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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'e-crā'tion, n. p. 476The act of cursing; a curse pronounced; imprecation of evil; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle queen, these execrations. Shak. 2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an…Ex'e·cra-to-ry, n. p. 476A formulary of execration.Ex-eet', v. t. p. 476To cut off or out; to cut away. [Obs.] See EXSECT. Harvey.Ex-cĕ'tion, n. p. 476A cutting off or out. [Obs.] See EXSECTION.Ex'e·eūta-ble, a. p. 476Capable of being executed; feasible. [Rare.]Ex-ĕc'ŭ-tant, n. p. 476One who executes or performs; a performer. [Rare.] “Great executants on the organ.” De Quincey.Ĕx'e-cūte, v. t. p. 476To follow out or through to the end; to carry into complete effect; to complete; to finish; as, to execute a purpose, a plan, design, or scheme. Why delays his hand To execute what his decree fixed…Ex'e-cūte, v. i. p. 477To perform an office or duty; to act one's part. 2. To play on a musical instrument.Ex'e-cū'ter, n. p. 477One who performs or carries into effect. See EXECUTOR.Ex'e-cu'tion, n. p. 477The act of executing; the act of carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; hence, legal accomplishment; as, the execution of a plan, a work, and the like. The…Ĕx'e-cū'tion-er, n. p. 477One who executes; especially, one who carries into effect a judgment of death; one who inflicts a capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.Ex-ē'cū-tive, a. p. 477Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws; as, executive power or authority; executive duties. ☞ In…Ex-ē'cu-tive, n. p. 477The officer, whether king, president, or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws; the person or persons who administer the government; executive power or authority in…Ex-ē'cu-tive-ly, adv. p. 477In the way of executing, or performing.Ex-ĕc'ū-tor, n. p. 477One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. 2. An executioner. [Obs.] The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy, yawning deme.…Ex-ē-cū-tō'ri-al, a. p. 477Pertaining to an executor; executive. Blackstone.Ex-ē'cu-tor-ship, n. p. 477The office of an executor.Ex-ĕc'ū-to-ry, a. p. 477Performing official duties; executive. “The executory duties of government.” Burke. 2. (Law.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in future, or to take effect on a future contingency; as…Ex'ē'cū-tress, n. p. 477Ex-ĕc'ū-trix p. 477A female executor; a woman appointed by a testator to execute his will.Ex'e'drā' or Ex-ē'drā, n. p. 477(Arch.) (a.) A portico or vestibule. (b.) A recess of a building. 2. (Anc. Arch.) A small room, as in baths and other buildings, appropriated to conversation. Cuvill.Ĕx'e-gē'sis, n. p. 477Exposition; explanation; the science of interpretation; especially, the scientific interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. 2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]Ex'e-gēte, n. p. 477One skilled in exegesis; an exegetist.Ĕx'e-ġĕt'ic-al, a. p. 477Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory. Walker.Ĕx'e-ġĕt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 477By way of explanation.Ĕx'e-ġĕt'ics, n. sing. p. 477The science of interpretation; exegesis. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Ĕx'e-ġē'tist, n. p. 477One versed in the science of interpretation; an exegete.Ex-ĕm'plar, n. p. 477A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; an idea or image formed in the mind of an artist, to which he conforms his work; the ideal model which he attempts to imitate. Such grand…Ex-ĕm'plar, a. p. 477Exemplary. [Obs.] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Bp. Taylor.Ĕx'em-pla-ri-ly, adv. p. 477In a manner fitted or designed to be copied or shunned; by way of example. She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.Ĕx'em-pla-ri-ness, n. p. 477The state or quality of being exemplary, or fitted to be an example.Ĕx'em-plăr'i-ty, n. p. 477Exemplariness. [Obs.] “The exemplarity of Christ's life.” Sharp.Ĕx'em-pla-ry, n. p. 477A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.] Donne.Ĕx'em-pla-ry, a. p. 477Acting as an exemplar; serving as a pattern or model, or as a warning or threatening; open to imitation or notice; commendable; conspicuous; as, to be exemplary in life; exemplary justice or…Ex-ĕm'pli-fī'a-ble, a. p. 477That can be exemplified.Ex-ĕm'pli-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 477The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example. 2. That which exemplifies; a copy; a transcript; an attested copy or transcript, under seal, of a record.Ex-ĕm'pli-fī'er, n. p. 477One who exemplifies by following a pattern.Ex-ĕm'pli-fȳ, v. t. p. 477To show or illustrate by example. He did but . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper. 2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript under seal of a…Ex-ĕmpt', v. t. p. 477To take out or from; to remove from circumstances or conditions in which others are placed; to grant immunity from; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury…Ex-ĕmpt', a. p. 477Taken out or removed; free in respect to that which binds and affects others, as a tax, a duty, an evil; released; liberated. They fix thee here a rock, whence they're exempt. Beau. & Fl. True…Ex-ĕmpt', n. p. 477One who is exempted or freed from duty; one not subject. 2. One of four officers of the yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal. [Eng.]Ex-ĕmpt'i-ble, a. p. 477Capable of being exempted; free; privileged. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Ex-ĕmp'tion, n. p. 477The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from that to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption from feudal servitude; exemption from anxiety, suffering, and the…Ĕx'emp-tī'tioŭs, a. p. 477Capable of being exempted; separable. [Obs.] “Exemptitious from matter.” More.Ex-ĕn'ter-āte, v. t. p. 477To take out the bowels or entrails of; to embowel; to eviscerate; to gut; as, exenterated fishes. [Rare.] This school of exenterated rule-makers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.Ex-ĕn'ter-ā'tion, n. p. 477The act of taking out the bowels. [Rare.] Browne.Ĕx'e-quā'tur, n. p. 477A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the country.Ex-ē'qui-al, a. p. 477Pertaining to funerals; funereal. Pope.Ex'e-quy or Ex'e-Quies, n. p. 477A funeral rite; the ceremonies of burial; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rome. Shak.Ex-ēr'cent, a. p. 477Using; practicing; following; as a calling or profession. [Obs.] Ayliffe.Ex'er-cis'a-ble, a. p. 477Capable of being exercised, used, employed, or exerted.Ex’er-cise, n. p. 477The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; employment; application; use. “An exercise of the eyes and memory.” Locke. 2. The act of…Ĕx'er·cīse, v. t. p. 477To set in action; to cause to act, move, or exert one's self; to give employment to; hence, to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert; to busy. Herein do I exercise…Ex'er-cīse, v. i. p. 477To exercise one's self; to take exercise or practice; to use action or exertion; as, to exercise for health or amusement.Ēx'er·cĭs'er, n. p. 477One who exercises.Ex'er-cis/i-ble, a. p. 477Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisable within his jurisdiction.Ex-ěr/çi-tā/tion, n. p. 477Exercise; practice; use. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-ër'ci-tor, n. p. 477(Law.) One who employs a vessel, and receives the earnings of the voyage. Burrill.Ex-ergue', n. p. 477(Numis.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin and medal, and in which the date and engraver’s name is placed, or some brief inscription of secondary importance.…Ex-ërt', v. t. p. 477To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden. 2. To put forth, as strength, force, or ability; to put…