Part 9

EUCHRE, [=u]'k[.e]r, _n._ an American game at cards for two, three, or four persons, with the 32, 28, or 24 highest cards of the pack--if a player fails to make three tricks he is _euchred_, and his adversary scores against him.--_v.t._ to outwit. [Ety. uncertain; prob. Ger., like the term _bower_ (q.v.), used in the game; some have suggested a Sp. _yuca_.]

EUCLASE, [=u]'kl[=a]s, _n._ a silicate of aluminium and glucinum occurring in pale-green transparent crystals. [Fr.,--Gr. _eu_, well, _klasis_, breaking.]

EUCLIDEAN, [=u]-klid'e-an, or [=u]-kli-d[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to Euclid, a mathematician of Alexandria about 300 B.C.

EUDEMONISM, EUDAEMONISM, [=u]-d[=e]'mon-izm, _n._ the system of ethics that makes happiness the test of rectitude--whether _Egoistic_, as Hobbes, or _Altruistic_, as Mill.--_ns._ EUD[=E]'MONIST, EUDAE'MONIST. [Gr. _eudaimonia_, happiness--_eu_, well, _daim[=o]n_, a god.]

EUDIOMETER, [=u]-di-om'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the purity of, or the quantity of oxygen contained in, the air.--_adjs._ EUDIOMET'RIC, -AL.--_n._ EUDIOM'ETRY. [Gr. _eudios_, clear, _metron_, measure.]

EUGE, [=u]'j[=e], _interj._ well! well done! [L.]

EUGENIC, [=u]-jen'ik, _adj._ pertaining to race culture.--_n.pl._ EUGEN'ICS, the science of such.--_n._ EU'GENISM.

EUGENIN, [=u]'je-nin, _n._ a substance procured from the distilled water of cloves.

EUGH, EUGHEN, obsolete forms of _yew_, _yewen_.

EUGUBINE, [=u]'g[=u]-bin, _adj._ pertaining to the ancient town of _Eugubium_ or _Iguvium_ (mod. _Gubbio_), or to its famous seven tablets of bronze, the chief monument of the ancient Umbrian tongue.

EUHARMONIC, [=u]-har-mon'ik, _adj._ producing perfectly concordant sounds.

EUHEMERISM, [=u]-h[=e]'me-rizm, _n._ the system which explains mythology as growing out of real history, its deities as merely magnified men.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ EUH[=E]'MERISE.--_n._ and _adj._ EUH[=E]'MERIST.--_adj._ EUHEMERIS'TIC.--_adv._ EUHEMERIS'TICALLY. [From _Euhemerus_, a 4th-cent. (B.C.) Sicilian philosopher.]

EULOGIUM, [=u]-l[=o]'ji-um, EULOGY, [=u]'lo-ji, _n._ a speaking well of: a speech or writing in praise of.--_adjs._ EULOG'IC, -AL, containing eulogy or praise.--_adv._ EULOG'ICALLY.--_v.t._ EU'LOG[=I]SE, to speak well of: to praise.--_n._ EU'LOGIST, one who praises or extols another.--_adj._ EULOGIST'IC, full of praise.--_adv._ EULOGIST'ICALLY. [Late L. _eulogium_--Gr. _eulogion_ (classical _eulogia_)--_eu_, well, _logia_, a speaking.]

EUMENIDES, [=u]-men'i-d[=e]z, _n.pl._ the Erinyes or Furies--the euphemistic name for these. [Gr. _eu_, well, _menos_, mind.]

EUNOMY, [=u]'n[=o]-mi, _n._ equal, righteous law. [Gr.]

EUNUCH, [=u]'nuk, _n._ a castrated man--often employed as chamberlain in the East.--_v.t._ EU'NUCHATE.--_n._ EU'NUCHISM, the state of being a eunuch. [Gr. _eunouchos_--_eun[=e]_, a couch, _echein_, to have charge of.]

EUONYM, [=u]'[=o]-nim, _n._ a fitting name for anything. [Gr.]

EUPATRID, [=u]-pat'rid, _n._ a member of the Athenian aristocracy. [Gr. _eupatrid[=e]s_--_eu_, well--_pat[=e]r_, father.]

EUPEPSY, [=u]-pep'si, _n._ good digestion--opp. to _Dyspepsia_.--_adj._ EUPEP'TIC, having good digestion.--_n._ EUPEPTIC'ITY. [Gr. _eupepsia_--_eu_, well, _pepsis_, digestion--_peptein_, to digest.]

EUPHEMISM, [=u]'fem-izm, _n._ a figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is designated by an indirect and milder term.--_v.t._ or _v.i._ EU'PHEMISE, to express by a euphemism: to use euphemistic terms.--_adj._ EUPHEMIST'IC.--_adv._ EUPHEMIST'ICALLY. [Gr. _euph[=e]mismos_--_euph[=e]mos_--_eu_, well, _ph[=e]m[=e]_--_phana['i]_, to speak.]

