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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ex-ær'e-sĭs, n. p. 472(Surg.) That branch of surgery which relates to the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body. Brande.Ex-ăg'ger-āte, v. t. p. 472To heap or pile up. [Obs.] “Oaks and firs covered by the . . . moorish earth exaggerated upon them.” Hale. 2. To increase or amplify; to enlarge beyond bounds; to heighten; especially, to represent…Ex-ăg'ger-ā'tion, n. p. 472The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] “Exaggeration of sand.” Hale. 2. A representation beyond the truth; hyperbole. They felt no need of exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor. 3. (Paint.) A…Ex-ăg'ger-a-tīve, a. p. 472Tending to exaggerate. “Exaggerative language.” Geddes.Ex-ăg'gēr-a-tō-ry, a. p. 472Containing exaggeration, or tending to exaggerate. “Exaggeratory declamation.” Johnson.Ex-ăg'-i-tāte, v. t. p. 472To agitate; to reproach. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.Ex-ăg'-i-tā'tion, n. p. 472Agitation. [Obs.] Bailey.Ex/al-bū'mi-noŭs, a. p. 472(Bot.) Having no albumen about the embryo, or none but that of the cotyledons; — said of certain seeds. Henslow.Ex-alt′, v. t. p. 472To raise high; to elevate; to lift up. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Isa. xiv. 13. Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes. Pope. 2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth…Ex'al-tā'do, n. p. 472A member of the liberal political party of Spain.Ĕx'al-tā'tion, n. p. 472The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. I wondered at my flight, and change To this high exaltation. Milton. 2. (Chem.) The refinement or subtilization of…Ex-alt'ed, p. a. p. 472Raised to a lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime. Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. Ames.Ex-alt'ed-ness, n. p. 472The state of being exalted; elevation.Ex-alt'er, n. p. 472One who exalts or raises to dignity.Ex-ā'men, n. p. 472Examination; disquisition; inquiry. [Rare.] “A critical examen of the two pieces.” Cowper.Ex-ăm'i-na-ble, a. p. 472Capable of being examined; proper for examination, investigation, or inquiry. Burke.Ex-ăm’i-nant, n. p. 472One who examines; an examiner; investigator. One window was so placed as to throw a strong light at the foot of the table at which prisoners were usually posted for examination, while the upper end…Ex-ăm'i-nate, n. p. 472A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-ăm′ĭ-nā′tion, n. p. 472The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or a…Ex-ăm'i-nā/tor, n. p. 473An examiner. [Rare.] “A prudent examinator.” W. Scott.Ex-ăm'ine, v. t. p. 473To test by a balance; to try and assay by the appropriate methods or tests, as a mineral, a chemical compound, and the like. 2. To inquire into and determine; to investigate the fact, reasons, or…Ex-ăm-i-nee', n. p. 473A person who is subjected to an examination.Ex-ăm'in-er, n. p. 473One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates. 2. An officer designated to conduct any kind of examination; as, in universities and other literary institutions, one appointed as an…Ex-ăm'in-ing, p. a. p. 473Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.Ex'am-pla-ry, a. p. 473Serving for example or pattern; worthy of imitation; exemplary.Ex-ăm’ple, n. p. 473One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of others or of the whole; a sample. 2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy. I gave, thou sayest, the…Ex-ăm'ple, v. t. p. 473To set an example; to justify by adducing examples; to exemplify. [Obs.] I may example my digression by some mighty precedent. Shak.Ex-âm'ple-less, a. p. 473Above example; superior; having no equal. [Obs.]Ex-ăm'pler, n. p. 473A pattern; an exemplar; a sampler. [Obs.]Ex·âm'pless, a. p. 473See EXAMPLELESS. They that durst to strike At so exampleless and unblamed a life. B. Jonson.Ex-ân'gui-oûs, a. p. 473Having no blood; bloodless. [Obs.] See EXSANGUIOUS. Browne.Ex-ăn'gu-lous, a. p. 473Having no corners; without angles. [Rare.]Ex-ăn'i-mate, a. p. 473Destitute of life; inanimate; dead. “With caresses exanimate.” Spencer. 2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. “Pale wretch exanimate by love.” Thomson.Ex-ăn'ĭ-māte, v. t. p. 473To render destitute of life; to kill. 2. To deprive of animation; to dishearten.Ex-ăn'/i-mā'/tion, n. p. 473Deprivation of life or of spirits. [Rare.] Bailey.Ex-ăn′i-mōŭs, a. p. 473Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson.Ex-ăn'tha-lōse', n. p. 473(Min.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of soda, and occurring as an efflorescence in certain lavas, and also in other situations; native sulphate of soda.Ex-ăn'them, n. p. 473Same as EXANTHEMA.Ĕx'an-thē'mȧ, n. p. 473(Med.) An efflorescence or redness of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, small-pox, scarlatina, and the like diseases;—sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.Ex-ăn'the-măt'ic or Ĕx'an-thĕm'a-tous, a. p. 473Relating to exanthem; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. Dunglison.Ex'an-thē'sis, n. p. 473(Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.Ex-ăn'ṭlāte, v. t. p. 473To take out; to draw up and bring forth, as water from a well. [Obs.] 2. To spend; to exhaust. [Obs.] “Wearied and exantlated.” Boyle.Ĕx'ant-lā'tion, n. p. 473The act of drawing out; exhaustion. [Obs.] Browne.Ex'a-rāte, v. t. p. 473To plow up; hence, to mark as if by a plow; to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.Ex'a-rā'tion, n. p. 473The act of plowing; hence, the act of marking, as if with a plow, or of inscribing or writing. [Obs.] Bailey.Ex'arch, n. p. 473A chief or leader; hence, a viceroy of the Byzantine empire; a bishop, as superior over surrounding bishops; and more recently, an inspector of the clergy under the Greek patriarch. J. Murdock.Ex-ärch'ate or Ex'ar-ehate, n. p. 473The office, dignity, or administration of an exarch. Bp. Taylor.Ex-är'-il-late, a. p. 473(Bot.) Having no aril;—said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.Ex/ar-tic/u-lā'tion, n. p. 473Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.Ex-ăs'per-āte, v. t. p. 473To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his passions. To exasperate you to make your dormouse valor. Shak. 2. To make…Ex-ăs'per-ate, a. p. 473Exasperated; imbittered; provoked; inflamed. [Obs.] Shak. Like swallows which the exasperate dying year. Sets spinning. E. B. Browning.Ex-ăs'per-ā'ter, n. p. 473One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.Ex-ăs'/pĕr-ā'tion, n. p. 473The act of exasperating, or the state of being exasperated; irritation; provocation. “The exasperation of his spirits.” South. 2. Increase of violence or malignity; exacerbation, as of a disease.…Ex·au'tor-āte, v. t. p. 473Same as EXAUTHORATE. [Obs.]Ex-auc'tor-ā'tion, n. p. 473Same as EXAUTHORATION.Ex-au'gu-rāte, v. t. p. 473To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhallow. [Obs.] Holland.Ex-au'gu-rā'tion, n. p. 473The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.] Holland.Ex-au’thor-āte, v. t. p. 473To deprive of authority; to depose from an office; to discharge from service. [Obs.] “Exauthorated for unworthiness.” Bp. Taylor.Ex-au'thor-ā'tion, n. p. 473Deprivation of authority; dismissal from service, office, or dignity; degradation. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Ex-au'thor-ize, v. t. p. 473To deprive of authority. [Obs.] Selden.