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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'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…
  2. Ex-haust'ive, a.p. 478Serving or tending to exhaust. “An exhaustive fullness of sense.” Coleridge.
  3. Ex-haust'less, a.p. 478Not to be exhausted; not to be wholly drawn off or emptied; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
  4. Ex-haust'ment, n.p. 478Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]
  5. Ex-haust'-nŏz'zle or Ex-haust'-ŏr'i-fĭçe, n.p. 478(Steam-eng.) The blast-orifice or nozzle.
  6. Ex-haust'-pīpe, n.p. 478(Steam-Engin.) The pipe that conveys steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser.
  7. Ex-haust'-pōrt, n.p. 478(Steam-eng.) See PORT.
  8. Ex-haust'ūre, n.p. 478Exhaustion. [Obs.] Wraxall.
  9. Ex-haust'-vălve, n.p. 478(Steam-eng.) A valve that lets steam escape out of a cylinder.
  10. Ex'he-dra or Ex-hed'ra, n.p. 478See EXEDRA. Gwilt.
  11. Ex-hĕr'e-dāte, v. t.p. 478To disinherit. [Rare.] Hulot.
  12. 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.]
  13. 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…
  14. 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…
  15. Ex-hĭb'it-er, n.p. 478One who exhibits; one who presents a petition or charge. Shak.
  16. 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…
  17. Ĕx/hi-bĭ'tion-er, n.p. 478(Eng. Universities.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.
  18. Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve, a.p. 478Serving for exhibition; representative. Norris.
  19. Ex-hĭb'it-ĭve-ly, adv.p. 478By representation.
  20. Ex-hĭb'it-or, n.p. 478One who exhibits; an exhibiter.
  21. Ex-hĭb'it-o-ry, a.p. 478Exhibiting; showing. Warton.
  22. Ex-hĭl'a-rant, a.p. 478Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.
  23. Ex-hĭl'a-rant, n.p. 478That which exhilarates.
  24. 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.
  25. Ex-hil'a-rāte, v. i.p. 478To become cheerful, glad, or joyous. [Rare.] Bacon.
  26. Ex-hil'a-rā'ting-ly, adv.p. 478In an exhilarating manner.
  27. 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.…
  28. Ex-hôrt′, n.p. 478The act of exhorting; an exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.
  29. 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…
  30. 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.
  31. 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…
  32. Ex-hôr'ta-tīve, a.p. 478Containing exhortation; exhortatory. Barrow.
  33. Ex'hor-tā'tor, n.p. 478One who exhorts or encourages; an exhorter.
  34. Ex-hôr'ta-to-ry, a.p. 478Tending to exhort; containing, or serving for, exhortation; hortatory; exhortative.
  35. Ex-hôrt'er, n.p. 478One who exhorts or encourages.
  36. Ex-hū'mā-ted, a.p. 478Disinterred. [Obs.]
  37. Ex'hu-mā'tion, n.p. 478The act of exhuming or digging up that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a corpse.
  38. Ex-hūme', v. t.p. 478To dig out of a place of burial; to disinter; to unbury. Mantell.
  39. Ex'ic-cāte or Ex-ic'cāte, v. t.p. 478The same as Ex-SICCATE. [Obs.]
  40. Ĕx/i-cā'tion, n.p. 478The same as EXSICCATION. [Obs.]
  41. 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…
  42. Ex'i-gēn'da-ry, n.p. 478Same as EXIGENTER, q. v.
  43. 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.
  44. Ex'i-gent, a.p. 478Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing.
  45. 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.
  46. Ĕx'i-gi-ble, a.p. 478Capable of being exacted; demandable; requirable. [Rare.] Bolingbroke.
  47. Ĕx/i-gū/ĭ-ty, n.p. 478The state of being small; slenderness. [Rare.] Boyle.
  48. Ex-īg'ŭ-ōus, a.p. 478Small; slender; minute; diminutive. [Rare.]
  49. Ex-īg'ū-oūs-ness, n.p. 478The state or quality of being exiguous; diminutiveness. [Rare.]
  50. 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…
  51. 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.
  52. Ex-īle', a.p. 479Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] “An exile sound.” Bacon.
  53. Ĕx'īle-ment, n.p. 479State of banishment; exile. Wotton.
  54. Ĕx'i-lĭ'tion, n.p. 479A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Browne.
  55. Ex-ĭl'i-ty, n.p. 479Smallness; slenderness; fineness; thinness. [Obs.] Paley.
  56. Ex-im'i-ous, a.p. 479Select; choice; and hence, excellent. [Obs.] The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.
  57. Ex-in'a-nite, v. t.p. 479To make empty; to weaken. [Obs.] Pearson.
  58. Ex-īn'a-nĭ'tion, n.p. 479An emptying or evacuation; hence, privation; loss; destitution. “Fastings to the exinanition of spirits.” Bp. Taylor.
  59. 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.
  60. 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.…