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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/pi·a'tion, n. p. 482The act of making satisfaction for an offense; atonement; satisfaction. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. 2. The means by which atonement for…Ĕx'pi-a-tist, n. p. 482One who expiates or atones.Ex'pi-ā'tor, n. p. 482One who makes expiation. Craig.Ex'pi-a-to-ry, a. p. 482Having the power to make atonement or expiation; as, an expiatory sacrifice.Ex'pi-lāte, v. t. p. 482To strip off; to pillage; to make plunder. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ĕx'pi-lā'tion, n. p. 482The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage; waste. [Obs.] “This ravenous expilation of the state.” Daniel.Ĕx'pi-la'tor, n. p. 482One who pillages. Browne.Ex-pir'a-ble, a. p. 482Liable to expire; capable of being brought to an end.Ex-pir'ant, n. p. 482One who expires or is expiring.Ĕx/pi-rā'tion, n. p. 482The act of expiring; as, (a.) A breathing out or expulsion of air from the lungs through the mouth or nose, in the process of respiration; as, a forcible expiration. “It [air] is sent forth by way of…Ex-pĭ'ra-to-ry, a. p. 482Pertaining to, or employed in, the emission or expiration of breath from the lungs.Ex-pīre', v. t. p. 482To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration;—opposed to inspire. Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and…Ex-pire′, v. i. p. 482To emit the breath, especially, to emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. 2. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become…Ĕx'pi·rēe', n. p. 482A convict who has served out his time of punishment.Ex-pir'ing, p. a. p. 482Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating. 2. Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring…Ĕx'pi-ry, n. p. 482Expiration. [Scot.] You have already survived the law which you studied, and its expiry doubtless has not been without a legacy. W. Scott.Ex-písʹcāte, v. t. p. 482To fish out; to ascertain or acquire by artful or underhand means. “To expiscate principles or methods.” [Rare.] Nichol. Expiscating if the renowned extreme They force on us will serve their turn.…Ex'pis-cā'tion, n. p. 482The act of expiscating or fishing out; a fishing. [Obs.] Chapman.Ex-plain', v. t. p. 482To spread out in a flattened form; to make plain or flat. [Obs.] The . . . horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of…Ex-plāin′, v. i. p. 482To give explanations.Ex-plāin'a-ble, a. p. 482Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Browne.Ex-plāin'er, n. p. 482One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.Ēx'pla-nate, a. p. 482(Bot.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form. Gray. 2. (Entom.) Having the sides of the prothorax so depressed and dilated as to form a broad margin;— said of certain insects. Maunder.Ex'pla-nā'tion, n. p. 482The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. That…Ex-plān'a-tive, a. p. 482Explanatory. [R.] Warburton.Ex-plān'a-to-ri-ness, n. p. 482The quality of being explanatory.Ex-plān'a-to-ry, a. p. 482Serving to explain; containing explanation; as, explanatory notes. Swift.Ex-plāt' or Ex-plate', v. t. p. 482To make plain; to explain; to unfold. [Obs.] “Explatest the knotty laws.” B. Jonson.Ex-plē'tion, n. p. 482Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] Killingbeck.Ex'ple-tive, a. p. 482Filling up: hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. “Expletive phrases to plump his speech.” Barrow.Ĕx'ple-tĭve, n. p. 482A word or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy, or for ornament. Expletives their feeble aid do join. Pope.Ĕx'ple-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 482In the manner of an expletive.Ĕx'ple-to-ry, a. p. 482Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. Burnet.Ĕx'pli-ca-ble, a. p. 482Capable of being explicated, unfolded, or accounted for; admitting explanation. Burke.Ex'pli-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 482The quality of being explicable.Ex'pli-cāte, v. t. p. 482To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] “They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore. 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse…Ex'pli-cate, a. p. 482Evolved; unfolded. Bp. Taylor.Ex’pli·cā’tĭon, n. p. 482The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. “In way of explication.” Shak. 2. The sense given by an expositor or interpreter. “A rationalistic explication…Ex'pli-cā'tive or Ex'pli-cā'to-ry, a. p. 482Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. Watts.Ex'pli-cā'tor, n. p. 482One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.Ex-plĭc'it, a. p. 482Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; as, an explicit proposition or declaration.…Ex'pli-cit p. 482An abbreviation for explicitus; formerly used at the conclusion of a book, as finis is now, to indicate the end.Ex-plic'it-ly, adv. p. 482In an explicit manner; plainly; expressly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.Ex-plĭç'it-ness, n. p. 482The quality of being explicit; clearness; direct expression of ideas or intention, without reserve or ambiguity.Ex-plōde', v. i. p. 482To burst with a loud report; to detonate, as gunpowder, or a shell filled with powder or the like material.Ex-plōde', v. t. p. 482To cause to explode; to touch off; as, to explode powder by touching it with a red-hot iron. 2. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy…Ex-plōd'er, n. p. 482One who explodes; a hisser; one who rejects.Ex-ploit', n. p. 482A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; a great or noble achievement; a feat; as, the exploits of Alexander, of Cesar, of Washington. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.Ex-ploit', v. t. p. 482To achieve. [Obs.] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland.Ĕx'ploi-tā'tion, n. p. 482The process by which ores and minerals of value are won from their natural position, often at great depths below the surface, and brought where they can be rendered available. [Rare.] J. D. Whitney.Ex-ploit'üre, n. p. 482The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] Udal.Ex-plō'rāte, v. t. p. 482To explore. [Obs.] See EXPLORE. Browne.Ex'plo-rā'tion, n. p. 482The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; as, the exploration of unknown countries. “An exploration of doctrine.” Bp. Hall.Ĕx'plo-rā'tor, n. p. 482One who explores; one who searches or examines closely.Ex-plōr'a-to-ry, a. p. 482Serving to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Walton.Ex-plōre’, v. t. p. 482To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.] Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. Pope. 2. To search through; to penetrate or range over…Ex-plōre'ment, n. p. 482Exploration. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-plōr'er, n. p. 482One who explores.Ex-plōr'ing, p. a. p. 482Employed in, or designed for, exploration. “Exploring parties.” Bancroft.Ex-plō'sion, n. p. 482The act of exploding, bursting with loud noise, or detonating; a sudden inflaming with force and a loud report; as, the explosion of gunpowder. 2. (Steam-eng.) The shattering of a boiler by a sudden…