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Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.

2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]

Udall.

Exemplar <Xpage=523>

Ex*em"plar , a. Exemplary. [Obs.]

The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.

Exemplarily <Xpage=523>

Ex"em*pla*ri*ly (?) , adv. In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.

She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.

Some he punisheth exemplarily . Hakewill.

Exemplariness <Xpage=523>

Ex"em*pla*ri*ness , n. The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

Exemplarity <Xpage=523>

Ex`em*plar"i*ty (<?/) , n. [Cf. LL. exemplaritas .] Exemplariness. [R.]

The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.

Exemplary <Xpage=523>

Ex"em*pla*ry (?) , a. [L. exemplaris , fr. exemplar : cf. F. exemplaire . See Exemplar .]

1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary . Bacon.

2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages .

3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing.

Fuller.

Exemplary damages . (Law) See under Damage .

Exemplary <Xpage=523>

Ex"em*pla*ry , n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.]

Donne.

Exemplifiable <Xpage=523>

Ex*em"pli*fi`a*ble (?) , a. That can be exemplified.

Exemplification <Xpage=523>

Ex*em`pli*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. 1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

3. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Exemplifier <Xpage=523>

Ex*em"pli*fi`er (?) , n. One who exemplifies by following a pattern.

Exemplify <Xpage=523>

Ex*em"pli*fy (?) v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exemplified (?) ; p. pr. &. vb. n. Exemplifying .] [L. exemplum example + -fy : cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.] 1. To show or illustrate by example.

He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.

2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.

Holland.

3. To prove or show by an attested copy.

Exempt <Xpage=523>

Ex*empt" (?) , a. [F. exempt , L. exemptus , p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon , Redeem .] 1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.]

Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.

2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.]

Chapman.

3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from ): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.

True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak.

T is laid on all, not any one exempt . Dryden.

Exempt <Xpage=523>

Ex*empt" , n. 1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

Exempt <Xpage=523>

Ex*empt" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exempted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting .] [F. exempter . See Exempt , a. ]

1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.]

Holland.

2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.

Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. Milton.

Exemptible <Xpage=523>

Ex*empt"i*ble (?) , a. That may be exempted.

Exemption <Xpage=523>

Ex*emp"tion (?) , n. [L. exenptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption.] The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.

Exemptitious <Xpage=523>

Ex`emp*ti"tious (?) , a. Separable. [Obs.] " Exemptitious from matter."

Dr. H. More.

Exenterate <Xpage=523>

Ex*en"ter*ate (?) , v. t. [L. exenteratus , p.p. of exenterare ; cf. Gr. <?/; <?/ out + <?/ intestine.] To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes . [R.]

Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.

Exenteration <Xpage=523>

Ex*en`ter*a"tion (?) , n. [LL. exenteratio .] Act of exenterating. [R.]

Exequatur <Xpage=523>

Ex`e*qua"tur (?) , n. [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequi , exsequi , to perform, execute.] 1. A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

2. Official recognition or permission.

Prescott .

Exequial <Xpage=523>

Ex*e"qui*al (?) , a. [L. exequialis , exsequialis , fr. exsequiae exequies.] Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Exequious <Xpage=523>

Ex*e"qui*ous (?) , a. Funereal. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Exequy <Xpage=523>

Ex"e*quy (?) , n. ; pl. Exequies (#) . [L. exequiae , exsequiae , a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques . See Exequte .] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

Exercent <Xpage=523>

Ex*er"cent (?) , a. [L. exercents , -entis , p. pr. of exercere . See Exercise .] Practicing; professional. [Obs.] "Every exercent advocate."

Ayliffe.

Exercisable <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*ci`sa*ble (?) a. That may be exercised, used, or exerted.

Exercise <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*cise (?) , n. [F. exercice , L. exercitium , from exercere , exercitum , to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See Ark .] 1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.

exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson.

O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.

2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise ."

Spenser.

An exercise of the eyes and memory. Locke.

3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise ob horseback .

The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.

4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison.

To draw him from his holy exercise . Shak.

5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ebbs; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises ; musical exercises ; an exercise in composition.

The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. Prescott.

