Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Exhilarate

Ex‐hil″a‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exhilarated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris mer...

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Exhilarate (2)

Ex‐hil″a‐rate, v. i. To become joyous. Bacon.

4296

Exhilarating

Ex‐hil″a‐ra′ting (?), a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. — Ex‐hil″a‐ra′ting‐ly, adv.

4297

Exhilaration

Ex‐hil′a‐ra″tion (?), n. [L., exhilaratio.] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.Ex...

4298

Exhort

Ex‐hort″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n.Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.] To incite by words o...

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Exhort (2)

Ex‐hort″, v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.

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Exhort (3)

Ex‐hort″, n. Exhortation. Pope.

4301

Exhortation

Ex′hor‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.] 1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or comme...

4302

Exhortative

Ex‐hor″ta‐tive (?), a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

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Exhortatory

Ex‐hor″ta‐to‐ry (?) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

4304

Exhorter

Ex‐hort″er (?), n. One who exhorts or incites.

4305

Exhumated

Ex‐hu″ma‐ted (?), a. Disinterred.

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Exhumation

Ex′hu‐ma″tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

4307

Exhume

Ex‐hume″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exhumed (?) p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.] To dig out of the ground; to...

4308

Exiccate

Ex″ic‐cate (?), v. t. See Exsiccate. Holland.

4309

Exiccation

Ex′ic‐ca″tion (?), n. See Exsiccation.

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Exigence

Ex″i‐gence (?), n. Exigency. Hooker.

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Exigency

Ex″i‐gen‐cy (?), n.; pl.Exigencies (#). [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case deman...

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Exigendary

Ex′i‐gen″da‐ry (?), n. See Exigenter.

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Exigent

Ex′i‐gent, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. “At th...

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Exigent (2)

Ex″i‐gent, n. 1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.Why do you cross me in this exigent? Shak.2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

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Exigenter

Ex″i‐gent‐er (?), n.(O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents. The office is now abolished. Cowell.

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Exigible

Ex″i‐gi‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.] That may be exacted; repairable. A. Smith.

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Exiguity

Ex′i‐gu″i‐ty (?), n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. Boyle.

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Exiguous

Ex‐ig″u‐ous (?), a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. “Exiguous resources.” Carlyle. — Ex‐ig″uous‐ness, n.

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Exile

Ex″ile (?), n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of sa...

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Exile (2)

Ex″ile (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. “Exiled from eternal God.” Tennyson.Calling ...