Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Exploiture

Ex‐ploi″ture (?; 135), n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. Udall.2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag.

4565

Explorable

Ex‐plor″a‐ble (?), a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

4566

Explorate

Ex‐plo″rate (?), v. t. [L. explorare, exploratum.] To explore. Sir. T. Browne.

4567

Exploration

Ex′plo‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; e...

4568

Explorative

Ex‐plor″a‐tive (?), a. Exploratory.

4569

Explorator

Ex″plo‐ra′tor (?), n. One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

4570

Exploratory

Ex‐plor″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.

4571

Explore

Ex‐plore″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Explored(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exploring.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to ...

4572

Explorement

Ex‐plore″ment, n. The act of exploring; exploration. Sir T. Browne.

4573

Explorer

Ex‐plor″er (?), n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

4574

Exploring

Ex‐plor″ing, a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. “Exploring parties.” Bancroft.

4575

Explosion

Ex‐plo″sion (?), n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sud...

4576

Explosive

Ex‐plo″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

4577

Explosive (2)

Ex‐plo″sive, n. 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.2. A sound produced by an explosive impul...

4578

Explosively

Ex‐plo″sive‐ly, adv. In an explosive manner.

4579

Expoliation

Ex‐po′li‐a″tion (?), n. See Exspoliation. Bp. Hall.

4580

Expolish

Ex‐pol″ish (?), v. t. [Cf. L. expolire. See Polish.] To polish thoroughly. Heywood.

4581

Expone

Ex‐pone″ (?), v. t. [OE. exponen. See Expound.] To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. Drummond.

4582

Exponent

Ex‐po″nent (?), n. [L. exponens, -entis, p. pr. of exponere to put out, set forth, expose. See Expound.] 1. (Alg.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of...

4583

Exponential

Ex′po‐nen″tial (?), a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.] Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function....

4584

Export

Ex‐port″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exported; p. pr. & vb. n.Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to carry: cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.] 1. To carry away; ...

4585

Export (2)

Ex″port (?), n. 1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to...

4586

Exportability

Ex‐port′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.

4587

Exportable

Ex‐port″a‐ble (?), a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

4588

Exportation

Ex′por‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation.] 1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of co...

4589

Exporter

Ex‐port″er (?), n. One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; — opposed to importer.

4590

Exposal

Ex‐pos″al (?), n. Exposure. Swift.