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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-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.Ex-çīt'a-tĭve, a. p. 475Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.Ĕx'çi-tā'tor, n. p. 475(Elec.) An instrument used for the purpose of discharging Leyden jars, or other electrical apparatus, in such a manner as to secure the operator from the force or effect of the shock.Ex-çīt'a-to-ry, a. p. 475Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative. Miller.Ex-çīte', v. t. p. 475To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; to inflame; to agitate; as, to excite the spirits; to excite the…Ex-cīte'ful, a. p. 475Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful prayers. [Obs.] Chapman.Ex-cîte'ment, n. p. 475The act of exciting; or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; agitation; as, an excitement of the people. 2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or…Ex-cit'er, n. p. 475One who, or that which, excites; one who puts in motion, or the cause which awakens and moves. 2. (Med.) A stimulant; an excitant.Ex-cit'ing, p. a. p. 475Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of…Ex-cît'ing-ly, adv. p. 475So as to excite.Ex-cit'ive, n. p. 475That which excites. [Rare.]Ex-cĭt'ive, a. p. 475Tending to excite. [R.] Bamfield.Ex-cĭt′/o-mō′to-ry, a. p. 475(Anat.) Exciting motion, but without sensation, and not subject to volition; as, the excito-motory nerves.Ex-clāim', n. p. 475Outcry; clamor. [Obs. or poet.] “Cursing cries and deep exclaims.” Shak.Ex-clāim', v. i. p. 475To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to declare in a loud manner; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; as, to exclaim against oppression; to exclaim with wonder or…Ex-clāim'er, n. p. 475One who cries out with vehemence; one who speaks with heat, passion, or much noise; as, an exclaimer against tyranny.Ex·cla·ma’tion, n. p. 475The act of exclaiming or making an outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; expression of surprise, pain, anger, or the like. “Exclamations against abuses in the church.”…Ex-clām'a-tīve, a. p. 475Containing exclamation; exclamatory.Ex-clām’a-tīve-ly, adv. p. 475With, or by way of, exclamation.Ex-clăm'a-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 475In an exclamatory manner; with exclamation or outcry; exclamatively.Ex-clăm'a-to-ry, a. p. 475Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.Ex-clūde', v. t. p. 475To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude an immoral man from a…Ex-clū’sion, n. p. 475The act of excluding, or of thrusting out; ejection; preclusion; exception; rejection; as, the exclusion of a child from the womb. The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland.…Ex-clū'sion-a-ry, a. p. 475Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.Ex-clū'sion-er, n. p. 475One who excludes; an exclusionist.Ex-clū'sion-īsm, n. p. 475The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist; exclusivism.Ex-clū'sion-ist, n. p. 475One who would exclude another from some privilege.Ex-clū'sive, a. p. 475Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privileges; exclusive circles of…Ex-clū'sive, n. p. 475One of a coterie who exclude others; one who chooses for his associates certain persons, to the exclusion of others, or limits his acquaintance to a select few; an exclusionist.Ex-clū'sive-ly, adv. p. 475In a manner to exclude; as, to enjoy a privilege exclusively.Ex-clū'sive-ness, n. p. 475The state or quality of being exclusive.Ex-clū'siv-īsm, n. p. 475Act or practice of excluding, or of being exclusive; exclusiveness.Ex-clū'so-ry, a. p. 475Able to exclude; exclusive. Blount.Ex-cōct', v. t. p. 475To boil out; to produce by boiling or heating. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-cōc'tion, n. p. 475The act of excocing or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-cŏg'i-tāte, v. t. p. 475To think out; to discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. “Excogitate strange arts.” Sterling.Ex-cŏg'i-tā'tion, n. p. 475The act of devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance; discovery.Ex'com-mūne', v. t. p. 475To exclude from communion with or participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.] Poets... were excommuned Plato's commonwealth. Gataker.Ĕx′/eom-mū′ni·ea-ble, a. p. 475Liable or deserving to be excommunicated. Hooker.Ex'com-mū'ni-cant, n. p. 475One who has been excommunicated.Ex'com-mū'ni-cāte, v. t. p. 475I. To expel from communion; to eject; especially, to eject from the communion of the church by an ecclesiastical sentence, and to deprive of spiritual advantages; as, to excommunicate notorious…Ĕx'com-mū'ni-cate, a. p. 475Cut off from communion; excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak.Ĕx'com-mū'ni-cate, n. p. 475One who has been excommunicated.Ex'com-mū'ni-cā'tion, n. p. 475(Eccl.) The act of excommunicating or ejecting; especially, expulsion from the communion of a church, and deprivation of its rights, privileges, and advantages. Excommunication is of two kinds, the…Ĕx'com-mu'ni-cā'tor, n. p. 476One who excommunicates.ĕx'com-mū'ni-ca-to-ry, a. p. 476Pertaining to, causing, or declaring excommunication.Ex·com·mu'nion, n. p. 476Excommunication. [Obs.] Excommunion is the utmost of spiritual judicature. Milton.Ex-cō'ri-a-ble, a. p. 476Capable of being excoriated, or stripped or rubbed off. [Obs.] “Such coverings as are excoriable.” Browne.Ex-cō'ri-āte, v. t. p. 476To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.Ex-cō/ri-ā'tion, n. p. 476The act of excoriating or flaying, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion. 2. The act of depriving of possessions; spoliation; robbery. [Obs.] A pitiful excoriation of the…Ex-côr'ti-cāte, v. t. p. 476To strip of bark or skin; to flay; to decorticate. [Obs.] Evelyn.Ex-côr'ti-ca'tion, n. p. 476The act of stripping off bark; decortication.Ex’cre-a-ble, a. p. 476Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.