EUPHONY, [=u]'fo-ni, _n._ an agreeable sound: a pleasing, easy pronunciation--also EUPH[=O]'NIA.--_adjs._ EUPHON'IC, -AL, EUPH[=O]'NIOUS, pertaining to euphony: agreeable in sound.--_adv._ EUPH[=O]'NIOUSLY.--_v.t._ EU'PHON[=I]SE, to make euphonious.--_n._ EUPH[=O]'NIUM, the bass instrument of the saxhorn family: a variation of the harmonica, invented by Chladni in 1790. [Gr. _euph[=o]nia_--_eu_, well, _ph[=o]n[=e]_, sound.]

EUPHORBIA, [=u]-for'bi-a, _n._ the _Spurge_ genus.--_n._ EUPHOR'BIUM, a gum resin. [L.,--_Euphorbus_, a physician to Juba, king of Mauritania.]

EUPHRASY, [=u]'fra-zi, _n._ (_bot._) the plant eyebright, formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes. [Gr. _euphrasia_, delight--_euphrainein_, to cheer--_eu_, well, _phr[=e]n_, the heart.]

EUPHROSYNE, [=u]-fros'i-n[=e], _n._ one of the three Charities or Graces: merriment. [Gr. _euphr[=o]n_, cheerful.]

EUPHUISM, [=u]'f[=u]-izm, _n._ an affected and bombastic style of language: a high-flown expression.--_v.i._ EU'PHUISE.--_n._ EU'PHUIST.--_adj._ EUPHUIST'IC. [From _Euphues_, a popular book by John Lyly (1579-80).--Gr. _euphy[=e]s_, graceful--_eu_, well, _phy[=e]_, growth--_phyesthai_, to grow.]

EURASIAN, [=u]-r[=a]'zi-an, _adj._ descended from a European on the one side and an Asiatic on the other: of or pertaining to Europe and Asia taken as one continent. [From the combination of _Europe_ and _Asia_.]

EUREKA, [=u]-r[=e]'ka, _n._ a brilliant discovery. [Gr. perf. indic. of _euriskein_, to find; the cry of Archimedes as he ran home naked from the bath, where a method of detecting the adulteration of Hiero's crown had suddenly occurred to him.]

EURIPUS, [=u]-r[=i]'pus, _n._ an arm of the sea with strong currents: the water-channel between the arena and cavea of a Roman hippodrome. [Gr.]

EUROCLYDON, [=u]-rok'li-don, _n._ the tempestuous wind by which St Paul's ship was wrecked (Acts, xxvii. 14). [Gr., from _euros_, the east wind, _klyd[=o]n_, a wave--_klyzein_, to dash over.]

EUROPEAN, [=u]-ro-p[=e]'an, _adj._ belonging to _Europe_.--_n._ a native or inhabitant of Europe.

EURUS, [=u]'rus, _n._ the east wind. [L.,--Gr. _euros_, the east wind.]

EUSEBIAN, [=u]-s[=e]'bi-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Eusebius_ of Caesarea, father of ecclesiastical history (died 340), or to the Arian _Eusebius_ of Nicomedia (died 342).

EUSKARIAN, [=u]s-k[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ Basque. [Basque _Euskara_, the Basque language.]

EUSTACHIAN, [=u]-st[=a]'ki-an, _adj._ pertaining to the tube leading from the middle ear to the pharynx, or to the rudimentary valve at the entrance of the inferior vena cava in the heart. [Named from the Italian physician Bartolommeo _Eustachio_ (died 1574).]

EUTAXY, [=u]'tak-si, _n._ good order.--_adj._ EUTAXIT'IC. [Gr.]

EUTERPEAN, [=u]-t[.e]r'pe-an, _adj._ relating to EUTER'PE, the muse who presided over music--hence relating to music. [Gr. _Euterp[=e]_--_eu_, well, _terpein_, to delight.]

EUTHANASIA, [=u]-than-[=a]'zi-a, _n._ an easy mode of death.--Also EUTHAN'ASY. [Gr. _euthanasia_--_eu_, well, _thanatos_, death.]

EUTROPHY, [=u]'tr[=o]-fi, _n._ healthy nutrition. [Gr.]

EUTYCHIAN, [=u]-tik'i-an, _adj._ of or pertaining to the doctrine of _Eutyches_, a 5th-cent. archimandrite of Constantinople, who held that after the incarnation of Christ all that was human in Him became merged in the divine, and that Christ had but one nature.--_n._ a follower of Eutyches.

EVACUATE, e-vak'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to throw out the contents of: to discharge: to withdraw from.--_adj._ EVAC'UANT, purgative.--_n._ EVACU[=A]'TION, act of emptying out: a withdrawing from: that which is discharged.--_adj._ EVAC'U[=A]TIVE.--_n._ EVAC'U[=A]TOR, one who evacuates: (_law_) one who nullifies or makes void. [L. _e_, out, _vacu[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to empty--_vacuus_, empty.]

