Chapter 105

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.

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

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

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.

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.]

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

||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.

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

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 laminæ, 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.

Ex*fo"li*ate v. t. To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

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

Their inspiration exhaled in elegies.

Prescott.

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

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

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.

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.

Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. -- Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. -- Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. -- Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. -- Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.

Ex*haust", n. (Steam Engine) 1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Ex*haust"er (?) n. One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being exhausted.

I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations.

J. S. Mill.

Ex*haust"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

Ex*haust"ing, a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- Ex*haust"ing, adv.

Ex*haus"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.] 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.

The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.

Ex*haust"ive (?), a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.

Ex*haust"less, a. Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

Ex*haust"ment (?), n. Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

Ex*haus"ture (?), n. Exhaustion. Wraxall.

||Ex"he*dra (?), n. [NL.] See Exedra.

Ex*her"e*date (?), v. t. [L., exheredatus, p. p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres, heredis, heir.] To disinherit. [R.] Huloet.

Ex*her`e*da"tion (?), n. [L., exheredatio: cf. F. exhérédation.] A disinheriting; disherison. [R.]

Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. exhereditare, exhereditatum, disinherit.] A disinheriting; disherison. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Ex*hib"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.] 1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.

Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body.

Pope.

2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.

He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl.

Clarendon.

3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.

To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. -- To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]

Ex*hib"it, n. 1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Ex*hib"it*er (?), n. [Cf. Exhibitor.] One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill. Shak.

Ex`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.] 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.

Shak.

I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests.

Tyndale.

4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

Ex`hi*bi"tion*er (?), n. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital.

G. Eliot.

Ex*hib"it*ive (?), a. Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris.

-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv.

Ex*hib"it*or (?), n. [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.] One who exhibits.

Ex*hib"it*o*ry (?), a. [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.] Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.

Ex*hil"a*rant (?), a. [L. exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.] Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n. That which exhilarates.

Ex*hil"a*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i. To become joyous. [R.] Bacon.

Ex*hil"a*ra`ting (?), a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

Ex*hil`a*ra"tion (?), n. [L., exhilaratio.] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.

Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Ex*hort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

Examples gross as earth exhort me.

Shak.

Let me exhort you to take care of yourself.

J. D. Forbes.

Ex*hort", v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.

With many other words did he testify and exhort.

Acts ii. 40.

Ex*hort", n. Exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.

Ex`hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.] 1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

I'll end my exhortation after dinner.

Shak.

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Ex*hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

Ex*hor"ta*to*ry (?) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

Ex*hort"er (?), n. One who exhorts or incites.

Ex*hu"ma*ted (?), a. Disinterred. [Obs.]

Ex`hu*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Ex*hume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed (?) p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Ex"ic*cate (?), v. t. See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.

Ex`ic*ca"tion (?), n. See Exsiccation. [Obs.]

Ex"i*gence (?), n. [F.] Exigency. Hooker.

Ex"i*gen*cy (?), n.; pl. Exigencies (#). [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.

Syn. -- Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

Ex`i*gen"da*ry (?), n. See Exigenter.

Ex`i*gent, a. [L. exigens, - entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

Ex"i*gent, n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]

Why do you cross me in this exigent?

Shak.

2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

Ex"i*gent*er (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents. The office is now abolished. Cowell.

Ex"i*gi*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.] That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

Ex`i*gu"i*ty (?), n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

Ex*ig"u*ous (?), a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." Carlyle. -- Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]

Ex"ile (?), n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.] 1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

Let them be recalled from their exile.

Shak.

2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.

Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay.

Shak.

Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Ex"ile (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson.

Calling home our exiled friends abroad.

Shak.

Syn. -- See Banish.

Ex*ile" (?), a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.

Ex"ile*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. exilement.] Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.

Ex*il"ic (?), a. Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon. Encyc. Dict.

