Excito-nutrient Ex·ci`to-nu"tri·ent a (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
Excito-secretory Ex·ci`to-se·cre"to·ry adjective (Physiol.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.
Exclaim Ex·claim" transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Exclaimed ;
present participle & verbal noun Exclaiming .] [ Latin
exclamare ,
exclamatum ;
ex +
clamare to cry out; confer Old French
exclamer . See
Clam .]
To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed .
Exclaim Ex·claim" noun Outcry; clamor. [ Archaic]
Cursing cries and deep exclaims .
Shak.
Exclaimer Ex·claim"er noun One who exclaims.
Exclamation Ex`cla·ma"tion noun [ Latin
exclamatio : confer French
exclamation .]
1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. Exclamations against abuses in the church.
Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations .
Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.
Trench. 2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. 3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [ !]; -- called also exclamation point .
Exclamative Ex·clam"a·tive adjective [ Confer French
exclamatif .]
Exclamatory. Earle. --
Ex*clam"a*tive*ly ,
adverb
Exclamatory Ex·clam"a·to·ry adjective Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. --
Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly adverb
Exclave Ex·clave" noun [ Formed from
enclave by substitution of
ex- for
en- ]
A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [ Recent.] » The same territory is an
enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an
exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.
Exclude Ex·clude" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Excluded ;
present participle & verbal noun Excluding .] [ Latin
excludere ,
exclusum ;
ex out +
claudere to shut. See
Close .]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit ; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude .
Milton. 2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle .
(logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction , under Contradiction .
Exclusion Ex·clu"sion noun [ Latin
exclusio : confer French
exclusion . See
Exclude .]
1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss.
Milton. The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland.
Hume. 2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb. 3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.
Exclusionary Ex·clu"sion·a·ry adjective Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.
Exclusionism Ex·clu"sion·ism noun The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.
Exclusionist Ex·clu"sion·ist noun One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti- popish politicians of the time of Charles II.
Exclusive Ex·clu"sive adjective [ Confer French
exclusif .]
1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. 2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive ; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
Exclusive Ex·clu"sive noun One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
Exclusiveness Ex·clu"sive·ness noun Quality of being exclusive.
Exclusivism Ex·clu"siv·ism noun The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
Exclusivist Ex·clu"siv·ist noun One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism. The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory.
Gladstone.
Exclusory Ex·clu"so·ry adjective [ Latin
exclusorius .]
Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.
Excoct Ex·coct" transitive verb [ Latin
excoctus , past participle of
excoquere to excoct. See 3d
Cook .]
To boil out; to produce by boiling. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Excoction Ex·coc"tion [ Latin excoctio .] The act of excocting or boiling out. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
Excogitate Ex·cog"i·tate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Excogitated ;
present participle & verbal noun .
Excogitating .] [ Latin
excogitatus , past participle of
excogitare to excogitate;
ex out +
cogitare to think. See
Cogitate .]
To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "
Excogitate strange arts."
Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory.
Whewell.
Excogitate Ex·cog"i·tate intransitive verb To cogitate. [ R.]
Bacon.
Excogitation Ex·cog`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin
excogitatio : confer French
excogitation .]
The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
Excommune Ex`com·mune" transitive verb [ Confer French
excommuier . See
Excommunicate .]
To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [ Obsolete]
Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth
Gayton.
Excommunicable Ex`com·mu"ni·ca·ble adjective [ See
Excommunicate .]
Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. "Persons
excommunicable ."
Bp. Hall. What offenses are excommunicable ?
Kenle.
Excommunicant Ex`com·mu"ni·cant noun One who has been excommunicated.
Excommunicate Ex"com·mu"ni·cate adjective [ Latin
excommunicatus , past participle of
communicare to excommunicate;
ex out + communicare . See
Communicate .]
Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. --
noun One excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate .
Shak.
Excommunicate Ex`com·mu"ni·cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Excommunicated ;
present participle & verbal noun Excommunicating .]
1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. 2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books.
Miltin.
Excommunication Ex`com·mu`ni·ca"tion noun [ Latin
excommunicatio : confer French
excommunication .]
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual. » excommunication is of two kinds, the
lesser and the
greater ; the
lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the
greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful.
Excommunicator Ex`com·mu"ni·ca`tor noun [ Confer Late Latin
excommunicator .]
One who excommunicates.
Excommunion Ex`com·mun"ion A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [ Obsolete]
Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature.
Milton.
Excoriable Ex·co"ri·a·ble Capable of being excoriated. The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable .
Sir T. Browne.
Excoriate Ex·co"ri·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Excoriated ;
present participle & verbal noun excoriating .] [ Latin
excoriare ;
ex out +
corium hide. confer
Scourge ; see
Cuirass .]
To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Excoriation Ex·co`ri·a"tion noun [ Confer French
excoriation .]
1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion. 2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [ Obsolete]
A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort.
Howell.
Excorticate Ex·cor"ti·cate transitive verb [ Latin
ex out, from +
cortex ,
corticis , bark.]
To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [ Obsolete] "
Excorticate the tree."
Evelyn.
Excortication Ex·cor`ti·ca"tion noun [ Confer French
excortication .]
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.
Excreable Ex"cre·a·ble adjective [ Latin
excreabilis ,
exscreabilis , from
exscreare . See
Excreate .]
Capable of being discharged by spitting. [ Obsolete]
Swift.
Excreate Ex"cre·ate transitive verb [ Latin
excreare ,
exsreare ;
ex out +
screare to hawk.]
To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting. [ Obsolete]
Cockeram.
Excreation Ex`cre·a"tion noun [ Latin
excreatio ,
exscreatio .]
Act of spitting out. [ Obsolete]
Cockeram.
Excrement Ex"cre·ment noun [ Latin
excrementum , from
excernere ,
excretum , to skin out, discharge: confer French
excrément . See
Excrete .]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
Excrement Ex"cre·ment noun [ Latin
excrementum , from
excrescere ,
excretum , to grow out. See
Excrescence .]
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [ Obsolete] "Ornamental
excrements ."
Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts.
Bacon.
Excremental Ex`cre·men"tal adjective Of or pertaining to excrement.
Excrementitial, Excrementitious Ex`cre·men·ti"tial, Ex`cre·men·ti"tious adjective (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
Excrementive Ex`cre·men"tive adjective Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [ R.] "The
excrementive parts."
Felthman.
Excrementize Ex"cre·ment·ize` intransitive verb To void excrement. [ R.]
Life of A. Wood ....
Excrescence Ex·cres"cence noun [ French
excrescence ,
excroissanse , Latin
excrescentia excrescences, neut. plural of present participle of
excrescere . See
Excrescent .]
An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "
Excrescences of joy."
Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy.
Addison.
Excrescency Ex·cres"cen·cy noun Excrescence. [ Obsolete]
Excrescent Ex·cres"cent adjective [ Latin
excresens ,
-entis , present participle of
excrescere to grow out ;
ex out +
crescere to grow. See
Crescent .]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts.
Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.) ,
a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr ) is an excrescent letter .
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