Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech
Lord Campbell.
Ex*tem"po*ri`zer (?), n. One who extemporizes.
Ex*tend" (ks*tnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend.] 1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge.
Locke.
2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trial.
4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
His helpless hand extend.
Dryden.
5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.
7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.
This is extended type.
Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.
Ex*tend"ant (?), a. (Her.) Displaced. Ogilvie.
Ex*tend"ed*ly (?), adv. In an extended manner.
Ex*tend"er (?), n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.
Ex*tend"i*ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.
2. (Law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
Ex*tend"less*ness, n. Unlimited extension. [Obs.]
An . . . extendlessness of excursions.
Sir. M. Hale.
Ex*tense" (?), a. [L. extensus, p. p. See Extend, v. t.] Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Men and gods are too extense;
Could you slacken and condense?
Emerson.
Ex*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.
Ex*ten"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.] Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.
Ex*ten"si*ble*ness, n. Extensibility.
Ex*ten"sile (?) a. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.
Ex*ten"sion (?), n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See Extend, v. t.] 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
Sir W. Hamilton.
The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects.
Abp. Thomson.
4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Counter extension. (Surg.) See under Counter. -- Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.
Ex*ten"sion*al (?), a. Having great extent.
Ex*ten"sion*ist, n. One who favors or advocates extension.
Ex*ten"sive (?), a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer.
Boyle.
Ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
Ex*ten"sive*ness (?), n. The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
Ex`ten*som"e*ter (?), n. [Extension + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.
Ex*ten"sor (?), n. [L., one who stretches. See Extend.] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
Ex*ten"sure (?), n. Extension. [R.] Drayton.
Ex*tent" (?), a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.] Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ex*tent", n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.] 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
Life in its large extent is scare a span.
Cotton.
2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.
3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Ex*ten"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extenuated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating(?).] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity.] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail.
Grew.
2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
But fortune there extenuates the crime.
Dryden.
Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality.
I. Taylor.
3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]
Who can extenuate thee?
Milton.
Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.
Ex*ten"u*ate, v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.
Ex*ten"u*ate (?), a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. [Obs.] Huloet.
Ex*ten`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation.] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
I. Taylor.
Ex*ten"u*a`tor (?), n. One who extenuates.
Ex*ten"u*a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating.] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker.
Ex*te"ri*or, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. See Ex&?;, and cf. Extreme, Interior.] 1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
Resemble that it was.
Shak.
2. External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained.
Milton.
3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside. -- Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed. Wilhelm.
See Illust. of Ravelin.
Ex*te"ri*or, n. 1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
Ex*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. extériorité.] Surface; superficies; externality.
Ex*te"ri*or*ly (?), adv. Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. Shak.
They are exteriorly lifelike.
J. H. Morse.
Ex*ter"mi*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating(?).] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.] 1. To drive out or away; to expel.
They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion.
Barrow.
2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.
To explode and exterminate rank atheism.
Bentley.
3. (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]
Ex*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]
Ex*ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, exterminates. Buckle.
Ex*ter"mi*na*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.
Ex*ter"mine (?), v. t. [F. exterminer.] To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*tern" (?), a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.] External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*tern", n. [Cf. F. externe.] 1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]
Ex*ter"nal (?), a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.] 1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
Of all external things, . . .
She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
Milton.
2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
Her virtues graced with external gifts.
Shak.
4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
The external circumstances are greatly different.
Trench.
5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
Ex*ter"nal, n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals
South.
God in externals could not place content.
Pope.
Ex*ter"nal*ism (?) n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides.
E. Eggleston.
2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Ex*ter`nal*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev.
Ex`ter*nal"i*ty (?), n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.
A. Smith.
Ex*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Thought externalizes itself in language.
Soyce.
Ex*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
||Ex`terne" (?), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out- patients.
Ex`ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. exterraneus; es out + terra land.] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. ex&?; + territorial.] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#),adv.
Ex*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. 1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
Ex*ter"sion (?), n. [L. extergere, extersum, to wipe out; ex out + tergere to wipe or rub off.] The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]
Ex*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extilled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extilling.] [L. extillare, exstillare; ex out + stillare to drop, stilla drop.] To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson.
Ex`til*la"tion (?), n. Distillation. [Obs.]
An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices.
Derham.
Ex*tim"u*late (?), v. t. [L. extimulatus, exstimulatus, p. p. of extimulare, exstimulare, to goad. See Stimulate.] To stimulate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex*tim`u*la"tion (?), n. Stimulation. [Obs.]
