EXCHANGE
EXCHANGE, verb transitive1. In commerce, to give one thing or commodity for another; to alienate or transfer the property of a thing and receive in compensation for it something...
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EXCHANGEABILITY
EXCHANGEABIL'ITY, noun The quality or state of being exchangeable.Though the law ought not to be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons.
EXCHANGEABLE
EXCHANGEABLE, adjective That may be exchanged; capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers ...
EXCHANGED
EXCHANGED, participle passive Given or received for something else; bartered.
EXCHANGER
EXCHANGER, noun One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matthew 25:27.
EXCHANGING
EXCHANGING, participle present tense Giving and receiving one commodity for another; giving and receiving mutually; laying aside or relinquishing one thing or state for another.
EXCHEQUER
EXCHEQ'UER, noun exchek'er.In England, an ancient court of record, intended principally to collect and superintend the king's debts and duties or revenues, and so called from sc...
EXCISABLE
EXCI'SABLE, adjective s as z. Liable or subject to excise; as, coffee is an excisable commodity.
EXCISE
EXCI'SE, noun s as z. [Latin excisum, cut off, from excido.]An inland duty or impost, laid on commodities consumed, or on the retail, which is the last state before consumption;...
EXCISED
EXCI'SED, participle passive Charged with the duty of excise.
EXCISEMAN
EXCI'SEMAN, noun An officer who inspects commodities and rates the excise duty on them.
EXCISING
EXCI'SING, participle present tense Imposing the duty of excise.
EXCISION
EXCIS'ION, noun s as z. [Latin excisio.] In surgery, a cutting out or cutting off any part of the body; extirpation; amputation.1. The cutting off of a person from his people; e...
EXCITABILITY
EXCITABIL'ITY, noun [from excite.] The quality of being capable of excitement; susceptibility of increased vital action by the force of stimulants.
EXCITABLE
EXCI'TABLE, adjective Having the quality of being susceptible of excitement; capable of increased action by the force of stimulants.1. Capable of being excited, or roused into a...
EXCITANT
EXCI'TANT, noun That which produces or may produce increased action in a living body; a stimulant.
EXCITATE
EX'CITATE, verb transitive To excite. [Not in use.]
EXCITATION
EXCITA'TION, noun The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing or awakening.
EXCITATIVE
EXCI'TATIVE, adjective Having power to excite.
EXCITATORY
EXCI'TATORY, adjective Tending to excite; containing excitement.
EXCITE
EXCI'TE, verb transitive [Latin excito; ex and cito, to cite, to call or provoke.]1. To rouse; to call into action; to animate; to stir up; to cause to act that which is dormant...
EXCITED
EXCI'TED, participle passive Roused; awakened; animated; put in motion; stimulated; inflamed.
EXCITEMENT
EXCI'TEMENT, noun The act of exciting; stimulation.1. The state of being roused into action, or of having increased action. Stimulants are intended to produce excitement in the ...
EXCITER
EXCI'TER, noun He or that which excites; he that puts in motion, or the cause which awakens and moves.1. In medicine, a stimulant.
EXCITING
EXCI'TING, participle present tense Calling or rousing into action; stimulating.Exciting causes, in medicine, are those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite ...
EXCLAIM
EXCLA'IM, verb intransitive [Latin exclamo; ex and clamo, to cry out. See Claim, Clamor.]1. To utter the voice with vehemence; to cry out; to make a loud outcry in words; as, to...
EXCLAIMER
EXCLA'IMER, noun One who cries out with vehemence; one who speaks with heat, passion or much noise; as an exclaimer against tyranny.