EXTOLLER
EXTOL'LER, noun One who praises or magnifies; a praiser or magnifier.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXTOLLING
EXTOL'LING, participle present tense Praising; exalting by praise or commendation; magnifying.
EXTORSIVE
EXTORS'IVE, adjective [See Extort.] Serving to extort; tending to draw from by compulsion.
EXTORSIVELY
EXTORS'IVELY, adverb In an extorsive manner; by extortion.
EXTORT
EXTORT', verb transitive [Latin extortus, from extorqueo, to wrest from; ex and torqueo, to twist.]1. To draw from by force or compulsion; to wrest or wring from by physical for...
EXTORTED
EXTORT'ED, participle passive Drawn from by compulsion; wrested from.
EXTORTER
EXTORT'ER, noun One who extorts, or practices extortion.
EXTORTING
EXTORT'ING, participle present tense Wresting from by force or undue exercise of power.
EXTORTION
EXTOR'TION, noun The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting any thing from a person by force, duress, menaces, authority, or by any undue exercise of power; illegal e...
EXTORTIONER
EXTOR'TIONER, noun One who practices extortion.Extortioners shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:10.
EXTORTIOUS
EXTOR'TIOUS, adjective Oppressive; violent; unjust.
EXTRA
EXTRA, A Latin preposition, denoting beyond or excess; as extra-work, extra-pay, work or pay beyond what is usual or agreed on.
EXTRA-DOTAL
EXTRA-DOTAL, adjective Not belonging to dower paraphernal.
EXTRACT
EXTRACT', verb transitive [Latin extractus, from extraho; ex and traho, to draw.]1. To draw out; as, to extract a tooth.2. To draw out, as the juices or essence of a substance, ...
EXTRACTED
EXTRACT'ED, participle passive Drawn or taken out.
EXTRACTING
EXTRACT'ING, participle present tense Drawing or taking out.
EXTRACTION
EXTRAC'TION, noun [Latin extractio.] The act of drawing out; as the extraction of a tooth; the extraction of a bone or an arrow from the body; the extraction of a fetus or child...
EXTRACTIVE
EXTRACT'IVE, adjective That may be extracted.EXTRACT'IVE, noun The proximate principle of vegetable extracts.
EXTRACTOR
EXTRACT'OR, noun In midwifery, a forceps or instrument for extracting children.
EXTRAFOLIACEOUS
EXTRAFOLIA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin extra, on the outside, and folium, a leaf.]In botany, growing on the outside of a leaf; as extrafoliaceous stipules.
EXTRAGENEOUS
EXTRAGE'NEOUS, adjective [Latin extra and genus, kind.] Belonging to another kind.
EXTRAJUDICIAL
EXTRAJUDI'CIAL, adjective [extra, without, and judicial.]of the proper court, or the ordinary course of legal procedures.
EXTRAJUDICIALLY
EXTRAJUDI'CIALLY, adverb In a manner out of the ordinary course of legal proceedings.
EXTRALIMITARY
EXTRALIM'ITARY, adjective [extra and limit.] Being beyond the limit or bounds; as extralimitary land.
EXTRAMISSION
EXTRAMIS'SION, noun [Latin extra and mitto, to send.]A sending out; emission.
EXTRAMUNDANE
EXTRAMUN'DANE, adjective [Latin extra and mundus, the world.]Beyond the limit of the material world.
EXTRANEOUS
EXTRA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin extraneus.] Foreign; not belonging to a thing; existing without; not intrinsic; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.Relation is not contain...