
2. To perform musically.
EXECUTEREx"e*cu`ter, n.
Defn: One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.
EXECUTIONEx`e*cu"tion, n. Etym: [F. exécution, L. executio, exsecutio.]
1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.
2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. Shak.
3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.
4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; — usually with do. To do some fatal execution. Shak.
6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] Beau. & FL.
EXECUTIONEREx`e*cu"tion*er, n.
1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon.
2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
EXECUTIVEEx*ec"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf.F. exécutif.]
Defn: Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.
EXECUTIVEEx*ec"u*tive, n.
Defn: An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
EXECUTIVELYEx*ec"u*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of executing or performing.
EXECUTOREx*ec"u*tor, n. Etym: [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf.Executer.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
EXECUTORIALEx*ec`u*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [LL. executorialis.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to an executive.
EXECUTORSHIPEx*ec"u*tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office of an executor.
EXECUTORY Ex*ec"u*to*ry, a. Etym: [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.]
1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. The official and executory duties of government. Burke.
2. (Law)
Defn: Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.
EXECUTRESSEx*ec"u*tress, n. Etym: [Cf.F. exécutrice.]
Defn: An executrix.
EXECUTRIXEx*ec"u*trix, n. Etym: [LL.] (Law)
Defn: A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
EXEDENTEx"e*dent, a. Etym: [L. exedent, -entis, p.pr. of exedere. SeeExesion.]
Defn: Eating out; consuming. [R.]
EXEDRAEx"e*dra, n.; pl. Exedræ. Etym: [L., fr.Gr
1. (Class. Antiq.)
Defn: A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.
EXEGESISEx`e*ge"sis, n.;pl. Exegeses. Etym: [NL., fr.Gr. Agent.]
1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]
EXEGETEEx"e*gete, n. Etym: [Gr. exégète. See Exegesis.]
Defn: An exegetist.
EXEGETIC; EXEGETICALEx`e*get"ic, Ex`e*get"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. exégétique.]
Defn: Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly, adv.
EXEGETICSEx`e*get"ics, n.
Defn: The science of interpretation or exegesis.
EXEGETISTEx`e*ge"tist, n.
Defn: One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; — also called exegete.
EXEMPLAREx*em"plar, n. Etym: [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. SeeExample, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.
2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.
EXEMPLAREx*em"plar, a.
Defn: Exemplary. [Obs.]The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
EXEMPLARILYEx"em*pla*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitationor for warning; by way of example.She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.
EXEMPLARINESSEx"em*pla*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
EXEMPLARITYEx`em*plar"i*ty (, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exemplaritas.]
Defn: Exemplariness. [R.]The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.
EXEMPLARY Ex"em*pla*ry, a. Etym: [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See Exemplar.]
1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.
2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Fuller. Exemplary damages. (Law) See under Damage.
EXEMPLARYEx"em*pla*ry, n.
Defn: An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.
EXEMPLIFIABLEEx*em"pli*fi`a*ble, a.
Defn: That can be exemplified.
EXEMPLIFICATIONEx*em`pli*fi*ca"tion, n.
1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
3. (Law)
Defn: A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
EXEMPLIFIEREx*em"pli*fi`er, n.
Defn: One who exemplifies by following a pattern.
EXEMPLIFYEx*em"pli*fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exemplified; p. pr. &. vb. n.Exemplifying.] Etym: [L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL.exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.]
1. To show or illustrate by example. He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.
2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.
3. To prove or show by an attested copy.
EXEMPT Ex*empt", a. Etym: [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.]
1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.] Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.
2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; — (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service. True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak. T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.
EXEMPTEx*empt", n.
1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]
EXEMPTEx*empt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.]Etym: [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]
1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.
2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. Milton.
EXEMPTIBLEEx*empt"i*ble, a.
Defn: That may be exempted.
EXEMPTION Ex*emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. exenptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption.]
Defn: The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
EXEMPTITIOUSEx`emp*ti"tious, a.
Defn: Separable. [Obs.] "Exemptitious from matter." Dr. H. More.
EXENTERATEEx*en"ter*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. exenteratus, p.p. of exenterare; cf.Gr.
Defn: To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.] Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.
EXENTERATIONEx*en`ter*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. exenteratio.]
Defn: Act of exenterating. [R.]
EXEQUATUR Ex`e*qua"tur, n. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequi, exsequi, to perform, execute.]
1. A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.
2. Official recognition or permission. Prescott.
EXEQUIAL Ex*e"qui*al, a. Etym: [L. exequialis, exsequialis, fr. exsequiae exequies.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
EXEQUIOUSEx*e"qui*ous, a.
Defn: Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton.
EXEQUY Ex"e*quy, n.;pl. Exequies. Etym: [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See Exequte.]
