Chapter 549

He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay.

Exactor <Xpage=<-- p. 518 bad typing! -->>

Ex*act"or (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. exacteur .] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.

Jer. Taylor.

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Exactress <Xpage=519>

Ex*act"ress (?) , n. [Cf. L. exactrix .] A woman who is an exactor. [R.]

B. Jonson.

Exacuate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ac"u*ate (?) , v. t. [L. exacure ; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson . -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion (#) , n. [Obs.]

Ex\'91resis <Xpage=519>

Ex*\'91r"e*sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr.<?/ a taking away.] (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Exaggerate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exaggerated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus , p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest . ]

1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]."

Sir M. Hale.

2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.

Exaggerated <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*a`ted (?) , a. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly , adv.

Exaggerating <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*a`ting (?) a. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly , adv.

Exaggeration <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag`ger*a"tion (?) , n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag\'82ration .]

1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] " Exaggeration of sand."

Sir M. Hale.

2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.

3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Exaggerative <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*a*tive (?) , a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. " Exaggerative language." Geddes . " Exaggerative pictures."

W. J. Linton.

-- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly , adv. Carlyle.

Exaggerator <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*a`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration.

L. Horner.

Exaggeratory <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"ger*a*to*ry (?) , a. Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative.

Johnson.

Exagitate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag"i*tate (?) , v. t. [L. exagitatus , p. p. of exagitare . See Ex- , and Agitate .] 1. To stir up; to agitate. [Obs.]

Arbuthnot.

2. To satirize; to censure severely. [Obs.]

Hooker.

Exagitation <Xpage=519>

Ex*ag`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. exagitatio : cf. OF. exagitation .] Agitation. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Exalbuminous <Xpage=519>

Ex`al*bu"mi*nous (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + albumen .] (Bot.) Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.

Exalt <Xpage=519>

Ex*alt" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exalted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting .] [L. exaltare ; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter . See Altitude .]

1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13.

Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency .

Righteousness exalteth a nation. Prov. xiv. 34.

He that humbleth himself shall be exalted . Luke xiv. 11.

3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. " Exalt ye the Lord."

Ps. xcix. 5.

In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.

4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.

They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted . Dryden.

5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.

Is. xxxvii. 23.

Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.

6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies .

With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope.

Exaltate <Xpage=519>

Ex"al*tate (?) , a. [L. exaltatus , p. p. of exaltare to exalt.] (Astrol.) Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Exaltation <Xpage=519>

Ex`al*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. exaltatio : cf. F. exaltation .]

1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation . Milton.

2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Exalted <Xpage=519>

Ex*alt"ed (?) , a. Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.

Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind. Milton.

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. Ames.

-- Ex*alt"ed*ly , adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness , n. "The exaltedness of some minds."

T. Gray.

Exalter <Xpage=519>

Ex*alt"er (?) , n. One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Exaltment <Xpage=519>

Ex*alt"ment (?) , n. Exaltation. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Examen <Xpage=519>

Ex*a"men (?) , n. [L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen , fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen . See Exact , a. ] Examination; inquiry. [R.] "A critical examen of the two pieces."

Cowper.

Exametron <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"e*tron (?) , n. [NL. See Hexameter .] An hexameter. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Examinable <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"i*na*ble (?) , a. Capable of being examined or inquired into.

Bacon.

Examinant <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"i*nant (?) , n. [L. examinans , -antis , examining.]

1. One who examines; an examiner.

Sir W. Scott.

2. One who is to be examined. [Obs.]

H. Prideaux.

Examinate <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"i*nate (?) , n. [L. examinatus , p. p. of examinare . See Examine . ] A person subjected to examination. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Examination <Xpage=519>

Ex*am`i*na"tion (?) , n. [L. examinatio : cf. F. examination .] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry .

He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations . Macaulay.

Examination in chief , &or; Direct examination (Law) , that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. -- Cross-examination , that made by the opposite party. -- Re\'89xamination , &or; Re-direct examination , that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination.

Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

Examinator <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"i*na`tor (#) , n. [L.: cf. F. examinateur .] An examiner. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Examine <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"ine (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Examined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Examining .] [L. examinare , examinatum , fr. examen , examinis : cf. F. examiner . See Examen .]

1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.

Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer.

Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak.

2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.

