Extenuate (3)
Ex‐ten″u‐ate (?), a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. Huloet.
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Extenuation
Ex‐ten′u‐a″tion (?), n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation.] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating;...
Extenuator
Ex‐ten″u‐a′tor (?), n. One who extenuates.
Extenuatory
Ex‐ten″u‐a‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating.] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker.
Exterior
Ex‐te″ri‐or, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. See Ex�, and cf. Extreme, Interior.] 1. ...
Exterior (2)
Ex‐te″ri‐or, n. 1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors o...
Exteriority
Ex‐te′ri‐or″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. extériorité.] Surface; superficies; externality.
Exteriorly
Ex‐te″ri‐or‐ly (?), adv. Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. Shak.They are exteriorly lifelike. J. H. Morse.
Exterminate
Ex‐ter″mi‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exterminated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exterminating(?).] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out +...
Extermination
Ex‐ter′mi‐na″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error...
Exterminator
Ex‐ter″mi‐na′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, exterminates. Buckle.
Exterminatory
Ex‐ter″mi‐na‐to‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. “Exterminatory war.” Burke.
Extermine
Ex‐ter″mine (?), v. t. [F. exterminer.] To exterminate; to destroy. Shak.
Extern
Ex‐tern″ (?), a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.] External; outward; not inherent. Shak.
Extern (2)
Ex‐tern″, n. [Cf. F. externe.] 1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.2. Outward form or part; exterior.
External
Ex‐ter″nal (?), a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.] 1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting f...
External (2)
Ex‐ter″nal, n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; — usually in the plural.Adam was then no ...
Externalism
Ex‐ter″nal‐ism (?) n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on a...
Externalistic
Ex‐ter′nal‐is″tic (?), a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev.
Externality
Ex′ter‐nal″i‐ty (?), n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing ...
Externalize
Ex‐ter″nal‐ize (?), v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.
Externally
Ex‐ter″nal‐ly, adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
Externe
‖Ex′terne″ (?), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
Externe (2)
‖Ex′terne″ (ĕks′tĕrn″), n. An extern; esp;, a doctor or medical student who is in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who does not reside in it.
Exterraneous
Ex′ter‐ra″ne‐ous (?), a. [L. exterraneus; es out + terra land.] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Exterritorial
Ex‐ter′ri‐to″ri‐al (?), a. [Pref. ex� + territorial.] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. — Ex‐ter′ri‐to″ri‐al‐ly(#),adv.
Exterritoriality
Ex‐ter′ri‐to′ri‐al″i‐ty (?), n. 1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country.2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial li...