Chapter 561

Expressman <Xpage=529>

Ex*press"man (?) , n. ; pl. Expressmen (<?/) . A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.

W. D. Howells.

Expressness <Xpage=529>

Ex*press"ness , n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.]

Hammond.

Expressure <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex`pro*bra"tion (?) , n. [L. exprobration : cf. F. exprobration .] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]

A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Exprobrative, Exprobratory <Xpage=529>

Ex*pro"bra*tive (?) , Ex*pro"bra*to*ry (?) , a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.]

Sir A. Shirley.

Expropriate <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*pug"nable (?) , a. [L. Expugnabilis .] Capable of being expugnded.

Expugnation <Xpage=529>

Ex`pug*na"tion (?) , n. [L. expugnatio .] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.]

Sandys.

Expugner <Xpage=529>

Ex*pugn"er (?) , n. One who expugns.

Expulse <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*puls"er (?) , n. An expeller. [Obs.]

Cotgrave.

Expulsion <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex"pur*ga`tor (?; 277) , n. One who expurgates or purifies.

Expurgatorial <Xpage=529>

Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?) , a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.

Milman.

Expurgatorious <Xpage=529>

Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous (?) , a. Expurgatory. [Obs.] " Expurgatorious indexes."

Milton.

Expurgatory <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*purge" (?) , v. t. [Cf. OF. espurgier . See Expurgate .] To purge away. [Obs.]

Milton.

Exquire <Xpage=529>

Ex*quire" (?) , v. t. [L. exquirere . See Exquisite .] To search into or out. [Obs.]

Chapman.

Exquisite <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex"qui*site*ness , n. Quality of being exquisite.

Exquisitive <Xpage=529>

Ex*quis"i*tive (?) , a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd . -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Sir P. Sidney.

Exsanguine <Xpage=529>

Ex*san"guine (?) , a. Bloodless. [R.]

Exsanguineous <Xpage=529>

Ex`san*guin"e*ous (?) , a. Destitute of blood; an\'91mic; exsanguious.

Exsanguinity <Xpage=529>

Ex`san*guin"i*ty (?) , n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora .

Dunglison.

Exsanguinous <Xpage=529>

Ex*san"gui*nous (?) , a. See Exsanguious .

Exsanguious <Xpage=529>

Ex*san"gui*ous (?) , a. [L. exsanguis ; ex out + sanguis , sanguinis , blood. Cf. Exsanguineous .] 1. Destitute of blood.

Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

Exscind <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*scribe" (?) , v. t. [L. excribere ; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Exscript <Xpage=529>

Ex"script (?) , n. [L. exscriptus , p.p. of exscribere .] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Exscriptural <Xpage=529>

Ex*scrip"tur*al (?; 135) , a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural .] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

Exscutellate <Xpage=529>

Ex*scu"tel*late (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate .] (Zo\'94l.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.

Exsect <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*sert"ile (?) , a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded.

J. Fleming.

Exsiccant <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*sic"ca*tive (?) , a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

Exsiccator <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex`so*lu"tion (?) , n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.]

Richardson (Dict. ).

Exspoliation <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*spu"to*ry (?) , a. Spit out, or as if spit out. " Exsputory lines."

Cowper.

Exstipulate <Xpage=529>

Ex*stip"u*late (?) , a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate .] (Bot.) Having no stipules.

Martyn.

Exstrophy <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*suc"cous (?) , a. [L. exsuccus ; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham .

Exsuction <Xpage=529>

Ex*suc"tion (?) , n. [L. exsugere , exsuctum , to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion .] The act of sucking out.

Exsudation <Xpage=529>

Ex`su*da"tion (?) , n. Exudation.

Exsufflate <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*suf"fli*cate (?) , a. Empty; frivolous. [ A Shakespearean word only once used. ]

Such exsufflicate and blown surmises. Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).

Exsuscitate <Xpage=529>

Ex*sus"ci*tate (?) , v. t. [L. exsuscitatus , p.p. of exsuscitare ; ex out + suscitare . See Suscitate .] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Exsuscitation <Xpage=529>

Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. exsuscitatio .] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.]

Hallywell.

Extacy <Xpage=529>

Ex"ta*cy (?) , n. See Ecstasy . [Obs.]

Extance <Xpage=529>

Ex"tance (?) , n. [L. extantia , exstantia , a standing out, fr. exstans , p.pr. See Extant .] Outward existence. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Extancy <Xpage=529>

Ex"tan*cy (?) , n. [L. extantia , exstantia .] The state of rising above others; a projection.

Evelyn. Boyle.

Extant <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex"ta*sy (?) , n. & v. t. See Ecstasy , n. & v. t.

Extatic <Xpage=529>

Ex*tat"ic (?) , a. See Ecstatic , a.

Extemporal <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem"po*ral (?) , a. [L. extemporalis , from ex tempore .] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

-- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Extemporanean <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*an (?) , a. Extemporaneous. [Obs]

Burton.

Extemporaneous <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem"po*ra*ri*ly (?) , adv. Extemporaneously.

Extemporary <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem"po*ri*ness (?) , n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.]

Johnson.

Extemporization <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion (?) , n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

Extemporize <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

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 <Xpage=529>

Ex*tem"po*ri`zer (?) , n. One who extemporizes.