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Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. of drawing out; exhaustion. * This exant- exauthorized; ppr. exauthorizing. To deHeb. iv. II. lation of truth. Sir T. Brorene.

prive of authority, Sodom and Gomorrah are set forth for an

Exaratet (eks'a-rat), v.t. (L. ex, and aro, Excalceatet (eks-kalsē-at), v.t. [L. exealceo, example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Jude 7.

aratum, to plough.) To plough; hence, to excalceatum, to pull off the shoes--ex, out, Such temperate order in so fierce a cause

mark as if by a plough; to write; to engrave. off, and calceus, a shoe.) To deprive of Doth want example.

Shak. Exaration + (eks-a-ra'shon), n. (See EXAR- shoes; to make barefooted. 4. Instance serving for illustration of a rule or

ATE.) The act of ploughing: hence, the act Excalceationt (eks-kal'se-a"shon), 11. The precept; or a particular case or proposition

of marking, as with a plough, or of writing act of excalceating or depriving of shoes. illustrating a general rule, position, or truth; or engraving

Excalfactiont (eks-kal-fak’shon), n. (L. exas, the principles of trigonometry and the Exarch (eks'ark), n. (Gr. exarchos-ex, and calfactio, from excalfacio, to warm--er, and rules of grammarare illustrated by examples.

archos, a chief.) 1. A prefect or governor calfacio, to warm.] The act of making 5. In logic, the conclusion of one singular

under the Byzantine Empire. — 2. Eccles. a Warm; calefaction. Blount. point from another; an induction of what title assumed for a time by the bishops of Excalfactivet (eks-kal-fak’tiv), a. Tending may happen from what has happened. Thus,

Constantinople, Antioch, Ephesus, and to heat or warm. if civil war has produced calamities of a par

Cæsarea, as superiors over the surrounding Excalfactoryt (eks-kal-fak'to-ri), a. Heatticular kind in one instance, it is inferred metropolitans; more recently a title given ing; warming. “A special excalfaetory that it will produce like consequences in

to inspectors of the clergy in certain dis- virtue.' Holland. other cases.

tricts, commissioned by the eastern patri- Excalibur, Excalibar (eks-kal'i-bér), n. Examplet (egz-am'pl), v.t. 1. To give examarchs.

The mythological sword of King Arthur ples or instances of.

Exarchate (eks'ärk-át), n. The office, dig. given him by the Lady of the Lake, to whom nity, or administration of an exarch.

Merlin directed him to apply for it. I'll example you with thievery:

Exarillate (eks-a-rillat), a. In bot. a term The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction

No sword on earth, were it the Excalibar of King Robs the vast Sea; the moon's an arrant thief, applied to a seed destitute of an aril.

Arthur, can cut that which opposes no steady resistAnd her pale fire she snatches from the sun. Exaristate (eks-a-rist'ät), a. (L. er, with- ance to the blow.

Sir W. Scott. Shak. out, and arista, an awn.) In bot. destitute There likewise I beheld her 2. To justify by the authority of an ex- of an arista, awn, or beard.

Before him at his crowning borne, the sword ample.

That rose from out the boson of the lake. Exarticulation (eks-ar-tik'ü-lā"shon), n. (L.

Tennyson. I may example my digression by some mighty pre- ex, out, and articulus, a small joint.) Lux- Excamb (eks- kamb'), v.t. Same as Ercedent.

Shak.
ation; the dislocation of a joint.

cainbie.
3. To set an example of.
Exasperate (egz-as'per-át), v.t. pret. & pp.

Excambiator (eks-kam'bi-at-ér). n. A Yet the fight exasperated; ppr. exasperating. (L. eras

broker; one employed to exchange lands. Hung doubtful, where, eximpling hardiest deeds, pero, exasperatum, to irritate - ex, and Excambie (eks-kam'bi), v.t. [L. L. ercambio, Salisbury struck down the foe.

Southey.
aspero, from asper, rough, harsh.] 1. To

to exchange-L er, out, and cambio, to exExamplelesst (egz-am'pl-les), a. Having no anger; to irritate to a high degree; to pro

change. See CHANGE, EXCHANGE.) To exexample. voke to rage; to enrage; to excite or inflame;

change: applied specifically to the exchange Exampler (egz-am'plèr), n. A pattern; an as, to exasperate a person, or to exasperate of land. (Scotch.) exemplar or sampler.

anger or resentment.

Excambion, Excambium (eks-kam'bi-on, Examplesst (egz-am'ples), a. Same as Ear

To take the widow

eks-kam'bi-um), n Exchange; barter; speampleless.

Ersperates, makes mad her sister Goneril. Shak.

cifically, in Scots lau, the contract by which They that durst to strike

2. To make grievous or more grievous; to one piece of land is exchanged for another. At so exımpless and unblamed a life. B.Jonson.

aggravate; to embitter as, to exasperate Excandescence, Excandescency (eks-kanExangia (eks-an'ji-a), n. pl. [Gr. ek, ex, out, enmity.

des'sens, eks-kan-des'sen-si), n. (L. excanand angeion, a vessel.] In pathol. a term Many have studied to exasperate the ways of descentia, excandesco -- ex, and candesco, sometimes applied to diseases in which there death, but fewer hours have been spent to soften candeo, to glow or be hot, from caneo, to be is unnatural distention of a large blood

that necessity.

Sir T. Browne.

white, to shine.) 1. A growing hot; a white vessel

3. To augment the violence of; to increase heat; glowing heat. -2. Heat of passion; Exanguious t (eks-sang'gwi-us), a. Having the malignity of; to exacerbate; as, to ex- violent anger; or a growing angry. no blood. See ExSANGUIOUS.

asperate pain or a part inflamed. (Rare.) Excandescent (eks-kan-des'sent), a. White Exanguloust (eks-ang'gu-lus), a. (L. ex,

The plaster would pen the humour and so exas.

with heat. priv., and angulus, a corner.) Having no perate it.

Bacon, Excantation teks'kan-tá"shon), n. [L. ezangles or corners.

Exasperate (eg?-as'per-āt), a. 1. Provoked; canto, excantatum, to charm forth, to bring Exanimate (egz-anoi-mặt), a, [L, cranimembittered; inflamed.

out by enchantment--ex, out, and canto, to atu8, pp. of exanimo---ex, priv., and anima, life.] 1. Inanimate; lifeless.

Matters grew more exasperate between the kings

chant, to enchant, intens. from cano, cantum, Carcasses of England and France.

Bacon to sing.) Disenchantment by a countereranimate.' Spenser. - 2. Spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits.

charm. [Rare.)
Pale

2. In bot. a term applied to a plant clad with
hard, stiff, short points.

Excarnatet (eks-kär'nāt). v.t. pret. & pp. wretch exanimate with love. Thomson. Exanimate (egz-an'i-māt), v.t. pret. & pp.

Exasperater (egz-as'per-at-ér), n. One who excarnated; ppr. excarnating. (L.L exexanimated; ppr. exanimating. 1. To deexasperates or inflaines anger, enmity, or

carno, excarnatum - L. ex, priv., and caro, violence.

carnis, flesh.) To deprive or clear of flesh; prive of life; to kill.--2. To dishearten; to

Exasperation (egz-as'pér-ā"shon), n. 1. The to separate from the fleshy parts surrounddiscourage. Exanimation (egz-an'i-mā"shon), n.

ing, as blood vessels.
De-

act of exasperating or state of being exas-
perated; irritation; provocation.

Excarnate (eks-kär'nāt), a. Divested of flesh. privation of life or of spirits. (Rare.)

Sears.

A word extorted from him by the exasperation of Exanimoust (egz-an'i-mus), a. (L. exanimis

his spirits.

South. Excarnation (eks-kår-na'shon), n. [L. ex, --ex, priv., and anima, life.] Lifeless; dead. 2. Increase of violence or malignity; exacer

priv., and caro, carnis, fesh.) 1. The act bation, as of a disease.

of divesting of flesh; the state of being diExannulate (eks-an'nū-lāt), a. (L. cx, with

vested of flesh: the opposite of incarnation. out, and annulus, a ring. ) In bot. without

Judging, as of patients in a fever, by the exaspera. tion of the fits.

Wotton.

The apostles mean by the resurrection of Christ a ring: applied to those ferns in which the

the excarnation of the Son of man, and the consesporangium is without the elastic ring or Exauctorate, t Exauthoratet (egz-ak’ter

quent emergence out of natural conditions to luis annulus. āt, egz-a'thér-át), v.t. (L. exauctoro-er, place of power on high.

Sears. Exanthalose (eks-an'thal-os), n. (See Ex- priv., and auctoro, to hire or bind, from 2. In anat, the act of separating injected ANTHEN.) A name applied by some to native

auctor, author.) To dismiss from service; blood vessels from the parts by which they sulphate of soda, occurring as an efflores- to deprive of an office or dignity in the are surrounded. This is effected by corrosion cence in certain lavas and in other connecChurch; to degrade.

by an acid or by putrefaction. tions.

God also is the Supreme Judge, and can punish Excarnificate (eks-kär'ni-ti-kat), v.t. (L. Ixanthem, Exanthema (eks'an-them, eks- and exauthorate whom he pleases and sulistitute

excarnifico, excarnificatum, to cut in pieces, others in their room.

For. Taylor, 11-theoma), n, pl. Exanthemata (eks-an

from caro, cainis, tiesh, and facio, to make.] them'a-ta). [Gr. exanthềma, from exantheó, Exauctoration, t Exauthorationt (egz- To clear or deprive of flesh. to blossom-ex, and anthos, a flower.) In ak’tér-ā"shon, egz-a'thér-a"shon), n. Dis- Excarnification (eks-kär'ni-fi-ka”shon), n. med, eruption; a breaking out; any efflor

mission from service; deprivation; degrada- The act of clearing or depriving of flesh. escence on the skin, as in measles, small

tion; the removal of a person from an office Ex cathedra (eks ka-thedra). [L. ex, from, pox, scarlatina, &c.: frequently limited to or dignity in the Church.

and cathedra, from Gr. kathedra, chair. such eruptions as are accompanied with Exaugurate (egz-a’gū-rāt), v.t. [L. exau

See CATHEDRAL.) Lit. from the chair, as of fever.

guro, exauguratum-ex, priv., and auguro, authority or instruction: a phrase used in Exanthematology (eks-an-them'a-tol"o-ji), to consecrate by auguries, from augur. See speaking of the solemn dictates or decisions n. (Gr. exanthema, exanthematos, an erup

AUGUR.] In Rom. antiq. to change from of prelates, chiefly the popes, delivered in tion, and logos, discourse.) A treatise on

sacred to profane; hence, to desecrate; to their pontifical capacity. Hence, in comeruptive fevers.

secularize; to profane. See ExAUGURATION. mon lan. the phrase is applied to any deciExanthematous, Exanthematic (eks-an- He determined to exaugurate and to unhallow sion, direction, order, &c., given in an authothem'at-us, eks-an'them-at"ik), a.

certain churches and chapels.

Holland. ritative and dogmatic manner. pertaining to exanthem; eruptive; efflores- Exauguration (egz-a'gū-rā"shon), n. In Excavate (eks'ka-vāt), v.t. pret. & pp. excacent; as, an exanthematous disease.

Rom. antiq. the act of changing a sacred vated; ppr. excavating. (L. excavo-ex, out, Exanthesis (eks-an-thé'sis), n. [Gr., from ex- thing or person into a profane one; seculari- and cavo, to hollow, carus, hollow. See antheo, to blossom.] In med. a superficial zation; a ceremony necessary before conse- CAVE.) 1. To bollow; to cut, scoop, dig, er or cutaneous efflorescence; an eruption of crated buildings could be used for secular wear out the inner part of anything and the skin.

purposes, or priests resign their sacred make it hollow; as, to excavate a turnip; Exantlatet (eks-ant'lāt), v.t. (L. exantlo functions or enter into matrimony; hence, to crcarate a mound of earth.-2. To form (exanclo), erantlatum, to draw out as a desecration; profanation. "The exaugura- by scooping or hollowing out, or by peneliquid, to suffer-ex, out, and antlo (anclo), tion and unhallowing all other cells and trating into any substance and removing to draw or raise liquids.) To draw out; to chapels besides.' Holland.

the materials; as, to excavate a canoe; to bring out; to exhaust. By time those seeds Exauthorate, v.t. See EXAUCTORATE.

excavate a tunnel. are wearied or erantiated. Boyle.

Exauthoration, n. See EXAUCTORATION. Excavation (eks-ka-vā'shon), n. 1. The act Exantlationt (eks-ant-lä'shon), id. The act Exauthorizet (egz-a'thér-iz), v.t. pret. & pp. of making hollow, by cutting, wearing, or

Of or

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scooping out the interior substance or part laudable, meritorious, or virtuous in per

I could see nothing except the sky. Swift. of a thing.–2. A hollow or a cavity formed sons, or valuable and esteemed in things. 2. conj. Excepting; if it be not that; unless. by removing the interior substance; as, many With every excellence refined.' Beattie.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in animals burrow in excavations of their own 3. Dignity; rank in the scale of beings; as, vain that build it.

Ps. cxxvii. I. forming.-3. In engin. an open cutting, as angels are beings of more excellence than

Exceptant (ek-sept'ant), a. Implying excepin a railway, in distinction from a tunnel. men; men of more excellence than brutes.

tion. Excavator (eks’ka-vāt-ér), n. One who or 4. A title of honour given to persons of high Excepted (ek-sept'ed), p. and a. Left out, that which excavates; specifically, a machine rank; excellency (which see): used with

as from a general proposition, category, for excavating your, his, &c.

rule, precept, and the like; specially exExcavet (eks-káv'), v.t. To excavate. Cock- They humbly sue unto your excellence,

cluded. “The excepted tree.' Milton. eram.

To have a goodly peace concluded of. Shak.

Excepting (ek-sept'ing), ppr. used as a prep. Excecatet (ek-sē’kāt), v.t. (L. excæco, ex

SYN. Superiority, perfection, eminence, su- and conj. With exception of; excluding; uncaecatum, to make blind-ex, intens., and

pereminence, estimation, worth, virtue, less; except. 'Excepting none but good Duke circus, blind. ] To make blind. goodness.

Humphrey.' Shak. Excecationt (ek-sē-ka'shon), n. The act of Excellency (ek'sel-len-si), n.

Excepting your wor

1. Valuable ship's presence.' Shak. making blind Bp. Richardson.

quality; excellence. *Extinguish in men the Excepting in barbarous times, no such atrocious Excedentt (ek-sēd'ent), n. Excess. sense of their own excellency.' Hooker. -- outrages could be committed.

