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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-tēn'sor, n. p. 485(Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger;—opposed to flexor.Ex-tēn't, a. p. 485Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.Ex-tēnt', n. p. 485Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is…Ex-tēn'ū-āte, v. t. p. 485To draw out, as the line of an army; to make thin, lean, or slender; as, sickness extenuates the body. His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the…Ex-tēn′ū-āte, v. i. p. 485To become thinner or more slender; to be drawn out or extenuated.Ex-tēn'ū-ate, a. p. 485Thin; slender. [Obs.] Scott.Ex-tēn'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 485The act of extenuating; the act of making thin or lean, or of palliating, diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment. Dispose them to listen . . . to every…Ex-tēn'ū-ā'tor, n. p. 485One who extenuates.Ex-tēn'ū-a-to-ry, a. p. 485Tending to palliate. Croker.Ex-tē'ri-or, a. p. 485External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; as, the exterior surface of a convex lens. Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. Shak. 2. External; on the outside…Exterior side p. 485the straight line joining the salients of the enceinte of a front of fortification. [See Illust. of Ravelin.]Ex-tē'ri-or, n. p. 485The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external. 2. Outward or external department, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.Ex-tē'ri-ŏr'i-ty, n. p. 485Surface; superficies.Ex-tē'ri-or-ly, adv. p. 485Outwardly; externally. Shak.Ex-tēr'mi-nāte, v. t. p. 485To drive from within the limits or borders of; to destroy utterly; to drive away; to extirpate; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation. The Spaniards, as they pretend, . . . resolved to…Ex-těr'mi-nā'tion, n. p. 485The act of exterminating; total expulsion or destruction; eradication; extirpation; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field. 2. (Math.) A…Ex-tĕr'mi-nā'tor, n. p. 485One who, or that which, exterminates.Ex-tēr'mi-na-to-ry, a. p. 485Of or pertaining to extermination; serving or tending to exterminate. “Exterminatory war.” Burke.Ex-tēr'mine, v. t. p. 485To exterminate. [Obs.] Shak.Ex-tĕrn’, a. p. 485External; outward; visible. [Obs.] Shak. 2. Without itself; not inherent; not intrinsic. [Obs.] Digby.Ex-tērn', n. p. 485A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls. 2. Outward form or part; exterior. [Rare.]Ex-tēr'nal, a. p. 485Perceptible by the senses; having existence in space; outward; exterior;—opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body. “Of all external things the forms.” Milton. 2. Derived from…Ĕx’ter-nāl’i-ty, n. p. 485Separation from the perceiving mind; existence in space; exteriority. Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith.Ex-tēr'nal-ly, adv. p. 485In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.Ex-tēr'nals, n. pl. p. 485Whatever things are external or without; outward parts; outward ceremonies, and the like. Adam was then no less glorious in his externals. South. God in externals could not place content. Pope.Ex’ter-rā’ne-oūs, a. p. 485Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.Ex-tēr'ri-tō'ri-āl'i-ty, n. p. 485The state of being beyond the limits of a country; externality; foreignness.Ex-tēr'sion, n. p. 485The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]Ex-till', v. i. p. 485To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson.Ex'til-lā'tion, n. p. 485The act of extilling; distillation. [Obs.] Derham.Ex-tim’ū-lāte, v. t. p. 485The same as STIMULATE. [Obs.] Browne.Ex-tim'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 485The same as STIMULATION. [Obs.] Bacon.Ex-tīnct′, a. p. 485Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, fire, light, or a lamp, is extinct. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. Milton. 2. Having ceased; ended; terminated; closed; as, a family becomes…Ex-tinct', v. t. p. 485To put out; to destroy. [Obs.] Shak. Gave new fire to our extincted spirits. Shak.Ex-tinc'tion, n. p. 485The act of extinguishing or making extinct; the act of putting out or destroying light or fire, by quenching, suffocation, or otherwise. 2. The state of being extinguished, quenched, or suffocated…Ex'tine, n. p. 485(Bot.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of certain plants. Brande.Ex-tin’gŭish, v. i. p. 485To cause to die out; to smother; to quench; to destroy; as, to extinguish a fire or flame; to extinguish life. “A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.” Prescott. 2. To put an end…Ex-tin’guish-a-ble, a. p. 486Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.Ex-tin'guish-er, n. p. 486One who, or that which, extinguishes; especially, a hollow, conical utensil to be put on a candle or lamp to extinguish it.Ex-tin'guish-ment, n. p. 486The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or…Ex-tirp', v. t. p. 486To extirpate. [Obs.] It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. Shak.Ex-tirp'a-ble, a. p. 486Capable of being extirpated or eradicated. Evelyn.Ex'tir-pate or Ex-tir'pāte, v. t. p. 486To pull or pluck up by the roots; to root out; to eradicate; to destroy totally; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor. 2. (Fig.) To eradicate; to root out; to destroy wholly; to get rid of…Ĕx'tir-pā'tion, n. p. 486The act of extirpating or rooting out; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil principles from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy. “In apparent…Ĕx'tir-pā'tor or Ex-tĩr'pa-tor, n. p. 486One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.Ex-tĩrp'er, n. p. 486One who extirpates. [Obs.] Bacon.Ĕx'ti-spĭ'cious, a. p. 486Relating to the inspection of entrails in order to prognostication. [Obs.] “Augurial, and extispicious inventions.” Browne.Ex-tŏl', v. t. p. 486To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.] Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. Beau. & Fl. 2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to…Ex-tōl'ler, n. p. 486One who extols or magnifies; a praiser or magnifier.Ex-tōl'ment, n. p. 486The act of extolling, or the state of being extolled. [Obs.] “In the verity of extolment.” Shak.Ex-tôr'sive, a. p. 486Serving to extort; tending to draw from by compulsion. [R.] Johnson.Ex-tôr'sive-ly, adv. p. 486In an extorsive manner; by extortion. [Rare.]Ex-tôrt', v. t. p. 486To wrest or wring from by physical force, by menace, duress, violence, authority, or by any illegal means; to wrench away from; to gain by force; to exact; as, to extort contributions from the…Ex-tôrt', v. i. p. 486To practice extortion. Spenser.Ex-tôrt', a. p. 486Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.Ex-tôrt'er, n. p. 486One who practices extortion.Ex-tôr'tion, n. p. 486The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting any thing from a person by force, or by any undue exercise of power; illegal exaction. The clergy's bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions.…Ex-tôr'tion-a-ry, a. p. 486Practicing, pertaining to, or implying extortion; extortionate.Ex-tôr'tion-ate, a. p. 486Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.Ex-tōr'tion-er, n. p. 486One who practices extortion.