EXPRESSIVELY
EXPRESS'IVELY, adverb In an expressive manner; clearly; fully; with a clear representation.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXPRESSIVENESS
EXPRESS'IVENESS, noun The quality of being expressive; the power of expression or representation by words.1. The power or force of representation; the quality of presenting a su...
EXPRESSLY
EXPRESS'LY, adverb In direct terms; plainly.
EXPRESSURE
EXPRESS'URE, noun Expression; utterance; representation; mark; impression. [Little used.]
EXPROBRATE
EX'PROBRATE, verb transitive [Latin exprobro; ex and probrum, deformity, a shameful act.]To upbraid; to censure as reproachful; to blame; to condemn.
EXPROBRATION
EXPROBRA'TION, noun The act of charging or censuring reproachfully; reproachful accusation; the act of upbraiding.No need such boasts, or exprobrations falseOf cowardice.
EXPROBRATIVE
EXPROBRA'TIVE, adjective Upbraiding; expressing reproach.
EXPROPRIATE
EXPRO'PRIATE, verb transitive [Latin ex and proprius, own.]To disengage from appropriation; to hold no longer as one's own; to give up a claim to exclusive property.
EXPROPRIATION
EXPROPRIA'TION, noun The act of discarding appropriation, or declining to hold as one's own; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property.
EXPUGN
EXPU'GN, verb transitive expu'ne. [Latin expugno; ex and pugno, to fight.]To conquer; to take by assault.
EXPUGNABLE
EXPU'GNABLE, adjective That may be forced.
EXPUGNATION
EXPUGNA'TION, noun Conquest; the act of taking by assault.
EXPUGNER
EXPU'GNER, noun One who subdues.
EXPUITION
EXPUI'TION, noun [Latin expuo for exspuo.] A discharge of saliva by spitting.
EXPULSE
EXPULSE, verb transitive expuls'. [Latin expulsus, expello; ex and pello, to drive.] To drive out; to expel. [Little used.]
EXPULSION
EXPUL'SION, noun The act of driving out or expelling; a driving away by violence; as the expulsion of the thirty tyrants from Athens, or of Adam from paradise.1. The state of be...
EXPULSIVE
EXPUL'SIVE, adjective Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
EXPUNCTION
EXPUNC'TION, noun [See Expunge.] The act of expunging; the act of blotting out or erasing.
EXPUNGE
EXPUNGE, verb transitive expunj'. [Latin expungo; ex and pungo, to thrust, to prick.]1. To blot out, as with a pen; to rub out; to efface, as words; to obliterate. We expunge si...
EXPUNGED
EXPUN'GED, participle passive Blotted out; obliterated; destroyed.
EXPUNGING
EXPUN'GING, participle present tense Blotting out; erasing; effacing; destroying.
EXPURGATE
EX'PURGATE, verb transitive [Latin expurgo; ex and purgo, to cleanse.]To purge; to cleanse; to purify from any thing noxious, offensive or erroneous.
EXPURGATED
EX'PURGATED, participle passive Purged; cleansed; purified.
EXPURGATING
EX'PURGATING, participle present tense Purging; cleansing; purifying.
EXPURGATION
EXPURGA'TION, noun The act of purging or cleansing; evacuation.1. A cleansing; purification from any thing noxious, offensive, sinful or erroneous.
EXPURGATOR
EX'PURGATOR, noun One who expurgates or purifies.
EXPURGATORY
EXPURG'ATORY, adjective Cleansing; purifying; serving to purify from any thing noxious or erroneous; as the expurgatory index of the Romanists, which directs the expunction of p...