He seems to have taken a degree, and preformed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. Brydges.

6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints , the trial of their fortitude . Milton.

Exercise bone (Med.) , a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.

Exercise <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*cise (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exercised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exercising (?) .] 1. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.

Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. Acts xxiv. 16.

2. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.

About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. Milton.

3. To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain .

Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. Milton.

4. To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.

I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Jer. ix. 24.

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Ezek. xxii. 29.

Exercise <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*cise , v. i. To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement .

I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise . Cowper.

Exerciser <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*ci`ser (?) , n. One who exercises.

Exercisible <Xpage=523>

Ex"er*ci`si*ble (?) , a. Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction .

Exercitation <Xpage=523>

Ex*er`ci*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. exercitatio , fr. exercitare , intense., fr. exercere to exercise: CF. f. exercitation .] exercise; practice; use. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Exergue <Xpage=523>

Ex*ergue" (?) , n. [F.,fr.Gr. <?/ out + <?/ work; lit., out work, i . e ., accessory work. See Work .] (Numis.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.

Fairholt.

Exert <Xpage=523>

Ex*ert" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exerted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting .] [L. exertus , exsertus , p.p. of exerere , exserere , to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series , and cf. Exsert .] 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.]

So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden.

2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.

3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.

When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. South.

To exert one's self , to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.

Exertion <Xpage=523>

Ex*er"tion (?) , n. The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day .

Syn. -- Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt .

Exertive <Xpage=523>

Ex*ert"ive (?) , a. Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.

Exertment <Xpage=523>

Ex*ert"ment (?) , n. Exertion. [R.]

Exesion <Xpage=523>

Ex*e"sion (?) , n. [L. exedere , exesum , to eat up; ex out + edere to eat.] The act of eating out or through. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Exestuate <Xpage=523>

Ex*es"tu*ate (?) , v. i. [L. exaestuatus ,p.p. of exaestuare to boil up. See Estuate .] To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]

Exestuation <Xpage=523>

Ex*es`tu*a"tion (?) , n. [L. exaestuatio .] A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Exeunt <Xpage=523>

Ex"e*unt (?) . [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.] They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet . See 1st Exit .

Exfetation <Xpage=523>

Ex`fe*ta"tion (?) , n [Pref. ex- + fetation .] (Med.) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.

Hoblyn.

Exfoliate <Xpage=523>

Ex*fo"li*ate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exfoliated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating (?) .] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin\'91, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

Exfoliate <Xpage=523>

Ex*fo"li*ate v. t. To remove scales, lamin\'91, or splinters from the surface of.

Exfoliation <Xpage=523>

Ex*fo`li*a"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. exfoliation .] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Exfoliative <Xpage=523>

Ex*fo"li*a"tive (?) , a. [Cf.F. exfoliatif .] Having the power of causing exfoliation. -- n. An exfoliative agent.

Wiseman.

Exhalable <Xpage=523>

Ex*hal"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.

Boyle.

Exhalant <Xpage=523>

Ex*hal"ant (?) , a. [Cf. F. exhalant .] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

Exhalation <Xpage=523>

Ex`ha*la"tion (?) , n. [L. exhalatio : cf. F. exhalaison , exhalation .] 1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.

Ye mists and exhalations , that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.

Exhale <Xpage=523>

Ex*hale" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exaled (?) , p. pr. & vb. n. . Exaling .] [L. exhalare ; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler . Cf. Inhale .] 1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales . Pope.

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth .

Exhale <Xpage=523>

Ex*hale" , v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.

Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.

Exhalement <Xpage=523>

Ex*hale"ment (?) , n. Exhalation. [Obs.]

Exhalence <Xpage=523>

Ex*hal"ence (?) , n. Exhalation. [R.]

Exhaust <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exhausted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting .] [L. exhaustus , p.p. of exhaurire ; ex out + haurire , haustum , to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]

1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury .

3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources .

A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. Motley.

4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject .

5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether .

Exhausted receiver . (Physics) See under Receiver .

Syn. -- To spend; consume; tire out; weary.

Exhaust <Xpage=523>

Ex*haust" , a. [L. exhaustus , p.p.] 1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.