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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-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.]Ex'ōde, n. p. 479The act or process of departure; exodus. [Obs.] Bolingbroke. 2. (Gr. Drama.) The concluding part of a play; the catastrophe. 3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description.Ex-ō'di-ŭm, n. p. 479See EXODE.Ex-ōd'ie, a. p. 479(Physiol.) Conducting influences from the spinal marrow, as the motory nerves.Ĕx'o-dŭs, n. p. 479Departure from a place; particularly, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses. 2. The second book of the Old Testament, which gives a history of the departure of the…Ĕx'o-dy, n. p. 479The act of departure; withdrawal; removal; exodus. [Obs.]Ĕx'-of-fi'cial, a. p. 479Proceeding from office or authority.Ĕx'o-gas-trī'tis, n. p. 479(Med.) An inflammation of the outer coats of the stomach.Ex'o-gen, n. p. 479(Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the great primary classes which includes the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and in which the plants are characterized by having distinct wood, bark, and…Ex-õg'e-noüs, a. p. 479Growing by successive additions to the outside of the wood, between that and the bark, as the maple, the elm, and the like; a new layer of growth being received each year, so that their number, as…Ex'o-lēte', a. p. 479Worn; faded; obsolete; disused. [Obs.] Bailey.Ĕx/o-lā'tion, n. p. 479Laxation of the nerves. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-ōlve', v. t. p. 479To loose; to pay. [Obs.] Bailey.Ĕx'ō-mōl'o-gē'sis, n. p. 479A mutual or general confession. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.Ex-ôm'pha-lŏs or Ex-ôm'pha-lĭs, n. p. 479(Med.) A rupture at the navel.Ex'on, n. p. 479(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England. 2. An officer of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard; an exempt. [Eng.]Ex-ŏn'er-āte, v. t. p. 479To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Vessels which all exonerate themselves into a common duct. Ray. 2. To relieve of, as a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that…Ex-ŏn'er-ā'tion, n. p. 479The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.Ex-ōn'er-a-tive, a. p. 479Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.Ex-ŏn'er-ā'tor, n. p. 479One who exonerates or frees from obligation.Ĕx'oph-thal'mi-a or Ĕx'oph-thal'my, n. p. 479(Med.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.Ex-ōph'y'l-lōus or Ex'o-phȳ'l'lōus, a. p. 479(Bot.) Not sheathed in another leaf.Ex-ôp'ta-ble, a. p. 479Worthy of being desired or sought after; desirable. [Obs.] Bailey.Ĕx/op-tā'tion, n. p. 479Earnest desire or wish. [Obs.] Bailey.Ex-ôp'tile, n. p. 479(Bot.) A dicotyledonous plant; — so called because the plumule is naked. Brande.Ĕx'o-ra-ble, a. p. 479Capable of being moved by entreaty. Milton.Ĕx'o-rāte, v. t. p. 479To obtain by request. [Obs.] Cockeram.Ex-ôr'bi-tance or Ex-ôr'bi-tan-cy, n. p. 479A going beyond or out of the usual limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; a deviation from rule or the ordinary limits of right or propriety; as, the exorbitancies of the tongue or of deportment…Ex-ôr'bi-tant, a. p. 479Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; as…Ex-ôr'bi-tant-ly, adv. p. 479In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.Ex-ôr'bi-tāte, v. i. p. 479To go beyond the usual track or orbit; to deviate from the usual limit. [Obs.] Bentley.Ex'or-cise, v. t. p. 479To drive away in consequence of adjuring by some holy name; to call forth, as a spirit. He impudently exorciseth devils in the church. Prynne. 2. To deliver from the influence of an evil spirit or…Ex'or-cis'er, n. p. 479One who exorcises, or claims to cast out evil spirits.Ex'or-cism, n. p. 479The act of exorcising, or the expulsion of evil spirits from persons or places by certain adjurations and ceremonies; also, a form of prayer or incantation used for this end.Ex'or-cist, n. p. 479One who pretends to expel evil spirits by conjuration, prayers, and ceremonies. Shak.Ex-ôr'di-al, a. p. 479Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse; introductory. The exordial paragraph of the second epistle. I. Taylor.Ex-ôr'di-ūm, n. p. 479The beginning of any thing; especially, the introductory part of a discourse, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the preface or proemial part of a composition. “The exordium of…Ex'o-rhi'zā, n. p. 479(Bot.) A plant whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule. Gray.Ex'o-rhi'zal or Ex'o-rhi'zōus, a. p. 479(Bot.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; belonging or relating to an exorhiza.Ēx'or-nā'tion, n. p. 479Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.] “Hyperbolical exornations which many affect.” Burton.Ex-ôr'tive, a. p. 479Rising; relating to the east.Ex-ôs'eu-lāte, v. t. p. 479To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly. [Obs.]Ex'o-skēl'e-ton, n. p. 479(Anat.) The hardened superficial tissues of external protection, as the shells of crabs, and the scales and plates of fishes and reptiles; dermo-skeleton.Ex'os-mōse or Ex'os-mō'sis, n. p. 479The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids through membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose. See OSMOSE.Ex-ōs'sāte, v. t. p. 480To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [Obs.] Bailey.Ex′os-sā′tion, n. p. 480The act of taking out the bones; state of being deprived of bones. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-ös'se-oüs, a. p. 480Without bones; destitute of bones; boneless. [Obs.] Browne.Ĕx'os-tōme', n. p. 480(Bot.) The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.