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3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent]
In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital out of" anybody else.
W. G. Sumner.
Exploitation
Ex`ploi*ta"tion (?), n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing.
J. D. Whitney.
Exploiture
Ex*ploi"ture (?; 135), n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.]
Udall.
2. Exploitation.
Harper's Mag.
Explorable
Ex*plor"a*ble (?), a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
Explorate
Ex*plo"rate (?), v. t. [L. explorare, exploratum.] To explore. [Obs.]
Sir. T. Browne.
Exploration
Ex`plo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination.
An exploration of doctrine."
Bp. Hall.
Explorative
Ex*plor"a*tive (?), a. Exploratory.
Explorator
Ex"plo*ra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
Exploratory
Ex*plor"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
Sir H. Wotton.
Explore
Ex*plore" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explored(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Exploring.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]
Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs.
Pope.
2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. Hidden frauds [to] explore."
Dryden.
Explorement
Ex*plore"ment, n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Explorer
Ex*plor"er (?), n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Eploring
Eplor"ing, a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. Exploring parties."
Bancroft.
Explosion
Ex*plo"sion (?), n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism.
Macaulay.
Explosive
Ex*plo"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Explosive
Ex*plo"sive, n. 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, &root; 155-7, 184.]
Explosively
Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv. In an explosive manner.
Expoliation
Ex*po`li*a"tion (?), n. See Exspoliation. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Expolish
Ex*pol"ish (?), v. t. [Cf. L. expolire. See Polish.] To polish thoroughly. [Obs.]
Heywood.
Expone
Ex*pone" (?), v. t. [OE. exponen. See Expound.] To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. [Old Eng. & Scotch]
Drummond.
Exponent
Ex*po"nent (?), n. [L. exponens, -entis, p. pr. of exponere to put out, set forth, expose. See Expound.] 1. (Alg.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated; thus a2 denotes the second power, and an the xth power, of a (2 and x being the exponents). A fractional exponent, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, a denotes the third or cube root of a.
2. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]
Exponential
Ex`po*nen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.] Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation. -- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent. -- Exponential quantity (Math.), a quantity whose exponent is unknown or variable, as ax. -- Exponential series, a series derived from the development of exponential equations or quantities.
Export
Ex*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb. n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.] 1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]
[They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.
Bacon.
2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
Export
Ex"port (?), n. 1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.
2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.
The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports.
A. Smith.
Exportability
Ex*port`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.
To increase the exportability of native goods.
J. P. Peters.
Exportable
Ex*port"a*ble (?), a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
Exportation
Ex`por*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation.] 1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
2. Commodity exported; an export.
3. The act of carrying out. [R.]
Bourne.
Exporter
Ex*port"er (?), n. One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.
Exposal
Ex*pos"al (?), n. Exposure.
Swift.
Expose
Ex*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.] 1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined.
Locke.
2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
Shak.
3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices.
Dryden.
4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
Exposé
Ex`po`sé" (?), n. [F., prop.p.p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.] A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
Exposedness
Ex*pos"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
Exposer
Ex*pos"er (?), n. One who exposes or discloses.
Exposition
Ex`po*si"tion (?), n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.]
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound.
Shak.
3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.]
Arbuthnot.
4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]
Expositive
Ex*pos"i*tive (?), a. Serving to explain; expository.
Bp. Pearson.
Expositor
Ex*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. See Expound.] One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator.
Bp. Horsley.
Expository
Ex*pos"i*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers.
Johnson.
Expost facto, ∨ Expostfacto
Ex"post` fac"to, ∨ Ex"post`fac"to (?). [L., from what is done afterwards.] (Law) From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
Ex post facto law, a law which operates by after enactment. The phrase is popularly applied to any law, civil or criminal, which is enacted with a retrospective effect, and with intention to produce that effect; but in its true application, as employed in American law, it relates only to crimes, and signifies a law which retroacts, by way of criminal punishment, upon that which was not a crime before its passage, or which raises the grade of an offense, or renders an act punishable in a more severe manner that it was when committed. Ex post facto laws are held to be contrary to the fundamental principles of a free government, and the States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States.
