The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 559
Ex"pi*a*to*ry (?) , a. [L. expiatorius : cf. F. expiatoire .] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice .
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Ex`pi*la"tion (?) , n. [L. expiatio .] The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.]
This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel.
Expilator <Xpage=528>
Ex"pi*la`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Expirable <Xpage=528>
Ex*pir"a*ble (?) , a. That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
Expirant <Xpage=528>
Ex*pir"ant (?) , n. One who expires or is expiring.
Expiration <Xpage=528>
Ex`pi*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. expiratio , exspiratio : cf. F. expiration . See Expire .] 1. The act of expiring ; as: (a) (Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration ; -- opposed to inspiration . (b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth. Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death . "The groan of expiration ."
Rambler.
(d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end .
Before the expiration of thy time. Shak.
2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration . G. Sharp.
Expiratory <Xpage=528>
Ex*pir"a*to*ry (?) , a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles .
Expire <Xpage=528>
Ex*pire" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expired (?) ; p. pr & vb. n. Expiring .] [L. expirare , exspirare , expiratum , exspiratum ; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer . See Spirit .] 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire .
Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey.
This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire . Dryden.
2. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon.
3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.]
Dryden.
4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]
Expire the term Of a despised life. Shak.
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Ex*pire" , v. i. 1. To emit the breath.
2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired ; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.]
"The ponderous ball expires ." Dryden.
Expiring <Xpage=528>
Ex*pir"ing (?) , a. 1. Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
2. Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
Expiry <Xpage=528>
Ex"pi*ry (?) , n. Expiration.
He had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb.
The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. J. Morley.
Expiscate <Xpage=528>
Ex*pis"cate (?) , v. t. [L. expiscatus , p.p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+ piscari to fish, piscis fish.] To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.]
Nichol.
Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander.
Expiscation <Xpage=528>
Ex`pis*ca"tion (?) , n. The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.]
Chapman.
Expiscatory <Xpage=528>
Ex*pis"ca*to*ry (?) , a. Tending to fish out; searching out [R.]
Carlyle.
Explain <Xpage=528>
Ex*plain" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Explained (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining .] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+ plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner , explaner . See Plain , a. , and cf. Esplanade .] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.
2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible .
Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. Gay.
To explain away , to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite " away ."
Pope.
Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
Explain <Xpage=528>
Ex*plain" , v. i. To give an explanation.
Explainable <Xpage=528>
Ex*plain"a*ble (?) , a. [L. explainabilis .] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted.
Sir. T. Browne.
Explainer <Xpage=528>
Ex*plain"er (?) , n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
Explanate <Xpage=528>
Ex"pla*nate , a. [L. explanatus , p.p. of explanare . See Explain .] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.
Explanation <Xpage=528>
Ex`pla*na"tion (?) , n. [L. explanatio : cf. OF. esplanation .] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty .
2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation .
3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; inerpretation; sense.
Different explanations [of the Trinity]. Bp. Burnet.
4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation .
Syn. -- Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See Definition .
Explanative <Xpage=528>
Ex*plan"a*tive (?) , a. Explanatory.
Explanatoriness <Xpage=528>
Ex*plan"a*to*ri*ness (?) , n. The quality of being explanatory.
Explanatory <Xpage=528>
Ex*plan"a*to*ry (?) , a. [L. explanatorius .] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.
Swift.
Explat, Explate <Xpage=528>
Ex*plat" (?) , Ex*plate" (?) , v. t. [Pref. ex-+plat or plait .] To explain; to unfold. [Obs.]
Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. B. Jonson.
Expletion <Xpage=528>
Ex*ple"tion (?) , n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See Expletive .] Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.]
Killingbeck.
Expletive <Xpage=528>
Ex"ple*tive (?) , a. [L. expletivus , from expletus , p.p. of explere to fill up; ex out+ plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. expl\'82tif . See Full .] Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. " Expletive imagery."
Hallam.
Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.
Expletive <Xpage=528>
Ex"ple*tive , n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope.
Expletively <Xpage=528>
Ex"ple*tive*ly , adv. In the manner of an expletive.
Expletory <Xpage=528>
Ex"ple*to*ry (?) , a. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word .
Bp. Burnet.
