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Expression (ĕksprĕshŭn), n. [L. expressio: cf. F. expression.] 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
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2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
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With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy. Prescott.
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3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
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The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this. M. Arnold.
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4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. “The expression of an eye.” Tennyson.
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It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. Prescott.
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5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
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6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity or relation by appropriate characters or symbols, usually in a specific order.
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7. (Genetics) the production of products by a gene that cause the appearance of the corresponding protein or phenotype; -- of a gene or of an organism with a specific gene; as, the expression the beta-galactosidase positive phenotype,
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8. (Computers) a combination of characters linked by operators, occurring as part of the code of a computer program, which must be evaluated according to the rules of the computer language in order to produce a resulting value.
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In most programming languages, (a + b) is an expression indicating simple arithmetic addition, if the variables a and b are real numbers. Many other types of operation may be used in programs, and each set of symbols indicating an operation is an expression in that program.
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Coloq. Past expression , Coloq. Beyond expression , beyond the power of description. “Beyond expression bright.” Milton.
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Expressional (-�l), a. Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment. Fitzed. Hall. Ruskin.
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expressionism n. 1. an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized.
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2. a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves.
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expressionist expressionistic adj. 1. of or pertaining to expressionism (definition 2); as, expressionist art.
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expressionist n. an artist who is an adherent of expressionism.
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Expressionless, a. Destitute of expression.
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Expressive (?), a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
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Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell.
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2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
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You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. Shak.
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Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. Littelton.

-- Expressively,adv. -- Expressiveness,n.
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expressiveness n. the quality of being expressive.
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Expressly, adv. In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
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The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3.
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I am sent expressly to your lordship. Shak.
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Expressman (-m�n), n.; pl. Expressmen (-m�n). A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.
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Expressness, n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.] Hammond.
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Express rifle. A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.
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Express train. Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
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Expressure (?;135), n. The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.]
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An operation more divine
Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.
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Exprobrate (?), v. t. [L. exprobratus, p. p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act.] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Exprobration (?), n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]
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A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

{ Exprobrative (?), Exprobratory (?), } a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir A. Shirley.
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Expropriate (?), v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.
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Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.
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expropriated adj. taken out of the possession of another and transferred to one's own use often without permission; as, the expropriated land was developed into a public playground.
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Expropriation, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu.
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The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold.
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Expugn (ĕkspūn), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. .] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
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Expugnable (ĕkspŭgnȧb'l), a. [L. expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugned.
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Expugnation (?), n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.
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Expugner (?), n. One who expugns.
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Expulse (?), v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See .] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]
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If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton.
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Expulser (?), n. An expeller. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Expulsion (?), n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See .] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
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The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.
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2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
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Expulsive (?), a. [Cf. F. expulsif.] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
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The expulsive power of a new affection. Chalmers.
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Expunction (?), n. [L. expunctio execution, performance, from expungere. See .] The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. Milton.
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Expunge (ĕkspŭnj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged (ĕkspŭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging (ĕkspŭnjĭng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See ] 1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.
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2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expunge an offense. Sandys.
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Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. Pope.

Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.
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expunging n. deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
Syn. -- expunction, erasure.
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Expurgate (ĕkspŭrgāt or ĕkspûrgāt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated (ĕkspŭrgātĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating (ĕkspŭrgātĭng).] [L. expurgatus, p. p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See , and cf. .] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
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expurgated adj. having material deleted; -- of books; as, at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions.
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Expurgation (?), n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton.
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Expurgator (?; 277), n. One who expurgates or purifies.
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Expurgatorial (?), a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman.
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Expurgatorious (?), a. Expurgatory. [Obs.] “Expurgatorious indexes.” Milton.
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Expurgatory (?), a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. “Expurgatory animadversions.” Sir T. Browne.
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Coloq. Expurgatory Index . See Index Expurgatorius, under .
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Expurge (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. espurgier. See .] To purge away. [Obs.] Milton.
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Exquire (?), v. t. [L. exquirere. See .] To search into or out. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Exquisite (?), a. [L. exquisitus, p. p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See .] 1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
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Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of reach and exquisite form. Shak.
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I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. Shak.
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2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
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3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
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His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. Fuller.

Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.
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Exquisite, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
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Exquisitely, adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
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To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne.
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Exquisiteness, n. Quality of being exquisite.
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Exquisitive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Exquisitively, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Exsanguine (?), a. Bloodless. [R.]
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Exsanguineous (?), a. Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.
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Exsanguinity (?), n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.
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Exsanguinous (?), a. See .
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Exsanguious (?), a. [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. .] 1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
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Exscind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.] To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate. Barrow.
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The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly. Am. Cyc.
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Exscribe (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Exscript (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p. p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Exscriptural (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
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Exscutellate (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.
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Exsect (?), v. t. [L. exsectio.] 1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.
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2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

{ Exsert (?), Exserted, } a. [L. exsertus, p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See .] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
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A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.
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Exsert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exserting.] [See , a., .] To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.
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Exsertile (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.
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ex-serviceman n. a person who has served in the armed forces.
Syn. -- veteran, vet.
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Exsiccant (?), a. [L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare. See .] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n. (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.
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Exsiccate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.
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Exsiccation (?), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.
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Exsiccative (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
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Exsiccator (?), n. (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
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Exsiliency (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p. pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. [R.] Latham.
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Exsolution (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. ).
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Exspoliation (?), n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See .] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] Bp. Hall.
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ex-spouse n. a person who was formerly a spouse.
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Exspuition (?), n. [L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition.] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.] E. Darwin.
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Exsputory (?), a. Spit out, or as if spit out. “Exsputory lines.” Cowper.
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Exstipulate (?), a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate.] (Bot.) Having no stipules. Martyn.
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Exstrophy (?), n. [Gr. � to turn inside out; � = � out + � to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
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Exsuccous (?), a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.
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Exsuction (?), n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out.
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Exsudation (?), n. Exudation.
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Exsufflate (?), v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See .] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
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Exsufflation (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.
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3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
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Exsufflicate (?), a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]
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Such exsufflicate and blown surmises. Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).
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Exsuscitate (?), v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p. p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See .] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Exsuscitation (?), n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.
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Extacy (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Extance (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p. pr. See .] Outward existence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Extancy (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia.] The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.
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Extant (?), a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See .] 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
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That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray.
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A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.
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2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
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Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale.
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The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.
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3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Extasy (?), n. & v. t. See , n. & v. t.
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Extatic (?), a. See , a.
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Extemporal (?), a. [L. extemporalis, from ex tempore.] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

-- Extemporally, adv. [Obs.]
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Extemporanean (?), a. Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.
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Extemporaneous (?), a. [See .] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Extemporaneously, adv. -- Extemporaneousness,n.
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Extemporarily (?), adv. Extemporaneously.
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Extemporary (?), a. 1. Extemporaneous. “In extemporary prayer.” Fuller.
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2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] “Extemporary habitations.” Maundrell.
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Extempore (?), adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See .] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a. Done or performed extempore. “Extempore dissertation.” Addison. “Extempore poetry.” Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
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Extemporiness (?), n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.
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