EXPORTING
EXPO'RTING, participle present tense Conveying to a foreign country or to another state, as goods, produce or manufactures.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXPOSAL
EXPO'SAL, noun Exposure. [Not in use.]
EXPOSE
EXPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin expositum, from expono; ex and pono, to place. The radical sense of pono is to set or place, or rather to throw or thrust down. To expose...
EXPOSED
EXPO'SED, participle passive Laid open; laid bare; uncovered; unprotected; made liable to attack; offered for sale; disclosed; made public; offered to view.
EXPOSEDNESS
EXPO'SEDNESS, noun A state of being exposed, open to attack, or unprotected; as an exposedness to sin or temptation.
EXPOSER
EXPO'SER, noun One who exposes.
EXPOSING
EXPO'SING, participle present tense Lying or laying open; making bare; putting in danger; disclosing; placing in any situation without protection; offering to inspection or to s...
EXPOSITION
EXPOSI'TION, noun A laying open; a setting to public view.1. A situation in which a thing is exposed or laid open, or in which it has an unobstructed view, or in which a free pa...
EXPOSITIVE
EXPOS'ITIVE, adjective Explanatory; laying open.
EXPOSITOR
EXPOS'ITOR, noun [Latin] One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.1. A dictionary or vocabulary which explains words.
EXPOSITORY
EXPOS'ITORY, adjective Serving to explain; tending to illustrate.Ex post facto. [Latin] In law, done after another thing. An estate granted may be made good by matter ex post fa...
EXPOSTULATE
EXPOS'TULATE, verb intransitive [Latin expostulo; ex and postulo, to require, probably from the root of posco.]To reason earnestly with a person, on some impropriety of his cond...
EXPOSTULATING
EXPOS'TULATING, participle present tense Reasoning or urging arguments against any improper conduct.
EXPOSTULATION
EXPOSTULA'TION, noun Reasoning with a person in opposition to his conduct; the act of pressing on a person reasons or arguments against the impropriety of his conduct, and in so...
EXPOSTULATOR
EXPOS'TULATOR, noun One who expostulates.
EXPOSTULATORY
EXPOS'TULATORY, adjective Containing expostulation; as an expostulatory address or debate.
EXPOSURE
EXPO'SURE, noun s as z. [from expose.] The act of exposing or laying open.1. The state of being laid open to view, to danger or to any inconvenience; as exposure to observation;...
EXPOUND
EXPOUND', verb transitive [Latin expono; ex and pono, to set.]1. To explain; to lay open the meaning; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of scripture; to...
EXPOUNDED
EXPOUND'ED, participle passive Explained; laid open; interpreted.
EXPOUNDER
EXPOUND'ER, noun An explainer; one who interprets or explains the meaning.
EXPOUNDING
EXPOUND'ING, participle present tense Explaining; laying open; making clear to the understanding; interpreting.
EXPRESS
EXPRESS', verb transitive [Latin expressum, exprimo; ex and premo, to press. See Press.]1. To press or squeeze out; to force out by pressure; as, to express the juice of grapes ...
EXPRESSED
EXPRESS'ED, participle passive Squeezed or forced out, as juice or liquor; uttered in words; set down in writing or letters; declared; represented; shown.
EXPRESSIBLE
EXPRESS'IBLE, adjective That may be expressed; that may be uttered, declared, shown or represented.1. That may be squeezed out.
EXPRESSING
EXPRESS'ING, participle present tense Forcing out by pressure; uttering; declaring; showing; representing.
EXPRESSION
EXPRES'SION, noun The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure, as juices and oils from plants.1. The act of uttering, declaring or representing; utterance; declara...
EXPRESSIVE
EXPRESS'IVE, adjective Serving to express; serving to utter or represent; followed by of. He sent a letter couched in terms expressive of his gratitude.Each verse so swells expr...