Ex`pi*a"tion (?), n. [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation] 1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
His liberality seemed to have something in it of self- abasement and expiation.
W. Irving.
2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
Those shadowy expiations weak,
The blood of bulls and goats.
Milton.
3. An act by which the threats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. [Obs.] Hayward.
Ex"pi*a*tist (?), n. An expiator. [R.]
Ex"pi*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who makes expiation or atonement.
Ex`pi*a*to"ri*ous (?), a. Of an expiatory nature; expiatory. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pi*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
Ex`pi*la"tion (?), n. [L. expiatio.] The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.]
This ravenous expilation of the state.
Daniel.
Ex"pi*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex*pir"a*ble (?), a. That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
Ex*pir"ant (?), n. One who expires or is expiring.
Ex`pi*ra"tion (?), n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration. See Expire.] 1. The act of expiring; as: (a)(Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration. (b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth.
Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler.
(d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time.
Shak.
2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration.
G. Sharp.
Ex*pir"a*to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.
Ex*pire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired (?); p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.] 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; - - opposed to inspire.
Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air.
Harvey.
This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
Dryden.
2. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter.
Bacon.
3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] Dryden.
4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]
Expire the term
Of a despised life.
Shak.
Ex*pire", v. i. 1. To emit the breath.
2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.
Ex*pir"ing (?), a. 1. Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.
2. Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.
Ex"pi*ry (?), n. Expiration.
He had to leave at the expiry of the term.
Lamb.
The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term.
J. Morley.
Ex*pis"cate (?), v. t. [L. expiscatus, p. p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.] To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol.
Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them.
W. L. Alexander.
Ex`pis*ca"tion (?), n. The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman.
Ex*pis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Tending to fish out; searching out [R.] Carlyle.
Ex*plain" (ks*pln"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained(- plnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out + plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf.
Evelyn.
2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you.
Gay.
To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite away." Pope.
Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
Ex*plain", v. i. To give an explanation.
Ex*plain"a*ble (?), a. [L. explainabilis.] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.
Ex*plain"er (?), n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
Ex"pla*nate, a. [L. explanatus, p. p. of explanare. See Explain.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.
Ex`pla*na"tion (?), n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.
3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
Different explanations [of the Trinity].
Bp. Burnet.
4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
Syn. -- Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See Definition.
Ex*plan"a*tive (?), a. Explanatory.
Ex*plan"a*to*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being explanatory.
Ex*plan"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. explanatorius.] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. Swift.
{ Ex*plat" (?), Ex*plate" (?), } v. t. [Pref. ex- + plat or plait.] To explain; to unfold. [Obs.]
Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws.
B. Jonson.
Ex*ple"tion (?), n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See Expletive.] Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] Killingbeck.
Ex"ple*tive (?), a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p. p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. explétif. See Full.] Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery." Hallam.
Expletive phrases to plump his speech.
Barrow.
Ex"ple*tive, n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
While explectives their feeble aid to join,
And ten low words oft creep in one dull line.
Pope.
Ex"ple*tive*ly, adv. In the manner of an expletive.
Ex"ple*to*ry (?), a. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. Bp. Burnet.
Ex"pli*ca*ble (?), a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
It is not explicable upon any grounds.
Burke.
Ex"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. Quality of being explicable.
Ex"pli*cate (?), a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.
Ex"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating(?).] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.
2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated.
Dryden.
Ex`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
The explication of our Savior's parables.
Atterbury.
2. The sense given by an expositor. Bp. Burnet.
Ex"pli*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. explicatif.] Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. Sir W. Hamilton.
Ex"pli*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
Ex"pli*ca`to*ry (?), a. Explicative. Barrow.
||Ex"pli*cit (?). [LL., an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber) the book (which anciently was a roll of parchment) is unfolded (and, of course, "finished"). See Explicit, a.] A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Ex*plic"it (?), a. [L. explicitus; p. p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite. See Explicate, Exploit.] 1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt.
Bancroft.
2. Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
Explicit function. (Math.) See under Function.
