Excision
Ex‐ci″sion (?), n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.] 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.Such conquerors are the instruments of venge...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Excitability
Ex‐cit″a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. excitabilité.] 1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.2. (Physiol.) The property manifested by li...
Excitable
Ex‐cit″a‐ble (?), a. [L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable.] Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
Excitant
Ex‐cit″ant (?), a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.] Tending to excite; exciting.
Excitant (2)
Ex‐cit″ant, n.(Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.
Excitate
Ex‐cit″ate (?), v. t. [L. excitatus, p. p. of excitare. See Excite.] To excite. Bacon.
Excitation
Ex′ci‐ta″tion (?) n. [L. excitatio: cf. F. excitation.] 1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.2. (Physiol.) The act of producing...
Excitative
Ex‐cit″a‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. excitatif.] Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.
Excitator
Ex″ci‐ta′tor (?), n.(Elec.) A kind of discarder.
Excitatory
Ex‐cit″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. excitatoire.] Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.
Excite
Ex‐cite″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Excited; p. pr. & vb. n.exciting.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite.] 1. ...
Excite (2)
Ex‐cite″, v. t.(Elec.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo.
Exciteful
Ex‐cite″ful (?), n. Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.
Excitement
Ex‐cite″ment (?) n. [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, ...
Exciter
Ex‐cit″er (?), n. One who, or that which, excites.Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.
Exciting
Ex‐cit″ing, a. Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. — Ex‐cit″ing‐ly, adv.Exciting causes(Med.), those which immediately ...
Excitive
Ex‐cit″ive (?), a. Serving or tending to excite; excitative. Bamfield.
Excitive (2)
Ex‐cit″ive, n. That which excites; an excitant.
Excito-motion
Ex‐ci′to–mo″tion (?), n.(Physiol.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
Excito-motor
Ex‐ci′to–mo″tor (?), a.(Physiol.) Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes.
Excito-motory
Ex‐ci′to–mo″to‐ry (?), a.(Physiol.) Exciting motion; — said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve ce...
Excito-nutrient
Ex‐ci′to–nu″tri‐ent (?), a.(Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
Excito-secretory
Ex‐ci′to–se‐cre″to‐ry (?), a.(Physiol.) Exciting secretion; — said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excite...
Exclaim
Ex‐claim″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Exclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exclaiming.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam.] To cry out fro...
Exclaim (2)
Ex‐claim″, n. Outcry; clamor.Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak.
Exclaimer
Ex‐claim″er, n. One who exclaims.
Exclamation
Ex′cla‐ma″tion (?), n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.] 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cri...