Burrill. Kent.
Expostulate
Ex*pos"tu*late (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expostulated(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L. expostulatus, p.p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.] To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
Jowett (Thuc. ).
Syn. -- To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
Expostulate
Ex*pos"tu*late, v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is.
Shak.
Expostulation
Ex*pos`tu*la"tion (?), n. [L. expostulatio.] The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
We must use expostulation kindly.
Shak.
Expostulator
Ex*pos"tu*la`tor (?;135), n. One who expostulates.
Lamb.
Expostulatory
Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry (?), a. Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.
Exposture
Ex*pos"ture (?;135), n. [Cf. Imposture.] Exposure. [Obs.]
Shak.
Exposure
Ex*po"sure (?;135), n. [From Expose.] 1. The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe.
Macaulay.
2. The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold to inconvenience.
When we have our naked frailties hid,
That suffer in exposure.
Shak.
3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. Under a southern exposure.
Evelyn.
The best exposure of the two for woodcocks.
Sir. W. Scott.
4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
Expound
Ex*pound" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding.] [OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position.] 1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]
He expounded both his pockets.
Hudibras.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
Expound this matter more fully to me.
Bunyan.
Expounder
Ex*pound"er (?), n. One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
Express
Ex*press" (?), a. [F. expr\'8as, L. expressus, p.p. of exprimere to express; ex. out + premere To press. See Press.] 1. Exactly representing; exact.
Their human countenance
The express resemblance of the gods.
Milton.
2. Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.
I have express commandment.
Shak.
3. Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.
A messenger sent express from the other world.
Atterbury.
Express color. (Law) See the Note under Color, n., 8.
Syn. -- Explicit; clear; unambiguous. See Explicit.
Express
Ex*press", n. [Cf. F. expr\'8as a messenger.] 1. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. [Obs.]
The only remanent express of Christ's sacrifice on earth.
Jer. Taylor.
2. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.
3. An express office.
She charged him . . . to ask at the express if anything came up from town.
E. E. Hale.
4. That which is sent by an express messenger or message. [Obs.]
Eikon Basilike.
Express office, an office where packages for an express are received or delivered.
Express
Ex*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expressed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expressing.] [Cf. OF. espresser, expresser, L. exprimere, expressum. See Express,a.; cf. Sprain.] 1. To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
All the fruits out of which drink is expressed.
Bacon.
And th'idle breath all utterly expressed.
Spenser.
Halters and racks can not express from thee
More than by deeds.
B. Jonson.
2. To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.
Each skillful artist shall express thy form.
E. Smith.
So kids and whelps their sires and dams express.
Dryden.
3. To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
My words express my purpose.
Shak.
They expressed in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality.
Addison.
4. To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.
Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation against me, one evening.
Pope.
5. To denote; to designate.
Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed by their names.
Num. i. 17.
6. To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.
Syn. -- To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.
Expressage
Ex*press"age (?;48), n. The charge for carrying a parcel by express.
Expressible
Ex*press"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. -- Express"i*bly,adv.
Expression
Ex*pres"sion (?), n. [L. expressio. cf. F. expression.] 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy.
Prescott.
3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this.
M. Arnold.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. The expression of an eye."
Tennyson.
It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian.
Prescott.
5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. Beyond expression bright."
Milton.
Expressional
Ex*pres"sion*al (?), a. Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment.
Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
Expressionless
Ex*pres"sion*less, a. Destitute of expression.
Expressive
Ex*press"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
Tickell.
2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them.
Shak.
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke.
Littelton.
-- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.
Expressly
Ex*press"ly, adv. In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3.
I am sent expressly to your lordship.
Shak.
Expressman
Ex*press"man (?), n.; pl. Expressmen (). A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.
W. D. Howells.
Expressness
Ex*press"ness, n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.]
Hammond.
Expressure
Ex*pres"sure (?;135), n. The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.]
An operation more divine
Than breath or pen can give expressure to.
Shak.
Exprobrate
Ex"pro*brate (?), v. t. [L. exprobratus, p.p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act.] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Exprobration
Ex`pro*bra"tion (?), n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]
A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness.
Jer. Taylor.