Syn. -- Express; clear; plain; open; unreserved; unambiguous. -- Explicit, Express. Explicit denotes a setting forth in the plainest language, so that the meaning can not be misunderstood; as, an explicit promise. Express is stronger than explicit: it adds force to clearness. An express promise or engagement is not only unambiguous, but stands out in bold relief, with the most binding hold on the conscience. An explicit statement; a clear and explicit notion; explicit direction; no words can be more explicit. An explicit command; an express prohibition. "An express declaration goes forcibly and directly to the point. An explicit declaration leaves nothing ambiguous." C. J. Smith.
Ex*plic"it*ly (?), adv. In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.
Ex*plic"it*ness, n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer. Taylor.
Ex*plode" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploding.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See Plausible.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
Ex*plode", v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.]
Him old and young
Exploded, and seized with violent hands.
Milton.
2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.
Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud.
Burke.
To explode and exterminate dark atheism.
Bently.
3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.
4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
But late the kindled powder did explode
The massy ball and the brass tube unload.
Blackmore.
Ex*plod"ent (?), n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
2. See Explosive, n., 2.
Ex*plod"er (?), n. 1. One who or that which explodes.
2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. South.
Ex*ploit" (?), n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate.] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises.
Shak.
2. Combat; war. [Obs.]
He made haste to exploit some warlike service.
Holland.
2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
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3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent]
In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital "out of" anybody else.
W. G. Sumner.
Ex`ploi*ta"tion (?), n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney.
Ex*ploi"ture (?; 135), n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] Udall.
2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag.
Ex*plor"a*ble (?), a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
Ex*plo"rate (?), v. t. [L. explorare, exploratum.] To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
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; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination.
"An exploration of doctrine."
Bp. Hall.
Ex*plor"a*tive (?), a. Exploratory.
Ex"plo*ra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
Ex*plor"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.
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 E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]
Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs.
Pope.
2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. "Hidden frauds [to] explore." Dryden.
Ex*plore"ment, n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex*plor"er (?), n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Ex*plor"ing, a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. "Exploring parties." Bancroft.
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 sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism.
Macaulay.
Ex*plo"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
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 impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184.]
Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv. In an explosive manner.
Ex*po`li*a"tion (?), n. See Exspoliation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Ex*pol"ish (?), v. t. [Cf. L. expolire. See Polish.] To polish thoroughly. [Obs.] Heywood.
Ex*pone" (?), v. t. [OE. exponen. See Expound.] To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Drummond.
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 and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated; thus a2 denotes the second power, and ax the xth power, of a (2 and x being the exponents). A fractional exponent, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, a denotes the third or cube root of a.
2. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles.
Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]
Ex`po*nen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.] Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function.
Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation. -- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent. -- Exponential quantity (Math.), a quantity whose exponent is unknown or variable, as ax. -- Exponential series, a series derived from the development of exponential equations or quantities.
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; to remove. [Obs.]
[They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy.
Bacon.
2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.
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 another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.
The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports.
A. Smith.
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.
Ex*port"a*ble (?), a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
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 commerce.
2. Commodity exported; an export.
3. The act of carrying out. [R.] Bourne.
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.
Ex*pos"al (?), n. Exposure. Swift.
Ex*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.] 1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined.
Locke.
2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
Shak.
3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices.
Dryden.
4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
||Ex`po`sé" (?), n. [F., prop. p. p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.] A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
Ex*pos"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
Ex*pos"er (?), n. One who exposes or discloses.
Ex`po*si"tion (?), n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.] 1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound.
Shak.
3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]
Ex*pos"i*tive (?), a. Serving to explain; expository. Bp. Pearson.
Ex*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. See Expound.] One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator. Bp. Horsley.
Ex*pos"i*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers.
Johnson.
{ ||Ex" post` fac"to, or ||Ex" post`fac"to (ks" pst" fk"t) }. [L., from what is done afterwards.] (Law) From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.
Ex post facto law, a law which operates by after enactment. The phrase is popularly applied to any law, civil or criminal, which is enacted with a retrospective effect, and with intention to produce that effect; but in its true application, as employed in American law, it relates only to crimes, and signifies a law which retroacts, by way of criminal punishment, upon that which was not a crime before its passage, or which raises the grade of an offense, or renders an act punishable in a more severe manner that it was when committed. Ex post facto laws are held to be contrary to the fundamental principles of a free government, and the States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States. Burrill. Kent.
