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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-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.Ex-cāl'çe-āte, v. t. p. 473To deprive of shoes; to make barefooted. [Obs.] Chambers.Ex-ēl'çe-ā'tion, n. p. 473The act of excalceating, or depriving of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.Ex'cal-fāe'tion, n. p. 473The act of making warm; calefaction. [Obs.] Blount.Ex′cal-făc′tive, a. p. 473Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] Colgrave.Ex'cal-fāc'to-ry, a. p. 473Heating; warming. [Obs.] “A special excalfactory virtue.” Holland.Ex-cāmb' or Ex-cām'bie, v. t. p. 473(Scots Law.) To exchange; — used with reference to transfers of land.Ex-cām'bi-ōn, n. p. 473(Scots Law.)Ex-cām'bi-ūm p. 473Exchange of lands; — rarely used in reference to exchanges of other kinds of property.Ex'can-dēs'çence, n. p. 473A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence. [Rare.] 2. Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] Blount.Ĕx'can-dĕs'cent, a. p. 473White or glowing with heat. [Rare.]Ex'can-tā'tion, n. p. 473Disenchantment by a counter-charm. [Obs.] Gayton.Ex-eār'nāte, v. t. p. 473To deprive or clear of flesh. [Obs.] Grew.Ex'car-nā'tion, n. p. 473The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; — opposed to incarnation. 2. (Anat.) The act or process of separating the blood-vessels, after injection, from the parts by which they are…Ex-cār'ni-fi-cāte or Ex'car-nī'fi-cāte, v. t. p. 473To clear of flesh; to excarnate. More.Ex-căr/ni-fi-cā/tion, n. p. 473The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation.Ĕx'ca-vāte, v. t. p. 473To hollow out; to form a cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging, or the like; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth. 2. To form by hollowing; to shape as a cavity…Ex'ca-vā'tion, n. p. 473The act of excavating or of making hollow, by cutting, wearing, or scooping out the interior substance or part of a thing. 2. A hollow or cavity formed by removing the interior. “A winding…Ĕx'ca-vā'tor, n. p. 473One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; especially, a machine for excavating.Ex-cāve′, v. t. p. 473To hollow out; to excavate. [Obs.] Cockram.Ex-cē'cāte, v. t. p. 473To make blind; to blind. [Obs.] Cockram.Ēx'çe-cā'tion, n. p. 473The act of blinding, or making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.Ex-cēd'ent, n. p. 473Excess. [Obs.]Ex-ceed′, v. t. p. 473To pass or go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, or weight; one offender exceeds another in villainy. Name the time…Ex-ceed′, v. i. p. 474To go too far; to pass the proper bounds; to go over any given limit, number, or measure. “In our reverence to whom we can not possibly exceed.” Bp. Taylor. Forty stripes he may give him, and not…Ex-ceed'a-ble, a. p. 474Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.