Exprobrative, Exprobratory
Ex*pro"bra*tive (?), Ex*pro"bra*to*ry (?), a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.]
Sir A. Shirley.
Expropriate
Ex*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.
M. Arnold.
Expropriation
Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
W. Montagu.
The expropriation of bad landlords.
M. Arnold.
Expugn
Ex*pugn" (?), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Expugnable
Ex*pug"nable (?), a. [L. Expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugnded.
Expugnation
Ex`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.]
Sandys.
Expugner
Ex*pugn"er (?), n. One who expugns.
Expulse
Ex*pulse" (?), v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]
If charity be thus excluded and expulsed.
Milton.
Expulser
Ex*puls"er (?), n. An expeller. [Obs.]
Cotgrave.
Expulsion
Ex*pul"sion (?), n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
The expulsion of the Tarquins.
Shak.
2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
Expulsive
Ex*pul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. expulsif.] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
The expulsive power of a new affection.
Chalmers.
Expunction
Ex*punc"tion (?), n. [L. expunctio execution, performance, from expungere. See Expunge.] The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
Milton.
Expunge
Ex*punge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging(?).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.] 1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.
Sandys.
Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
Pope.
Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
Expurgate
Ex"pur*gate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating(?).] [L. expurgatus, p.p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
Expurgation
Ex`pur*ga"tion (?), n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
Milton.
Expurgator
Ex"pur*ga`tor (?; 277), n. One who expurgates or purifies.
Expurgatorial
Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?), a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
Milman.
Expurgatorious
Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous (?), a. Expurgatory. [Obs.] Expurgatorious indexes."
Milton.
Expurgatory
Ex*pur"ga*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. Expurgatory animadversions."
Sir T. Browne.
Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.
Expurge
Ex*purge" (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. espurgier. See Expurgate.] To purge away. [Obs.]
Milton.
Exquire
Ex*quire" (?), v. t. [L. exquirere. See Exquisite.] To search into or out. [Obs.]
Chapman.
Exquisite
Ex"qui*site (?), a. [L. exquisitus, p.p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest.] 1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of reach and exquisite form.
Shak.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough.
Shak.
2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite.
Fuller.
Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.
Exquisite
Ex"qui*site, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
Exquisitely
Ex"qui*site*ly, adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it.
Hawthorne.
Exquisiteness
Ex"qui*site*ness, n. Quality of being exquisite.
Exquisitive
Ex*quis"i*tive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
Exsanguine
Ex*san"guine (?), a. Bloodless. [R.]
Exsanguineous
Ex`san*guin"e*ous (?), a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.
Exsanguinity
Ex`san*guin"i*ty (?), n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.
Dunglison.
Exsanguinous
Ex*san"gui*nous (?), a. See Exsanguious.
Exsanguious
Ex*san"gui*ous (?), a. [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous.] 1. Destitute of blood.
Sir T. Browne.
2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
Exscind
Ex*scind" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.] To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
Barrow.
The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly.
Am. Cyc.
Exscribe
Ex*scribe" (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Exscript
Ex"script (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p.p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Exscriptural
Ex*scrip"tur*al (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
Exscutellate
Ex*scu"tel*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.
Exsect
Ex*sect" (?), v. t. [L. exsectio.] 1. A cutting out or away.
E. Darwin.
2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
Exsert, Exserted
Ex*sert" (?), Ex*sert"ed, a. [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted.
D. H. Barnes.
Exsertile
Ex*sert"ile (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded.
J. Fleming.
Exsiccant
Ex*sic"cant (?), a. [L. exsiccans, p.pr. of exsiccare. See Exsiccate.] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n. (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.
Exsiccate
Ex"sic*cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p.p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
Sir T. Browne.
Exsiccation
Ex`sic*ca"tion (?), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Sir T. Browne.
Exsiccative
Ex*sic"ca*tive (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
Exsiccator
Ex"sic*ca`tor (?), n. (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
Exsiliency
Ex*sil"i*en*cy (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p.pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. [R.]
Latham.
Exsolution
Ex`so*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.]
Richardson (Dict. ).
Exspoliation
Ex*spo`li*a"tion (?), n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See Spoliate.] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.]