Defn: A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.
EXERCENTEx*er"cent, a. Etym: [L. exercents, -entis, p. pr. of exercere. SeeExercise.]
Defn: Practicing; professional. [Obs.] "Every exercent advocate."Ayliffe.
EXERCISABLEEx"er*ci`sa*ble a.
Defn: That may be exercised, used, or exerted.
EXERCISE Ex"er*cise, n. Etym: [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See Ark.]
1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice. exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson. O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.
2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise." Spenser. An exercise of the eyes and memory. Locke.
3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise ob horseback. The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.
4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty. Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison. To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.
5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ebbs; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition. The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. Prescott. He seems to have taken a degree, and preformed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. Brydges.
6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test. Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. Milton. Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.
EXERCISEEx"er*cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exercised; p. pr. & vb. n.Exercising.]
1. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy. Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. Acts xxiv. 16.
2. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops. About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. Milton.
3. To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain. Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. Milton.
4. To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office. I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Jer. ix. 24. The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Ezek. xxii. 29.
EXERCISEEx"er*cise, v. i.
Defn: To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement. I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper.
EXERCISEREx"er*ci`ser, n.
Defn: One who exercises.
EXERCISIBLEEx"er*ci`si*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.
EXERCITATION Ex*er`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exercitatio, fr. exercitare, intense., fr. exercere to exercise: CF. f. exercitation.]
Defn: exercise; practice; use. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
EXERGUEEx*ergue", n. Etym: [F.,fr.Gr. i.e., accessory work. See Work.](Numis.)
Defn: The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.
EXERTEx*ert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.]Etym: [L. exertus, exsertus, p.p. of exerere, exserere, to thrustout; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf.Exsert.]
1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden.
2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.
3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. South. To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.
EXERTIONEx*er"tion, n.
Defn: The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
Syn.— Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt.
EXERTIVEEx*ert"ive, a.
Defn: Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
EXERTMENTEx*ert"ment, n.
Defn: Exertion. [R.]
EXESION Ex*e"sion, n. Etym: [L. exedere, exesum, to eat up; ex out + edere to eat.]
Defn: The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EXESTUATE Ex*es"tu*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. exaestuatus,p.p. of exaestuare to boil up. See Estuate.]
Defn: To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]
EXESTUATIONEx*es`tu*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaestuatio.]
Defn: A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle.
EXEUNTEx"e*unt. Etym: [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.]
Defn: They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all exceptHamlet. See 1st Exit.
EXFETATIONEx`fe*ta"tion, n Etym: [Pref. ex- + fetation.] (Med.)
Defn: Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.
EXFOLIATEEx*fo"li*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exfoliating.] Etym: [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from +folium leaf.]
1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
2. (Min.)
Defn: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
EXFOLIATEEx*fo"li*ate v. t.
Defn: To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
EXFOLIATIONEx*fo`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exfoliation.]
Defn: The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
EXFOLIATIVEEx*fo"li*a"tive, a. Etym: [Cf.F. exfoliatif.]
Defn: Having the power of causing exfoliation.— n.
Defn: An exfoliative agent. Wiseman.
EXHALABLEEx*hal"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.
EXHALANTEx*hal"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exhalant.]
Defn: Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.
EXHALATION Ex`ha*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]
1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.
3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.
EXHALEEx*hale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Exaling.]Etym: [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf.Inhale.]
1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.
2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.
EXHALEEx*hale", v. i.
Defn: To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.
EXHALEMENTEx*hale"ment, n.
Defn: Exhalation. [Obs.]
EXHALENCEEx*hal"ence, n.
Defn: Exhalation. [R.]
EXHAUST Ex*haust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting.] Etym: [L. exhaustus, p.p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources. A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. Motley.
4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
5. (Chem.)
Defn: To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver.
Syn.— To spend; consume; tire out; weary.
EXHAUSTEx*haust", a. Etym: [L. exhaustus, p.p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. — Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. — Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. — Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. — Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. — Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. — Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.
EXHAUSTEx*haust", n. (Steam Engine)
1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
EXHAUSTEREx*haust"er n.
Defn: One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
EXHAUSTIBILITYEx*haust`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being exhausted. I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.
EXHAUSTIBLEEx*haust"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.
EXHAUSTINGEx*haust"ing, a.
Defn: Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.— Ex*haust"ing, adv.
EXHAUSTIONEx*haus"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. exhaustion.]
1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.
2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.
3. (Math.)
Defn: An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.
Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.
EXHAUSTIVEEx*haust"ive, a.
Defn: Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
EXHAUSTLESSEx*haust"less, a.
Defn: Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
EXHAUSTMENTEx*haust"ment, n.
Defn: Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]
EXHAUSTUREEx*haus"ture, n.
Defn: Exhaustion. Wraxall.