Ex`i*li"tion (?), n. [L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap.] A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex*il"ity (?), n. [L. exilitas: cf. F. exilité. See Exile, a.] Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.] Paley.

Ex*im"ious (?) a. [L. eximius taken out, i. e. select, fr. eximere to take out. See Exempt.] Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]

The eximious and arcane science of physic.

Fuller.

Ex*in"a*nite (?), v. t. [L. exinanitus, p. p. of exinanire; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis, empty.] To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Ex*in`a*ni"tion (?) n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.]

Fastings to the exinanition of spirits.

Jer. Taylor.

Ex*ist" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See Stand.] 1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist.

Swift.

To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity.

South.

2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.

3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist in water, nor fishes on land.

Syn. -- See Be.

Ex*ist"ence (?), n. [Cf. F. existence.] 1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.

The main object of our existence.

Lubbock.

2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.

The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it.

J. S. Mill.

3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Ex*ist"en*cy (?), n. Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Ex*ist"ent (?), a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent.

Dryden.

Ex`is*ten"tial (?), a. Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. -- Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic]

Existentially as well as essentially intelligent.

Colerige.

Ex*ist"er (?), n. One who exists.

Ex*ist"i*ble (?), a. Capable of existence. Grew.

Ex*is`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.

||Ex"it (?). [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.

Ex"it, n. [See 1st Exit.] 1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.

They have their exits and their entrances.

Shak.

2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.

Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.

Cowper.

3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.

Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits.

Woodward.

{ Ex*i"tial (?), Ex*i"tious (?), } a. [L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitium a going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr. exire to go out: cf. F. exitial.] Destructive; fatal. [Obs.] "Exitial fevers." Harvey.

Ex"o- (?). [Gr. &?; out of, outside, fr. &?; out. See Ex-.] A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.

{ Ex`o*car"di*ac (?), Ex`o*car"di*al (?), } a. [Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart.] (Anat.) Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.

Ex"o*carp (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. &?; fruit.] (Bot.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

Ex`oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Pref. ex- + occipital.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. -- n. The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.

||Ex`o*ce"tus (? or ?), ||Ex`ocœ"tus, n. [NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. 'exw`koitos, lit., sleeping out; 'e`xw outside of + koi`th bed.] (Zoöl) A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

Ex*oc"u*late (?), v. t. [L. exoculatus, p. p. of exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye.] To deprive of eyes. [R.] W. C. Hazlitt.

Ex"ode (?) n. [L. exodium, Gr. &?; (sc. &?; song) fr. &?; belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. &?;: cf. F. exode. See Exodus.] 1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.

2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.

3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

Ex*od"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; belonging to departure. See Exodus.] (Physiol.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

||Ex*o"di*um (?), n. [L.] See Exode.

Ex"o*dus (?), n. [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. &?; a going or marching out; &?; out + &?; way, cf. Skr. -sad to approach.] 1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

Ex"o*dy (?), n. Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]

The time of the Jewish exody.

Sir M. Hale.

Ex`-of*fi"cial (?), a. Proceeding from office or authority.

||Ex` of*fi"ci*o (?); pl. Ex officiis (#). [L.] From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

Ex*og"a*mous (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. &?; marriage.] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

Ex*og"a*my (?), n. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Ex"o*gen (?), n. [Exo- + - gen: cf. F. exogène.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

Ex`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous.

Ex*og"e*nous (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

2. (Biol.) Growing by addition to the exterior.

3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen.

Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.

||Ex`o*gy"ra (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; out, outside + &?; circle.] (Paleon.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Ex"o*lete (?), a. [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.] Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]

Ex`o*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exolutio a release. See Exolve.] See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex*olve" (?), v. t. [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere.] To loose; to pay. [Obs.]

Ex"on (?), n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

Ex"on, n. [F. expect an under officer.] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

Ex*on"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating (?).] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.] 1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]

All exonerate themselves into one common duct.

Ray.

2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.

3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

Syn. -- To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.