Bp. Hall.
Exspuition
Ex`spu*i"tion (?), n. [L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition.] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.]
E. Darwin.
Exsputory
Ex*spu"to*ry (?), a. Spit out, or as if spit out. Exsputory lines."
Cowper.
Exstipulate
Ex*stip"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate.] (Bot.) Having no stipules.
Martyn.
Exstrophy
Ex"stro*phy (?), n. [Gr. to turn inside out; = out + to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
Exsuccous
Ex*suc"cous (?), a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.
Exsuction
Ex*suc"tion (?), n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out.
Exsudation
Ex`su*da"tion (?), n. Exudation.
Exsufflate
Ex`suf*flate" (?), v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate.] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
Exsufflation
Ex`suf*fla"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.]
Bacon.
2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
Exsufflicate
Ex*suf"fli*cate (?), a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]
Such exsufflicate and blown surmises.
Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).
Exsuscitate
Ex*sus"ci*tate (?), v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p.p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See Suscitate.] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.]
Johnson.
Exsuscitation
Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.]
Hallywell.
Extacy
Ex"ta*cy (?), n. See Ecstasy. [Obs.]
Extance
Ex"tance (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p.pr. See Extant.] Outward existence. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Extancy
Ex"tan*cy (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia.] The state of rising above others; a projection.
Evelyn. Boyle.
Extant
Ex"tant (?), a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]
1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums.
Ray.
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
Bentley.
2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
Writings that were extant at that time.
Sir M. Hale.
The extant portraits of this great man.
I. Taylor.
3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Extasy
Ex"ta*sy (?), n. & v. t. See Ecstasy, n. & v. t.
Extatic
Ex*tat"ic (?), a. See Ecstatic, a.
Extemporal
Ex*tem"po*ral (?), a. [L. extemporalis, from ex tempore.] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
-- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Extemporanean
Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*an (?), a. Extemporaneous. [Obs]
Burton.
Extemporaneous
Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [See Extempore.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.
Extemporarily
Ex*tem"po*ra*ri*ly (?), adv. Extemporaneously.
Extemporary
Ex*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. 1. Extemporaneous. In extemporary prayer."
Fuller.
2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] Extemporary habitations."
Maundrell.
Extempore
Ex*tem"po*re (?), adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal.] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a. Done or performed extempore. Extempore dissertation." Addison. Extempore poetry." Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
Extemporiness
Ex*tem"po*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.]
Johnson.
Extemporization
Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion (?), n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
Extemporize
Ex*tem"po*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extemporized(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing(?).] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
Extemporize
Ex*tem"po*rize, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech
Lord Campbell.
Extemporizer
Ex*tem"po*ri`zer (?), n. One who extemporizes.
Extend
Ex*tend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend.] 1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge'.
Locke.
2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
His helpless hand extend.
Dryden.
5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
G. P. Burnham.
7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.
&hand; This is extended type.
Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.
Extendant
Ex*tend"ant (?), a. (Her.) Displaced.
Ogilvie.
Extendedly
Ex*tend"ed*ly (?), adv. In an extended manner.
Extender
Ex*tend"er (?), n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
Extendible
Ex*tend"i*ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.
2. (Law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
Extendlessness
Ex*tend"less*ness, n. Unlimited extension. [Obs.]
An . . . extendlessness of excursions.
Sir. M. Hale.
Extense
Ex*tense" (?), a. [L. extensus, p.p. See Extend, v. t.] Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Men and gods are too extense;
Could you slacken and condense?
Emerson.
Extensibility
Ex*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.
Extensible
Ex*ten"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.] Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. An extensible membrane"
Holder.
Extensibleness
Ex*ten"si*ble*ness, n. Extensibility.
Extensile
Ex*ten"sile (?) a. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.
Owen.
Extension
Ex*ten"sion (?), n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See Extend, v. t.] 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
Sir W. Hamilton.
The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects.
Abp. Thomson.
4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Counter extension. (Surg.) See under Counter. -- Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.
Extensional
Ex*ten"sion*al (?), a. Having great extent.
Extensionist
Ex*ten"sion*ist, n. One who favors or advocates extension.
