Chapter 551

Ex*cep"tion*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel .] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.

Lyell.

This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. )

-- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly (#) , adv.

Exceptioner <Xpage=520>

Ex*cep"tion*er (?) , n. One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.]

Milton.

Exceptionless <Xpage=520>

Ex*cep"tion*less , a. Without exception.

A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.

Exceptious <Xpage=520>

Ex*cep"tious (?) , a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.]

At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious . South.

-- Ex*cep"tious*ness , n. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Exceptive <Xpage=520>

Ex*cept"ive (?) , a. That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition .

I. Watts.

A particular and exceptive law. Milton.

Exceptless <Xpage=520>

Ex*cept"less , a. Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.]

My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.

Exceptor <Xpage=520>

Ex*cept"or (?) , n. [L., a scribe.] One who takes exceptions.

T. Burnet.

Excerebration <Xpage=520>

Ex*cer`e*bra"tion (?) , n. [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.] The act of removing or beating out the brains.

Excerebrose <Xpage=520>

Ex*cer"e*brose` (?) , a. [See Excerebration .] Brainless. [R.]

Excern <Xpage=520>

Ex*cern" (?) , v. t. [L. excernere . See Excrete .] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration . [R.]

Bacon.

Excernent <Xpage=520>

Ex*cern"ent (?) , a. [See Excern .] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

Excerp <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerp" (?) , v. t. [L. excerpere , excerptum ; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest , and cf. Scarce , a. ] To pick out. [Obs.]

Hales.

Excerpt <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerpt" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excerpted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting .] [From L. excerptus , p. p. See Excerp .] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

Excerpt <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerp"t (277) , n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Excerption <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerp"tion (?) , n. [L. excerptio .] 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]

2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.]

His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.

Excerptive <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerp"tive (?) , a. That excerpts, selects, or chooses.

D. L. Mackenzie.

Excerptor <Xpage=520>

Ex*cerp"tor (?) , n. One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.

Excess <Xpage=520>

Ex*cess" (?) , n. [OE. exces , excess , ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere , excessum , to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc\'8as . See Exceed .] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light .

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess . Shak.

That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. Walsh.

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2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess . Eph. v. 18.

Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame . Milton.

3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other .

Spherical excess (Geom.) , the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

Excessive <Xpage=521>

Ex*cess"ive (?) , a. [Cf. F. excessif .] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.

Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak.

Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous

-- Ex*cess*ive*ly , adv. - Ex*cess"ive*ness , n.

Exchange <Xpage=521>

Ex*change" (?) , n. [OE. eschange , eschaunge , OF. eschange , fr. eschangier , F. \'82changer , to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer . See Change , and cf. Excamb .] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain .

2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like ; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views .

3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another.

Shak.

4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange . These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills ; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills . The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange ; as, to buy or sell exchange .

&hand; A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B.

5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.

Blackstone.

6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change .

Arbitration of exchange . See under Arbitration . -- Bill of exchange . See under Bill . -- Exchange broker . See under Broker . -- Par of exchange , the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par . -- Telephone exchange , a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Syn. -- Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

Exchange <Xpage=521>

Ex*change" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exchanged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exchanging (?) .] [Cf.OF. eschangier , F. \'82changer . See Exchange , n. ] 1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.

Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke.

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing <?/ with); as, to exchange a palace for cell .

And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser.

To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak.

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.

Syn. -- To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic.

Exchange <Xpage=521>

Ex*change" , v. i. To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes .

Exchangeability <Xpage=521>

Ex*change`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being exchangeable.

The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.

Exchangeable <Xpage=521>

Ex*change"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf.F. \'82changeable .] 1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.

The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable value."

J. S. Mill.

Exchangeably <Xpage=521>

Ex*change"a*bly , adv. By way of exchange.

Exchanger <Xpage=521>

Ex*chan"ger (?) , n. One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.

Matt.<?/.

Excheat <Xpage=521>

Ex*cheat" (?) , n. See Escheat . [Obs.]