EXHEDRAEx"he*dra, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Exedra.
EXHEREDATE Ex*her"e*date, v. t. Etym: [L., exheredatus, p.p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres, heredis, heir.]
Defn: To disinherit. [R.] Huloet.
EXHEREDATIONEx*her`e*da"tion, n. Etym: [L., exheredatio: cf. F. exhérédation.]
Defn: A disinheriting; disherisor. [R.]
EXHEREDITATION Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [LL. exhereditare, exhereditatum, disinherit.]
Defn: A disinheriting; disherison. [R.] E. Waterhouse.
EXHIBITEx*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n.Exhibiting.] Etym: [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, totender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.
2. (Law)
Defn: To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.
3. (Med.)
Defn: To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. To exhibit afoundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty tocandidates.— To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public.[Obs.]
EXHIBITEx*hib"it, n.
1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
2. (Law)
Defn: A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
EXHIBITEREx*hib"it*er, n. Etym: [Cf. Exhibitor.]
Defn: One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.Shak.
EXHIBITION Ex`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.]
1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak. I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale.
4. (Med.)
Defn: The act of administering a remedy.
EXHIBITIONEREx`hi*bi"tion*er, n. (Eng. Univ.)
Defn: One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
EXHIBITIVEEx*hib"it*ive, a.
Defn: Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris.— Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv.
EXHIBITOREx*hib"it*or, n. Etym: [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.]
Defn: One who exhibits.
EXHIBITORYEx*hib"it*o*ry, a. Etym: [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf.F. exhibitoire exhibiting.]
Defn: Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.
EXHILARANTEx*hil"a*rant, a. Etym: [L. exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. SeeExhilarate.]
Defn: Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.— n.
Defn: That which exhilarates.
EXHILARATEEx*hil"a*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exilarating.] Etym: [L. exhilaratus, p.p. of exhilarare to gladden;ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. SeeHilarious.]
Defn: To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.
EXHILARATEEx*hil"a*rate, v. i.
Defn: To become joyous. [R.] Bacon.
EXHILARATINGEx*hil"a*ra`ting, a.
Defn: That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.— Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.
EXHILARATIONEx*hil`a*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L., exhilaratio.]
1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.
Syn. — Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.
EXHORTEx*hort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.]Etym: [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F.exhorter. See Hortative.]
Defn: To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution. Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak. Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes.
EXHORTEx*hort", v. i.
Defn: To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite togood deeds.With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.
EXHORTEx*hort", n.
Defn: Exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.
EXHORTATIONEx`hor*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.]
1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.
EXHORTATIVEEx*hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.]
Defn: Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.
EXHORTATORYEx*hor"ta*to*ry a. Etym: [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.
EXHORTEREx*hort"er, n.
Defn: One who exhorts or incites.
EXHUMATEDEx*hu"ma*ted, a.
Defn: Disinterred. [Obs.]
EXHUMATIONEx`hu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.]
Defn: The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
EXHUMEEx*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.]Etym: [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer.See Humble.]
Defn: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.
EXICCATEEx"ic*cate, v. t.
Defn: See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.
EXICCATIONEx`ic*ca"tion, n.
Defn: See Exsiccation. [Obs.]
EXIGENCEEx"i*gence, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Exigency. Hooker.
EXIGENCY Ex"i*gen*cy, n.;pl. Exigencies. Etym: [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.]
Defn: The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.
Syn. — Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.
EXIGENDARYEx`i*gen"da*ry, n.
Defn: See Exigenter.
EXIGENT Ex`i*gent, a. Etym: [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.]
Defn: Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.
EXIGENTEx"i*gent, n.
1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent Shak.
2. (o. Eng. Law)
Defn: The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.
EXIGENTEREx"i*gent*er, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.
EXIGIBLEEx"i*gi*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.]
Defn: That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.
EXIGUITY Ex`i*gu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.]
Defn: Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.
EXIGUOUSEx*ig"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. exiguus.]
Defn: Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources."Carlyle.— Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]
EXILE Ex"ile, n. Etym: [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.]
1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.
2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home. Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak.
Syn.— Banishment; proscription; expulsion.
EXILEEx"ile v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.]
Defn: To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson. Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.
Syn.— See Banish.
EXILEEx*ile", a. Etym: [L. exilis.]
Defn: Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.
EXILEMENTEx"ile*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. exilement.]
Defn: Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.
EXILICEx*il"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews inBabylon. Encyc. Dict.
EXILITION Ex`i*li"tion, n. Etym: [L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap.]
Defn: A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EXILITYEx*il"ity, n. Etym: [L. exilitas: cf. F. exilité. See Exile, a.]
Defn: Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.]Paley.
EXIMIOUS Ex*im"ious a. Etym: [L. eximius taken out, i. e. select, fr. eximere to take out. See Exempt.]