Brougham Exceed (ek-sēd'), v. t. [L excedo-ex, out,

2. A title of honour given to governors, ambeyond, and cedo, to go, to pass. See CEDE.)

Exception (ek-sep'shon), n. 1. The act of

bassadors (as representing, not the affairs 1. To pass or go beyond; to proceed beyond

excepting or excluding from a number dealone, but the persons of sovereign princes, the given or supposed limit, measure, or

signated, or from a description; exclusion; to whom the title was formerly applied), quantity of : used equally in a physical or

as, all voted for the bill, with the exception ministers, and the like: with your, his, &c. of five. moral sense; as, one man exceeds another in Excellent (ek'sel-lent), a. 1. Being of great He doth deny his prisoners but with proviso and bulk, stature, or weight; one offender ex- virtue or worth; eminent or distinguished exception.

Shak. ceeds another in villany.

for what is amiable, valuable, or laudable; 2. Exclusion from what is comprehended in Nanie the time, but let it not exceed three days. virtuous; good; as, an excellent man or a general rule or proposition: sometimes,

Shak. citizen; an excellent judge or magistrate. 2. To surpass; to be better than; to excel.

though rarely, with to. 2. Excelling or surpassing in any specific

Let the money be raised on land, with an exception To be nameless in worthy deeds exceeds an infam. quality, power, or attainment; as, he is ex

to some of the more barren parts, that might be tax ous history. The Canaanitish woman lives more cellent in music; he is an excellent artist. free.

Addison. happily without a name than Herodias with one.

Sir T. Browne.
He is excellent in power and judgment.

3. That which is excepted, excluded, or Sex. To surpass, excel, outgo, transcend,

Job xxxvii. 23. separated from others in a general descripoutdo, outvie.

Her voice was ever soft, tion; the person or thing specified as distinct

Gentle and low,-an excellent thing in woman. Exceed (ek-sēd'), r.i. 1. To go too far; to

or not included; as, almost every general

Shak. pass the proper bounds; to go over any given

rule has its exceptions. 3. Characterized by excellence or eminent limit, number, or measure; as, take care qualities; being of great value or use: ap

Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, never to exceed in eating or drinking. plied to things; remarkable for good pro

Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark.

Co7per. Forty stripes may he give him, and not exceed. perties; as, an excellent farm; an excellent Deut. xxv. 3:

4. An objection; that which is or may be horse; excellent fruit. 2. To bear the greater proportion; to be

offered in opposition to a rule, proposition,

To love more or larger; to predominate.

What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

statement, or allegation: with to; sometimes

with against Justice must punish the rebellious deed, Yet punish so as pity shall exceed.

4. Surpassing; transcendent; consummate; Dryden.

I will answer what exceptions he can have against complete: in an ill sense. "The excellent

Bentley. Exceedablet (ek-sēd'a-bl), a. That may ex- foppery of the world.' Shak. "The excelceed or surpass.

5. Objection with dislike; offence; slight

lent grand tyrant of the earth.' Shak. Exceeder (ek-sēd'ér), n. One who exceeds

anger or resentment: with at or against,

Elizabeth was an excellent hypocrite. Hume. but more commonly with to, and generally or passes the bounds of fitness. Exceeding (ek-sēd'ing), a.

used with take; as, to take exception at a Great in extent,

SYN. Worthy, virtuous, good, choice, prime, quantity, or duration; very large.

valuable, select, exquisite, transcendent. severe remark; to take exception to what

Excellently (ek'sel-lent-li), adv. 1. In an was said. Cities were built an exceeding space of time before the great food.

Roderigo, thou hast taken against me an exception.
Raleigh.

excellent manner; well in a high degree; in
an eminent degree; in a manner to please

Shak. Exceeding (ek-sēd'ing), adv. In a very great

or command esteem, or to be useful. ----2. + Ex

6. In law, (a) the denial of what is alleged degree; unusually; as, exceeding rich. ceedingly: superlatively; surpassingly. 'One

and considered as valid by the other party, The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea.

Raleigh.
giant vice so excellently ill.' Pope. "When

either in point of law or in pleading; a dethe whole heart is excellently sorry.' J.

nial of a matter alleged in bar to an action; I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward. Fletcher.

an allegation against the sufficiency of an Gen. xv. I. Excelsior (ek-sel'si-or), a. [L., compar. de

answer. It is a stop or stay to an action, and Exceeding (ek-sēd'ing), n. Excess; superfluity.

gree of excelsus, lofty-ex, intens., and cel

it is either dilatory or peremptory. (6) A sus, lofty. See EXCEL.) Loitier; more ele- clause by which the grantor of a deed exIn case he should be obliged .:. to exceed the number of men granted this year for the sea-service, vated; higher.

cepts something before granted, as when Excentral (eks-sen'tral), a. the house would provide for such exceeding.

In bot. out of

having disposed of a house a particular Smollett. the centre.

room is excepted from the same. --Bill of Exceedingly (ek-sēd'ing-li), adv. To a very Excentric, Excentrical (eks-sen'trik, eks- exceptions, in law, a statement of excepgreat degree; in a degree beyond what is sen'trik-al), a. (See ECCENTRIC. ) 1. Deviating

tions taken to the decision, or instructions, usual; greatly; very much. from the centre; not having the same centre;

on points of law, of the judge presiding Isaac trembled very exceedingly. Gen. xxvii. 33. eccentric. -2. In bot. a term applied to a la

at a trial, for the purpose of having these teral embryo removed from the centre or

points recorded in order to be revie., ed by a Exceedingnesst (ek-sēd'ing-nes), n. Great

axis. - Excentric circle. See ECCENTRIC, 2, b.

superior court or the full bench. pessim quantity, extent, or duration. Sir Excentricity (eks-sen-tris’i-ti), n. The state Exceptionable (ek sepshon-2-b17, a. Liable P. Sidney or quality of being excentric; specifically, in

to exception or objection; objectionable. Excel (ek-sel'), v.t. pret. & pp. excelled; ppr. math, the distance between the centre of an

This passage I look upon to be the most exception. ercelling. (L. excello--ex, and root cell, seen

It is in this way
able in the whole poem.

Addison. in Gr. kelló, to impel, to urge on, and in

ellipse and either focus.

that we speak of the excentricity of the or- Exceptionableness (ek-sep'shon-a-bl-nes), L celsus, driven to a high place, raised high.) hits of the planets which move in ellipses.

n. The quality of being exceptionable. 1. To surpass in good qualities or laudable

See ECCENTRICITY.

Exceptional (ek-sep'shon-al), a. 1. Out of deeds; to outdo in comparison.

Excentrostomata (eks-sen'tro-stom"a-ta), the ordinary course; relating to or forming Excelling others, these were great; Thou greater still, thust these excel. Prior.

n. pl. [Gr. ek, ex, out, kentron, a spine, and an exception. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou

stoma, mouth.) A division of the Echinidæ, In 1853 a bill was introduced to withdraw this ex. excellest thein all

aptional privilege; but it was defeated by a masterly comprising the spatangs, clypeaster, &c. Prov. xxxi. 29.

speech of Mr. Macaulay. 1. Erskine May. 2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.

