EXPECTANT

pectancy is an interest in land limited or appointed to take effect in possession at some future time. Tables of expectancy, in life assurance, tables showing the expected duration of life calculated from any year

for males or females. Expectant (ek-spekt'ant), a. 1. Waiting; looking for.

Expectant of that news that never came.

Tennyson. 2. In med. (a) a term applied to a medicine that waits for the efforts of nature; (b) a term applied to that method of treatment which consists in observing the progress of diseases, and removing deranging influences, without prescribing active medicines unless absolutely required.-3. In law, an estate in expectancy. See EXPECTANCE. Expectant (ek-spekt'ant), n. 1. One who expects; one who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by his belief or hope of receiving some good; as, those who have the gift of offices are usually surrounded by expectants. An expectant of future glory.' South-2. In Scotland, a candidate for the ministry who has not yet received a license to preach.

Expectation (ek-spekt-a'shon), n. [L. expectatio. See EXPECT.] 1. The act of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

The same weakness of mind which indulges absurd expectations, produces petulance in disappointment. Irving. She spoke and turn'd her sumptuous head with eyes Of shining expectation fixt on mine. Tennyson. 2. The state of being expected or looked for; the state of being awaited. 'Our preparation stands in expectation.' Shak.-3. That which is expected; the object of expectation; the expected Messiah.

Now clear I understand Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. Milton. 4. Prospect of future good, as of possessions, wealth, and the like: usually in the plural. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him." Ps. lxii. 5.

His magnificent expectations made him... the best match in Europe.

Prescott.

5. A state or qualities in a person which excite expectations in others of some future excellence; promise. By all men's eyes a youth of expectation.' Otway.-6. In med. the method of leaving a disease to the efforts of nature; or of waiting for farther development before treating it actively.-7. The value of any prospect of prize or property depending upon the happening of some uncertain event. A sum of money in expectation upon a certain event has a determinate value before that event happens. If the chances of receiving or not receiving a hundred pounds, when an event arrives are equal; then, before the arrival of the event, the expectation is worth half the money. -Expectation of life, a term applied to the mean or average duration of the life of individuals of any given age.-SYN. Anticipation, expectance, confidence, trust, reliance. Expectation-week (eks-pekt-a'shon-wek),

n.

The whole of the interval between Ascension-day and Whitsunday, so called because at this time the apostles continued in earnest prayer and expectation of the Comforter.

Expectative (ek-spekt'a-tiv), a. Constituting an object of expectation; giving rise to expectation; anticipatory. Expectative graces or mandates nominating a person to succeed to a benefice.' Robertson. Expectative (ek-spekt'a-tiv), n. That which is expected; something in expectation; speci 'cally, a mandate nominating to a benefice or vacancy. [Rare.]

The king conferred upon him as many ecclesiastical preferments as he could be legally possessed of, as supports of his state and dignity, while the great expectative was depending. Bp. Louth. Expecter (ek-spekt'èr), n. 1. One who expects; one who waits for something or for another person. 2. A member of an extinct sect, who denied that any true church yet existed, but lived in expectation that a true church would be founded.

Many have wrangled so long about the church that at last they have quite lost it, and go under the name of Expecters and Seekers, and do deny that there is any true church, or any true minister, or any ordinances. Pagitt, 1654With

Expectingly (ek-spekt'ing-li), adv. expectation. Expectorant (eks-pek'tō-rant), a. [See ExPECTORATE] Having the quality of promoting discharges from the mucous membrane of the lungs or trachea.

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Expectorant (eks-pek'tō-rant), n. A medicine which promotes discharges from the lungs, as the stimulating gums and resins, squills, &c.

Expectorate (eks-pek'tō-rāt), v. t. pret. & pp. expectorated; ppr. expectorating. [L. expec toro, expectoratum-ex, and pectus, pectoris, the breast. See PECTORAL.] To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit out. Expectorate (eks-pek'tō-rat), v.i. To eject

matter from the lungs or throat by coughing or hawking, and spitting; to spit. Expectoration (eks-pek'tō-ra"shon), n. 1. The act of discharging phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.-2. The matter expectorated; spittle.

