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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ex-haust'-pōrt, n.p. 478(Steam-eng.) See PORT.
  2. Ex-haust'ūre, n.p. 478Exhaustion. [Obs.] Wraxall.
  3. Ex-haust'-vălve, n.p. 478(Steam-eng.) A valve that lets steam escape out of a cylinder.
  4. Ex'he-dra or Ex-hed'ra, n.p. 478See EXEDRA. Gwilt.
  5. Ex-hĕr'e-dāte, v. t.p. 478To disinherit. [Rare.] Hulot.
  6. 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.]
  7. 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…
  8. 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…
  9. Ex-hĭb'it-er, n.p. 478One who exhibits; one who presents a petition or charge. Shak.
  10. 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…
  11. Ĕx/hi-bĭ'tion-er, n.p. 478(Eng. Universities.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.
  12. Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve, a.p. 478Serving for exhibition; representative. Norris.
  13. Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve-ly, adv.p. 478By representation.
  14. Ex-hĭb'it-or, n.p. 478One who exhibits; an exhibiter.
  15. Ex-hĭb'it-o-ry, a.p. 478Exhibiting; showing. Warton.
  16. Ex-hĭl'a-rant, a.p. 478Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.
  17. Ex-hĭl'a-rant, n.p. 478That which exhilarates.
  18. Ex-hĭl'a-rāte, v. t.p. 478To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind.
  19. Ex-hil'a-rāte, v. i.p. 478To become cheerful, glad, or joyous. [Rare.] Bacon.
  20. Ex-hil'a-rā'ting-ly, adv.p. 478In an exhilarating manner.
  21. Ex-hil/a-rā/tion, n.p. 478The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful. 2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion.…
  22. Ex-hôrt′, n.p. 478The act of exhorting; an exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.
  23. Ex-hōrt', v. t.p. 478To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or to any laudable conduct or course of action; to stimulate; to urge; to advise, warn, or caution. Examples gross as…
  24. Ex-hôrt', v. i.p. 478To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. And with many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.
  25. Ĕx'hor-tā'tion, n.p. 478The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. 2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel. I'll end my…
  26. Ex-hôr'ta-tīve, a.p. 478Containing exhortation; exhortatory. Barrow.
  27. Ex'hor-tā'tor, n.p. 478One who exhorts or encourages; an exhorter.
  28. Ex-hôr'ta-to-ry, a.p. 478Tending to exhort; containing, or serving for, exhortation; hortatory; exhortative.
  29. Ex-hôrt'er, n.p. 478One who exhorts or encourages.
  30. Ex-hū'mā-ted, a.p. 478Disinterred. [Obs.]
  31. Ex'hu-mā'tion, n.p. 478The act of exhuming or digging up that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a corpse.
  32. Ex-hūme', v. t.p. 478To dig out of a place of burial; to disinter; to unbury. Mantell.
  33. Ex'ic-cāte or Ex-ic'cāte, v. t.p. 478The same as Ex-SICCATE. [Obs.]
  34. Ĕx/i-cā'tion, n.p. 478The same as EXSICCATION. [Obs.]
  35. Ex'i-gence or Ex'i-gen-cy, n.p. 478The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, the exigence of the times or of business; an unforeseen…
  36. Ex'i-gēn'da-ry, n.p. 478Same as EXIGENTER, q. v.
  37. Ĕx'i-gent, n.p. 478A state of pressing need; exigency; emergency; extremity. [Obs.] Why do you cross me in this exigent? Shak. 2. (Law.) A judicial writ made use of in the process of outlawry. Burrill.
  38. Ex'i-gent, a.p. 478Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing.
  39. Ex'i-gēnt'er, n.p. 478(O. Eng. Law.) An officer in the Court of Common Pleas in England, who made out exigents and proclamations in cases of outlawry. The office is now abolished. Cowell.
  40. Ĕx'i-gi-ble, a.p. 478Capable of being exacted; demandable; requirable. [Rare.] Bolingbroke.
  41. Ĕx/i-gū/ĭ-ty, n.p. 478The state of being small; slenderness. [Rare.] Boyle.
  42. Ex-īg'ŭ-ōus, a.p. 478Small; slender; minute; diminutive. [Rare.]
  43. Ex-īg'ū-oūs-ness, n.p. 478The state or quality of being exiguous; diminutiveness. [Rare.]
  44. Ex'ile (ēks'īl), n.p. 478Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, more loosely, voluntary separation from one's land. Let them be recalled from…
  45. Ĕx'ile, v. t.p. 479To banish or expel from one's own country; to drive away; to transport. Call home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.
  46. Ex-īle', a.p. 479Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] “An exile sound.” Bacon.
  47. Ĕx'īle-ment, n.p. 479State of banishment; exile. Wotton.
  48. Ĕx'i-lĭ'tion, n.p. 479A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Browne.
  49. Ex-ĭl'i-ty, n.p. 479Smallness; slenderness; fineness; thinness. [Obs.] Paley.
  50. Ex-im'i-ous, a.p. 479Select; choice; and hence, excellent. [Obs.] The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.
  51. Ex-in'a-nite, v. t.p. 479To make empty; to weaken. [Obs.] Pearson.
  52. Ex-īn'a-nĭ'tion, n.p. 479An emptying or evacuation; hence, privation; loss; destitution. “Fastings to the exinanition of spirits.” Bp. Taylor.
  53. Ex'in'tine, n.p. 479(Bot.) A membrane situated between the extine and the intine in the pollen of certain trees, as the yew, cypress, juniper, and the like. Brande.
  54. Ex-ist’, v. i.p. 479To be; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual. By whom we exist and cease to be. Milton. 2. To occur; to manifest itself; to continue to be;—applied to events and phenomena.…
  55. Ex-ist'ence or Ex-ist'en-cy, n.p. 479The state of existing or being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence: temporal existence. 2. Continued or…
  56. Ex-ist'ent, a.p. 479Having being, essence, or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.
  57. Ĕx'is-tēn'tial, a.p. 479Having existence. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.
  58. Ex'is-tēn'tial-ly, adv.p. 479In the manner or by means of existence. [Rare.] Whether God was existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Coleridge.
  59. Ex-is'ti-mā'tion, n.p. 479Esteem. [Obs.] Steele.
  60. Ex'it, n.p. 479The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak. ☞ The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt (they go out), are…