Defn: Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.
EXINANITE Ex*in"a*nite, v. t. Etym: [L. exinanitus, p. p. of exinanire; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis, empty.]
Defn: To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp.Pearson.
EXINANITIONEx*in`a*ni"tion
Defn: n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion;humiliation. [Obs.]Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.
EXIST Ex*ist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.] Etym: [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See Stand.]
1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. Swift. To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. South.
2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.
Syn.— See Be.
EXISTENCEEx*ist"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. existence.]
1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence. The main object of our existence. Lubbock.
2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war. The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.
3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
EXISTENCYEx*ist"en*cy, n.
Defn: Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
EXISTENTEx*ist"ent, a. Etym: [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. SeeExist.]
Defn: Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now;taking place.The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being,as if they were truly existent. Dryden.
EXISTENTIALEx`is*ten"tial, a.
Defn: Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. —Ex`is*ten"tial*ly,adv. [Archaic]Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige.
EXISTEREx*ist"er, n.
Defn: One who exists.
EXISTIBLEEx*ist"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of existence. Grew.
EXISTIMATION Ex*is`ti*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.]
Defn: Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.
EXITEx"it. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. SeeExeunt, Issue.]
Defn: He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
EXITEx"it, n. Etym: [See 1st Exit.]
1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.
2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.
3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.
EXITIAL; EXITIOUSEx*i"tial, Ex*i"tious, a. Etym: [L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitiuma going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr.exire to go out: cf.F. exitial.]
Defn: Destructive; fatal. [Obs.] "Exitial fevers." Harvey.
EX LIBRISEx` li"bris. [L. ex from + libris books.]
Defn: An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; esp., a bookplate.
EXMOOREx"moor, n. [From Exmoor, a district in Somersetshire andDevonshire.]
1. One of a breed of horned sheep of Devonshire, England, having white legs and face and black nostrils. They are esp. valuable for mutton.
2. A breed of ponies native to the Exmoor district.
EXO; EXO-Ex"o. Etym: [Gr. Ex-.]
Defn: A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.
EXOCARDIAC; EXOCARDIALEx`o*car"di*ac, Ex`o*car"di*al, a. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; — opposed to endocardiac.
EXOCARPEx"o*carp, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.
EXOCCIPITALEx`oc*cip"i*tal, a. Etym: [Pref. ex- + occipital.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. — n.
Defn: The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.
EXOCETUS; EXOCOETUS Ex`o*ce"tus ( or ), Ex`ocoe"tus, n. Etym: [NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. (Zoöl)
Defn: A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. SeeFlying fish.
EXOCULATE Ex*oc"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. exoculatus, p. p. of exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye.]
Defn: To deprive of eyes. [R.] W. C. Hazlitt.
EXODEEx"ode n. Etym: [L. exodium, Gr. exode. See Exodus.]
1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.
2. (Gr. Drama)
Defn: The final chorus; the catastrophe.
3. (Rom. Antig.)
Defn: An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.
EXODICEx*od"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Exodus.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; — said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.
EXODIUMEx*o"di*um, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: See Exode.
EXODUS Ex"o*dus, n. Etym: [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. Skr. a-sad to approach.]
1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
EXODYEx"o*dy, n.
Defn: Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]The time of the Jewish exody. Sir M. Hale.
EX-OFFICIALEx`-of*fi"cial, a.
Defn: Proceeding from office or authority.
EX OFFICIOEx` of*fi"ci*o; pl. Ex officiis. Etym: [L.]
Defn: From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.
EXOGAMOUSEx*og"a*mous, a. Etym: [Exo- + Gr.
Defn: Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; — opposed to endogenous.
EXOGAMYEx*og"a*my, n.
Defn: The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; — opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.
EXOGENEx"o*gen, n. Etym: [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exogène.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.
EXOGENETICEx`o*ge*net"ic, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
EXOGENOUSEx*og"e*nous, a.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; — the opposite of endogenous.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Growing by addition to the exterior.
3. (Anat.)
Defn: Growing from previously ossified parts; — opposed to autogenous. Owen. Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.
EXOGYRAEx`o*gy"ra n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.
EXOLETE Ex"o*lete, a. Etym: [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.]
Defn: Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]
EXOLUTIONEx`o*lu"tion, n. Etym: [L. exolutio a release. See Exolve.]
Defn: See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EXOLVEEx*olve", v. t. Etym: [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere.]
Defn: To loose; to pay. [Obs.]
EXON Ex"on, n. Etym: [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
EXONEx"on, n. Etym: [F. expect an under officer.]
Defn: An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]
EXONERATEEx*on"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p. pr. & vb. n.Exonerating.] Etym: [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from aburden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.
2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.