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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-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…Ex ĕr'tion, n. p. 478The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; effort; struggle; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs, of the mind, or faculties. Syn.—Attempt; endeavor; effort…Ex-ërt'ive, a. p. 478Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.Ex-ert'ment, n. p. 478Act of exerting; exertion.Ex-e'sion, n. p. 478The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-ěst'ū-āte, v. i. p. 478To be agitated; to boil. [Obs.]Ex-ěst/ū-ā'/tion, n. p. 478Agitation caused by heat; effervescence; boiling. [Obs.] Boyle.Ex'fe-tā'tion, n. p. 478(Med.) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus. Hoblyn.Ex-fō'li-āte, v. i. p. 478(Surg.) To separate and come off in scales, as pieces of carious bone. 2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the surface, as the result of heat or…Ex-fō'li-ā'tion, n. p. 478The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral.Ex-fō'li-ā'tive, a. p. 478Having the power of causing exfoliation.Ex-fō'li-ā'tive, n. p. 478That which has the power or quality of producing exfoliation. Wiseman.Ex-hā'la-ble, a. p. 478Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.Ex-hāl'ant, a. p. 478Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating. [Sometimes written exhalent.]Ex/ha-lā'tion, n. p. 478The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth fluids in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. 2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor; fume or steam; effluvium; as…Ex-hāle’, v. t. p. 478To breathe out; hence, to emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.…Ex-hāle’, v. i. p. 478To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.Ex-hāle'ment, n. p. 478Matter exhaled; vapor; exhalation. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-hāl'ence, n. p. 478The act of exhaling, or matter exhaled. [Obs.]Ex-haust', v. t. p. 478To draw out or drain off completely, as to exhaust the water of a well. “The moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.” 2. To empty by drawing out the contents; as, to exhaust a well of its…Ex-haust’, a. p. 478Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. Exhaust steam (Steam-eng.), that which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston.Ex-haust', n. p. 478(Steam-eng.) The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.Ex-haust'er, n. p. 478One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.Ex-haust'i-ble, a. p. 478Capable of being exhausted or drained off.Ex-haust'ion, n. p. 478The act of drawing out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents. 2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits. 3. (Math.) A…Ex-haust'ive, a. p. 478Serving or tending to exhaust. “An exhaustive fullness of sense.” Coleridge.Ex-haust'less, a. p. 478Not to be exhausted; not to be wholly drawn off or emptied; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.Ex-haust'ment, n. p. 478Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]Ex-haust'-nŏz'zle or Ex-haust'-ŏr'i-fĭçe, n. p. 478(Steam-eng.) The blast-orifice or nozzle.Ex-haust'-pīpe, n. p. 478(Steam-Engin.) The pipe that conveys steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.Ex-haust'-pōrt, n. p. 478(Steam-eng.) See PORT.Ex-haust'ūre, n. p. 478Exhaustion. [Obs.] Wraxall.Ex-haust'-vălve, n. p. 478(Steam-eng.) A valve that lets steam escape out of a cylinder.Ex'he-dra or Ex-hed'ra, n. p. 478See EXEDRA. Gwilt.Ex-hĕr'e-dāte, v. t. p. 478To disinherit. [Rare.] Hulot.Ex-hĕr′e-dā′tion, n. p. 478(Law.) A disinheriting; the exclusion of a child, by his father, from inheriting any part of the estate. [Rare.]Ex-hib'it, v. t. p. 478To hold forth or present to view; to present for inspection, to bring forward for acceptance; to show; to display; as, to exhibit a document in court, or a picture in a gallery. Exhibiting a…Ex-hĭb'it, n. p. 478Any paper produced or presented to a court, or to auditors, referees, or arbitrators, as a voucher, or in proof of facts; a voucher or document produced. 2. (Law.) A document or writing produced and…Ex-hĭb'it-er, n. p. 478One who exhibits; one who presents a petition or charge. Shak.Ĕx/hi-bĭ'tion, n. p. 478The act of exhibiting for inspection, or holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of…Ĕx/hi-bĭ'tion-er, n. p. 478(Eng. Universities.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve, a. p. 478Serving for exhibition; representative. Norris.