The offenders that are to be examined . Shak.

Syn. -- To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss .

Examinee <Xpage=519>

Ex*am`i*nee" (?) , n. A person examined.

Examiner <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"in*er (?) , n. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

Examinership <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"in*er*ship , n. The office or rank of an examiner.

Examining <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"in*ing , a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee .

Examplary <Xpage=519>

Ex"am*pla*ry (?) , a. [From Example , cf. Exemplary .] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.]

Hooker.

Example <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"ple (?) , n. [A later form for ensample , fr. L. exemplum , orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample , from eximere to take out. See Exempt , and cf. Ensample , Sample .] 1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

For I have given you an example , that ye should do as <?/ have done to you. John xiii. 15.

I gave, thou sayest, the example ; I led the way. Milton.

3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example . Shak.

4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Hang him; he'll be made an example . Shak.

Now these things were our examples , to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6.

5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples .

Syn. -- Precedent; case; instance. -- Example , Instance . The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give "instances" or "examples" of things done. An instance denotes the single case then "standing" before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word "example" should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example , because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which "stands before us." See Precedent .

Example <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"ple , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exampled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling (?) .] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my digression by some mighty precedent."

Shak.

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled , and has never been surpassed. J. Morley.

Exampleless <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"ple*less (?) , a. Without or above example. [R.]

Exampler <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"pler (?) , n. [See Exemplar , Example , and cf. Sampler .] A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]

Exampless <Xpage=519>

Ex*am"pless (?) , a. Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.]

B. Jonson.

Exanguious <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"gui*ous (?) , a. Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious .

Sir T. Browne.

Exangulous <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"gu*lous (?) , a. [Pref ex- + angulous .] Having no corners; without angles. [R.]

Exanimate <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"i*mate (?) , a. [L. exanimatus , p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.] 1. Lifeless; dead. [R.] "Carcasses exanimate ."

Spenser.

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love."

Thomson.

Exanimate <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"i*mate (?) , v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]

Exanimation <Xpage=519>

Ex*an`i*ma"tion (?) , n. [L. exanimatio .] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.]

Bailey.

Exanimous <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"i*mous (?) , a. [L. exanimus , exanimis ; ex out, without + anima life.] Lifeless; dead. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Exannulate <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"nu*late (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + annulate .] (Bot.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

Exanthem <Xpage=519>

Ex*an"them (?) , n. Same as Exanthema .

Exanthema <Xpage=519>

Ex`an*the"ma (?) , n. ; pl. Exanthemata (#) . [L., fr. Gr.<?/, fr.<?/ to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; <?/, <?/, out + <?/ to bloom, <?/ flower: cf. F. exanth\'8ame .] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.

Dunglison.

Exanthematic, Exanthematous <Xpage=519>

Ex*an`the*mat"ic (?) , Ex`an*them"a*tous (?) , a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption .

Exanthesis <Xpage=519>

Ex`an*the"sis (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ . See Exanthema . ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

Exantlate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ant"late (?) , v. t. [L. exantlatus , p. p. of exantlare , exanclare , to endure.] To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated ."

Boyle.

Exantlation <Xpage=519>

Ex`ant*la"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. exantlation .] Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Exarate <Xpage=519>

Ex"a*rate (?) , v. t. [L. exaratus , p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.] To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.]

Blount.

Exaration <Xpage=519>

Ex`a*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. exaratio .] Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Exarch <Xpage=519>

Ex"arch (?) , n. [L. exarchus , Gr. <?/ <?/ commander; <?/,<?/, out + <?/ to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque .] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Exarchate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ar"chate (?) , n. [LL. exarchatus , fr. L. exarchus : cf. F. exarchat .] The office or the province of an exarch.

Jer. Taylor.

Exarillate <Xpage=519>

Ex*ar"il*late (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + arillate .] (Bot.) Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Exarticulate <Xpage=519>

Ex`ar*tic"u*late (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + articulate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Exarticulation <Xpage=519>

Ex`ar*tic`u*la"tion (?) , n. [Pref. ex- + articulation .] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.

Bailey.

Exasperate <Xpage=519>

Ex*as"per*ate (?) , a. [L. exasperatus , p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity .] Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.]

Shak.

Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.

Exasperate <Xpage=519>

Ex*as"per*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exsasperated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating (?) .]

1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings .

To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity .