EXAMINATOR
EXAM'INATOR, noun An examiner. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXAMINE
EXAM'INE, verb transitive egzam'in. [Latin examino, from examen.]1. To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing; as, to examine a ship to kn...
EXAMINED
EXAM'INED, participle passive Inquired into; searched; inspected; interrogated; tried by experiment.
EXAMINER
EXAM'INER, noun One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender.1. In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court...
EXAMINING
EXAM'INING, participle present tense Inspecting carefully; searching or inquiring into; interrogating; trying or assaying by experiment.
EXAMPLARY
EX'AMPLARY, adjective [from example.] Serving for example or pattern; proposed for imitation. [It is now written exemplary.]
EXAMPLE
EXAM'PLE, noun egzam'pl. [Latin e xemplum.]1. A pattern; a copy; a mode; that which is proposed to be imitated. This word, when applied to material things, is now generally writ...
EXAMPLELESS
EXAM'PLELESS, adjective Having no example. [Not used.]
EXAMPLER
EXAM'PLER, noun A pattern; now sample or sampler.
EXANGUIOUS
EXAN'GUIOUS, adjective Having no blood. [Not used. See Exsanguious.]
EXANIMATE
EXAN'IMATE, adjective egzan'imate. [Latin exanimatus, exanimo; ex and anima, life.]Lifeless; spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits.EXAN'IMATE, verb transitive To dishea...
EXANIMATION
EXANIMA'TION, noun Deprivation of life or of spirits. [Little used.]
EXANIMOUS
EXAN'IMOUS, adjective [Latin exanimis; ex and anima, life.]Lifeless; dead. [Little used.]
EXANTHEMA
EXAN'THEMA, nounplural exanthem'ata. [Gr. to blossom; a flower.]Among physicians, eruption; a breaking out; pustules, petechiae, or vibices; any efflorescence on the skin, as in...
EXANTHEMATIC
EXANTHEMAT'ICEXANTHEM'ATOUS, adjective Eruptive; efflorescent; noting morbid redness of the skin. The measles is an exanthematous disease. Tooke uses exanthematic
EXANTHEMATOUS
EXANTHEM'ATOUS, a. Eruptive; efflorescent; noting morbid redness of the skin. The measles is an exanthematous disease. Tooke uses exanthematic.
EXANTLATE
EXANT'LATE, verb transitive [Latin exantlo.] To draw out; to exhaust.[Not used.]
EXANTLATION
EXANTLA'TION, noun The act of drawing out; exhaustion. [Not used.]
EXARATION
EXARA'TION, noun [Latin exaro; ex and aro.] The act of writing. [Not used.]
EXARCH
EX'ARCH, noun [Gr. a chief.] A prefect or governor under the eastern emperors. Also, a deputy or legate in the Greek church.
EXARCHATE
EX'ARCHATE, noun The office, dignity or administration of an exarch.
EXARTICULATION
EXARTICULA'TION, noun [ex and articulation.] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
EXASPERATE
EX'ASPERATE, verb transitive [Latin exaspero, to irritate; ex and aspero, from asper, rough, harsh.]1. To anger; to irritate to a high degree; to provoke to rage; to enrage; to ...
EXASPERATED
EX'ASPERATED, participle passive Highly angered or irritated; provoked; enraged; embittered; increased in violence.
EXASPERATER
EX'ASPERATER, noun One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity or violence.
EXASPERATING
EX'ASPERATING, participle present tense Exciting keen resentment; inflaming anger; irritating; increasing violence.
EXASPERATION
EXASPERA'TION, noun Irritation; the act of exciting violent anger; provocation.1. Extreme degree of anger; violent passion.2. Increase of violence or malignity; exacerbation.