EVADE, e-v[=a]d', _v.t._ to escape or avoid artfully: to baffle. [L. _evad[)e]re_--_e_, out, _vad[)e]re_, to go.]

EVAGATION, e-vag-[=a]'shun, _n._ wandering: a digression. [Fr.,--L. _evag[=a]ri_--_e_, out, _vag[=a]ri_, to wander.]

EVAGINATE, [=e]-vaj'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to draw from a sheath.--_n._ EVAGIN[=A]'TION.

EVALUATE, e-val'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to determine the value of.--_n._ EVALU[=A]'TION.

EVANESCENT, ev-an-es'ent, _adj._ fleeting; imperceptible.--_v.i._ EVANESCE', to fade away.--_n._ EVANES'CENCE.--_adv._ EVANES'CENTLY. [L. _evanescens_, _-entis_--_e_, _vanesc[)e]re_, to vanish--_vanus_, empty.]

EVANGEL, e-van'jel, _n._ (_poet._) good news, esp. the gospel: a salutary principle, esp. relating to morals, politics, &c.--_adjs._ EVANGEL'IC, -AL, of or pertaining to the gospel: relating to the four gospels: according to the doctrine of the gospel: maintaining the truth taught in the gospel: Protestant: applied to the school which insists especially on the total depravity of unregenerate human nature, the justification of the sinner by faith alone, the free offer of the gospel to all, and the plenary inspiration and exclusive authority of the Bible.--_n._ EVANGEL'ICAL, one who belongs to the evangelical school.--_adv._ EVANGEL'ICALLY.--_ns._ EVANGEL'ICALNESS; EVANGEL'ICISM, EVANGEL'ICALISM, evangelical principles; EVANGELIS[=A]'TION, act of proclaiming the gospel.--_v.t._ EVAN'GEL[=I]SE, to make known the good news: to make acquainted with the gospel.--_v.i._ to preach the gospel from place to place.--_ns._ EVAN'GELISM; EVAN'GELIST, one who evangelises: one of the four writers of the gospels: an assistant of the apostles: one authorised to preach, but without a fixed charge; EVANGELIS'TARY, a book containing passages from the gospels to be read at divine service--also EVANGELIST[=A]'RION, EVAN'GELIARY.--_adj._ EVANGELIS'TIC, tending or intended to evangelise.--_n._ EVAN'GELY (_obs._), the gospel. [L. _evangelicus_--Gr. _euangelikos_--_eu_, well, _angellein_, to bring news.]

EVANISH, e-van'ish, _v.i._ to vanish: to die away.--_ns._ EVAN'ISHMENT, EVANI'TION. [See EVANESCE.]

EVAPORATE, e-vap'or-[=a]t, _v.i._ to fly off in vapour: to pass into an invisible state: to depart, vanish.--_v.t._ to convert into steam or gas.--_adj._ EVAP'ORABLE, able to be evaporated or converted into vapour.--_n._ EVAPOR[=A]'TION, act of evaporating or passing off in steam or gas: the process by which a substance changes into the state of vapour.--_adj._ EVAP'OR[=A]TIVE.--_ns._ EVAP'ORATOR; EVAPOROM'ETER. [L. _e_, off, _vapor[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_vapor_, vapour.]

EVASION, e-v[=a]-'zhun, _n._ act of evading or eluding: an attempt to escape the force of an argument or accusation: an excuse.--_adjs._ EV[=A]'SIBLE, capable of being evaded; EV[=A]'SIVE, that evades or seeks to evade: not straightforward: shuffling.--_adv._ EV[=A]'SIVELY.--_n._ EV[=A]'SIVENESS.

EVE, [=e]v, EVEN, [=e]v'n, _n._ (_poet._) evening: the night before a day of note: the time just preceding a great event. [A.S. _['ae]fen_; Dut. _avond_; Ger. _abend_.]

EVECTION, e-vek'shun, _n._ (_astron._) a lunar inequality resulting from the combined effect of the irregularity of the motion of the perigee, and alternate increase and decrease of the eccentricity of the moon's orbit. [L. _evection-em_--_e_, out, _veh[)e]re_, _vectum_, to carry.]

EVEN, [=e]v'n, _adj._ flat: level: uniform: (_Shak._) straightforward: parallel: equal on both sides: not odd, able to be divided by 2 without a remainder.--_v.t._ to make even or smooth: to put on an equality: (_Shak._) to act up to.--_adv._ exactly so: indeed: so much as: still.--_n._ EV'EN-CHRIS'TIAN (_obs._), fellow-Christian.--_adj._ EV'EN-DOWN, straight-down (of rain): downright, honest.--_adv._ thoroughly.--_adj._ EV'EN-HAND'ED, with an equal, fair, or impartial hand: just.--_adv._ EV'ENLY.--_adj._ EV'EN-MIND'ED, having an even or calm mind: equable.--_n._ EV'ENNESS.--BE EVEN WITH, to be revenged on: to be quits with. [A.S. _efen_; Dut. _even_, Ger. _eben_.]

