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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-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.Ex-cēed'er, n. p. 474One who exceeds or passes the bounds of fitness. Montagu.Ex-ceed'ing, adv. p. 474In a very great degree; unusually; surpassingly; transcendently; as, exceeding rich. The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Raleigh.Ex-ceed'ing-ly, adv. p. 474To a very great degree; in a degree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much.Ex-ceed'ing-ness, n. p. 474Greatness in quantity, extent, or duration. [Obs.] Sidney.Ex-cĕl′, v. t. p. 474To go beyond; to exceed; to surpass, especially in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo. Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior. 2. To exceed or go…Ex-cĕl′, v. i. p. 474To have good qualities, or to perform meritorious actions, in an unusual degree; to surpass others; to be superior; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics, or painting. All horsemen, in which fight…Ĕx'cel-lence, n. p. 474The state or quality of being excellent, of surpassing others, or of possessing eminent properties or virtues; exalted merit; superiority; eminence. Consider first that great Or bright infers not…Ĕx'cel-len-cy, n. p. 474Valuable quality; excellence. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker. 2. A title of honor or respect given to the highest dignitaries of a court or state; also, to ambassadors…Ex'cel-lent, a. p. 474Excelling or surpassing others in virtue, worth, dignity, capacity, attainments, or the like; eminent; distinguished; admirable; superior; exceedingly good or useful; as, an excellent man; an…Ex'cel-lent-ly, adv. p. 474In an excellent manner; well in a high degree; in an eminent degree; admirably; eminently; exceedingly. “A plot excellently well fortified.” Golding. When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J.…Ex-cĕl'si-or, a. p. 474More lofty; still higher; ever upward.Ex-cĕn’tral, a. p. 474(Bot.) Out of the center.Ex-çĕn'tric or Ex-çĕn'tric-al, a. p. 474(Bot.) The same as ECCENTRIC and ECCENTRICAL.Ex-çĕpt', v. t. p. 474To leave out of any number specified; to exclude. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton.Ex-çĕpt', v. i. p. 474To 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.Ex-çĕpt', prep. p. 474originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode. [Lat. exceptus, p. p. of excipere; Sp. excepto, It. eccetto, Fr. excepté. See supra.] With exclusion of; leaving out; excepting. God and…Ex-cēpt',, conj. p. 474With exclusion of the case that; unless; if not. Except it be because her method is so glib and easy. Milton.Ex-cĕpt'ant, a. p. 474Making or indicating exception.Ex-cēpt'ing, prep. p. 474but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. “Excepting your worship's presence.” Shak.Ex-cēp'tion, n. p. 474The act of excepting or excluding from a number designated, or from a description; exclusion. “But write proviso and exception.” Shak. 2. That which is excepted or separated from others in a general…Bill of exceptions p. 474a 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…