Things insipid, and without any extimulation.
Bacon.
Ex*tinct" (?), a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct.
Milton.
2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Ex*tinct", v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F. extinction.] 1. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.
2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
Ex"tine (?; 104), n. [L. exter on the outside. Cf. Intine.] (bot.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Ex*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished(?); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.] 1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish.
Prescott.
This extinguishes my right to the reversion.
Blackstone.
2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Natural graces that extinguish art.
Shak.
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Ex*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
Ex*tin"guish*er (?), n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
Ex*tin"guish*ment (?), n. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott.
Ex*tirp" (&?;), v. t. [Cf. F. extirper.] To extirpate. [Obs.]
It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar.
Shak.
Ex*tir"pa*ble (?), a. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.
Ex"tir*pate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating(?).] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
Ex`tir*pa"tion (?), n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
Ex"tir*pa*tive (?), a. Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne.
Ex"tir*pa`tor (?; 277), n. [L. extirpator, exstirpator: cf. F. extirpateur.] One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Ex*tir"pa*to*ry (?), a. Extirpative.
Ex*tirp"er (?), n. Extirpator. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ex`ti*spi"cious (?), a. [L. extispicium an inspection of the inwards for divination; extra the entrails + specer to look at.] Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex*tog"e*nous (?), a. [L. exter outward + &?;genous.] (Biol.) Exogenous.
Ex*tol" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extolled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extolling.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See Tollerate, and cf. Flate.] 1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
Where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
Beau. & Fl.
2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
Wherein have I so deserved of you,
That you extol me thus?
Shak.
Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See Praise.
Ex*tol"ler (?), n.One who extols; one who praises.
Ex*tol"ment (?), n. Praise. [Obs.] Shak.
Ex*tor"sive (?), a. [See Extort.] Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]
Ex*tort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See Torsion.] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
Ex*tort", v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ex*tort", p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ex*tort"er (?), n. One who practices extortion.
Ex*tor"tion (?), n. [F. extorsion.] 1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
2. (Law) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due. Abbott.
3. That which is extorted or exacted by force.
Syn. -- Oppression; rapacity; exaction; overcharge.
Ex*tor"tion*a*ry (?), a. Extortionate.
Ex*tor"tion*ate (?), a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Ex*tor"tion*er (?), n. One who practices extortion.
Ex*tor"tious (?), a. Extortionate. [Obs.] "Extortious cruelties." Bp. Hall -- Ex*tor"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.
||Ex"tra- (?). [L., fr. exter. See Exterior.] A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.
Ex"tra, a. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. "By working extra hours." H. Spencer.
Ex"tra (?), n.; pl. Extras (&?;). Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]
Ex`tra*ar*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.
{ Ex`tra*ax"il*lar (?), Ex`tra*ax"il*la*ry (?) } a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.
Ex`tra*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
Ex`tra*cap"su*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
Ex*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat.] 1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Milton.
2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.
3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods.
Swift.
To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.
Ex"tract` (?), n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]
6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] South.
7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins.
Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.
{ Ex*tract"a*ble (?), Ex*tract"i*ble (?), } a. Capable of being extracted.
Ex*tract"i*form (?), a. (Chem.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.
Ex*trac"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extraction.] 1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. "A family of ancient extraction." Clarendon.
3. That which is extracted; extract; essence.
They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Milton.
The extraction of roots. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.
Ex*tract"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. extractif.] 1. Capable of being extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive matter." Kirwan.
2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.
Cairnes.
Ex*tract"ive, n. 1. Anything extracted; an extract.
Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar.
H. N. Martin.
2. (Chem.) (a) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [Obs.] (b) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
Ex*tract"or (?), n. One who, or that which, extracts; as: (a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. (b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
Ex`tra*dic"tion*a*ry (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. dictio a saying. See Diction.] Consisting not in words, but in realities. [Obs.]
Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and logicians make in number six.
Sir T. Browne.
Ex"tra*di`ta*ble (?), a. 1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.
2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses.
Ex"tra*dite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extradited(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing(?).] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.
Ex`tra*di"tion (?), n. [L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition.] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
Ex*tra"dos (?), n. [F.; pref. extra- outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back.] (Arch.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.
Ex`tra*do"tal (?), a. [Pref. extra- + dotal.] Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.
Ex`tra*fo`li*a"ceous (?), a. [Pref. extra + foliaceous.] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon.