EVENING, [=e]v'ning, _n._ the close of the daytime: the decline or end of life: an evening party or gathering.--_ns._ EV'ENFALL, early evening, twilight; EVE'NING-DRESS, the dress worn by ladies and gentlemen at evening

## parties; EVE'NING-PRIM'ROSE, a species of _Oenothera_, native of Virginia,

but now naturalised in many parts of Europe on river-banks, in thickets, &c.--eaten after dinner it incites to wine-drinking; EVE'NING STAR, applied to Venus, when seen in the west setting soon after the sun; EV'ENSONG, evening prayer, the Anglican form appointed to be said or sung at evening: the time proper for such; EV'ENTIDE, the time of evening, evening. [A.S. _['ae]fnung_, from _['ae]fen_, even.]

EVENT, e-vent', _n._ that which happens: the result: any incident or occurrence: an item in a programme or series of sports.--_adjs._ EVENT'FUL, full of events: momentous; EVENT'[=U]AL, happening as a consequence: final.--_n._ EVENT[=U]AL'ITY, a contingency: (_phren._) the propensity to take notice of events, changes, or facts.--_adv._ EVENT'[=U]ALLY, finally: at length. [L. _eventus_--_even[)i]re_--_e_, out, _ven[=i]re_, to come.]

EVENTRATION, e-ven-tr[=a]'shun, _n._ act of opening the belly; protrusion of an organ from the abdomen.

EVER, ev'[.e]r, _adv._ always: eternally: at any time: at all times: continually: in any degree.--_n._ EV'ERGLADE, a large shallow lake or marsh: chiefly in _pl._ such a marsh in southern Florida, enclosing thousands of islets covered with dense thickets.--_adj._ EV'ERGREEN, always green.--_n._ a plant that remains green all the year.--_adv._ EVERMORE', unceasingly: eternally.--EVER AND ANON, now and then.--EVERGLADE STATE, Florida.--EVER SO, to any extent; FOR EVER, to all eternity; SELDOM OR EVER, used for seldom if ever, or seldom or never. [A.S. _['ae]fre_, always; der. uncertain; perh. cog. with Goth. _aiws_.]

EVERLASTING, ev-[.e]r-last'ing, _adj._ endless: eternal.--_n._ eternity.--_adv._ EVERLAST'INGLY.--_n._ EVERLAST'INGNESS.--EVERLASTING FLOWER, the popular name of certain plants, whose flowers may be kept for years without much diminution of beauty; FROM, or TO, EVERLASTING, from, or to, all eternity; THE EVERLASTING, God.

EVERT, e-vert', _v.t._ to turn inside out.--_n._ EVER'SION. [L. _evert[)e]re_--_e_, out, _vert[)e]re_, _versum_, to turn.]

EVERY, ev'[.e]r-i, _adj._ each one of a number: all taken separately.--_pron._ EV'ERYBODY, every person.--_adj._ EV'ERYDAY, of or belonging to every day, daily: common, usual: pertaining to week-days, in opposition to Sunday.--_pron._ EV'ERYTHING, all things: all.--_advs._ EV'ERYWAY, in every way or respect; EV'ERYWHEN, at all times; EV'ERYWHERE, in every place.--EVERY BIT, the whole; EVERY NOW AND THEN, or AGAIN, at intervals; EVERY OTHER, every second--e.g. every other day, every alternate day. [A.S. _['ae]fre_, ever, and _['ae]lc_, each.]

EVICT, e-vikt', _v.t._ to dispossess by law: to expel from.--_ns._ EVIC'TION, the act of evicting from house or lands: the dispossession of one person by another having a better title of property in land; EVIC'TOR. [L. _evictus_, pa.p. of _evinc[)e]re_, to overcome.]

EVIDENT, ev'i-dent, _adj._ that is visible or can be seen: clear to the mind: obvious.--_n._ EV'IDENCE, that which makes evident: means of proving an unknown or disputed fact: information in a law case, as 'to give evidence:' a witness.--_v.t._ to render evident: (_obs._) to attest, prove.--_adjs._ EVIDEN'TIAL, EVIDEN'TIARY, furnishing evidence: tending to prove.--_advs._ EVIDEN'TIALLY; EV'IDENTLY (_N.T._), visibly.--IN EVIDENCE, received by the court as competent evidence: plainly visible, conspicuous--a penny-a-liner's phrase adopted from the Fr. _en evidence_; TURN KING'S (QUEEN'S) EVIDENCE (of an accomplice in a crime), to give evidence against his partners. [L. _evidens_, _-entis_--_e_, out, _vid[=e]re_, to see.]

