Webster's Dictionary 1828

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EXERCISE

EX'ERCISE, noun s as z. [Latin exercitium, from exerceo; Eng. work.]In a general sense, any kind of work, labor or exertion of body. Hence,1. Use; practice; the exertions and mo...

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EXERCISED

EX'ERCISED, participle passive Exerted; used; trained; disciplined; accustomed; made skillful by use; employed; practiced; pained; afflicted; rendered uneasy.

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EXERCISER

EX'ERCISER, noun One who exercises.

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EXERCISING

EX'ERCISING, participle present tense Exerting; using; employing; training; practicing.

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EXERCITATION

EXERCITA'TION, noun [Latin exercitatio, from exerceo. See Exercise.]Exercise; practice; use.

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EXERGUE

EXER'GUE, noun [Gr. work.] A little space around or without the figures of a medal, left for the inscription, cipher, device, date, etc.

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EXERT

EXERT', verb transitive egzert'. [Latin exero, for exsero; ex and sero, to throw, to thrust, for this is the radical sense of sero.]1. Literally, to thrust forth; to emit; to pu...

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EXERTED

EXERT'ED, participle passive Thrust or pushed forth; put in action.

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EXERTING

EXERT'ING, participle present tense Putting forth; putting in action.

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EXERTION

EXER'TION, noun The act of exerting or straining; the act of putting into motion or action; effort; a striving or struggling; as an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of...

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EXESION

EXE'SION, noun s as z. [Latin exesus, exedo; ex and edo, to eat.]The act of eating out or through. [Little used.]

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EXESTUATION

EXESTUA'TION, noun [Latin exoestuatio; ex and oestuo, to boil.]A boiling; ebullition; agitation caused by heat; effervescence.

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EXFOLIATE

EXFO'LIATE, verb intransitive [Latin exfolio; ex and folium, a leaf.]In surgery and mineralogy, to separate and come off in scales, as pieces of carious bone; to scale off, as t...

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EXFOLIATED

EXFO'LIATED, participle passive Separated in thin scales, as a carious bone.

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EXFOLIATING

EXFO'LIATING, participle present tense Separating and coming off in scales.

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EXFOLIATION

EXFOLIA'TION, noun The scaling of a bone; the process of separating, as pieces of unsound bone from the sound part; desquamation.

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EXFOLIATIVE

EXFO'LIATIVE, adjective That has the power of causing exfoliation or the desquamation of a bone.EXFO'LIATIVE, noun That which has the power or quality of procuring exfoliation.

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EXHALABLE

EXHA'LABLE, adjective [See Exhale.] That may be exhaled or evaporated.

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EXHALATION

EXHALA'TION, noun [Latin exhalatio. See Exhale.]1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth fluids in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.2. That which is exhaled; t...

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EXHALE

EXHA'LE, verb transitive egzha'le. [Latin exhalo; ex and halo, to breathe, to send forth vapor.]1. To send out; to emit; as vapor, or minute particles of a fluid or other substa...

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EXHALED

EXHA'LED, participle passive Sent out; emitted, as vapor; evaporated.

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EXHALEMENT

EXHA'LEMENT, noun Matter exhaled; vapor.

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EXHALING

EXHA'LING, participle present tense Sending or drawing out in vapor of effluvia.

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EXHAUST

EXHAUST', verb transitive egzhaust'. [Latin exhaurio, exhaustum; ex and haurio, to draw.]1. To draw out or drain off the whole of any thing; to draw out, till nothing of the mat...

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EXHAUSTED

EXHAUST'ED, participle passive Drawn out; drained off; emptied by drawing, draining or evaporation; wholly used or expended; consumed.

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EXHAUSTER

EXHAUST'ER, noun He or that which exhausts or draws out.

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EXHAUSTIBLE

EXHAUST'IBLE, adjective That may be exhausted or drained off.