Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EXPURGE

EXPURGE, verb transitive expurj'. [Latin expurgo.] To purge away. [Not in use.]

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EXQUIRE

EXQUI'RE, verb transitive [Latin exquiro.] To search into or out. [Not in use.]

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EXQUISITE

EX'QUISITE, adjective s as z. [Latin e xquisitus, from exquiro; ex and quaero, to seek.] Literally, sought out or searched for with care; whence, choice; select. Hence,1. Nice; ...

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EXQUISITELY

EX'QUISITELY, adverb Nicely; accurately; with great perfection; as a work exquisitely finished; exquisitely written.1. With keen sensation or with nice perception. We feel pain ...

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EXQUISITENESS

EX'QUISITENESS, noun Nicety; exactness; accuracy; completeness; perfecton; as the exquisiteness of workmanship.1. Keenness; sharpness; extremity; as the exquisiteness of pain or...

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EXQUISITIVE

EXQUIS'ITIVE, adjective Curious; eager to discover. [Not in use.]

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EXQUISITIVELY

EXQUIS'ITIVELY, adverb Curiously; minutely. [Not in use.]

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EXSANGUIOUS

EXSAN'GUIOUS, adjective [Latin exsanguis; ex and sanguis, blood.]Destitute of blood, or rather of red blood, as an animal.

2655

EXSCIND

EXSCIND', verb transitive [Latin exscindo.] To cut off. [Little used.]

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EXSCRIBE

EXSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin exscribo.] To copy; to transcribe. [Not in use.]

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EXSCRIPT

EX'SCRIPT, noun A copy; a transcript. [Not used.]

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EXSECTION

EXSEC'TION, noun [Latin exsectio.] A cutting off, or a cutting out.

2659

EXSERT

EXSERT'EXSERT'ED, adjective [Latin exsero; ex and sero. See Exert.]Standing out; protruded from the corol; as stamens exsertA small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted.

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EXSERTED

EXSERT'ED, a. [L. exsero; ex and sero. See Exert.]Standing out; protruded from the corol; as stamens exsert.A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted.

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EXSERTILE

EXSERT'ILE, adjective That may be thrust out or protruded.

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EXSICCANT

EXSIC'CANT, adjective [See Exsiccate.] Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying.

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EXSICCATE

EX'SICCATE, verb transitive [Latin exsicco; ex and sicco, to dry.]To dry; to exhaust or evaporate moisture.

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EXSICCATED

EX'SICCATED, participle passive Dried.

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EXSICCATING

EX'SICCATING, participle present tense Drying; evaporating moisture.

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EXSICCATION

EXSICCA'TION, noun The act or operation of drying; evaporation of moisture; dryness.

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EXSPUITION

EXSPUI'TIONEXSTIP'ULATE, adjective [Latin ex and stipula, straw.] In botany, having no stipules.

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EXSTIPULATE

EXSTIP'ULATE, a. [L. ex and stipula, straw.] In botany, having no stipules.

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EXSUCCOUS

EXSUC'COUS, adjective [Latin exsuccus; ex and succus, juice.] Destitute of juice; dry.

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EXSUCTION

EXSUC'TION, noun [Latin exugo, exsugo, to suck out; sugo, to suck.]The act of sucking out.

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EXSUDATION

EXSUDA'TION, noun [Latin exudo, for exsudo.] A sweating; a discharge of humors or moisture from animal bodies by sweat or extillation through the pores.1. The discharge of the j...

2672

EXSUDE

EXSU'DE, verb transitive [supra.] To discharge the moisture or juices of a living body through the pores; also, to discharge the liquid matter of a plant by incisions.Our forest...

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EXSUDED

EXSU'DED, participle passive Emitted, as juice.