EVIL, [=e]'vl, _adj._ wicked: mischievous: disagreeable: unfortunate.--_adv._ in an evil manner: badly.--_n._ that which produces unhappiness or calamity: harm: wickedness: depravity: sin.--_ns._ E'VIL-DO'ER, one who does evil; E'VIL-EYE, a supposed power to cause evil or harm by the look of the eye.--_adj._ E'VIL-F[=A]'VOURED, having a repulsive appearance: ugly.--_n._ E'VIL-F[=A]'VOUREDNESS (_B._), ugliness: deformity.--_adv._ E'VILLY, in an evil manner: not well.--_adj._ E'VIL-MIND'ED, inclined to evil: malicious: wicked.--_ns._ E'VILNESS, state of being evil: wickedness; E'VIL-SPEAK'ING, the speaking of evil: slander.--_adj._ E'VIL-STARRED (_Tenn._), born under the influence of an unpropitious star, unfortunate.--_n._ E'VIL-WORK'ER, one who works or does evil.--THE EVIL ONE, the devil.--SPEAK EVIL OF, to slander. [A.S. _yfel_; Dut. _euvel_; Ger. _[:u]bel_. _Ill_ is a doublet.]

EVINCE, e-vins', _v.t._ to prove beyond doubt: to show clearly: to make evident.--_n._ EVINCE'MENT.--_adj._ EVINC'IBLE, that may be evinced or made evident.--_adv._ EVINC'IBLY.--_adj._ EVINC'IVE, tending to evince, prove, or demonstrate. [L. _evinc[)e]re_--_e_, inten., _vinc[)e]re_, to overcome.]

EVIRATE, [=e]'vir-[=a]t, _v.t._ to castrate: to render weak or unmanly. [L. _evir[=a]re_--_e_, out, _vir_, a man.]

EVISCERATE, e-vis'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to tear out the viscera or bowels: to gut.--_n._ EVISCER[=A]'TION. [L. _e_, out, _viscera_, the bowels.]

EVITE, e-v[=i]t', _v.i._ to avoid.--_v.t._ EV'ITATE (_Shak._) to avoid.--_n._ EVIT[=A]'TION, the act of shunning. [L. _evit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_e_, out, _vit[=a]re_, to shun.]

EVITERNAL, ev-i-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ eternal.--_adv._ EVITER'NALLY.--_n._ EVITER'NITY.

EVOKE, e-v[=o]k', _v.t._ to call out: to draw out or bring forth.--_v.t._ EV'OCATE, to call up (spirits) from the dead.--_n._ EVOC[=A]'TION. [L. _evoc[=a]re_--_e_, out, and _voc[=a]re_, to call.]

EVOLUTION, ev-ol-[=u]'shun, _n._ the act of unrolling or unfolding: gradual working out or development: a series of things unfolded: the doctrine according to which higher forms of life have gradually arisen out of lower: (_arith._, _alg._) the extraction of roots: (_pl._) the orderly movements of a body of troops or of ships of war.--_adjs._ EVOL[=U]'TIONAL, EVOL[=U]'TIONARY, of or pertaining to evolution.--_ns._ EVOL[=U]'TIONISM, the theory of evolution; EVOL[=U]'TIONIST, one skilled in evolutions or military movements: one who believes in evolution as a principle in science.--_adj._ EV'OL[=U]TIVE. [L. _evolutionem_--_evolv[)e]re_.]

EVOLVE, e-volv', _v.t._ to unroll: to disclose: to develop: to unravel.--_v.i._ to disclose itself: to result.--_n._ EV'OL[=U]TE (_math._), an original curve from which another curve (the _involute_) is described by the end of a thread gradually unwound from the former.--_adj._ EVOLV'ABLE, that can be drawn out.--_n._ EVOLVE'MENT.--_adj._ EVOLV'ENT. [L. _evolv[)e]re_--_e_, out, _volv[)e]re_, _vol[=u]tum_, to roll.]

EVULGATE, e-vul'g[=a]t, _v.t._ to divulge: to publish. [L. _evulg[=a]re_, _[=a]tum_--_e_, out, _vulgus_, the people.]

EVULSION, e-vul'shun, _n._ a plucking out by force. [L. _e_, out, _vell[)e]re_, _vulsum_, to pluck.]

EWE, [=u], _n._ a female sheep.--_ns._ EWE'-CHEESE, cheese made from the milk of ewes; EWE'-LAMB, a female lamb: a poor man's one possession--used in reference to 2 Sam. xii.; EWE'-NECK, of horses, a thin hollow neck.--_adj._ EWE'-NECKED. [A.S. _eowu_; cf. L. _ovis_, Gr. _ois_, Sans, _avi_, a sheep.]

EWER, [=u]'[.e]r, _n._ a large jug with a wide spout, placed on a washstand to hold water. [Through Fr. from L. _aquarium_--_aqua_, water, whence also Fr. _eau_.]

