EXHAUSTING
EXHAUST'ING, participle present tense Drawing out; draining off; emptying; using or expending the whole; consuming.1. Tending to exhaust; as exhausting labor.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXHAUSTION
EXHAUST'ION, noun The act of drawing out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.1. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived ...
EXHAUSTLESS
EXHAUST'LESS, adjective Not to be exhausted; not to be wholly drawn off or emptied; inexhaustible; as an exhaustless fund or store.
EXHAUSTMENT
EXHAUST'MENT, noun Exhaustion; drain.
EXHEREDATE
EXHER'EDATE, verb transitive [infra.] To disinherit.
EXHEREDATION
EXHEREDA'TION, noun [Latin exhoeredatio, exhoeredo; ex and hoeres, an heir.]In the civil law, a disinheriting; a father's excluding a child from inheriting any part of his estate.
EXHIBIT
EXHIBIT, verb transitive egzhib'it. [Latin e xhibeo; ex and habeo, to have or hold, as we say, to hold out or forth.]1. To offer or present to view; to present for inspection; t...
EXHIBITED
EXHIB'ITED, participle passive Offered to view; presented for inspection; shown; displayed.
EXHIBITER
EXHIB'ITER, noun One who exhibits; one who presents a petition or charge.
EXHIBITING
EXHIB'ITING, participle present tense Offering to view; presenting; showing; displaying.
EXHIBITION
EXHIBI'TION, noun [Latin exhibitio.] The act of exhibiting for inspection; a showing or presenting to view; display.1. The offering, producing or showing of titles, authorities ...
EXHIBITIONER
EXHIBI'TIONER, noun In English universities; one who has a pension or allowance, granted for the encouragement of learning.
EXHIBITIVE
EXHIB'ITIVE, adjective Serving for exhibition; representative.
EXHIBITIVELY
EXHIB'ITIVELY, adverb By representation.
EXHIBITORY
EXHIB'ITORY, adjective Exhibiting; showing; displaying.
EXHILARATE
EXHIL'ARATE, verb transitive egzhil'arate. [Latin exhilaro; ex and hilaro, to make merry, hilaris, merry, jovial.]To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; ...
EXHILARATED
EXHIL'ARATED, participle passive Enlivened; animated;; cheered; gladdened; made joyous or jovial.
EXHILARATING
EXHIL'ARATING, participle present tense Enlivening; giving life and vigor to the spirits; cheering; gladdening.
EXHILARATION
EXHILARA'TION, noun The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful.1. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. exhilaration usually expresses less than j...
EXHORT
EXHORT', verb transitive egzhort'. [Latin exhortor; ex and hortor, to encourage, to embolden, to cheer, to advise. The primary sense seems to be to excite or to give strength, s...
EXHORTATION
EXHORTA'TION, noun The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.1. The form of words intended to inci...
EXHORTATIVE
EXHORT'ATIVE, adjective Containing exhortation.
EXHORTATORY
EXHORT'ATORY, adjective Tending to exhort; serving for exhortation.
EXHORTED
EXHORT'ED, participle passive Incited by words to good deeds; animated to a laudable course of conduct; advised.
EXHORTER
EXHORT'ER, noun One who exhorts or encourages.
EXHORTING
EXHORT'ING, participle present tense Inciting to good deeds by words or arguments; encouraging; counseling.
EXHUMATION
EXHUMA'TION, noun [Latin ex and humus, ground.]1. The digging up a dead body interred; the disinterring of a corpse.2. The digging up of any thing buried.