Expectorative (eks-pek'tō-rāt-iv), a. Having the quality of promoting expectoration. Expectorative (eks-pek'to-rat-iv), n. A medicine to promote expectoration; an expectorant.

Expede (eks-ped'), v.t. [Fr. expédier-L. ex, out, and pes, pedis, the foot.] [Old English and Scotch. To despatch, to expedite.--To expede letters, in Scots law, to write out the principal writ and get it signeted, sealed, or otherwise completed. Expediatet (eks-pé'di-āt), v.t. To expedite. Expediency, Expedience (eks-pë’di-en-si, eks-pe di-ens), n. [See EXPEDIENT, and also EXPEDITE] 1. Fitness or suitableness to effect some good end or the purpose intended; propriety under the particular circumstances of a case; as, the practicability of a measure is often obvious, when the expedience of it is questionable.

Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. Whately.

2. The quality of seeking immediate or selfish gain or advantage at the expense of genuine principle, or of aiming at inferior good at the expense of that which is higher; timeservingness.

Through the whole system of society expediency is the only governing principle. Brougham.

3. Expedition; adventure. 'Forwarding this dear expedience.' Shak.-4. † Expedition; haste; despatch.

Three thousand men of war

Are making hither, with all due expedience. Shak. Expedient (eks-pe'di-ent), a. [L. expediens, expedientis, ppr. of expedio. See EXPEDITE.] 1. Hastening; urging forward; hence, tending to promote the object proposed; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances; as, many things may be lawful which are not expedient.

He (Cleomenes) should not spare to do anything that should be expedient for the honour of Sparta. North's Plutarch.

2. Conducive or tending to self-interest, or selfish ends.

For a patriot too cool, for a drudge disobedient,
And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
Goldsmith.
3.† Quick; expeditious.

Expedient manage must be made, my liege,
Ere further leisure yield them further means.
Shak.

4. Direct, and without deviation or unnecessary delay.

His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.

Expedient (eks-pe'di-ent), n. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; any means which may be employed to accomplish an end.

What sure expedient then shall Juno find,
To calm her fears and aid her boding mind?
Philips.

2. Shift; means devised or employed in an exigency.

EXPEL

Expeditate (eks-pe'di-tät), v.t. [L. ex, and pes, pedis, a foot.] In the forest laws, to cut out the balls or claws of a dog's forefeet, for the preservation of the king's game; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not hunt deer. Expeditation (eks-pe'di-ta"shon), n. In the forest laws, the act of cutting out the balls or claws of a dog's fore-feet. Expedite (eks'pe-dit), v. t. pret. & pp. expedited; ppr. expediting. [L. expedio, expeditum, to free one caught by the feet in a snare-ex, out, and pes, pedis, the foot. See FOOT.] 1. To free from impediments: to hasten; to quicken; to accelerate the motion or progress of; as, the general sent orders to expedite the march of the army: artificial heat may expedite the growth of plants. 'To expedite your glorious march.' Milton. 2. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.

Though such charters be expedited of course, and as of right, yet they are varied by discretion. Bacon Expedite (eks'pē-dit), a. (L. expeditus, pp. of expedio. See EXPEDITE, v.t.] 1. Quick; speedy; expeditious; as, expedite execution.

Speech is a very short and expedite way of convey ing their thoughts.

Locke.

2. Clear of impediments; unobstructed; easy. To make the way plain and expedite.' Hooker.-3. Active; nimble; ready; prompt. The more expedite will be the soul in its operations. Tillotson. 4. Light-armed; unencumbered with baggage or equipments.

He sent the lord-chamberlain with expedite forces Басоп. to speed to Exeter. Expeditely (eks'pe-dit-li), adv. Readily; hastily; speedily; promptly. Expedition (eks-pe-di'shon), n. [L. expeditio, from expedio. See EXPEDITE, v.t.] 1. The state of being expedite or free from encumbrance; promptness; haste; speed; quickness; despatch. With winged expedition, swift as lightning.' Milton.