EWEST, [=u]'est, _adj._ (_Scot._) near.

EWFT, eft, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as EFT (1).

EWHOW, [=a]'hwow, _interj._ (_Scot._) an exclamation of sorrow.

EWIGKEIT, [=a]'vih-k[=i]t, _n._ eternity. [Ger.]

EX, eks, used adjectively in words like _ex_-emperor, to signify _late_. See Prefixes in Appendix.

EXACERBATE, egz-as'[.e]r-b[=a]t, or eks-, _v.t._ to embitter: to provoke: to render more violent or severe, as a disease.--_ns._ EXACERB[=A]'TION, EXACERBES'CENCE, increase of irritation or violence, esp. the increase of a fever or disease: embitterment. [L. _exacerb[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, and _acerb[=a]re_, from _acerbus_, bitter.]

EXACT, egz-akt', _v.t._ to force from: to compel full payment of: to make great demands, or to demand urgently: to extort: to inflict.--_v.i._ to practice extortion.--_adj._ precise: careful: punctual: true: certain or demonstrable.--_p.adj._ EXACT'ING, compelling full payment of: unreasonable in making demands.--_ns._ EXAC'TION, act of exacting or demanding strictly: an oppressive demand: that which is exacted, as excessive work or tribute; EXACT'ITUDE, exactness: correctness.--_adv._ EXACT'LY.--_ns._ EXACT'MENT; EXACT'NESS, quality of being exact: accuracy; EXACT'OR, -ER, one who exacts: an extortioner: one who claims rights, often too strictly:--_fem._ EXACT'RESS.--EXACT SCIENCES, the mathematical sciences, of which the results are demonstrable. [L. _exig[)e]re_, _exactum_--_ex_, out, _ag[)e]re_, to drive.]

EXAGGERATE, egz-aj'[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to magnify unduly: to represent too strongly: to intensify.--_n._ EXAGGER[=A]'TION, extravagant representation: a statement in excess of the truth.--_adjs._ EXAGG'ERATIVE, EXAGG'ERATORY, containing exaggeration or tending to exaggerate.--_n._ EXAGG'ERATOR. [L. _exagger[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, _agger[=a]re_, to heap up--_agger_, a heap.]

EXALBUMINOUS, eks-al-b[=u]'min-us, _adj._ (_bot._) without albumen.--Also EXALB[=U]'MINOSE.

EXALGIN, eks-al'jin, _n._ an anodyne obtained from coal-tar products. [Gr.,--_ex_, out, _algos_, pain.]

EXALT, egz-awlt', _v.t._ to elevate to a higher position: to elate or fill with the joy of success: to extol: (_chem._) to refine or subtilise.--_n._ EXALT[=A]'TION, elevation in rank or dignity: high estate: elation: (_astrol._) the position of a planet in the zodiac where it was supposed to wield the greatest influence.--_p.adj._ EXALT'ED, elevated: lofty: dignified.--_n._ EXALT'EDNESS. [L. _exalt[=a]re_--_ex_, _altus_, high.]

EXAMINE, egz-am'in, _v.t._ to test: to inquire into: to question.--_n._ EX[=A]'MEN, examination.--_adj._ EXAM'INABLE.--_ns._ EXAM'INANT, an examiner; EXAM'INATE, one who is examined; EXAMIN[=A]'TION, careful search or inquiry: trial: testing of capacity of pupils, also contracted to EXAM.; EXAMIN[=EE]', one under examination; EXAM'INER, EXAM'IN[=A]TOR, one who examines.--_p.adj._ EXAM'INING, that examines, or is appointed to examine. [Fr.,--L. _examin[=a]re_--_examen_ (=_exagmen_), the tongue of a balance.]

EXAMPLE, egz-am'pl, _n._ that which is taken as a specimen of the rest, or as an illustration of the rule, &c.: the person or thing to be imitated or avoided: a pattern: a warning: a former instance.--_v.t._ to exemplify: to instance.--_n._ EXAM'PLAR, a pattern, model.--_adj._ EXAM'PLARY, serving for an example. [O. Fr.,--L. _exemplum_--_exim[)e]re_, to take out--_ex_, out of, _em[)e]re_, _emptum_, to take.]

EXANIMATE, egz-an'i-m[=a]t, _adj._ lifeless: spiritless: depressed.--_n._ EXANIM[=A]'TION.--_adj._ EXAN'IMOUS [L. _exanim[=a]tus_--_ex_, neg., _animus_, spirit, life.]

EXANTHEMA, eks-an-th[=e]'ma, _n._ one of a class of febrile diseases with distinctive eruptions on the skin, appearing at a definite period and running a recognisable course:--_pl._ EXANTH[=E]'MATA.--_adjs._ EXANTHEMAT'IC, EXANTHEM'ATOUS.--_ns._ EXANTHEMATOL'OGY; EXANTH[=E]'SIS, the appearing of an exanthema. [Gr.,--_ex_, out, _antheein_, to blossom.]

EXARCH, eks'[:a]rk, _n._ name formerly given to the vicegerent of the Byzantine empire in Italy: a bishop: (_Gr. Church_) an ecclesiastical inspector.--_n._ EXARCH'ATE, the office of an exarch. [Gr. _exarchos_--_ex_, and _archein_, to lead.]

EXASPERATE, egz-as'p[.e]r-[=a]t, _v.t._ to make very angry: to irritate in a high degree.--_p.adj._ irritated.--_adjs._ EXAS'PERATING, EXAS'PERATIVE, provoking.--_ns._ EXASPER[=A]'TION, act of irritating; state of being exasperated: provocation: rage: aggravation; EXAS'PERATOR. [L. _ex_, inten., _asper[=a]re_, to make rough--_asper_, rough.]

EXCALIBUR, eks-kal'ib-[.e]r, _n._ the name of King Arthur's sword. [O. Fr. _escalibor_--_caliburn_; cf. Ir. _caladbolg_, a famous sword.]

EXCAMBION, eks-kam'bi-on, _n._ legal term for the exchange of lands--also EXCAM'BIUM.--_v.t._ EXCAMB', to exchange. [Low L. _excambi[=a]re_.]

EXCAVATE, eks'ka-v[=a]t, _v.t._ to hollow or scoop out: to dig out.--_ns._ EXCAV[=A]'TION, act of excavating: a hollow or cavity made by excavating; EX'CAVATOR, one who excavates: a machine used for excavating. [L. _excav[=a]re_--_ex_, out, _cavus_, hollow.]

EXCEED, ek-s[=e]d', _v.t._ to go beyond the limit or measure of: to surpass or excel.--_v.i._ to go beyond a given or proper limit.--_p.adj._ EXCEED'ING, surpassing, excessive.--_adv._ EXCEED'INGLY, very much: greatly. [L. _ex_, beyond, _ced[)e]re_, _cessum_, to go.]

EXCEL, ek-sel', _v.t._ to be superior to: to exceed: to surpass.--_v.i._ to have good qualities in a high degree: to perform very meritorious actions: to be superior:--_pr.p._ excel'ling; _pa.p._ excelled'.--_ns._ EX'CELLENCE, EX'CELLENCY, great merit: any excellent quality: worth: greatness: a title of honour given to persons high in rank or office.--_adj._ EX'CELLENT, surpassing others in some good quality: of great virtue, worth, &c.: superior: valuable.--_adv._ EX'CELLENTLY.--_adj._ EXCEL'SIOR (L. _comp._), higher still. [L. _excell[)e]re_--_ex_, out, up, and a word from the root of _celsus_, high.]

EXCEPT, ek-sept', _v.t._ to take or leave out: to exclude.--_v.i._ to object.--_prep._ leaving out: excluding: but.--_adj._ and _n._ EXCEPT'ANT.--_prep._ EXCEPT'ING, with the exception of, except.--_n._ EXCEP'TION, the act of excepting: that which is excepted: exclusion: objection: offence.--_adj._ EXCEP'TIONABLE, objectionable.--_adv._ EXCEP'TIONABLY.--_adj._ EXCEP'TIONAL, peculiar.--_adv._ EXCEP'TIONALLY.--_adjs._ EXCEP'TIOUS, disposed to take exception; EXCEPT'IVE, including, making, or being an exception; EXCEPT'LESS (_Shak._), making an exception, usual.--_n._ EXCEPT'OR. [L. _excip[)e]re_, _exceptum_--_ex_, out, _cap[)e]re_, to take.]

EXCERPT, ek's[.e]rpt, or ek-s[.e]rpt', _n._ a passage selected from a book, an extract.--_v.t._ EXCERPT', to select: to extract.--_ns._ EXCERPT'ING, EXCERP'TION; EXCERP'TOR. [L. _excerptum_, pa.p. of _excerp[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _carp[)e]re_, to pick.]

EXCESS, ek-ses', _n._ a going beyond what is usual or proper: intemperance: that which exceeds: the degree by which one thing exceeds another.--_adj._ EXCES'SIVE, beyond what is right and proper: immoderate: violent.--_adv._ EXCES'SIVELY.--_n._ EXCES'SIVENESS.--CARRY TO EXCESS, to do too much. [L. _excessus_--_exced[)e]re_, _excessum_, to go beyond.]

EXCHANGE, eks-ch[=a]nj', _v.t._ to give or leave one place or thing for another: to give and take mutually: to barter.--_n._ the giving and taking one thing for another: barter: the thing exchanged: process by which accounts between distant parties are settled by bills instead of money: the difference between the value of money in different places: the building where merchants, &c., meet for business.--_n._ EXCHANGEABIL'ITY.--_adj._ EXCHANGE'ABLE, that may be exchanged.--_n._ EXCHAN'GER, one who exchanges or practises exchange: (_B._) a money-changer, a banker. [O. Fr. _eschangier_ (Fr. _['e]changer_)--Low L. _excambi[=a]re_--L. _ex_, out, _camb[=i]re_, to barter.]

