Excellently
Ex″cel‐lent‐ly, adv. 1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.2. In a high or superior degree; — in this literal use, not implying worthiness.When the whole heart is exc...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Excelsior
‖Ex‐cel″si‐or, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated, lofty, p. p. of excellere. See Excel, v. t.] More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
Excelsior (2)
Ex‐cel″si‐or, n. A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
Excentral
Ex‐cen″tral (?), a. [Pref. ex- + central.] (Bot.) Out of the center.
Excentric
{ Ex‐cen″tric (?), Ex‐cen″tric‐al (?), } a. 1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.2. (Bot.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.
Excentricity
Ex′cen‐tric″i‐ty (?). (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.
Except
Ex‐cept″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n.Excepting.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. S...
Except (2)
Ex‐cept″, v. i. To take exception; to object; — usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.Except thou wilt except against my love...
Except (3)
Ex‐cept″, prep. With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.God and his Son except,Created thing naught valued he nor... shunned. Milton.Syn. — Except, Excepting, But, Sav...
Except (4)
Ex‐cept″ (ĕk‐sĕpt″), conj. Unless; if it be not so that.And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26.But yesterday you never opened lip,Except, inde...
Exceptant
Ex‐cept″ant (–ant), a. Making exception.
Excepting
Ex‐cept″ing, prep. & conj., but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. “Excepting your worship's presence.” Shak.No one was ever yet made utte...
Exception
Ex‐cep″tion (ĕk‐sĕp″shŭn), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.] 1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be incl...
Exceptionable
Ex‐cep″tion‐a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. — Ex‐cep″tion‐a‐ble‐ness, n.This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole po...
Exceptional
Ex‐cep″tion‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell.This particular spot had except...
Exceptioner
Ex‐cep″tion‐er (?), n. One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
Exceptionless
Ex‐cep″tion‐less, a. Without exception.A universal,... exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
Exceptious
Ex‐cep″tious (?), a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South.— Ex‐cep″tious‐ness, n.Barrow.
Exceptive
Ex‐cept″ive (?), a. That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. I. Watts.A particular and exceptive law. Milton.
Exceptless
Ex‐cept″less, a. Not exceptional; usual.My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.
Exceptor
Ex‐cept″or (?), n. One who takes exceptions. T. Burnet.
Excerebration
Ex‐cer′e‐bra″tion (?), n. [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.] The act of removing or beating out the brains.
Excerebrose
Ex‐cer″e‐brose′ (?), a. [See Excerebration.] Brainless.
Excern
Ex‐cern″ (?), v. t. [L. excernere. See Excrete.] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. Bacon.
Excernent
Ex‐cern″ent (?), a. [See Excern.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
Excerp
Ex‐cerp″ (?), v. t. [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest, and cf. Scarce, a.] To pick out. Hales.
Excerpt
Ex‐cerpt″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n.Excerpting.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.Out of which we have exc...