Even with the speediest expedition

I will despatch him to the emperor's court. Shak. 2. The state of being expedited or put in motion; progress; march.

Let us deliver

3. The march of an army or the voyage of a fleet to a distant place for hostile purposes; as, the expedition of the French to Egypt; the expedition of Xerxes into Greece. -4. Any important journey or voyage made by an organized body of men for some valuable end; as, a scientific or exploring expedition; a trading expedition. - 5. The collective body of men sent out upon an expedition, together with their equipments, means of transport, &c.

The expedition (to Walcheren), after numberless needless delays, at last sailed on July 8 (1809). Chambers's Ency. Expeditionary (eks-pe-di'shon-a-ri), a. Pertaining to or composing an expedition. The expeditionary forces were now assembled Goldsmith. Expeditionist (eks-pé-di'shon-ist), n. who makes or takes part in an expedition. North Brit. Rev.

One

Expeditious (eks-pe-di'shus), a. 1. Performed with celerity; quick; hasty; speedy; as, an expeditious march.-2. Nimble; active; swift. acting with celerity; as, an expeditious

messenger or runner.

Expeditiously (eks-pe- di' shus-li), adr. Speedily; hastily; with celerity or despatch. Expeditiousness (eks-pe-di'shus-nes), n. Quickness; expedition.

Performing

Expeditive (eks-pe-dit'iv), a. with speed. Bacon. Expeditory (eks-ped'i-to-ri), a. Making haste; expeditious.

Expel (eks-pel'), v.t. pret. & pp. expelled; ppr. expelling. [L. expello-ex, out, and pello, to drive, to thrust.] 1. To drive or force out from any inclosed place, or from that within which anything is contained or situated; as, to expel air from a bellows or the lungs; to expel moisture from a solid body by heat.-2. To drive out of or away from one's country: to cause to leave one's country or habitation in a forcible manner; to banish. Forewasted all their land and them expelled.' Spenser.-3. To discharge as a missile; to send forth.

The virgin huntress was not slow
T'expel the shaft from her contracted bow.
Dryden.

4. To reject; to refuse. And would you not poor fellowship expel! Spenser.

EXPERT

perienced; taught by use, practice, or experience; hence, skilful; well instructed; having familiar knowledge of; dexterous; adroit; ready; prompt; having a facility of operation or performance from practice; as, an expert philosopher; an expert surgeon; expert in surgery.

Expert in trifles, and a cunning fool

Able t'express the parts, but not dispose the whole. Dryden. Expert (eks-pèrt'), n. An expert, skilful, or practised person; one eminently skilled in any particular branch or profession; specifically, a scientific or professional witness who gives evidence on matters connected with his profession, as an analytical chemist, as to the contents of a stomach in a trial for poisoning, or a person skilled in handwriting, as to whether a document is forged. Expert (eks-pėrt'), v.t. To experience.

Die would we daily, once it to expert. Spenser. Expertly (eks-pèrt'li), adv. In a skilful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.

Expertness (eks-pèrt'nes), n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; as, expertness in musical performance; expertness in seamanship; expertness in reasoning. Expertness in war.' Shak. Expetiblet (eks-pet'i-bl), a. [L. expeto, to seek after, to long for-ex, out, from, and peto, to seek, to ask.] That may be wished for; desirable.

Expiable (eks'pi-a-bl), a. [L. expiabilis. See EXPIATE] That may be expiated; that may be atoned for and done away; as, an expiable offence; expiable guilt. Expiable by penitence.' Feltham.

Expiate (eks'pi-at), v. t. pret. & pp. expiated; ppr. expiating. [L. expio, expiatum, to make satisfaction, to purify from crime -ex, out, and pio, to appease by sacrifice, to propitiate, from pius, dutiful, pious, devout.] 1. To atone for; to make satisfaction or reparation for; to extinguish the guilt of, as a crime, by sufferance of penalty, or some equivalent.

The treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon,

For the cure of this disease an humble, serious,

hearty repentance is the only physic; not to expiate the guilt of it, but to qualify us to partake of the benefit of Christ's atoneinent. Ray.

be ex

2. To avert by certain observances. [Rare.] Frequent showers of stones ...could piated only by bringing to Rome Cybele. T. H. Dyer. Expiation (eks-pi-á'shon), n. [L. expiatio. See EXPIATE] 1. The act of atoning for a crime; the act of making satisfaction or reparation for an offence, by which the guilt is done away, and the obligation of the offended person to punish the crime is cancelled; atonement; satisfaction.

His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. 2. The means by which atonement, satisfac

tion, or reparation for crimes is made;

atonement.

Expiator (eks'pi-at-ér), n. One who expiates. Expiatorioust (eks'pi-a-to'ri-us), a. Having the power to expiate; having an expiatory tendency or character.

Which are not to be expounded as if ordination did confer the first grace, which in the schools is understood only to be expiatorious. Fer. Taylor. Expiatory (eks'pi-a-to-ri), a. Having the power to make atonement or expiation. Expiatory sacrifice.' Hooker. Expilatet (eks'pil-at), v. t. [See EXPILATION.] To strip or peel off; to plunder; to pillage. Pilate would expilate the treasures of it for aquæ duct, which demie cost the Jews much blood, Bp. Hall.

Expilation (eks-pil-a'shon), n. [L. expila tio, from expilo, to strip-ex, and pilo, to peel] A stripping: the act of committing waste on Ind; waste. Expilations of the church.' Jer. Taylor.

Expilator (eks'pil-at-ér), n. One who pillages.

Where profit hath prompted no age hath wanted such miners (for sepulchral treasure), for which the most barbarous expiators found the most civil raetorick. Sir T. Browne. That may ex

Expirable (eks-pir'a-bl), a. pire, that may come to an end.

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Expirant (eks-pirʼant), n. One who is expiring.

Expiration (eks-pir-a'shon), n. [L. exspiratio, from exspiro. See EXPIRE.] 1. The act of breathing out, or forcing the air from the lungs; as, respiration consists of expiration and inspiration.-2. The last emission of breath; death. 'The groan of expiration.' Rambler.-3. The emission of volatile matter from any substance; evaporation; exhalation; as, the expiration of warm air from the earth.-4. Matter expired; exhalation; vapour; fume. [Obsolete or obsolescent.]

The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth. Bacon.

5. That which is produced by expiring or breathing out, as a sound.

The aspirate 'he' which is none other than a gentle expiration. Sharp.

6. Cessation; close; end; conclusion; termination of a limited time; as, the expiration of a month or year; the expiration of a term of years; the expiration of a lease; the expiration of a contract or agreement. Thou art come

Before the expiration of this time.

Shak.

Expiratory (eks-pir'a-to-ri), a. Pertaining to the emission or expiration of breath from the lungs.

Expire (eks-pir'), v.t. pret. & pp. expired; ppr. expiring. [L. exspiro-ex, out, and spiro, to breathe. See SPIRIT.] 1. To breathe out; to expel from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; to emit from the lungs: opposed to inspire. Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey.

2. To give out or forth insensibly or gently; to emit in minute particles, as a fluid or volatile matter; to exhale; as, the body expires fluid matter from the pores; plants expire odours.--3. To exhaust; to wear out; to bring to an end.

Now when as time flying with winges swift
Expired had the term.
Spenser.

4. To yield; to give out.

And force the veins of dashing flints to expire The lurking seeds of their celestial fire. Spenser. Expire (eks-pir'), vi. 1. To emit the last breath, as an animal; to die.

Wind my thread of life up higher,
Up, through angels' hands of fire!
I aspire while I expire.

E. B. Browning.

2. To come to an end; to close or conclude. as a given period; to fall or to be destroyed; to come to nothing; to be frustrated; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to end; as, the lease will expire on the first day of May; with the loss of battle all his hopes of empire expired. When forty years had expired.' Acts vii. 30.

He knew his power not yet expired. Milton. 3. To fly out; to be thrown out with force. The ponderous ball expires. Dryden.

Expiree (eks-pir-e'), n. [Fr. expire.] A convict who has served his period of punishment. [Rare.]

Expiring (eks-pir'ing), p. and a. 1. Breath ing 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 words; expiring groans. Expiry (eks'pi-ri), n. Expiration; termination; as, the expiry of a lease.

We had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb. Expiry of the legal, in Scots law, the expiration of the period within which the subject of an adjudication may be redeemed, on payment of the debt adjudged for.

[L. expiscor, Expiscate (eks-pis'kat), v.t. expiscatus-ex, out, and piscor, to fish, from piscis, a fish.] To fish out; to discover by artful means or by strict examinations.

Expiscating if the renown'd extreme They force on us will serve their turns. Chapman, Expiscation (eks-pis-kä'shon), n. The act of expiscating, fishing, or fishing out; the act of getting at the truth of any matter by strict inquiry and examination; as, he discovered the truth by careful expiscation. Explain (eks-plán), v. t. (L. explano-er, and plano, to make plain, from planus, level, plain. See PLAIN.] 1. To make plain or flat; to spread out in a flattened form; to unfold.

The horse-chestnut .. is ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.

2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to illus

EXPLICATE

trate by discourse or by notes; as, it is the first duty of a preacher to explain his text. Commentators explain the difficult passages. Gay. For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it. Pope. -To explain away, to get rid of or palliate any statement one may have made, or any act one may have committed, by explanation.

Some explain'd the meaning quite away. Pope. SYN. To expound, interpret, elucidate, clear

up.

Explain(eks-plan'), v. i. To give explanations. Explainable (eks-plan'a-bl), a. That may be cleared of obscurity; capable of being made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.

Explainer (eks-plan'ér), n. One who explains; an expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

Explanate (eks'plan-at), a. 1. In bot. spread or flattened out.-2. In entom. having the sides of the prothorax so depressed and dilated as to form a broad margin: said of certain insects.

Explanation (eks-plan-a'shon), n. [L. explanatio. See EXPLAIN.] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; exposition; the act of clearing from obscurity, and making intelligible; illustration; interpretation; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. The exposition or interpretation; the sense given by an expounder or interpreter. 'Different explanations of the doctrine of the Trinity. Burnet.-3. A mutual exposition of language used, actions, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding and reconcile differences; hence, reconciliation, agreement, or good understanding of parties who have been at variance; as, the parties have come to an explanation. 4. That which explains or accounts for; as, he sent me a satisfactory explanation. SYN. Explication, definition, elucidation, exposition, interpretation, illustration, understanding.

Explanative (eks-planʼat-iv), a. Explanatory. Warburton.

Explanatoriness (eks-plan'a-to-ri-nes), n. The quality of being explanatory. Explanatory (eks-plan'a-to-ri), a.

Serving

to explain; containing explanation; as, explanatory notes.

Explate, Expleatt (eks-plat', esk-plēt'),v.t. [Prefix ex, and plait, a fold.] To unfold; to explain.

Like Solon's self explat'st the knotty laws
With endless labours.
B. Jonson.

Expleite, v.t. To perform. Chaucer.
Expletiont (eks-ple'shon), n. [L. expletio
See EXPLETIVE.] Accomplishment; fulfil-

ment.

Expletive (eks'plēt-iv), a. [Fr. explétif; LL. expletivus, from expleo, expletum, to fill full-ex, intens., and pleo, to fill.] Filling up; added to fill a vacancy; superfluous. There is little temptation to load with expletive epithets. Johnson. Expletive (eks'plēt-iv), n. 1. A word or syllable inserted to fill a vacancy.

What are called expletives in rhetorical treatises are grammatically allied to the interjections, though widely differenced from them by the want of meaning, which the interjection is never without. I can hardly agree with Webster in his definition of the expletive, and still less in the statement with which he concludes it 'The expletive,' says Webster, 'is a word or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy or for ornament; the Greek language abounds with expletives. So far as the word answers no other purpose than to fill a va cancy,' it is properly expletive; but if it be appropriate and graceful enough to deserve the name of an ornament,' it is not superfluous, and therefore is not an expletive. G. P. Marsh. Expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope. 2. An oath; a curse; as, his conversation was garnished with expletives. [Colloq] Expletively (eks'plet-iv-li), adv. In the manner of an expletive.

Expletory (eks'ple-to-ri), a. Serving to fill up; superfluous; expletive. Expletory yell.' Lamb.

Explicable (eks'pli-ka-bl), a. [L. explica

bilis.

See EXPLICATE] Capable of being explicated, unfolded, or made clear or plain. that may be accounted for; admitting explanation; as, many difficulties in old authors are not explicable; the conduct and measures of the administration are not explicable by the usual rules of judging. Explicableness (eks'pli-ka-bl-nes), n. Quality of being explicable or explainable. Explicate (eks pli-kat), r.t pret. & pp. ex

Explicative, Explicatory (eks'pli-kat-iv, eks'pli-ka-to-ri), a. Serving to unfold or explain, tending to lay open to the understanding.

Explicator (eks'pli-kåt-ér), n. One who unfolds or explains; an expounder. Explicit (eks-plis'it), a. [L. explicitus, disentangled, from explico, explicitum, to unfold, to disentangle-ex, priv., and plico, to fold. See PLY.] 1. Lit. unfolded; hence, not implied; not merely by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express.

The language of the proposition was too explicit to admit of doubt. Bancroft.

2. Plain; open; clear: unreserved; having no disguised meaning or reservation; minute in detail; outspoken: applied to persons; as, he was explicit in his terms.

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is now exploded. 'Old exploded contrivances of mercantile error.' Burke.

Exploder (eks-plód'ér), n. 1. One who or that which explodes.-2. † A hisser; one who rejects. Scandalous exploders of the doctrine of passive obedience.' South. Exploit (eks-ploit'), n. [Fr. exploit, O. Fr. exploict, from L. explico, explicatum, explicitum, to unfold, adjust, finish. See EXPLICATE.] A deed or act, more especially a heroic act; a deed of renown; a great or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander, of Cæsar, of Wellington.

Looking back with sad admiration on exploits of youthful lustihood which could be enacted no more. Prof. Blackie.

Exploit (eks-ploit'), v.t. [O. Fr. exploicter.] 1. To achieve; to accomplish.

He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland. 2. [Fr. exploiter.] To make use of; to cultivate; to work up; to utilize.

Against a wild, unreasoning, mischievous combina. tion to opinion in favour of Prussia, and to force England into hostility with France, we have steadily and strongly protested. Standard newspaper. Exploitation (eks-ploit-a'shon), n. [Fr.] The act or process of exploiting or cultivating or employing successfully; utilization; the act or process of successfully applying the industry proper to it on any object, as the improving or cultivation of land, the felling of wood, the working of mines, &c. [Recent.]

There is no longer a public opinion, but only a middle class and a working class opinion-the first founded on the exploitation by the minority of the popular masses, the other based on truth, justice, and morality. Scotsman newspaper.

Favour us by being more explicit. --Explicit function. In alg. a variable is said to be an explicit function of several others when its value, expressed in terms of those of the independent variables, is given. Thus, Exploratet (eks-plōr'āt), v. t. if z=ax2+2bxy+cy, z is said to be an explicit function of x. If, on the other hand, z were connected with x and y by an equation of any other form, it would be called an implicit function of the latter. Brande.

An explicit proposition or declaration is that in which the words, in their common acceptation, express the true meaning of the person who utters them, and in which there is no ambiguity or disguise. Explicit (eks-plis'it). [An abbrev. of L.L. explicitus (est liber), the book is unfolded or ended, from explico, explicitum, to unfold, to arrange.] A word formerly used at the conclusion of books, as finis is now used.

The Liber Festivalis of Caxton concludes with Explicit Enprynted at Westminster, &c., mcccclxxxiij. Johnson. Explicitly (eks-plis'it-li), adv. Plainly; expressly; without duplicity; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.

The apostolic teaching, then, was not only the first link in a chain; it was that out of which all future developments caine, and in which all were implicitly contained... It seems to us to follow that the apostles must have had explicitly in their minds all the future definitions of faith, though not of course necessarily in the same terins. Dublin Rev.

Explicitness (eks-plis'it-nes), n. Plainness of language or expression; clearness; direct expression of ideas or intention, without reserve or ambiguity.

Explode (eks-plod'), v. i. pret. & pp. exploded; ppr. exploding. [L. explodo-ex, and plaudo, to clap, strike, or beat upon. See PLAUDIT.] 1. To burst with a loud report; to burst and expand with force and a violent report, as an elastic fluid.

All attempts to insulate fulminic acid have proved unsuccessful, as it explodes with the slightest decomUre. posing force.

2. To burst into activity or into a passion; to use violent, noisy language; as, his wrath at once exploded.

Explode (eks-plod'), v.t. 1. To cause to ex-
plode or burst with a loud report; to touch
off; as, to explode gunpowder. 2. To drive
out with violence and noise. [Rare.]

But late the kindled powder did explode
The massy ball.

Blackmore.

3. To decry or reject with noise; to express disapprobation of, with noise or marks of contempt; to hiss or hoot off; as, to explode a play or an actor. -4. To reject with any marks of disapprobation or disdain; to treat with contempt and drive from notice; to drive into disrepute; or, in general, to condemn; to reject; to cry down; as, astrology

ch, chain; ch, Sc. loch; g, go; j, job;

Exploituret (eks-ploit'ür), n. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. The commentaries of Julius Cæsar, which he made of his exploiture in Fraunce and Britaine. Sir T. Elyot. To explore. Snails exclude their horns, and therewith explor ate their way. Sir T. Browne. Exploration (eks-plōr-ā'shon), n. [See ExPLORE.] The act of exploring; close search; strict or careful examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries. 'An exploration of doctrine. Bp. Hall. Explorative (eks-plor'a-tiv), a. plores; tending to explore; exploratory. Explorator (eks'plōr-at-ér), n. One who explores; one who searches or examines closely. The envious explorator or searcher

for faults.' Halliwell.

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Exploratory (eks-plor'a-to-ri), a. Serving to explore; searching; examining. Explore (eks-plor'), v.t. [L exploro, to cry aloud, to seek after, to explore ex, out, and ploro, to bewail.] 1. To search for; to look for with care and labour; to seek after. Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. Pope. 2. To travel or range over with the view of making discovery, especially geographical discovery; to view with care; to examine closely by the eye; as, Moses sent spies to explore the land of Canaan.

Conquest has explored more than ever curiosity has done; and the path of science has been commonly opened by the sword. Sydney Smith.

3. To search by any means; to try; as, to explore the sea by a plummet or lead.4. To search or pry into; to scrutinize; to inquire with care; to examine closely with a view to discover truth; to watch anxiously;

as, to explore the depths of science.

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Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, ... Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky. Pope. Search; Explorement (eks-plor'ment), n. Explorer (eks-plorer), n. One who explores. trial. Sir T. Browne. [Rare.] Exploring (eks-ploring), p. and a. ployed in or designed for exploration. ploring parties.' Bancroft. Explosion (eks-plō'zhon), n. [L. explosio, from explodo, explosum. See EXPLODE.] 1. The act of exploding, a bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid with force and a loud report; a sudden and loud discharge; as, the explosion of powder; an explosion of fire-damp.

With explosion vast

The thunder raises his tremenduous voice. Thomson.