Spenser.

Excheator <Xpage=521>

Ex*cheat"or (?) , n. See Escheator . [Obs.]

Exchequer <Xpage=521>

Ex*cheq"uer (?) , n. [OE. escheker , OF. eichekier , fr. LL. scaccarium . See Checker , Chess , Check .] 1. One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.]

&hand; The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in the common law department, it administered justice in personal actions between subject and subject. A person proceeding against another in the revenue department was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in which the judgments of each of the superior courts of common law, in England, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes involving difficult questions of law were sometimes after argument, adjourned into this court from the other courts, for debate before judgment in the court below. Recent legislation in England (1880) has abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being established for the trial of all classes of civil cases.

Wharton.

2. The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low .

Barons of the exchequer . See under Baron . -- Chancellor of the exchequer . See under Chancellor . -- Exchequer bills &or; bonds (Eng.) , bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.

Exchequer <Xpage=521>

Ex*cheq"uer (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exchequered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exchequering .] To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Excide <Xpage=521>

Ex*cide" (?) , v. t. [L. excidere , excisum ; ex out + caedere to cut. See Concise , and cf. Excise to cut off.] To cut off. [R.]

Excipient <Xpage=521>

Ex*cip"i*ent (?) , a. [L. excipients , -entis , p. pr. of exipere . See Except , v. t. ] Taking an exception.

Excipient <Xpage=521>

Ex*cip"i*ent , n. 1. An exceptor. [R.]

2. (Med.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.

Chambers.

Exciple, Excipulum <Xpage=521>

Ex"ci*ple (?) , Ex*cip"u*lum (?) , n. [NL. excipulum , fr. L. excipere . See Except .] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Excisable <Xpage=521>

Ex*cis"a*ble (?) , a. Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity .

Excise <Xpage=521>

Ex*cise" (?) , n. [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise , fr. F. accise , LL. accisia , as if fr. L. accidere , accisum , to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise , LL. assisa , assisia , assize. See Assize , Concise .]

1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. Abbot.

An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. 11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.

2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]

Excise <Xpage=521>

Ex*cise" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Excising .] 1. To lay or impose an excise upon.

2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]

Excise <Xpage=521>

Ex*cise" , v. t. [See Excide .] To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor .

Exciseman <Xpage=521>

Ex*cise"man (?) , n. ; pl. Excisemen (<?/) . An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.

Macaulay.

Excision <Xpage=521>

Ex*ci"sion (?) , n. [L. excisio : cf. F. excision . See Excide .] 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision . Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Dunglison.

Excitability <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. excitabilit\'82 .] 1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.

2. (Physiol.) The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability .

Excitable <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"a*ble (?) , a. [L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable .] Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

Excitant <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"ant (?) , a. [L. excitans , -antis , p. pr. of excitare : cf. F. excitant .] Tending to excite; exciting.

Excitant <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"ant , n. (Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

Excitate <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"ate (?) , v. t. [L. excitatus , p.p. of excitare . See Excite .] To excite. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Excitation <Xpage=521>

Ex`ci*ta"tion (?) n. [L. excitatio : cf. F. excitation .]

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

Bacon.

2. (Physiol.) The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.

Excitative <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"a*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. excitatif .] Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory.

Barrow.

Excitator <Xpage=521>

Ex"ci*ta`tor (?) , n. [L., one who rouses.] (Elec.) A kind of discarder.

Excitatory <Xpage=521>

Ex*cit"a*to*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. excitatoire .] Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

Excite <Xpage=521>

Ex*cite" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excited ; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting .] [L. excitare ; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter , exciter , F. exciter . See Cite .]

1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Syn. -- To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. -- To Excite , Incite . When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of C\'91sar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.

Exciteful <Xpage=521>

Ex*cite"ful (?) , n. Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players.

Chapman.

Excitement <Xpage=521>

Ex*cite"ment (?) n. [Cf. OF. excitement , escitement .] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people .