Extensive
Ex*ten"sive (?), a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer.
Boyle.
Extensively
Ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
Extensiveness
Ex*ten"sive*ness (?), n. The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
Extensometer
Ex`ten*som"e*ter (?), n. [Extension + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.
Extensor
Ex*ten"sor (?), n. [L., one who stretches. See Extend.] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
Extensure
Ex*ten"sure (?), n. Extension. [R.]
Drayton.
Extent
Ex*tent" (?), a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.] Extended. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Extent
Ex*tent", n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.] 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
Life in its large extent is scare a span.
Cotton.
2. Degree; measure; proportion. The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be."
Lubbock.
3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Extenuate
Ex*ten"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extenuated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating(?).] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity.] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail.
Grew.
2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
But fortune there extenuates the crime.
Dryden.
Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality.
I. Taylor.
3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]
Who can extenuate thee?
Milton.
Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.
Extenuate
Ex*ten"u*ate, v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
Burke.
Extenuate
Ex*ten"u*ate (?), a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. [Obs.]
Huloet.
Extenuation
Ex*ten`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation.] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
I. Taylor.
Extenuator
Ex*ten"u*a`tor (?), n. One who extenuates.
Extenuatory
Ex*ten"u*a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating.] Tending to extenuate or palliate.
Croker.
Exterior
Ex*te"ri*or, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. See Ex, and cf. Extreme, Interior.] 1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
Resemble that it was.
Shak.
2. External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained.
Milton.
3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside. -- Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed.
Wilhelm.
See Illust. of Ravelin.
Exterior
Ex*te"ri*or, n. 1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
Exteriority
Ex*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. extériorité.] Surface; superficies; externality.
Exteriorly
Ex*te"ri*or*ly (?), adv. Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.
Shak.
They are exteriorly lifelike.
J. H. Morse.
Exterminate
Ex*ter"mi*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating(?).] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.] 1. To drive out or away; to expel.
They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion.
Barrow.
2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.
To explode and exterminate rank atheism.
Bentley.
3. (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]
Extermination
Ex*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
Exterminator
Ex*ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, exterminates.
Buckle.
Exterminatory
Ex*ter"mi*na*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. Exterminatory war."
Burke.
Extermine
Ex*ter"mine (?), v. t. [F. exterminer.] To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.]
Shak.
Extern
Ex*tern" (?), a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.] External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.]
Shak.
Extern
Ex*tern", n. [Cf. F. externe.] 1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]
External
Ex*ter"nal (?), a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.] 1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
Of all external things, . . .
She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
Milton.
2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
Her virtues graced with external gifts.
Shak.
4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
The external circumstances are greatly different.
Trench.
5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
External
Ex*ter"nal, n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals
South.
God in externals could not place content.
Pope.
Externalism
Ex*ter"nal*ism (?) n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides.
E. Eggleston.
2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Externalistic
Ex*ter`nal*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to externalism
North Am. Rev.
Externality
Ex`ter*nal"i*ty (?), n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.
A. Smith.
Externalize
Ex*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Thought externalizes itself in language.
Soyce.
Externally
Ex*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
Externe
Ex`terne" (?), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
Exterraneous
Ex`ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. exterraneus; es out + terra land.] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Exterritorial
Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. ex + territorial.] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#),adv.<-- = extraterritorial -->
Exterritoriality
Ex*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. 1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
Extersion
Ex*ter"sion (?), n. [L. extergere, extersum, to wipe out; ex out + tergere to wipe or rub off.] The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]
Extill
Ex*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extilled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extilling.] [L. extillare, exstillare; ex out + stillare to drop, stilla drop.] To drop or distill. [Obs.]
Johnson.
Extillation
Ex`til*la"tion (?), n. Distillation. [Obs.]
An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices.
Derham.
Extimulate
Ex*tim"u*late (?), v. t. [L. extimulatus, exstimulatus, p. p. of extimulare, exstimulare, to goad. See Stimulate.] To stimulate. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Extimulation
Ex*tim`u*la"tion (?), n. Stimulation. [Obs.]
Things insipid, and without any extimulation.
Bacon.