Except (ek-sept'), v.t. (Fr. excepter, L. ex

cipio, exceptum-ex, out, and capio, to take.) 2. That may be excepted against. She opened ;

1. To take or leave out of any number spe. Exceptionally (ek-sep'shon-al-li), adv. In But to shut excelled her power. Milton

cified; to exclude; as, of the thirty persons an exceptional manner; in manner not Excel (ek-sel'), v. i. To have good qualities, present and concerned in a riot, we must generally acted on; unprecedentedly; extraor to perform meritorious actions, in an un- except two.-2. To take or leave out any ordinarily; especially; as, he was exceptionusual degree; to be eminent, illustrious, or particular or particulars from a general de- ally favoured distinguished; to surpass others. scription.

In order to bestow a lucrative monopoly on parti. Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;

When he saith, All things are put under him, it is

cular establishments which the governinent was Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle. manifest that he is excepted which did put all things

pleased excenionally to license. F. S. Mill. Lyttelton. under him.

i Cor. xv. 27. Exceptionary (ek-sep'shon-a-ri), a. IndiBless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength. Except (ek-sept'), v.i. To object; to take

cating an exception. Ps. ciii. 24. Excellence (ek'sel-lens), n. (Fr., from L.

exception: usually followed by to; sometimes After mentioning the general privation of the excellentia, from excello. See EXCEL. ) 1. The

by against; as, to except to a witness or to blooiny flush of life,' the exceptionary'all but' in. his testimony. “A succession which our

cludes, as part of that bloomy flush, an aged decrepit state of possessing good qualities in an un

Quoted by Latham author could not except against.' Locke. usual or eminent degree; the state of excel Except (ek-sept). Now used as a prep. and Exceptionert (ek-sep’shon-ėr), n. One who ling in anything; goodness; virtue; supeconj., but really a contracted form of the

takes exception or objects. riority; eminence; as, he was a man of great

Peevish; disexcellence; his excellence in music was well

pp. excepted, or a verb in the imperative. Exceptious (ek-sep’shus), a. known; a farm of rare excellence. 1. prep. Being excepted or left out; with ex

posed or apt to cavil or take exceptions. ception of; excepting.

They are so supercilious, troublesome, fierce, and Consider first, that great

exceptious.

South. Or bright infers not excellence. Milton. Richard except, those whom we fight against,

DisHad rather have us win, than him they follow.

Exceptiousness (ek-sep'shus-nes), n. 2. Any valuable quality; anything highly

Shak. position to cavil.

matron.

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Exceptive (ek-septiv), a. 1. Including an ex- A man must be excessively stupid, as well as un. changed: fit or proper to be exchanged. ception; as, an exceptive proposition. Watts.

charitable, who believes there is no virtue but on his
own side.

‘Bank bills exchangeable for gold and sil

Addison. 2. Making or being an exception; excep

ver.' Ramsay. tional. A particular and exceptive law. 2. Intemperately.

The officers captured with Burgoyne were Milton

Which having swallowed up excessively,

changeable within the powers of General Howe.

He soon in vomit up againe doth lay. Spenser. Exceptlesst (ek-sept'les), a. Making no ex

Marshall ception; extending to all. Excessiveness (ek-ses’iv-nes), n. The state

2. Ratable by exchange; to be estimated by Forgive my general and exceptless rashness. Shak. or quality of being excessive; excess.

what may be procured in exchange; as, the

exchangeable value of goods. Exceptor (ek-sept'ér), n. One who objects Exchange (eks-chanj'), v.t. pret. & pp. exor makes exceptions. changed; ppr. exchanging. IO. Fr. exchanger,

But as soon as a limitation becomes practically Excerebrate (eks-se're-brāt), v.t. [L. exeschanger; Fr, échanger-ex, and changer,

operative; as soon as there is not so much of the

thing to be had as would be appropriated and used cerebro, ercerebratum-ex, out, and cere

to change. See CHANGE.] 1. In com. to if it could be obtained for asking; the ownership or brum, brain.) To remove or beat out the part with, in return for some equivalent; to use of the natural agent acquires an exchangeacle

value. transfer, for a recompense; to barter; as, he brains of.

3. S. Mill. Excerebration (eks-se're-brā"shon), n. The

exchanges his goods in foreign countries for Exchange-broker (eks-chānjörök-er), n. act of removing or beating out the brains.

gold; the workman exchanges his labour for In corn one who negotiates foreign bills, Excerebrose (eks-se're-brös), a. (L. ex, out, money.

for which he receives a small commission. and cerebrosus, from cerebrum, the brain.)

He has something to exchange with those abroad. Exchanger (eks-chanjér), n. One who ex

Locke. Having no brains.

changes; one who practises exchange. Mat. 2. To lay aside, quit, or resign one thing, XXV. 27. Excern (ek-sérn'), v. t. (L. excerno-ex, and

state, or condition, and take another in the cerno, Gr. krinõ, to separate.) To separate

Excheat t (eks-chēt'). Same as Escheat. place of it; to part with for a substitute; as, and emit through the pores or through small

Spenser. to exchange a crown for a cowl; to exchange Excheatort (eks-chēt'ér), n. Same passages of the body; to strain out; to se

a throne for a cell or a hermitage; to ex- Escheator. crete; to excrete; as, fluids are excerned in

change a life of ease for a life of toil., And Exchequer (eks-chek'ér), n. [Fr. échiquier, perspiration. “That which is dead, or cor

death for life exchanged foolishly.' Shak.- a chess-board. rupted, or ercerned.' Bacon. (Obsolete or

Applied to a court of 3. To give and receive reciprocally; to give obsolescent.)

finance from its having at first held its and take; communicate mutually; to interExcernent (ek-bern'ent), a Secreting.

meetings round a table covered with checked change; as, to exchange horses, clothes, Excerpt (ek-sérp'), v.t. To excerpt.

cloth, because accounts were taken by means thoughts, civilities.

of counters on the checks.) 1. A state treaIn your reading excery and note in your books such Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak. things as you like. Hales.

sury; hence, pecuniary property in general; Excerpt (ek-sérpt), v.t. [L. excerpo, excerp

SYN. To change, interchange, barter, bar- as, the war drained the exchequer; my ergain, truck, swap.

chequer is very low.-2. In England, an tum-ex, out, and carpo, to pick.) To make

ancient tribunal and court of record, founded an extract from, or an extract of; to pick Exchange (eks-chanj'), v.i. To make an ex

change; to pass or to be taken as an equiva- chiefly for the collection and care of the out; to select; to cite or cite from.

lent; as, a sovereign should exchange for royal revenues. of which we have excerpted the following

Latterly, the jurisdiction twenty shillings.

of the court was extended by allowing all particulars.' Fuller.

Exchange (eks-chānj), n. 1. The act of the king's debtors and farmers, and all Excerpt (ek-sérpt'), n. An extract from an author or from a writing of any kind; as,

giving one thing or commodity for another; accountants of the exchequer, to sue all

barter; the act of parting with something in manner of persons in this court, on the he craved excerpts from the minutes.

return for an equivalent; traffic by inter- plea that, by reason of the wrong done to His common-place book was filled with excerpts change of commodities.

the plaintiff by the defendant, he was unfrom the year-books.

Lord Campbeli.

Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses. able to discharge his debts to the crown Excerpta (ek-sérp'ta), n. pl. (See EXCERPT. ]

Gen. xlvii. 17. which privilege was ultimately extended to Passages extracted.

