EXPLICITLY
EXPLIC'ITLY, adverb Plainly; expressly; without duplicity; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication. He explicitly avows his intention.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXPLICITNESS
EXPLIC'ITNESS, noun Plainness of language or expression; clearness; direct expression of ideas or intention, without reserve or ambiguity.
EXPLODE
EXPLO'DE, verb intransitive [Latin explodo; ex and plaudo, to utter a burst of sound, from the root of loud.]Properly, to burst forth, as sound; to utter a report with sudden vi...
EXPLODED
EXPLO'DED, participle passive Driven away by hisses or noise; rejected with disapprobation or contempt; condemned; cried down.
EXPLODER
EXPLO'DER, noun One who explodes; a hisser; one who rejects.
EXPLODING
EXPLO'DING, participle present tense Bursting and expanding with force and a violent report; rejecting with marks of disapprobation or contempt; rejecting; condemning.
EXPLOIT
EXPLOIT', noun1. A deed or act; more especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; a great or noble achievement; as the exploits of Alexander, of Caesar, of Washington. [Exploitur...
EXPLORATE
EXPLO'RATE, verb transitive To explore. [Not used. See Explore.]
EXPLORATION
EXPLORA'TION, noun [See Explore.] The act of exploring; close search; strict or careful examination.
EXPLORATOR
EXPLORA'TOR, noun One who explores; one who searches or examines closely.
EXPLORATORY
EXPLO'RATORY, adjective Serving to explore; searching; examining.
EXPLORE
EXPLO'RE, verb transitive [Latin exploro; ex and ploro, to cry out, to wail, to bawl. The compound appears to convey a very different sense from the simple verb ploro; but the p...
EXPLORED
EXPLO'RED, participle passive Searched; viewed; examined closely.
EXPLOREMENT
EXPLO'REMENT, noun Search; trial. [Little used.]
EXPLORING
EXPLO'RING, participle present tense Searching; viewing; examining with care.
EXPLOSION
EXPLO'SION, noun s as z. [from explode.]1. A bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid, with force and a loud report; as the explosion of powder.2...
EXPLOSIVE
EXPLO'SIVE, adjective Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as the explosive force of gun-powder.
EXPOLIATION
EXPOLIA'TION, noun [Latin expoliatio.] A spoiling; a wasting. [See Spoliation.]
EXPOLISH
EXPOLISH, for polish, a useless word.
EXPONENT
EXPO'NENT, noun [Latin exponens; expono, to expose or set forth; ex and pono, to place.]1. In algebra, the number or figure which, placed above a root at the right hand, denotes...
EXPONENTIAL
EXPONEN'TIAL, adjectiveexponential curves are such as partake both of the nature of algebraic and transcendental ones. They partake of the former, because they consist of a fini...
EXPORT
EXPO'RT, verb transitive [Latin exporto; ex and porto, to carry. Porto seems allied to fero, and Eng. bear.]To carry out; but appropriately, and perhaps exclusively, to convey o...
EXPORT-TRADE
EX'PORT-TRADE, noun The trade which consists in the exportation of commodities.
EXPORTABLE
EXPO'RTABLE, adjective That may be exported.
EXPORTATION
EXPORTA'TION, noun The act of exporting; the act of conveying goods and productions from one country or state to another in the course of commerce. A country is benefited or enr...
EXPORTED
EXPO'RTED, participle passive Carried out of a country or state in traffic.
EXPORTER
EXPO'RTER, noun The person who exports; the person who ships goods, wares and merchandize of any kind to a foreign country, or who sends them to market in a distant country or s...