2. In the steam-engine, the blowing up of a boiler by the too rapid generation of steam in proportion to the resisting power of its sides: distinguished from rupture.-3. Fig. a violent outburst of feeling, as of rage, generally accompanied by outbreaks of excited

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language. A formidable explosion of highchurch fanacticism.' Macaulay. Explosive (eks-plo'siv), a. 1. Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder; explosive mixtures.-2. In philol. mute; not continuous; forming a complete vocal stop; as, an explosive consonant. Explosive (eks-plo'siv), n. 1. Anything liable or with a tendency to explode. 2. In philol. a mute or non-continuous consonant, as k, t, b.

Explosively (eks-plō'siv-li), adv. In an explosive manner.

Expoliation (ek-spō'li-a "shon), n. [L. exspoliatio, a robbing -ex, and spolior, spoliatus, to strip, to spoil.] A spoiling; a wasting. A cruel expoliation.' Bp. Hall. Expolish (eks-po'lish), v. t. [Prefix ex, intens., and polish.] To polish with care. To strive, where nothing is amiss, to mend; To polish and expolish, paint and stain. Heywood. Expone (eks-pōn), v.t. [L. expono. See EXPONENT.] [Old English and Scotch.]

1. To explain; to expound.

Ye say it belongs to you alone to expone the Covenant. Drummond.

2. To expose to danger.-3. To represent; to characterize.

Exponent (eks-pō'nent), n. [L. exponens, exponentis, ppr. of expono, to expose or set forth-ex, out, and pono, to place.] 1. In alg. the number or figure which, placed above a root at the right hand, denotes how often that root is repeated or how many multiplications are necessary to produce the power. Thus a2 denotes the second power of the root a or aa; a1 denotes the fourth power. The figure is the exponent or index of the power. To express the roots of quantities fractional exponents are used: thus a, a, as denote the square root, the cubic root, and the nth root of a. The exponent of the ratio or proportion between two numbers or quantities is the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent. Thus six is the exponent of the ratio of thirty to five, for 30-6.-2. Fig. one who or that which stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles. 3. One that expounds or explains anything, as a principle, doctrine, view, &c.

We find him (Mr. Green) for the first time coming forward as the exponent of Coleridge's view of the National Clerisy." Sat. Rev.

Exponential (eks-po-nen'shal), a. of or pertaining to an exponent or exponents; involv ing variable exponents; as, an exponential expression. Exponential curve, a curve which partakes both of the nature of an algebraic and transcendental curve. It partakes of the former, because it consists of a finite number of terms, though these terms themselves are indeterminate; and it is in some measure transcendental, because it cannot be algebraically constructed.-Exponential quantity, a quantity whose power is a variable quantity, as ar.-Exponential equation, an equation in which there is an exponential quantity. - Exponential calculus, the method of finding the fluxions and fluents of exponential quantities. See CALCULUS. Export (eks-port'), v.t. [Fr. exporter; L. exporto-ex, out, and porto, to bear, to carry.] 1. To take away.

They export honour from a man and make him a return in envy. Bacon.

2. To carry out; to send, or furnish to be conveyed, abroad or to foreign countries, as commodities of any kind; to send, despatch, or furnish for conveyance to distant places, either by water or land; as, Great Britain exports goods to all parts of the world; Mr. A. exports more manufactures of cotton than any merchant in Liverpool; Aberdeen exports cattle to London. Export (eks'port), n. 1. The act of exporting: exportation; as, to prohibit the export of grain. 2. The gross quantity of goods exported; as, the export of hides has been large this season.-3. A commodity conveyed out of one country or state to another in traffic; a commodity that usually forms an item in the goods exported by a country, district, or seaport.

The ordinary course of exchange... between two places must likewise be an indication of the course of their exports and imports. Adam Smith. Exportable (eks-port'a-bl), a. That may be exported. Exportation (eks-pōrt-ä'shon), n. [See ExPORT.] 1. The act of carrying out or taking away. 2. The act of exporting for sale; w, wig: wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY.