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Excuse (?), n. [Cf. F. excuse. See , v. t.] 1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
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Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. Shak.
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2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.
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Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. Milton.
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3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. “It hath the excuse of youth.” Shak.
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If eyes were made for seeing.
Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Emerson.

Syn. -- See .
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Excuseless, a. Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock.
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Excusement (?), n. [Cf. OF. excusement.] Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.
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Excuser (?), n. 1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Swift.
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2. One who excuses or forgives another. Shelton.
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Excuss (?), v. t. [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. .] 1. To shake off; to discard. [R.]
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To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.]
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To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).
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3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
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Excussion (?), n. [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.] The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
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Exeat (?), n. [L., let him go forth.] 1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] Shipley.
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2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.
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Execrable (?), a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. exécrable. See .] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. “Execrable pride.” Hooker.

-- Execrableness, n. -- Execrably, adv.
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Execrate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating (?).] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See .] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. “They . . . execrate their lct.” Cowper.
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Execration (?), n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
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Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
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2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.
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Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn. -- See .
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Execrative (?), a. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. -- Execratively, adv.
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Execrative, n. A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle.
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Execratory (?), a. Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. -- n. A formulary of execrations. L. Addison.
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Exect (?), v. t. [See .] To cut off or out. [Obs.] See . Harvey.
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Exection (?), n. [Obs.] See .
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Executable (?), a. Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.]
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Executant (?), n. One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.
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Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.
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Execute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Executing (?).] [F. exécuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See , to follow up, and cf. .] 1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
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Why delays
His hand to execute what his decree
Fixed on this day? Milton.
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2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.
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3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stipulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.
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4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.
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5. To put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.
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6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music or other feat of skill, whether on an instrument or with the voice, or in any other manner requiring physical activity; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly; to execute a coup; to execute a double play.

Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See .
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Execute, v. i. 1. To do one's work; to act one's part or purpose. [R.] Hayward.
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2. To perform musically.
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Executer (?), n. One who performs or carries into effect. See .
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executing n. putting a condemned person to death.
Syn. -- execution, capital punishment, death penalty.
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Execution (?), n. [F. exécution, L. executio, exsecutio.] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
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The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.
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2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer; to grant a stay of execution.
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A warrant for his execution. Shak.
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3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
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The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.
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4. The mode of performing any activity; as, the game plan was excellent, but its execution was filled with mistakes.
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5. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
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6. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
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To do some fatal execution. Shak.
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7. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] Beau. & FL.
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Executioner (?), n. 1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon.
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2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
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Executive (?), a. [Cf.F. exécutif.] 1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
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☞ In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.
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2. of or pertaining to an executive{2} or to the group of executives within an organization; as, executive compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the 1980's; the executive suite.
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Executive, n. 1. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
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2. a person who has administrative authority over an organization or division of an organization; a manager, supervisor or administrator at a high level within an organization; as, all executives of the company were given stock options
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Executively, adv. In the way of executing or performing.
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Executor (?), n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. .] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
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2. An executioner. [Obs.]
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Delivering o'er to executors paw�
The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
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3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
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Coloq. Executor de son tort [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
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Executorial (?), a. [LL. executorialis.] Of or pertaining to an executive.
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Executorship (?), n. The office of an executor.
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Executory (?), a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.
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The official and executory duties of government. Burke.
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2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.
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Executress (?), n. [Cf.F. exécutrice.] An executrix.
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Executrix (?), n. [LL.] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
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Exedent (?), a. [L. exedent, -entis, p. pr. of exedere. See .] Eating out; consuming. [R.]
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Exedra (ĕks�drȧ), n.; pl. Exedræ (ĕks�drē). [L., fr. Gr 'exedra; 'ex out + edra seat.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
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2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.
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exemplifying adj. 1. clarifying by use of examples.
Syn. -- illustrative.
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Exegesis (?), n.; pl. Exegeses (#). [NL., fr.Gr. �,fr. � to explain, interpret; � out + � to guide, lead, akin, to � to lead. See .] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
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2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]
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Exegete (?), n. [Gr. �: cf.F. exégète. See .] An exegetist.

{ Exegetic (?), Exegetical (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F.exégétique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Exegetically, adv.
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Exegetics (?), n. The science of interpretation or exegesis.
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Exegetist (?), n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.
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Exemplar (?), n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See , and cf. , .] 1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
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Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.
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2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.
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Exemplar, a. Exemplary. [Obs.]
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The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.
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Exemplarily (?), adv. In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
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She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.
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Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.
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Exemplariness, n. The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
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Exemplarity (�), n. [Cf. LL. exemplaritas.] Exemplariness. [R.]
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The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.
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Exemplary (?), a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See .] 1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
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[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.
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2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.
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3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Fuller.
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Coloq. Exemplary damages . (Law) See under .
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Exemplary, n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.
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Exemplifiable (?), a. That can be exemplified.
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Exemplification (?), n. 1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
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2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
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3. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
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Exemplifier (?), n. One who exemplifies by following a pattern.
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Exemplify (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exemplified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exemplifying.] [L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.] 1. To show or illustrate by example.
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He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.
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2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.
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3. To prove or show by an attested copy.
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Exempt (?), a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. , .] 1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.]
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Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.
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2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.
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3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.
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True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak.
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T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.
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Exempt, n. 1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.
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2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]
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Exempt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] [F. exempter. See , a.] 1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.
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2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.
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Death
So snatched will not exempt us from the pain
We are by doom to pay. Milton.
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Exemptible (?), a. That may be exempted.
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Exemption (?), n. [L. exemptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption.] The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
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Exemptitious (?), a. Separable. [Obs.] “Exemptitious from matter.” Dr. H. More.
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Exenterate (?), v. t. [L. exenteratus, p. p. of exenterare; cf. Gr. �; � out + � intestine.] To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.]
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Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.
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Exenteration (?), n. [LL. exenteratio.] Act of exenterating. [R.]
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Exequatur (?), n. [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequi, exsequi, to perform, execute.] 1. A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.
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2. Official recognition or permission. Prescott.
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Exequial (?), a. [L. exequialis, exsequialis, fr. exsequiae exequies.] Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
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Exequious (?), a. Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Exequy (?), n.; pl. Exequies (#). [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See .] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
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But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.
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Exercent (?), a. [L. exercents, -entis, p. pr. of exercere. See .] Practicing; professional. [Obs.] “Every exercent advocate.” Ayliffe.
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exercisable (?) a. That may be exercised, used, or exerted; as, the stock options are exercisable for only five years from the date of issue.
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Exercise (?), n. [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See .] 1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
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exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson.
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O we will walk this world,
Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.
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2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. “Desire of knightly exercise.” Spenser.
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An exercise of the eyes and memory. Locke.
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3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym.
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The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.
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4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
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Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison.
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To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.
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5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition; arithmetic exercises.
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The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. Prescott.
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He seems to have taken a degree, and performed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. Brydges.
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6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
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Patience is more oft the exercise
Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. Milton.
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Coloq. Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.
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