O spare her life and in exchange take mine. Dryden. all the lieges, on the fiction that they were Excerption (ek-sérp'shon), n. (L. excerptio.] 2. The act of giving up or resigning one

crown debtors. The judges consisted ori1. The act of excerpting or picking out; a thing or state for another, without contract; ginally of the lord treasurer, the chancellor gleaning; selection. -2. That which is se

as, the exchange of a crown for a cloister. --- of the exchequer, and three barons. By lected or gleaned. (Rare.] 3. The act of giving and receiving recipro

5 and 6 Vict. v. the equitable jurisdiction Times have consumed his works, saving some few cally; as, an exchange of thoughts; an ex

of the court was abolished, and the chanexcerptions.

Raleigh.

change of civilities.-4. The contract by cellor of the exchequer, who belonged to Excerptive (ek-serpt'iv), a. Excerpting; which one commodity is transferred to an- the equity side of the court only, ceased to choosing. Mackenzie.

other for an equivalent commodity.–5. The be one of the judges, these now consisting Excerptor(ek-sérpt'èr),n. One who excerpts; thing given in return for something re

of a chief baron and four (afterwards five) a selecter; a culler.

ceived; or the thing received in return for puisne barons. This court is now a division Excess (ek-ses'), n. (Fr. excès; L. excessus, what is given; change. * There's my ex

of the High Court of Justice, and its practice from excedo. See EXCEED.) 1. That which change.' Shak. Hence---6. Among jour

in ordinary civil cases is the same as that exceeds any measure or limit, or which nalists, a newspaper sent to one office in of the other divisions; but the practice in exceeds something else, or a going beyond exchange for one received. -7. The process revenue cases remains unaltered by the a just line or point; that which is beyond of exchanging one debt or credit for another;

Judicature Act of 1875. To this division the common measure, proportion, or due or the receiving or paying of money in one are specially assigned all matters which quantity; superfluity; superabundance; as, place, for an equal sum in another, by order,

were within the exclusive cognizance of the an excess of provisions; excess of bile in the draft, or bill of exchange. See under Bill. Court of Exchequer.-In Scotland, the Court system. 8. In mercantile lan. a bill drawn for money;

of Exchequer was originally the king's reIf music be the food of love, play on;

a bill of exchange. - 9. In law,a mutual grant venue court, and was continued by the Give me excess of it.

Shak.
of equal interests, the one in consideration

Treaty of Union till the establishment of a
He saw: but blasted with excess of light,
Closed his eyes in endless night.

of the other.-10. The place where the mer- new court in the reign of Queen Anne, of Gray.

chants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet which the judges were the high treasurer 2. Any transgression of due limits; extrava- to transact business, at certain hours: often of Great Britain, with a chief baron and gance. contracted into 'Change. As he does in

four other barons. After various modifica. With taper-light the market and exchange, who sells seve

tions the court was abolished by 19 and 20 To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, ral things.' Locke. -11. In arith, a rule Vict. lvi., and its jurisdiction transferred to Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.

Shak.

the object of which is to find how much the Court of Session.- Exchequer bills, bills 3. Undue indulgence of appetite; want of of the money of one country is equivalent for money, or promissory bills, issued from restraint in gratifying the desires; intem- to a given sum of the money of another.

the exchequer; a species of paper currency perance; over-indulgence. All the calculations in exchange may be

emitted under the authority of the governLike one that sees his own excess,

performed by the rule of proportion; and ment and bearing interest. Exchequer bills And easily forgives it as his own. Tennyson, the work may often be abbreviated by the form a principal part of the public unfunded 4. In arith. and geom. the difference between method of aliquot parts.-Course of ex

debt of Great Britain. any two unequal numbers or quantities; change, the current price between two Exchequer (eks-chek'ér), v.t. To institute that which remains when the lesser number places, which is above or below par, or at a process against in the court of exchequer. or quantity is taken from the greater. - par. Exchange is at par when a bill in Among other strange words, the following has Spherical excess, in trigon. the quantity by New York for the payment of one hundred arisen in vulgar language, viz. to arhequer a man. which the sum of the three angles of a pounds sterling in London can be purchased

Perse, A necdotes of the English Language. spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. for one hundred pounds. If it can be pur. Exchequer-chamber (eks-chek'ér-chăm'Excessive (ek-ses'iv), a. Beyond any given chased for less, exchange is under par. If bér), n. Formerly a court of appellate jurisdegree, measure, or limit, or beyond the the purchaser is obliged to give more, ex- diction, an appeal in error lying to this common measure or proportion; beyond change is above par.-- Arbitration of ex- court from each of the three superior courts what is sanctioned by religion, morals, pro- change. See under ARBITRATION. Theory of Common Law, and from this court to the priety, or utility; im

e; extravagant; fexchanges,a theory introduced by Prevost, House of Lords. It was abolished by the unreasonable ; as, the excessive bulk of a for explaining the equilibrium of tempera- Judicature Act of 1875, and its jurisdiction man; excessive labour; excessive charges; ture of any body. It is founded on the sup- in appeals transferred to the Court of Apercessive anger, excitement, vanity; exces- position that the quantity of heat which a peal. sive indulgence of any kind.

body diffuses by radiation is equal to the Excide (ek-sid'), v. t. (L. ercido-ex, out, off, Excessive grief (is) the enemy to the living Shak, quantity which it receives by radiation from and cado, to cut.) To cut out or off ; to Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.

surrounding bodies, and which it either separate; to remove. N. B. Rev. (Rare.) Milton. absorbs wholly or in part.

Excipient (ek-si'pi-ent), n. [L. excipiens, Enormous, Immense, Excessive. See Exchangeability (eks-chanj'a-bil"i-ti), n. excipientis, ppr. of excipio, to take out, to under ENORMOUS.

The quality or state of being exchangeable. except.] 1. One who excepts. [Rare or Excessively (ek-ses'iv-li), adv. 1. In an ex- Though the law ought not to be contravened by an obsolete. 1-2. In med. an inert or slightly treme degree; beyond measure; exceedingly; express article admitting the exchangeability of such active substance employed as the medium vehemently; violently; as, excessively im- persons.

Washington. or vehicle for the administration of the patient; excessively grieved; the wind blew Exchangeable (eks-chānj'a-bl), a. 1. That active medicine, as bread-crust, conserve of excessively.

may be exchanged; capable of being ex- roses, sugar, jelly, &c.

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Exciple, Excipule (ek'si-pl, ek'si-pūl), n. action; to animate; to stir up; to cause to 2. Containing or expressing exclamation; as,

(L. ercipio, to receive.] In bot. the capsule act, as that which is dormant, sluggish, or an exclamatory phrase. or envelope inclosing or protecting the tha- inactive; as, to excite the spirits or courage. Exclude (eks-klūd'), v.t. pret. & pp. excluded; lamium of the apothecia of lichens; it is an 2. To stimulate; to give new or increased ppr. excluding. (L. excludo, to shut outexpansion of the thallus.

action to; specifically, in med. to call forth ex, out, and claudo, to shut.] 1. To hinder Excisable (ek-siz'a-bl), a. Liable or subject or increase the vital activity of the body, or îrom entering or from admission; to shut to excise; as, beer is an excisable commodity. any of its parts; as, to excite the human sys- out; as, one body excludes another from Exeise (ek-siz'), nr. [From 0.D. aksijs, aksys, tem ; to excite the bowels.-3. To raise; to occupying the sime space. G. accise, excise, corruption of 0. Fr. assis, create; to stir up or set afoot; as, to excite If the church be so unhappily contrived as to exassessments, impositions, from assise, an a mutiny or insurrection.-To excite an clude from its communion such persons likeliest to electric, to apply friction to it so as to pro

have great abilities, it should be altered. assise. Skeat. See ASSISE.] 1. An inland tax

Swift. or duty imposed on certain commodities of duce electricity. --SYN. To awaken, animate,

2. To hinder from participation or enjoyhome production and consumption, as malt, incite, arouse, stimulate, inflame, irritate, ment; to debar. spirits, &c. In Britain the licenses to pur- provoke.