Ex`tra*fo*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors.] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extraforaneous occupations." Cowper.
Ex`tra*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. genus race.] Belonging to another race or kind.
Ex`tra*ju*di"cial (?), a. Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. "An extrajudicial opinion." Hallam. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv.
Ex`tra*lim"it*a*ry (?), a. Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.
Ex`tra*log"ic*al (?), a. Lying outside of the domain of logic. -- Ex`tra*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ex`tra*mis"sion (?), n. A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex`tra*mun"dane (?), a. [L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world.] Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.
Ex`tra*mu"ral (?), a. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
Ex`tra*ne"i*ty (?), n. State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]
Ex*tra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra-, Strange.] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment.
Landor.
-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
Ex`tra-oc"u*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.
Ex`tra-of*fi"cial (?), a. Not prescribed by official duty.
Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ly (?), adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree.
Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ness, n. The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.
Ex*traor"di*na*ry (?), a. [L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See Ordinary.] 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
Which dispose
To something extraordinary my thoughts.
Milton.
2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.
3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.
Ex*traor"di*na*ry, n.; pl. Extraordinaries (&?;). That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions.
Jer. Taylor.
Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al (?), a. Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv.
Ex`tra*phys"i*cal (?), a. Not subject to physical laws or methods.
Ex`tra*pro*fes"sion*al (?), a. Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
Ex`tra*pro*vin"cial (?), a. Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.
Ex`tra*reg"u*lar (?), a. Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.
Ex`tra*sta*pe"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n. The extrastapedial part of columella.
Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.
Ex`tra*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton.
Ex`tra*trop"ic*al (?), a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.
Ex`traught" (?), p. p. of Extract. [Cf. Distraught.] Extracted; descended. [Obs.]
Knowing whence thou art extraught
Shak.
Ex`tra-u"ter*ine (?), a. (Anat. & Med.) Outside of the uterus, or womb.
Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.
Ex*trav"a*gance (?), n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See Extravagant, and cf. Extravaganza.] 1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance.
Dryden.
The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance.
Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
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Ex*trav"a*gan*cy (?), n.; pl. Extravagancies (&?;). Extravagance.
Ex*trav"a*gant (?), a. [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagans, -antis, p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.] 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.]
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine.
Shak.
2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
Addison.
3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.
Ex*trav"a*gant, n. 1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
Ex*trav"a*gant*ly, adv. In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
Ex*trav"a*gant*ness, n. The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
Ex*trav`a*gan"za (?), n. [Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza.] 1. A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
2. An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.
Ex*trav"a*gate (?), v. i. [Pref. extra- + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant.] To rove. Bp. Warburton.
Ex*trav`a*ga"tion (?), n. A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett.
Ex*trav"a*sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extravasated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extravasating(?).] [Pref. extra- + L. vas vessel: cf. F. extravaser. See Vase.] To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.
Ex*trav`a*sa"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extravasation.] The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.
Ex`tra*vas"cu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.
Ex*trav"e*nate (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. vena vein.] Let out of the veins. [Obs.] "Extravenate blood." Glanvill.
Ex`tra*ver"sion (?), n. [Pref. extra- + L. vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.] The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.
Ex*treat" (?), n. [See Estreat, Extract.] Extraction. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ex*treme" (?), a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: cf. F. extrême. See Exterior.] 1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. "Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott.
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire.
Shak.
4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
The Puritans or extreme Protestants.
Gladstone.
5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less. -- Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6. -- Extreme unction. See under Unction.
Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his extremest state." Spenser. "Extremest hardships." Sharp. "Extremest of evils." Bacon. "Extremest verge of the swift brook." Shak. "The sea's extremest borders." Addison.
Ex*treme", n. 1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.
His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness.
Bancroft.
3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." Shak.
4. (Logic) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
5. (Math.) The first or the last term of a proportion or series.
In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme." J. P. Peters.
Ex*treme"less (?), a. Having no extremes; infinite.
Ex*treme"ly, adv. In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
Ex*trem"ist (?), n. A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
Ex*trem"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Extremities(&?;). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extrémité.] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia.
Arbuthnot.
2. (Zoöl.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.
3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.
4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view.
Milton.
Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament.
Milton.
Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.
Ex"tri*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.
Ex"tri*cate (ks"tr*kt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated(- k`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Extricating(-k`tng).] [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. Intricate.] 1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles.
Eustace.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.