Ex*pos"tu*late (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expostulated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L. expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.] To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
Jowett (Thuc. ).
Syn. -- To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
Ex*pos"tu*late, v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is.
Shak.
Ex*pos`tu*la"tion (?), n. [L. expostulatio.] The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
We must use expostulation kindly.
Shak.
Ex*pos"tu*la`tor (?;135), n. One who expostulates. Lamb.
Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry (?), a. Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.
Ex*pos"ture (?;135), n. [Cf. Imposture.] Exposure. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*po"sure (?;135), n. [From Expose.] 1. The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe.
Macaulay.
2. The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.
When we have our naked frailties hid,
That suffer in exposure.
Shak.
3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern exposure." Evelyn.
The best exposure of the two for woodcocks.
Sir. W. Scott.
4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
Ex*pound" (ks*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding.] [OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position.] 1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]
He expounded both his pockets.
Hudibras.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
Expound this matter more fully to me.
Bunyan.
Ex*pound"er (-r), n. One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
Ex*press" (ks*prs"), a. [F. exprès, L. expressus, p. p. of exprimere to express; ex. out + premere To press. See Press.] 1. Exactly representing; exact.
Their human countenance
The express resemblance of the gods.
Milton.
2. Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.
I have express commandment.
Shak.
3. Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.
A messenger sent express from the other world.
Atterbury.
Express color. (Law) See the Note under Color, n., 8.
Syn. -- Explicit; clear; unambiguous. See Explicit.
Ex*press", n. [Cf. F. exprès a messenger.] 1. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. [Obs.]
The only remanent express of Christ's sacrifice on earth.
Jer. Taylor.
2. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.
3. An express office.
She charged him . . . to ask at the express if anything came up from town.
E. E. Hale.
4. That which is sent by an express messenger or message. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
Express office, an office where packages for an express are received or delivered.
Ex*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expressed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expressing.] [Cf. OF. espresser, expresser, L. exprimere, expressum. See Express, a.; cf. Sprain.] 1. To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
All the fruits out of which drink is expressed.
Bacon.
And th'idle breath all utterly expressed.
Spenser.
Halters and racks can not express from thee
More than by deeds.
B. Jonson.
2. To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.
Each skillful artist shall express thy form.
E. Smith.
So kids and whelps their sires and dams express.
Dryden.
3. To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
My words express my purpose.
Shak.
They expressed in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality.
Addison.
4. To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.
Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation against me, one evening.
Pope.
5. To denote; to designate.
Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed by their names.
Num. i. 17.
6. To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.
Syn. -- To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.
Ex*press"age (ks*prs"j; 48), n. The charge for carrying a parcel by express.
Ex*press"i*ble (-*b'l), a. Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. -- Express"i*bly,adv.
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Ex*pres"sion (ks*prsh"n), n. [L. expressio: cf. F. expression.] 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy.
Prescott.
3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this.
M. Arnold.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. "The expression of an eye." Tennyson.
It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian.
Prescott.
5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton.
Ex*pres"sion*al (-al), a. Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment. Fitzed. Hall. Ruskin.
Ex*pres"sion*less, a. Destitute of expression.
Ex*press"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
Tickell.
2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them.
Shak.
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke.
Littelton.
-- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.
Ex*press"ly, adv. In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel.
Ezek. i. 3.
I am sent expressly to your lordship.
Shak.
Ex*press"man (-man), n.; pl. Expressmen (-men). A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.
Ex*press"ness, n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.] Hammond.
Ex*pres"sure (?;135), n. The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.]
An operation more divine
Than breath or pen can give expressure to.
Shak.
Ex"pro*brate (?), v. t. [L. exprobratus, p. p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act.] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex`pro*bra"tion (?), n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]
A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness.
Jer. Taylor.
{ Ex*pro"bra*tive (?), Ex*pro"bra*to*ry (?), } a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir A. Shirley.
Ex*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.
M. Arnold.
Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu.
The expropriation of bad landlords.
M. Arnold.
Ex*pugn" (ks*pn"), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Ex*pug"nable (ks*pg"n*b'l), a. [L. expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugned.
Ex`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.
Ex*pugn"er (?), n. One who expugns.