This is Dutch partnership, to share in all our bene. sue certain callings, to keep dogs, to carry Excitefult (ek-sīt'fùl), a. Calculated to ficial bargains, and exclude us wholly from theirs.

Swit. a gun, and to deal in certain commodities, excite; full of exciting matter; as, exciteful are included in the excise duties, as well as stories or prayers. Chapman.

3. To except; not to comprehend or include

in a privilege, grant, proposition, argument, the taxes on armorial bearings, carriages, Excitement (ek-sīt'ment), n. 1. The act of servants, plate, railways, &c. Excise duties exciting; stimulation.-2. The state of being

description, or the like.-4. To thrust out; were first imposed by the Long Parliament roused into action; agitation; sensation;

to eject; to extrude; as, to exclude a fetus

or eggs from the womb. Sir T. Browne. in 1643. -2. That branch or department of commotion; as, the news caused great excite

Exclusion (eks-klū’zhon), n. 1. The act of the civil service which is connected with ment; an excitement of the people.-3. In the levying of such duties. med. (a) a state of aroused or increased vital

denying entrance or admission ; a shutting

out. “The exclusion of the air doth good. Excise (ek-siz'), a. Of or pertaining to, or activity in the body or any of its tissues or

Bacon. His sad exclusion from the doors connected with, the excise; as, excise acts; organs; any new condition produced by the

of bliss. Milton.--2. The act of debarring ercise commissioners.

influence of any natural, medicinal, or meExcise (ek-siz'), v. t. pret. & pp, excised; ppr. chanical agent, in the living body. (b) In

from participation in a privilege, benefit, ercising. 1. To lay or impose a duty on; to a limited sense, an abnormal increase of

use, or enjoyment. “The exclusion of the

duke from the crown of England and Irelevy an excise on. -2. To impose upon; to vital energy and strength of action in the

land.'

Ilume. -- 3. Exception; non-recepovercharge. (Provincial. ) heart and arteries. (c) A vitiated and ab

tion or non-admission, in a general sense. Exciseman (ek-siz' man), n. An officer normal state of the actions and sensations,

With an exclusion that he should not marry engaged in assisting to collect the excise or both, produced by natural, medicinal, or

her himself.' Bacon.-4. The act of thrustduties, as well as in preventing the evasion mechanical agents, either upon a healthy of them. state of the vital susceptibilities, or by an

ing out or expelling, as from a wound; ejecExcision (ek-si'zhon), n.

tion; extrusion. (Fr.; L. L. excisio, excessive or otherwise improper use or apfrom L excido-ex, out, and cædo, to cut.) plication of natural, medicinal, or mechani

How were it possible the wonib should contain the

child, nay, sometimes twins, till they come to their 1. The act of cutting off, especially a person cal agents.-4. That which excites or rouses;

due perfection and maturity for exclusion. Ray. or nation; extirpation; destruction. that which moves, stirs, or induces action;

5.1 That which is emitted or thrown out; Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance a motive. • The cares and excitements of a

excretion. Sir T. Browne. on those nations that have ... grown ripe for exca. season of transition and struggle. Talfound: Exclusionary (eks-klū’zhon-a-ri), a. Tends10n. Atterbury. Exciter (ek-sīt'ér), n. 1. One who or that

ing to exclude or debar. 2 In surg. a cutting out or cutting off any which excites; one that puts in motion, or

Exclusioner (eks-klū’zhon-er), n. Same as part of the body; extirpation; amputation. the cause which awakens and moves or sets

Exclusionist. 3 Eccles. a cutting off from the church; ex- in operation.

Exclusionism (eks-klū’zhon-izm), n. Exclucommunication.

Hope is the great exciter of industry. Dr. H. More. Excitability (ek-sit'a-bil" i-ti), n. (From

sive principles or practice. 2. In med. a stimulant; an excitant. exeite.] 1. The quality of being capable of Exciting (ek-sit'ing), p. and a. Calling or

Exclusionist (eks-klū’zhon-ist), n. One who

would preclude another from some priviexcitement; readiness or proneness to be provoked or moved into action; the quality

rousing into action; producing excitement; lege; specifically, in English hist., one of a of being easily agitated; nervousness.

stimulating; as, exciting events; an exciting party of politicians in the time of Charles

story.--Exciting causes, in med. those causes II. favourable to a bill to exclude his popish This early excitability prepared his mind for the which immediately produce disease, or those

heirs from the throne. religious sentiment that afterwards became so power. which excite the action of predisposing The exclusive in fashionable life does not see that fully dominant

L. Horner.
causes.

he excludes himself from enjoyment, in the attempt 2. In med. the property of being sensible to Excitingly (ek-sīt'ing-li), adv. So as to

to appropriate it. The aclnsionist in religion does the action of excitants or stimulants, pos

not see that he shuts the door of heaven on himself, excite.

in striving to shut out others.

Emerson. sessed by living beings or their tissues; irri- Excitive (ek-sīt'iv), a. Tending to excite.

The gentlemen of every county, the traders of tability

Excito-motory (ek-sīt'o-mo"to-ri), a. In every town, the boys of every, public school were Excitable (ek-sit'a-bl), a. Susceptible of

anat. exciting motion, but without sensa

divided into exclusionists and abhorrers. Macaulay. excitement; capable of being excited; easily

tion, and not subject to volition; as, excito- Exclusive (eks-klu'siv), a. 1. Having the stirred up or stimulated; prone to or char

motory nerves. acterizeil by excitement; as, an excitable Exclaim (eks-klām'), v.i.

power of preventing entrance; as, exclusive

(L. exclamo-ex, bars.--2. Possessed and enjoyed to the extemperament.

and clamo, to call See CLAIM.) To utter clusion of others; as, an exclusive privilege. Excitant (ek'si-tant), n. That which pro- with vehemence; to cry out; to make a loud 3. Not taking into account; not including or duces or may produce increased action in a

outcry in words; to declare with loud voci. comprehending; as, the general had 5000 living organism; specifically, in ined. an feration; as, to exclaim against oppression; troops, exclusive of artillery and cavalry; he agent or intluence which arouses the vital to erclaim with wonder or astonishment; to sent me all the numbers from 78 to 94 excluactivity of the body or of any of the tissues exclaim with joy.

sive, that is, all the numbers between 78 and or organs belonging to it; a stimulant; what

The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against 94, but these numbers, the first and last, stimulates arterial action.

the exercise of arbitrary power. L'Estrange. are excepted or not included. - 4. Prone to Excitant (ek'si-tant), a. Tending to excite;

That thus you do exclaim you'll go with him. Shak. exclude; excluding from or chary in admitexciting Excitatet (ek-sität), v.t. To excite.