Ex`tri*ca"tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
2. The act of sending out or evolving.
Ex*trin"sic (?), a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.] 1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.
I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
Ex*trin"sic*al (?), a. Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*ly(#), adv.
{ Ex*trin`si*cal"i*ty (?), Ex*trin"sic*al*ness (?), } n. The state or quality of being extrinsic.
Ex*tro"i*tive (?), a. [L. extra on the outside + ire, itum, to go.] Seeking or going out after external objects. [R.]
Their natures being almost wholly extroitive.
Coleridge.
Ex*tror"sal (?), a. (Bot.) Extrorse.
Ex*trorse" (?), a. [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse.] (Bot.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.
Ex`tro*ver"sion (?), n. [See Extrorse.] The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.
Ex*truct" (?), v. t. [L. extructus, exstructus, p. p. of extruere, exstruere, to build up; ex out + struere to build.] To construct. [Obs.] Byrom.
Ex*truc"tion (?), n. [L. exstructio.] A building up; construction. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Ex*truct"ive (?), a. Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke.
Ex*truct"or (?), n. [L.] A builder. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.
Ex*tru"sion (?), n. The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
Ex*tu"ber*ance (?), n. A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon.
Ex*tu"ber*an*cy (?), n. Extuberance. [R.]
Ex*tu"ber*ant (?), a. [L. extuberare.] Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.
Ex*tu"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. extuberatus, p. pr. of extuberare to swell; ex out + tuber a swelling.] To swell out. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Ex*tu`ber*a"tion (?), n. [L. extuberatio.] Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.
Ex`tu*mes"cence (?), n. [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr. of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. extumescence.] A swelling or rising. [R.] Cotgrave.
Ex*u"ber*ance (?), n. [L. exuberantia: cf. F. exubérance.] The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.
Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See Abundance.
Ex*u"ber*an*cy (?), n. Exuberance.
Ex*u"ber*ant (?), a. [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exubérant. See Udder.] Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.
Ex*u"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. exuberatus, p. p. of exuberare. See Exuberant, n.] To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle.
Ex*uc"cous (?), a. See Exsuccous. [Obs.]
Ex*u"date (?), v. t. & i. [See Exude.] To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ex`u*da"tion (?), n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations.
Am. Cyc.
Ex*ude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance.
Dr. T. Dwight.
Ex*ude", v. i. To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate.] 1. To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.
2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.]
Minds exulcerated in themselves.
Hooker.
Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), a. [L. exulceratus, p. p.] Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ex*ul`cer*a"tion (?), n. [L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération.] [Obs. or R.] 1. Ulceration. Quincy.
2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.
Ex*ul"cer*a*tive (?), a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.
Ex*ul"cer*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire.] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
Ex*ult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Pope.
{ Ex*ult"ance (?), Ex*ult"an*cy (?), } n. [L. exsultantia.] Exultation. [Obs.] Burton. Hammond.
Ex*ult"ant (?), a. [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of exsultare. See Exult.] Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
Break away, exultant, from every defilement.
I. Tay;or.
Ex`ul*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [L. exsultatio: cf. F. exultation.] The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
His bosom swelled with exultation.
Prescott.
Ex*ult"ing, a. Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
Ex*un"date (?), v. i. [L. exundatus, p. p. of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare. See Undated waved.] To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ex`un*da"tion (?), n. [L. exundatio.] An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [R.] Ray.
Ex*un"gu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exungulated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exungulating(?).] [L. exungulare to lose the hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See Ungula.] To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]
Ex*u"per*a*ble (?), a. [L. exuperabilis, exsuperabilis. See Exuperate.] Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.
Ex*u"per*ance (?), n. [L. exuperantia, exsuperantia.] Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Ex*u"per*ant (?), a. [L. exuperans, exsuperans, p. pr.] Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]
Ex*u"per*ate (?), v. t. [L. exuperatus, exsuperatus, p. p. of exuperare, exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.] To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]
Ex*u`per*a"tion (?), n. [See Exurgent.] The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.
Ex*ur"gent (?), a. [L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise.] Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]
Ex*us"ci*tate (?), v. t. See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.
Ex*us"tion (?; 106), n. [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The act or operation of burning up. Bailey.
Ex*u"to*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuv&?;e.] (Med.) An issue.
||Ex*u"vi*a (?), n. sing. of Exuviæ.
Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.
Ex*u"vi*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exuviable.] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
||Ex*u"vi*æ, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.] 1. (Zoöl) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.