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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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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…Ex-cĕp'tion-a-ble, a. p. 474Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.Ex-cĕp'tion-a-ble-ness, n. p. 474The quality of being liable to exception.Ex-cĕp'tion-al, a. p. 474Forming an exception; exceptive. Lyell.Ex-cĕp'tion-er, n. p. 474One who takes exceptions or objects. [Obs.] Milton.Ex-cĕp'tiŏus, a. p. 474Disposed or apt to take exceptions; peevish. [Obs.] At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptionous. South.Ex-cēp'tious-ness, n. p. 474The state of being disposed to take exception. [Obs.] Barrow.Ex-cĕp'tive, a. p. 474Including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. Watts. 2. Making or being an exception; exceptional. “A particular and exceptive law.” Milton.Ex-cĕpt'less, a. p. 474Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.] “My general and exceptless rashness.” Shak.Ex-cĕp'tor, n. p. 474One who takes exceptions. Burnet.Ex·cĕr'e-brā'tion, n. p. 474The act of removing or beating out the brains.Ex-cĕr'e-brōse', a. p. 474Having no brains; brainless. [Rare.]Ex-cĕrn', v. t. p. 474To separate and emit through the pores; to excrete: as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-cĕrp', v. t. p. 474To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.Ex-cĕrpt', v. t. p. 474To make extracts from, or to make an extract of; to select; to extract; to cite or cite from. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.Ex-cĕrpt', n. p. 474An extract; a passage selected from an author.Ex-cērp'ta, n. pl. p. 474Passages extracted.Ex-cērp'tion, n. p. 474The act of excerpting or selecting out. 2. That which is selected or gleaned. “His excerptions out of the fathers.” Fuller.Ex-cĕrp'tor, n. p. 474One who makes exceptions; a picker; a culler.Ex·cess', n. p. 474The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond necessity or duty; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. That kills me…Ex-cĕss'ive, a. p. 474Marked with, or exhibiting, excess; beyond the ordinary degree, measure, or limit, or beyond the common measure or proportion; as, the excessive bulk of a man; excessive labor; excessive wages.…Ex-çēss'īve·ly, adv. p. 474In an extreme degree; beyond measure; exceedingly; violently; as, excessively impatient; excessively grieved; the wind blew excessively.Ex-cĕss'īve-ness, n. p. 474The state or quality of being excessive; excess.Ex-chān'ge, v. t. p. 474To part with or relinquish for something in place of; to give or take in return for something else; to transfer to another for compensation; to part with for compensation. He has something to…Ex-chānge’, v. i. p. 474To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, a dollar exchanges for ten dimes.Ex-chānge',, n. p. 474The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain; the act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an…Ex-chânge'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 475The quality or state of being exchangeable. The law ought not to be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.Ex-chānge'a-ble, a. p. 475Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.Ex-chânge'-brō'ker, n. p. 475(Com.) A dealer in bills of exchange.Ex-chān'ġer, n. p. 475One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.Ex-chēat', n. p. 475The same as ESCHEAT. Spenser.Ex-chēat'or, n. p. 475The same as ESCHEATOR.Ex-chĕq'uer, n. p. 475One of the superior courts of law; — so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.] ☞ It was formerly a court both of law and equity, but is now a court of…Ex-chēq'uer, v. t. p. 475To institute a process against a person in the Court of Exchequer.Ex-cīde', v. t. p. 475To cut off; to separate and remove. [Rare.]Ex-cĭp'i-ent, n. p. 475One who excepts; an exceptor. [Rare.] 2. (Med.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents, as breadcrumb, in…Ex-cĭs'a-ble, a. p. 475Liable, or subject, to excise; as, coffee is an excisable commodity.Ex-cīse′, n. p. 475An inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, laid originally only on certain products of home industry and consumption, but afterward levied on some imported articles, as…Ex-cīse', v. t. p. 475To lay or impose an excise upon. 2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Ex-cīse'man, n. p. 475An officer who is charged with collecting the excise.Ex-cis'ion, n. p. 475The act of excising or cutting off; especially, of a person or nation; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for…Ex-cit'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 475The quality of being readily excited; liability to feel excitement. 2. (Med.) The property manifested by living beings, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to…Ex-cit'a-ble, a. p. 475Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.Ex-cit'ant, n. p. 475(Med.) An agent or influence which arouses the vital activity of the body, or of any of the tissues or organs of which it is composed; a stimulant.Ex-cit'ant, a. p. 475Tending to excite; exciting.Ex-cit'āte, v. t. p. 475To excite. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex’ci-tā’tiōn, n. p. 475The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing or awakening. Bacon. 2. (Med.) The act of producing excitement; also, the excitement produced.