EXCHEAT, eks-ch[=e]t', _n._ (_Spens._). Same as ESCHEAT.

EXCHEQUER, eks-chek'[.e]r, _n._ a superior court which had formerly to do only with the revenue, but now also with common law, so named from the chequered cloth which formerly covered the table, and on which the accounts were reckoned.--_v.t._ to proceed against a person in the Court of Exchequer.--EXCHEQUER BILL, bill issued at the Exchequer, under the authority of acts of parliament, as security for money advanced to the government.--CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (see CHANCELLOR); COURT OF EXCHEQUER, originally a revenue court, became a division of the High Court of Justice in 1875, and is now merged in the Queen's Bench Division. [From root of _check_, _checker_.]

EXCIDE, ek-sid', _v.t._ to cut off. [L. _excid[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _caed[)e]re_, to cut.]

EXCIPIENT, ek-sip'i-ent, _n._ a substance mixed with a medicine to give it consistence, or used as a vehicle for its administration.

EXCISE, ek-s[=i]z', _n._ a tax on certain home commodities and on licenses for certain trades; the department in the civil administration which is concerned with this tax.--_v.t._ to subject to excise duty.--_adj._ EXCIS'ABLE, liable to excise duty.--_n._ EXCISE'MAN, an officer charged with collecting the excise. [Old Dut. _excijs_--O. Fr. _acceis_, tax--Low L. _accens[=a]re_, to tax--_ad_, to, _census_, tax.]

EXCISE, ek-s[=i]z', _v.t._ to cut off or out.--_n._ EXCI'SION, a cutting out or off of any kind: extirpation. [L. _excid[)e]re_, to cut out--_ex_, out, _caed[)e]re_, to cut.]

EXCITE, ek-s[=i]t', _v.t._ to call into activity: to stir up: to rouse: to irritate.--_ns._ EXC[=I]TABIL'ITY, EXC[=I]T'ABLENESS.--_adj._ EXC[=I]T'ABLE, capable of being excited, easily excited.--_ns._ EXCITANT (ek'sit-ant, or ek-s[=i]t'ant), that which excites or rouses the vital

## activity of the body: a stimulant; EXCIT[=A]'TION, act of exciting: means

of excitement: state of excitement.--_adjs._ EXC[=I]T'[=A]TIVE, EXC[=I]T'[=A]TORY, tending to excite.--_p.adj._ EXC[=I]T'ED, agitated.--_ns._ EXCITE'MENT, agitation: that which excites; EXC[=I]T'ER.--_p.adj._ EXC[=I]T'ING, tending to excite.--_adj._ EXC[=I]'TO-M[=O]'TOR, exhibiting muscular contraction. [Fr.,--L. _excit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_exci[=e]re_--_ex_, out, _ci[=e]re_, to set in motion.]

EXCLAIM, eks-kl[=a]m', _v.i._ to cry out: to utter or speak vehemently.--_n._ an exclamation, outcry.--_n._ EXCLAM[=A]'TION, vehement utterance: outcry: an uttered expression of surprise, and the like: the mark expressing this (!): an interjection.--_adjs._ EXCLAM'ATIVE, EXCLAM'ATORY, containing or expressing exclamation. [Fr. _exclamer_--L. _exclam[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _clam[=a]re_, to shout.]

EXCLAVE, eks'kl[=a]v, _n._ a part of a country, province, &c. disjoined from the main part--opp. to _Enclave_.

EXCLUDE, eks-kl[=oo]d', _v.t._ to close or shut out: to thrust out: to hinder from entrance: to hinder from participation: to except.--_ns._ EXCLU'SION, a shutting or putting out: ejection: exception; EXCLU'SIONISM; EXCLU'SIONIST, one who excludes, or would exclude, another from a privilege.--_adj._ EXCLU'SIVE, able or tending to exclude: debarring from

## participation: sole: not taking into account.--_n._ one of a number who

exclude others from their society.--_adv._ EXCLU'SIVELY.--_ns._ EXCLU'SIVENESS; EXCLU'SIVISM.--_adj._ EXCLU'SORY, exclusive.--EXCLUSIVE DEALING, the act of abstaining deliberately from any business or other transactions with persons of opposite political or other convictions to one's own--a euphemism for _boycotting_ (q.v.). [L. _exclud[)e]re_--_ex_, out, _claud[)e]re_, to shut.]

EXCOGITATE, eks-koj'i-t[=a]t, _v.t._ to discover by thinking: to think earnestly or laboriously.--_n._ EXCOGIT[=A]'TION, laborious thinking: invention: contrivance. [L. _excogit[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_ex_, out, _cogit[=a]re_, to think.]