Ex*pulse" (?), v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]
If charity be thus excluded and expulsed.
Milton.
Ex*puls"er (?), n. An expeller. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Ex*pul"sion (?), n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
The expulsion of the Tarquins.
Shak.
2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
Ex*pul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. expulsif.] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
The expulsive power of a new affection.
Chalmers.
Ex*punc"tion (?), n. [L. expunctio execution, performance, from expungere. See Expunge.] The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. Milton.
Ex*punge" (ks*pnj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged (- pnjd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging (- pn"jng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.] 1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. Sandys.
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
Pope.
Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
Ex"pur*gate (ks"pr*gt or ks*pûr"gt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated (- g"td); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating (-g"tng).] [L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
Ex`pur*ga"tion (?), n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton.
Ex"pur*ga`tor (?; 277), n. One who expurgates or purifies.
Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?), a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman.
Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous (?), a. Expurgatory. [Obs.] "Expurgatorious indexes." Milton.
Ex*pur"ga*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. "Expurgatory animadversions." Sir T. Browne.
Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.
Ex*purge" (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. espurgier. See Expurgate.] To purge away. [Obs.] Milton.
Ex*quire" (?), v. t. [L. exquirere. See Exquisite.] To search into or out. [Obs.] Chapman.
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 and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of reach and exquisite form.
Shak.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough.
Shak.
2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite.
Fuller.
Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.
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.
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.
Ex"qui*site*ness, n. Quality of being exquisite.
Ex*quis"i*tive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Ex*san"guine (?), a. Bloodless. [R.]
Ex`san*guin"e*ous (?), a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.
Ex`san*guin"i*ty (?), n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.
Ex*san"gui*nous (?), a. See 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, as insects.
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 extirpate. Barrow.
The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly.
Am. Cyc.
Ex*scribe" (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Ex"script (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p. p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex*scrip"tur*al (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
Ex*scu"tel*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.
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 bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
{ 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 portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted.
D. H. Barnes.
Ex*sert"ile (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.
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.
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 exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.
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.
Ex*sic"ca*tive (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
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 calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
Ex*sil"i*en*cy (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p. pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. [R.] Latham.
Ex`so*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. ).
Ex*spo`li*a"tion (?), n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See Spoliate.] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] Bp. Hall.
Ex`spu*i"tion (?), n. [L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition.] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.] E. Darwin.
Ex*spu"to*ry (?), a. Spit out, or as if spit out. "Exsputory lines." Cowper.
Ex*stip"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate.] (Bot.) Having no stipules. Martyn.
Ex"stro*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; to turn inside out; &?; = &?; out + &?; to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
Ex*suc"cous (?), a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.
Ex*suc"tion (?), n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out.
Ex`su*da"tion (?), n. Exudation.
Ex`suf*flate" (?), v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate.] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
Ex`suf*fla"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
Ex*suf"fli*cate (?), a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]
Such exsufflicate and blown surmises.
Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).
Ex*sus"ci*tate (?), v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p. p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See Suscitate.] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.
Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.
Ex"ta*cy (?), n. See Ecstasy. [Obs.]
Ex"tance (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p. pr. See Extant.] Outward existence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex"tan*cy (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia.] The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.
Ex"tant (?), a. [L. extans, - antis, or exstans, -antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.] 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums.
Ray.
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
Bentley.
2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
Writings that were extant at that time.
Sir M. Hale.
The extant portraits of this great man.
I. Taylor.
3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Ex"ta*sy (?), n. & v. t. See Ecstasy, n. & v. t.
Ex*tat"ic (?), a. See Ecstatic, a.
Ex*tem"po*ral (?), a. [L. extemporalis, from ex tempore.] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
-- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*an (?), a. Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.
Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [See Extempore.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.
Ex*tem"po*ra*ri*ly (?), adv. Extemporaneously.
Ex*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. 1. Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller.
2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] "Extemporary habitations." Maundrell.
Ex*tem"po*re (?), adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal.] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a. Done or performed extempore. "Extempore dissertation." Addison. "Extempore poetry." Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
Ex*tem"po*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.
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Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion (?), n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
Ex*tem"po*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extemporized(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing(?).] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
Ex*tem"po*rize, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done.