Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Exquire

Ex‐quire″ (?), v. t. [L. exquirere. See Exquisite.] To search into or out. Chapman.

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Exquisite

Ex″qui‐site (?), a. [L. exquisitus, p. p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest.] 1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing...

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Exquisite (2)

Ex″qui‐site, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

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Exquisitely

Ex″qui‐site‐ly, adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne.

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Exquisiteness

Ex″qui‐site‐ness, n. Quality of being exquisite.

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Exquisitive

Ex‐quis″i‐tive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. Todd. — Ex‐quis″i‐tive‐ly, adv.Sir P. Sidney.

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Exsanguine

Ex‐san″guine (?), a. Bloodless.

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Exsanguineous

Ex′san‐guin″e‐ous (?), a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.

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Exsanguinity

Ex′san‐guin″i‐ty (?), n.(Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; — opposed to plethora. Dunglison.

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Exsanguinous

Ex‐san″gui‐nous (?), a. See Exsanguious.

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Exsanguious

Ex‐san″gui‐ous (?), a. [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous.] 1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, a...

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Exscind

Ex‐scind″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n.Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.] To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpa...

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Exscribe

Ex‐scribe″ (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. B. Jonson.

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Exscript

Ex″script (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p. p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. Bailey.

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Exscriptural

Ex‐scrip″tur‐al (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

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Exscutellate

Ex‐scu″tel‐late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; — said of certain insects.

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Exsect

Ex‐sect″ (?), v. t. [L. exsectio.] 1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bo...

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Exsert

{ Ex‐sert″ (?), Ex‐sert″ed, } a. [L. exsertus, p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.A small...

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Exsert (2)

Ex‐sert″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exserted; p. pr. & vb. n.Exserting.] [See Exsert, a., Exert.] To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

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Exsertile

Ex‐sert″ile (?), a.(Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.

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Exsiccant

Ex‐sic″cant (?), a. [L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare. See Exsiccate.] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. — n.(Med.) An exsiccant medicine.

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Exsiccate

Ex″sic‐cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To ...

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Exsiccation

Ex′sic‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.

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Exsiccative

Ex‐sic″ca‐tive (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

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Exsiccator

Ex″sic‐ca′tor (?), n.(Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as c...

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Exsiliency

Ex‐sil″i‐en‐cy (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p. pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. Latham.

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Exsolution

Ex′so‐lu″tion (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. Richardson (Dict.).