Extinct
Ex*tinct" (?), a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct.
Milton.
2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Extinct
Ex*tinct", v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.]
Shak.
Extinction
Ex*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F. extinction.] 1. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
Extine
Ex"tine (?; 104), n. [L. exter on the outside. Cf. Intine.] (bot.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Extinguish
Ex*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished(?); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.] 1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
Prescott.
This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
Blackstone.
2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art.
Shak .
Extinguishable
Ex*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
Extinguisher
Ex*tin"guish*er (?), n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
Extinguishment
Ex*tin"guish*ment (?), n. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Abbott.
Extirp
Ex*tirp" (), v. t. [Cf. F. extirper.] To extirpate. [Obs.]
It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar.
Shak .
Extirpable
Ex*tir"pa*ble (?), a. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.
Evelyn.
Extirpate
Ex"tir*pate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating(?).] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
Extirpation
Ex`tir*pa"tion (?), n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
Extirpative
Ex"tir*pa*tive (?), a. Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.
Cheyne.
Extirpator
Ex"tir*pa`tor (?; 277), n. [L. extirpator, exstirpator: cf. F. extirpateur.] One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Extirpatory
Ex*tir"pa*to*ry (?), a. Extirpative.
Extirper
Ex*tirp"er (?), n. Extirpator. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Extispicious
Ex`ti*spi"cious (?), a. [L. extispicium an inspection of the inwards for divination; extra the entrails + specer to look at.] Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Extogenous
Ex*tog"e*nous (?), a. [L. exter outward + genous.] (Biol.) Exogenous.
Extol
Ex*tol" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extolled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extolling.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See Tollerate, and cf. Flate.] 1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
Where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
Beau. Fl.
2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
Wherein have I so deserved of you,
That you extol me thus?
Shak.
Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See Praise.
Extoller
Ex*tol"ler (?), n.One who extols; one who praises.
Extolment
Ex*tol"ment (?), n. Praise. [Obs.]
Shak.
Extorsive
Ex*tor"sive (?), a. [See Extort.] Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]
Extort
Ex*tort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See Torsion.] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
Extort
Ex*tort", v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Extort
Ex*tort", p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Extorter
Ex*tort"er (?), n. One who practices extortion.
Extortion
Ex*tor"tion (?), n. [F. extorsion.] 1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
2. (Law) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.
Abbott.
3. That which is extorted or exacted by force.
Syn. -- Oppression; rapacity; exaction; overcharge.
Extortionary
Ex*tor"tion*a*ry (?), a. Extortionate.
Extortionate
Ex*tor"tion*ate (?), a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Extortioner
Ex*tor"tion*er (?), n, One who practices extortion.
Extortious
Ex*tor"tious (?), a. Extortionate. [Obs.] Extortious cruelties." Bp. Hall -- Ex*tor"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Extra-
Ex"tra- (?). [L., fr. exter. See Exterior.] A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.
Extra
Ex"tra, a. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. By working extra hours."
H. Spencer.
Extra
Ex"tra (?), n.; pl. Extras (). Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]
Extraarticular
Ex`tra*ar*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.
Extraaxillar, Extraaxillary
Ex`tra*ax"il*lar (?), Ex`tra*ax"il*la*ry (?) a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.
Extrabranchial
Ex`tra*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
Extracapsular
Ex`tra*cap"su*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
Extract
Ex*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat.] 1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Milton.
2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.
3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
Swift.
To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.
Extract
Ex"tract` (?), n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]
6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.]
South.
7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
Tomlins.
Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.
Extractable, Extractible
Ex*tract"a*ble (?), Ex*tract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being extracted.
Extractiform
Ex*tract"i*form (?), a. (Chem.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.
Extraction
Ex*trac"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extraction.]
1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. A family of ancient extraction."
Clarendon.
3. That which is extracted; extract; essence.
They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Milton.
The extraction of roots. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.
Extractive
Ex*tract"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. extractif.]
1. Capable of being extracted. Thirty grains of extractive matter."
Kirwan.
2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
Cairnes.
Extractive
Ex*tract"ive, n. 1. Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
H. N. Martin.
2. (Chem.) (a) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [Obs.] (b) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin |
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