Extravagation Ex·trav`a·ga"tion noun A wandering beyond limits; excess. [ Obsolete] Smollett.

Extravasate Ex·trav"a·sate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Extravasated; present participle & verbal noun Extravasating.] [ Prefix extra- + Latin vas vessel: confer French extravaser . See Vase .] To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

Extravasate Ex·trav"a·sate intransitive verb [ See Extravasate , transitive verb ] (Physiol.) To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc.

Extravasation Ex·trav`a·sa"tion noun [ Confer French extravasation .] The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

Extravasation Ex·trav`a·sa"tion noun (Geol.) The issue of lava and other volcanic products from the earth.

Extravascular Ex`tra·vas"cu·lar adjective (Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

Extravenate Ex·trav"e·nate adjective [ Prefix extra- + Latin vena vein.] Let out of the veins. [ Obsolete] " Extravenate blood." Glanvill.

Extraversion Ex`tra·ver"sion noun [ Prefix extra- + Latin vertere , versum , to turn: confer French extraversion .] The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [ Obsolete] Boyle.

Extreat Ex·treat" noun [ See Estreat , Extract .] Extraction. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Extreme Ex·treme" adjective [ Latin extremus , superl. of exter , extrus , on the outside, outward: confer French extrême . See Exterior .] 1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. " Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott.

Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire.

Shak.

4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.

The Puritans or extreme Protestants.

Gladstone.

5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.

Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.) , the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less. -- Extreme distance . (Paint.) See Distance ., noun , 6. -- Extreme unction . See under Unction .

» Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his extremest state." Spenser. " Extremest hardships." Sharp. " Extremest of evils." Bacon. " Extremest verge of the swift brook." Shak. "The sea's extremest borders." Addison.

Extreme Ex·treme" noun 1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.

His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness.

Bancroft.

3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes ." Shak.

4. (Logic) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

5. (Math.) The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme ." J. P. Peters.

Extremeless Ex·treme"less adjective Having no extremes; infinite.

Extremely Ex·treme"ly adverb In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Extremist Ex·trem"ist noun A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

Extremity Ex·trem"i·ty noun ; plural Extremities [ Latin extremitas : confer French extrémité .] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia.

Arbuthnot.

2. (Zoology) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.

Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view.

Milton.

Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament.

Milton.

Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.

Extricable Ex"tri·ca·ble adjective Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.

Extricate Ex"tri·cate (ĕks"trĭ*kāt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Extricated (- kā`tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Extricating (-kā`tĭng).] [ Latin extricatus , past participle of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Confer Intricate .] 1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.

We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles.

Eustace.

2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.

Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

Extrication Ex`tri·ca"tion noun 1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

2. The act of sending out or evolving.

Extrinsic Ex·trin"sic adjective [ Latin extrinsecus ; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to English second : confer French extrinsèque . See Exterior , Second .] 1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic .

The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.

I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic .

Extrinsical Ex·trin"sic·al adjective Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*ly adverb

Extrinsicality, Extrinsicalness Ex·trin`si·cal"i·ty, Ex·trin"sic·al·ness noun The state or quality of being extrinsic.

Extroitive Ex·tro"i·tive adjective [ Latin extra on the outside + ire , itum , to go.] Seeking or going out after external objects. [ R.]

Their natures being almost wholly extroitive .

Coleridge.

Extrorsal Ex·tror"sal adjective (Botany) Extrorse.

Extrorse Ex·trorse" adjective [ As if from an assumed Latin extrorsus , for extroversus ; extra on the outside + vertere , versum , to turn: confer French extrorse .] (Botany) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

Extroversion Ex`tro·ver"sion noun [ See Extrorse .] The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.

Extruct Ex·truct" transitive verb [ Latin extructus , exstructus , past participle of extruere , exstruere , to build up; ex out + struere to build.] To construct. [ Obsolete] Byrom.

Extruction Ex·truc"tion noun [ Latin exstructio .] A building up; construction. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.

Extructive Ex·truct"ive adjective Constructive. [ Obsolete] Fulke.

Extructor Ex·truct"or noun [ Latin ] A builder. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Extrude Ex·trude" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Extruded ; present participle & verbal noun Extruding .] [ Latin extrudere , extrusum ; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to English threat . See Threat .] To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.

Extrude Ex·trude" transitive verb (Metallurgy) To shape or form by forcing metal heated to a semi-plastic condition through dies by the use of hydraulic power; as, extruded metal, extruded rods, extruded shapes.

Extrusion Ex·tru"sion noun The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Extrusive Ex·tru"sive adjective [ See Extrude .] (Geol.) Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrasted with intrusive .

Extuberance Ex·tu"ber·ance noun A swelling or rising; protuberance. [ R.] Moxon.

Extuberancy Ex·tu"ber·an·cy noun Extuberance. [ R.]

Extuberant Ex·tu"ber·ant adjective [ Latin extuberare .] Swollen out; protuberant. [ R.] " Extuberant lips." Gayton.

Extuberate Ex·tu"ber·ate intransitive verb [ Latin extuberatus , present participle of extuberare to swell; ex out + tuber a swelling.] To swell out. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.

Extuberation Ex·tu`ber·a"tion noun [ Latin extuberatio .] Protuberance. [ Obsolete] Farindon.

Extumescence Ex`tu·mes"cence noun [ Latin ex . + tumescens , present participle of tumescere , incho. from tumere to swell: confer French extumescence .] A swelling or rising. [ R.] Cotgrave.

Exuberance Ex·u"ber·ance noun [ Latin exuberantia : confer French exubérance .] The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.

Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See Abundance .

Exuberancy Ex·u"ber·an·cy noun Exuberance.

Exuberant Ex·u"ber·ant adjective [ Latin exuberans , exuberantis , present participle of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, from uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: confer French exubérant . See Udder .] Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. " Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly , adverb

Exuberate Ex·u"ber·ate intransitive verb [ Latin exuberatus , past participle of exuberare . See Exuberant , noun ] To abound; to be in great abundance. [ Obsolete] Boyle.

Exuccous Ex·uc"cous adjective See Exsuccous . [ Obsolete]

Exudate Ex·u"date transitive verb & i. [ See Exude .] To exude. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Exudate Ex·u"date noun A product of exudation; an exuded substance.

Exudation Ex`u·da"tion noun The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations .

Am. Cyc.

Exude Ex·ude" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Exuded ; present participle & verbal noun exuding .] [ Latin exudare , exsudare , exudatum , exsudatum , to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: confer French exuder , exsuder . See Sweat .] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance.

Dr. T. Dwight.

Exude Ex·ude" intransitive verb To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Exulcerate Ex·ul"cer·ate transitive verb & i. [ Latin exulceratus , past participle of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare . See Ulcerate .] 1. To ulcerate. [ Obsolete] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [ Obsolete]

Minds exulcerated in themselves.

Hooker.

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