[This verb, as in the second example, is often ting to society or fellowship; fastidious as

Excitated to wrath.'

to the social rank of associates; illiberal ; really transitive.)Syn. To call out, cry out, Bacon. shout, vociferate.

narrow; as, an exclusive clique. Excitation (ek-sit-ä'shon), n. 1. The act of Exclaim (eks-klām), n. Outery; clamour. I am sick of court circulars. I loathe haul-ton exciting or putting in motion; the act of

‘Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak. intelligence. I believe such words as fashionable. rousing or awakening. Exclaimer (eks-klám'er), n. One who cries

exclusive, aristocratic and the like, to be wicked unIt may be safely said that the order of excitation is

christian epithets that ought to be banished from from muscles that are small and frequently acted on out with vehemence; one who speaks with honest vocabularies.

Thackeray. to those which are larger, and less frequently acted heat, passion, or much noise; as, an ex

--- Exclusive dealing, the act of a party, who, on.

H. Spencer.
claimer against tyranny.

at any election, intimates to a tradesman or Here are words of fervent excitation to the frozen Exclamation (eks-klam-ā'shon), n. 1. The

employee that, unless the latter gives him hearts of others. Bp. Hail. act of exclaiming or making an outcry ;

his vote, the party will withdraw his custom 2. In med the act of producing excitement; noisy talk; vehement vociferation; clamour;

from, or cease to employ, him. Dickens. also, the excitement produced. -- Excitation expression of surprise, pain, anger, and the

Exclusive pririlege, in Scots law, a term of electricity, the disturbance of the electric like; as, exclamations against abuses in go

used in a limited sense, to signify the rights equilibrium by friction, elevation of temvernment. 'Exclamations against the abuses

and franchises of the nature of monopolies, perature, contact, &c.

of the church.' Hooker.

formerly enjoyed by the different incorExcitative (ek-sit'a-tiv), a. Having power

Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak,

porated trades of a royal burgh, in virtue of to excite; tending or serving to excite; ex- 2. An emphatical or passionate utterance; which the craftsmen or members of those citatory. 'Ercitative of devotion.' Barrow. that which is uttered with emphasis and incorporations were entitled to prevent unExcitator (ek-sit-at'er), n. [L., from excito. passion. “A festive exclamation not un- freemen, or tradesmen not members of the See EXCITE. ] In elect. an instrument em- suited to the occasion.' Trench. - 3. The corporation, from exercising the same trade ployed to discharge a Leyden jar or other mark or sign in printing ! by which empha- within the limits of the burgh. electrical apparatus in such a manner as to tical utterance or interjectional force is Exclusive (eks-klū'siv), n. One belonging secure the operator from the force or effect marked.--4. In gram. a word expressing out- to a coterie of persons who exclude others of the shock

cry; an interjection; a word expressing some from their society or fellowship; one who Excitatory (ek-sīt'a-to-ri), a. Tending to passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

limits his acquaintance to a select few. See excite; containing excitement; excitative. Exclamative (eks-klam'a-tiv), a. Containing extract under EXCLUSIONIST. Excite (ek-sit), v.t. pret. & pp. excited; ppr. exclamation; exclamatory,

Exclusively (eks-klū'siv-li), adv. 1. Withexciting. [Fr. exciter, from L. excito-ex, Exclamatorily, Exclamatively(eks-klam'- out admission of others to participation; and cito, to put in rapid motion, to call, a-to-ri-li, eks-klam'a-tiv-li), adv. In an ex- with the exclusion of all others; as, to intens, of cieo or cio, to put in motion, ex- clamatory manner.

enjoy a privilege exclusirely.-2. Without cite, call; probably akin to Gr. kiö, to go, Exclamatory (eks-klam'a-to-ri), a. 1. Using comprehension in an account or number; kineo, to move.1. To rouse; to call into exclamation; as, an exclamatory speaker. -- not inclusively.

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Exclusiveness (eks-klū'siv-nes), n. State beating, or by the action of acrid sub- Excruciatet (eks-krö'shi-āt), a. Excrucior quality of being exclusive. stances.

ated. Exclusivism (eks-klūʼsiv-izm), n. Act or Excoriation (eks-ko'ri-ā"shon), n. 1. The And here my heart long time excruciate, practice of excluding or of being exclusive; act of flaying, or the operation of wearing

Among the leaves I rested all that

night. Chapman. exclusiveness.

off the skin or cuticle; a galling; abrasion; Excruciating (eks-kro'shi-at-ing), p. and a. Exclusory (eks-klū'so-ri), a. Exclusive; ex- the state of being galled or stripped of skin. Extremely painful; distressing; torturing: cluding; able to exclude.

2. The act of stripping of possessions; spo- tormenting. Those gnawing and exeruExcoctt (eks-kokt'), v.t. (L. excoquo, excoc- liation; robbery: A pitiful excoriation of ciating fears.' Bentley. tum, to boil out — ex, out, and coquo, to the poorer sort. Howell.

Excruciatingly (eks-kro'shi-āt-ing-li), ado. boil. Akin cook.) To boil; to produce by Excorticate (eks-kor'ti-kāt), v.t. (L. ex, In an excruciating manner. boiling

priv., and cortex, corticis, the bark.) To Excruciation (eks-kro'shi-ā"shon), n. The Salt and sugar, excocted by heat, are dissolved by strip of the bark or rind.

act of excruciating or inflicting extreme cold and moisture.

Bacon. Excortication (eks-korti-kā"shon), n. The pain, or the state of being excruciated; torExcoctiont (eks-kok'shon), n. The act of act of stripping off bark.

ture; extreme pain; vexation. excocting or boiling out. Bacon.

Excreablet (eks'krē-a-bl), a. [L. excreabilis, Excubation (eks-kū-bā'shon), n. [L. exeuExcogitate (eks-ko'jit-at), v.t. pret. & pp.

See EXCREATE.) That may be discharged by batio, from excubo, to lie out of doors, to excogitated; ppr. excogitating. [L. excogito spitting,

lie out on guard, to keep watch-ex, out of, ---ex, out, and cogito, to think.) To invent; Excreably (eks’krē-a-bli), adv. In a manner and cubo, to lie down.] The act of watchto strike out by thinking; to contrive. 'Ex- so as to be ejected. Milton.

ing all night. cogitate strange arts.' Sterling.

Excreatet (eks’krē-at), v.t. pret. & pp. ex- Excubitorium (eks-kūbi-to"ri-um), n. In He must first excogitate his matter, then choose his

created; ppr. excreating. [L. excreo, excre- arch. a gallery in a church where public words.

B. Jonson,

atum-ex, out, and screo, to hawk, to hem.) watch was kept at night on the eve of some Excogitate (eks-ko'jit-át), v.i. To cogitate;

To spit out; to discharge from the throat to endeavour to find out or exhaust a sub

by hawking and spitting. ject by thinking. Bacon.

Excreation (eks-kré-a'shon), n. Act of Excogitation (eks-ko'jit-a"shon), n. Inven

spitting out.

(L. ercretion; contrivance; the act of devising in the Excrement (eks’krē-ment), n. thoughts.

mentum, from excerno, excretum, to sift

out, to separate - ex, out, and cerno, to The labour of excogitation is too violent to last long.

separate, to sift. See DISCERN.) Johnson.

Matter Excommunet (eks-kom-mūn'), v.t. To ex

excreted and ejected; that which is disclude from communion, fellowship, or par

charged from the animal body after digesticipation; to excommunicate.

tion; alvine discharges.

The earth's a thief,
Poets ... were excommuned Plato's commonwealth. That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen

Gayton.
From general excrement.

