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Excalceate (?), v. t. [L. excalceatus, p. p. of excalceare to unshoe. See .] To deprive of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.
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Excalceation (?), n. The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.
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Excalfaction (?), n. [L. excalfactio.] A heating or warming; calefaction. [Obs.] Blount.
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Excalfactive (?), a. [L. excalfacere to warm; ex out (intens.) + calfacere to warm.] Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Excalfactory (?), a. [L. excalfactorius.] Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.
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Excalibur (?), n. The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written also Excalibar, Excalibor, Escalibar, and Caliburn.] Tennyson.

{ Excamb (?), Excambie (?), } v. t. [LL. excambiare, excambire; L. ex out + cambire. See , and cf. .] (Scots Law) To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.

{ Excambion (?), Excambium (?), } n. [LL. excambium. See .] (Scots Law) Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.
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Excandescence (?), n. [L. excandescentia.] 1. A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence. [R.]
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2. Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] Blount.
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Excandescent (?), a. [L. excandescens, p. pr. of excandescere to take fire, glow; ex out (intens.) + candescere to begin to glisten or glow, fr. candere. See .] White or glowing with heat. [R.] Ure.
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Excantation (?), n. [L. excantare to charm out. See , and .] Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Obs.] Gayton.
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Excarnate (?), v. t. [LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh.] To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew.
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Excarnation (?), n. The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.
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Excarnificate (?), v. t. [L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See .] To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More.
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Excarnification (?), n. The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.
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Excavate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excavated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excavating(?).] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See .] 1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.
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2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
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3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth.
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The material excavated was usually sand. E. L. Corthell.
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Coloq. Excavating pump , a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. Knight.
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Excavation (?), n. [L. excavatio: cf. F. excavation.] 1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
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2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. “A winding excavation.” Glover.
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3. (Engin.) (a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. (b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
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The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.
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Excavator (?), n. One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
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Excave (?), v. t. [L. excavare.] To excavate. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Excecate (?), v. t. [L. excaecatus, p. p. of excaecare to blind; ex (intens.) + caecare to blind, caecus blind.] To blind. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Excecation (?), n. The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.
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Excedent (?), n. [L. excedens, -entis, p. pr. of excedere. See , v. t.] Excess. [R.]
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Exceed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. excéder. See .] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
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Name the time, but let it not
Exceed three days. Shak.
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Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

Syn. -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.
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Exceed, v. i. 1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. “In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed.” Jer. Taylor.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3.
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2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.
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Exceedable (?), a. Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.
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Exceeder (?), n. One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu.
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Exceeding, a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. “The exceeding riches of his grace.” Eph. ii. 7. -- Exceedingness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Exceeding, adv. In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] “The voice exceeding loud.” Keble.
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His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix. 3.
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The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Exceedingly (?), adv. To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.
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Excel (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See , .] 1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior.
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I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.
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2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. Milton.
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Excel, v. i. To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4.
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Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.
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Excellence (?), n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.] 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
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Consider first that great
Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.
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2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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With every excellence refined. Beattie.
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3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.
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I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king. Shak.

Syn. -- Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
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Excellency (?), n.; pl. Excellencies (�). 1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34.
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Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.
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2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
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Excellent (?), a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See .] 1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
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To love . . .
What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.
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2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] “An excellent hypocrite.” Hume.
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Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.

Syn. -- Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.
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Excellent, adv. Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] “This comes off well and excellent.” Shak.
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Excellently, adv. 1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
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2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness. [Obs.]
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When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J. Fletcher.
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Excelsior, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated, lofty, p. p. of excellere. See , v. t.] More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
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Excelsior, n. A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
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Excentral (?), a. [Pref. ex- + central.] (Bot.) Out of the center.

{ Excentric (?), Excentrical (?), } a. 1. Same as , .
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2. (Bot.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.
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Excentricity (?). (Math.) Same as .
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Except (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See .] 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
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Who never touched
The excepted tree. Milton.
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Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] Shak.
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Except, v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
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Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak.
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Except, prep. [Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.] With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
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God and his Son except,
Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. Milton.

Syn. -- , , , , . Excepting, except, but, and save are exclusive. Except marks exclusion more pointedly. “I have finished all the letters except one,” is more marked than “I have finished all the letters but one.” Excepting is the same as except, but less used. Save is chiefly found in poetry. Besides (lit., by the side of) is in the nature of addition. “There is no one here except or but him,” means, take him away and there is nobody present. “There is nobody here besides him,” means, he is present and by the side of, or in addition to, him is nobody. “Few ladies, except her Majesty, could have made themselves heard.” In this example, besides should be used, not except.
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Except (ĕksĕpt), conj. Unless; if it be not so that.
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And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26.
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But yesterday you never opened lip,
Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson.
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☞ As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except.
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Exceptant (ĕksĕpt�nt), a. Making exception.
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Excepting, prep. & conj., but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. “Excepting your worship's presence.” Shak.
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No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself. Lubbock.
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Exception (ĕksĕpshŭn), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.] 1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
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2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.
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Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark,
Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. Cowper.
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Often with to.
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That proud exception to all nature's laws. Pope.
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3. (Law) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. Burrill.
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4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
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I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley.
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He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon.
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She takes exceptions at your person. Shak.
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Coloq. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.
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Exceptionable (ĕksĕpshŭnȧb'l), a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Exceptionableness, n.
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This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.
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Exceptional (?), a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell.
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This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. )

-- Exceptionally(#), adv.
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Exceptioner (?), n. One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.] Milton.
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Exceptionless, a. Without exception.
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A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
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Exceptious (?), a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.]
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At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South.

-- Exceptiousness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.
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Exceptive (?), a. That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. I. Watts.
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A particular and exceptive law. Milton.
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Exceptless, a. Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.]
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My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.
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Exceptor (?), n. [L., a scribe.] One who takes exceptions. T. Burnet.
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Excerebration (?), n. [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.] The act of removing or beating out the brains.
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Excerebrose (?), a. [See .] Brainless. [R.]
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Excern (?), v. t. [L. excernere. See .] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon.
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Excernent (?), a. [See .] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
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Excerp (?), v. t. [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See , and cf. , a.] To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.
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Excerpt (ĕksẽrpt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See .] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
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Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.
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Excerpt (ĕksẽrpt; 277), n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
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Excerption (?), n. [L. excerptio.] 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]
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2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.]
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His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.
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Excerptive (?), a. That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie.
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Excerptor (?), n. One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.
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Excess (?), n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. excès. See .] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
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To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Shak.
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That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. Walsh.
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2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
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Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Eph. v. 18.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. Milton.
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3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
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Coloq. Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
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