Explicable <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*ca*ble (?) , a. [L. explicabilis : cf. F. explicable .] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke.
Explicableness <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*ca*ble*ness , n. Quality of being explicable.
Explicate <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*cate (?) , a. [L. explicatus , p.p. of explicare .] Evolved; unfolded.
Jer. Taylor.
Explicate <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*cate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Explicated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating (?) .] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves."
Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated . Dryden.
Explication <Xpage=528>
Ex`pli*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. explicatio : cf. F. explication .] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
The explication of our Savior's parables. Atterbury.
2. The sense given by an expositor.
Bp. Burnet.
Explicative <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*ca*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. explicatif .] Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Explicator <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*ca`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
Explicatory <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*ca`to*ry (?) , a. Explicative.
Barrow.
Explicit <Xpage=528>
Ex"pli*cit (?) . [LL., an abbreviation of explicitus ( est liber ) the book (which anciently was a roll of parchment) is unfolded (and, of course, "finished"). See Explicit , a. ] A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Explicit <Xpage=528>
Ex*plic"it (?) , a. [L. explicitus ; p.p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite . See Explicate , Exploit .] 1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration .
The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. Bancroft.
2. Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement .
Explicit function . (Math.) See under Function .
Syn. -- Express; clear; plain; open; unreserved; unambiguous. -- Explicit , Express . Explicit denotes a setting forth in the plainest, language, so that the meaning can not be misunderstood; as, an explicit promise. Express is stronger than explicit : it adds force to clearness. An express promise or engagement is not only unambiguous, but stands out in bold relief, with the most binding hold on the conscience. An explicit statement; a clear and explicit notion; explicit direction; no words can be more explicit . An explicit command; an express prohibition. "An express declaration goes forcibly and directly to the point. An explicit declaration leaves nothing ambiguous."
C. J. Smith.
Explicitly <Xpage=528>
Ex*plic"it*ly (?) , adv. In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention .
Explicitness <Xpage=528>
Ex*plic"it*ness , n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness.
Jer. Taylor.
Explode <Xpage=528>
Ex*plode" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exploded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploding .] [L. explodere , explosum , to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+ plaudere , plodere , to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder . See Plausible .] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes .
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded .
Explode <Xpage=528>
Ex*plode" , v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play . [Obs.]
Him old and young Exploded , and seized with violent hands. Milton.
2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine .
Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke.
To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently.
3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire .
4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore.
Explodent <Xpage=528>
Ex*plod"ent (?) , n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
2. See Explosive , n. , 2 .
Exploder <Xpage=528>
Ex*plod"er (?) , n. 1. One who or that which explodes.
2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
South.
Exploit <Xpage=528>
Ex*ploit" (?) , n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit , espleit ,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum , prop. p.p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex+plicare to fold. See Ply , and cf. Explicit , Explicate .] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great .
Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.
2. Combat; war. [Obs.]
He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland.
2. [F. exploiter .] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
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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 employ\'82s or make his capital "out of" anybody else. W. G. Sumner.
Exploitation <Xpage=529>
Ex`ploi*ta"tion (?) , n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing.
J. D. Whitney.
Exploiture <Xpage=529>
Ex*ploi"ture (?; 135) , n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.]
Udall.
2. Exploitation.
Harper's Mag.
Explorable <Xpage=529>
Ex*plor"a*ble (?) , a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region .
Explorate <Xpage=529>
Ex*plo"rate (?) , v. t. [L. explorare , exploratum .] To explore. [Obs.]
Sir. T. Browne.
Exploration <Xpage=529>
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 <Xpage=529>
Ex*plor"a*tive (?) , a. Exploratory.
Explorator <Xpage=529>
Ex"plo*ra`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
Exploratory <Xpage=529>
Ex*plor"a*to*ry (?) , a. [L. exploratorius .] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.
Sir H. Wotton.
Explore <Xpage=529>
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 <Xpage=529>
Ex*plore"ment , n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Explorer <Xpage=529>
Ex*plor"er (?) , n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Eploring <Xpage=529>
Eplor"ing , a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. " Exploring parties."
Bancroft.
Explosion <Xpage=529>
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 <Xpage=529>