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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve-ly, adv. p. 478By representation.Ex-hĭb'it-or, n. p. 478One who exhibits; an exhibiter.Ex-hĭb'it-o-ry, a. p. 478Exhibiting; showing. Warton.Ex-hĭl'a-rant, a. p. 478Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.Ex-hĭl'a-rant, n. p. 478That which exhilarates.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.Ex-hil'a-rāte, v. i. p. 478To become cheerful, glad, or joyous. [Rare.] Bacon.Ex-hil'a-rā'ting-ly, adv. p. 478In an exhilarating manner.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.…Ex-hôrt′, n. p. 478The act of exhorting; an exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.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…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.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…Ex-hôr'ta-tīve, a. p. 478Containing exhortation; exhortatory. Barrow.Ex'hor-tā'tor, n. p. 478One who exhorts or encourages; an exhorter.Ex-hôr'ta-to-ry, a. p. 478Tending to exhort; containing, or serving for, exhortation; hortatory; exhortative.Ex-hôrt'er, n. p. 478One who exhorts or encourages.Ex-hū'mā-ted, a. p. 478Disinterred. [Obs.]Ex'hu-mā'tion, n. p. 478The act of exhuming or digging up that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a corpse.Ex-hūme', v. t. p. 478To dig out of a place of burial; to disinter; to unbury. Mantell.Ex'ic-cāte or Ex-ic'cāte, v. t. p. 478The same as Ex-SICCATE. [Obs.]Ĕx/i-cā'tion, n. p. 478The same as EXSICCATION. [Obs.]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…Ex'i-gēn'da-ry, n. p. 478Same as EXIGENTER, q. v.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.Ex'i-gent, a. p. 478Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing.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.Ĕx'i-gi-ble, a. p. 478Capable of being exacted; demandable; requirable. [Rare.] Bolingbroke.Ĕx/i-gū/ĭ-ty, n. p. 478The state of being small; slenderness. [Rare.] Boyle.Ex-īg'ŭ-ōus, a. p. 478Small; slender; minute; diminutive. [Rare.]Ex-īg'ū-oūs-ness, n. p. 478The state or quality of being exiguous; diminutiveness. [Rare.]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…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.Ex-īle', a. p. 479Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] “An exile sound.” Bacon.Ĕx'īle-ment, n. p. 479State of banishment; exile. Wotton.Ĕx'i-lĭ'tion, n. p. 479A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-ĭl'i-ty, n. p. 479Smallness; slenderness; fineness; thinness. [Obs.] Paley.Ex-im'i-ous, a. p. 479Select; choice; and hence, excellent. [Obs.] The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.Ex-in'a-nite, v. t. p. 479To make empty; to weaken. [Obs.] Pearson.Ex-īn'a-nĭ'tion, n. p. 479An emptying or evacuation; hence, privation; loss; destitution. “Fastings to the exinanition of spirits.” Bp. Taylor.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.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.…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…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.Ĕx'is-tēn'tial, a. p. 479Having existence. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.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.Ex-is'ti-mā'tion, n. p. 479Esteem. [Obs.] Steele.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…Ex-i'tial or Ex-i'tious, a. p. 479Destructive to life; fatal. [Obs.] “This exitial and intolerable accident.” Evelyn.Ex'o-cē'tus or Ex'o-cœ'tus, n. p. 479(Ichth.) A genus of fishes having very long and large pectoral fins, by means of which they are able to fly a considerable distance in the air; the flying fish. [See Illustr. of Flying-fish.]