Shak,
Excommunicable (eks-kom-mū'ni-ka-bl), a.
[See EXCOMMUNICATE.) Liable or deserving Excrement (eks’krē-ment), n. [L. excresco,
to be excommunicated; that may give rise

excretum, to grow out or forth.) Anything to excommunication. What offences are

growing out of the body, as hair, nails, excommunicable.' Keble.

feathers, &c. (Rare.] Excommunicant (eks-kom-mū'ni-kant), n.

Why is time such a niggard of his hair, being, as it is, so plentiful an excrement !

Shak. One who has been excommunicated. Excommunicate (eks-kom-mū'ni-kāt), v.t. Excremental (eks - krē - ment'al), a. Perpret. & pp. excommunicated; ppr. excom- taining to or of the nature of excrement; inunicating. (L. ex, out, and communico, excreted or ejected by the natural passages communicatum, to communicate, from com- of the body; resembling excrements. munis, common.] 1. Eccles. to expel from Excrementitial, Excrementitious (eks'. communion; to eject from the communion kré-men-ti"shal, eks'kré-men-ti" shus), a. of the Church by an ecclesiastical sentence, Pertaining to excrement; containing excreand deprive of spiritual advantages; as, to ex- ment; consisting of matter excreted or procommunicate notorious offenders. Hence- per to be excreted from the animal body. 2. To expel from any association and de- Excrescence, Excrescency (eks-kres'sens, Excubitorium or Watching-loft, St. Albans. prive of the privileges of membership.- eks-kres'sen-si), n. (Fr. excrescence; LL. 3. To prohibit on pain of excommunication. excrescentia, from L. excrescens, pp. of ex

festival, and from which the great shrines Martin the Fifth ... was the first that excommu

cresco, to grow out-ex, out, and cresco, to were observed. The watching-loft of St. nicated the reading of heretical books. Milton.

grow.) 1. An excrescent appendage, as a Albans is a beautiful structure of wood; at

wart or tubercle; anything which grows Lichfield the excubitorium is a gallery over Excommunicate (eks-kom-mū'ni-kāt), n. unnaturally, and without use, out of some

the doo

sacristy. 1. One who is excommunicated. -2. One cut off from any privilege. “Poor excommuni

thing else; hence, a troublesome superflu- Excudit (eks-kū'dit). [3d pers. sing. of the ity.

pret. of L. excudo-ex, out, and cudo, to cate from all the joyes of love.' Carew. Excommunicate (eks-kom-mū'ni-kāt), a.

An excrescence and not a living part of poetry strike.! Lit. he engraved it: a word ap

Dryden. pended to the foot of an engraving, preCut off from communion; excommunicated.

2.1 Fig. an extravagant or excessive out- ceded by the name of the artist; as, Strange Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate; break. 'Excrescences of joy.' Jer. Taylor. excudit. And blessed shall he be, that doth revolt

Excrescent (eks - kres' sent), a. (See Ex- Exculpable (eks-kul'pa-bl), a. That may be From his allegiance to an heretic. Shak.

CRESCENCE.] Growing out of something else exculpated. Excommunication (eks- kom - mū'ni - kā".

in a preternatural manner; superfluous, as Exculpate (eks-kul'pāt), v.t. pret. & pp. elshon), n. The act of excommunicating or a wart or tumour.

culpated; ppr. exculpating. (L.L. exculpo, ejecting; specifically, the act of ejecting

Expunge the whole or lop the excrescent parts. exculpatum-L. ex, and culpo, culpatum, from a church; expulsion from the com

Pope. to blame, to find fault with, from culpa, a munion of a church, and deprivation of its Excrete (eks-krēt), v.t. pret. and pp. ex- crime, a fault.] 1. To clear by words from rights, privileges, and advantages; an ec

creted; ppr. excreting. [L. excerno, excre- a charge or imputation of fault or guilt; to clesiastical penalty or punishment inflicted tum. See EXCREMENT.] To separate and vindicate from a charge of fault or crime. on offenders. Excommunication is an ec- throw off; to discharge; as, to excrete urine. clesiastical interdict of two kinds, the lesser Excretine (eks'kré-tin), n.

He exculpated himself from being the author of the An organic sub- heroic epistle.

W. Mason and the greater; the lesser excommunica

stance procured from the excrements of tion is a temporary separation of the offender

2. To relieve of or free from blame; to reman and the lower animals in the healthy

gard as innocent. from the Church, or suspension of his right condition. to partake of the sacraments of the Church;

It possesses an alkaline reac

I exculpate him further for his writing against me tion.

to Palestine in so hostile a spirit, for men had rnthe greater is an absolute separation and Excretion (eks-krē'shon), n. (L. excretio, moured I had levied my army not against the Holy exclusion of the offender from the Church

from excerno, to separate. See EXCREMENT.) Land, but to invade the Papal States. Milman, and all its rights and privileges, as well as 1. A separation of some fluid from the blood Syn. To exonerate, absolve, excuse, justify. all communication with the faithful.

by means of the glands; a throwing off or Exculpation (eks-kul-pā’shon), n. The act Excommunicator (eks-kom-mū'ni-kāt-ér), discharge of animal fluids from the body. - of vindicating from a charge of fault or n. One who excommunicates.

2. That which is excreted; anything thrown crime; excuse. Excommunicatory (eks-kom-mū'ni-ka-to

off from the system; excrement. ri), a. Relating to or causing excommuni- Excretive (eks’krē-tiv), a. Having the power

These robbers were men who might have made cation.

out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. of separating and ejecting fluid matter from

Southey. Excommunion (eks-kom-mūn'yon), n. Ex- the body. Excretive faculty.' Harvey. - Letters of exculpation, in Scots law, a communication.

Excretory (eks’krē-to-ri), a. Having the warrant granted at the suit of the panel or Excommunion is the utmost of spiritual judicature. quality of excreting or throwing off excre- defender in a criminal prosecution for citing

Milton.
Ex concesso (eks kon-ses'ső). [L.) From Excretory (eks’krē-to-ri), n.

mentitious matter; as, excretory ducts. and compelling the attendance of witnesses,

In anat. a that which is conceded.

in proof either of his defences against the

little duct or vessel destined to receive libel or of his objections against any of Excoriable (eks-ko'ri-a-bl), a. Capable of

secreted fluids and to excrete them; also, a being excoriated or flayed; that may be rub

the jury or witnesses, or in support of whatbed or stripped off. secretory vessel

ever else may tend to his exculpation. Excruciable (eks-kro'shi-a-bl), a. Liable Exculpatory (eks-kul'pa-to-ri), a. Able to Such coverings as are excoriable. Sir T. Browne. to torment.

clear from the charge of fault or guilt; exExcoriate (eks-koʻri-āt), v.t. pret. & pp. ex. Excruciate (eks-kro'shi-āt), v.t. pret. & pp. cusing; containing excusatory evidence. coriated; ppr. excoriating. [L.L. escorio-L. excruciated; ppr. excruciating. [L. excru- Excurt (eks-ker'), v.i. [L. excurro-ex, out, ex, and corium, Gr. chorion, skin, hide.] To cio, excruciatum - ex, and crucio, to tor- and curro, to run.) To go beyond proper flay; to strip or wear off the skin of; to ment, from crux, a cross.] To torture; to limits; to run to an extreme. abrade; to gall; to break and remove the torment; to inflict most severe pain on; as, His disease was an asthma, oft excurring to an cuticle of in any manner, as by rubbing, to excruciate the heart or the body.

orthopnoia.

Harvey.

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