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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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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.Ex·os-tō'sis, n. p. 480(Anat.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe. 2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.Ex`o-tēr'ic or Ex`o-tēr'ic-al, a. p. 480External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended;—opposed to esoteric, or secret. He has ascribed to Kant the foppery of an exoteric and…Ex'o-tēr'i-çĭsm, n. p. 480Exoteric doctrines or principles.Ĕx'o-tēr'y, n. p. 480That which is obvious, public, or common. “Dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar.” Search.Ex-ōt'ic or Ex-ōt'ic-al, a. p. 480Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the embassador. Evelyn.Ex-ŏt'ic, n. p. 480Any thing of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom, and the like. Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. Addison.Ex-ŏt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 480The state of being exotic; foreignness.Ex-ōt'i-çism, n. p. 480The state of being exotic; also, any thing foreign; an exotic.Ex-pānd', v. t. p. 480To lay open; to open; to spread; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton. 2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or…Ex-pānd', v. i. p. 480To become opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.Ex-pānse', n. p. 480That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky; the firmament. Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. Milton. The smooth expanse of crystal…Ex-pānse', v. t. p. 480To expand. [Obs.] “That lies expansed unto the eyes of all.” Browne.Ex-pān'si-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 480The capacity of being expanded; capacity of extension in surface or bulk; as, the expandibility of air.Ex-păn'si-ble, a. p. 480Capable of being expanded, spread, extended, dilated, or diffused. Bodies are not expansible in proportion to their weight. Grew.Ex-păn'si-ble-ness, n. p. 480Expansibility.Ex-păn'si-bly, adv. p. 480In an expansible manner.Ex-păn'sĭle, a. p. 480Capable of expanding, or of being dilated; expansible; expansive.