EVOLATION — EXCEPTED NWAD EVOLATION.1

EVOLATION, n. [L. evolo; e and volo, to fly.] NWAD EVOLATION.1

The act of flying away. NWAD EVOLATION.2

EVOLUTE, n. An original curve from which another curve is described; the origin of the evolent. NWAD EVOLUTE.1

EVOLUTION, n. [L. evolutio.] The act of unfolding or unrolling. NWAD EVOLUTION.1

1. A series of things unrolled or unfolded; as the evolution of ages. NWAD EVOLUTION.2

2. In geometry, the unfolding or opening of a curve, and making it describe an evolvent. The equable evolution of the periphery of a circle, or other curve, is such a gradual approach of the circumference to rectitude, as that its parts do all concur, and equally evolve or unbend; so that the same line becomes successively a less arc of a reciprocally greater circle, till at last they change into a straight line. NWAD EVOLUTION.3

3. In algebra, evolution is the extraction of roots from powers; the reverse of involution. NWAD EVOLUTION.4

4. In military tactics, the doubling of ranks or files, wheeling, countermarching or other motion by which the disposition of troops is changed, in order to attack or defend with more advantage, or to occupy a different post. NWAD EVOLUTION.5

EVOLVE, v.t. evolv’. [L. evolvo; e and volvo, to roll; Eng. to wallow.] NWAD EVOLVE.1

1. To unfold; to open and expand. NWAD EVOLVE.2

The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. NWAD EVOLVE.3

2. To throw out; to emit. NWAD EVOLVE.4

EVOLVE, v.i. To open itself; to disclose itself. NWAD EVOLVE.5

EVOLVED, pp. Unfolded; opened; expanded; emitted. NWAD EVOLVED.1

EVOLVENT, n. In geometry, a curve formed by the evolution of another curve; the curve described from the evolute. NWAD EVOLVENT.1

EVOLVING, ppr. Unfolding; expanding; emitting. NWAD EVOLVING.1

EVOMITION, n. A vomiting. NWAD EVOMITION.1

EVULGATION, n. A divulging. [Not in use.] NWAD EVULGATION.1

EVULSION, n. [L. evulsio, from evello; e and vello, to pluck.] NWAD EVULSION.1

The act of plucking or pulling out by force. NWAD EVULSION.2

EWE, n. yu. [L. ovis.] A female sheep; the female of the ovine race of animals. NWAD EWE.1

EWER, n. yu’re. A kind of pitcher with a wide spout, used to bring water for washing the hands. NWAD EWER.1

EWRY, n. yu’ry. [from ever.] In England an office in the king’s household, where they take care of the linen for the king’s table, lay the cloth, and serve up water in ewers after dinner. NWAD EWRY.1

EX. A Latin preposition or prefix, Gr. signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence in composition, it signifies sometimes out of, as in exhale, exclude; sometimes off, from or out, as in L. excindo, to cut off or out; sometimes beyond, as in excess, exceed, excel. In some words it is merely emphatical; in others it has little effect on the signification. NWAD EX.1

EXACERBATE, v.t. [L. exacerbo, to irritate; ex and acerbo, from acerbus, severe, bitter, harsh, sour. See Harvest.] NWAD EXACERBATE.1

1. To irritate; to exasperate; to inflame angry passions; to imbitter; to increase malignant qualities. NWAD EXACERBATE.2

2. To increase the violence of a disease. NWAD EXACERBATE.3

EXACERBATION, n. The act of exasperating; the irritation of angry or malignant passions or qualities; increase of malignity. NWAD EXACERBATION.1

1. Among physicians, the increased violence of a disease; hence, a paroxysm, as in the return of an intermitting fever. NWAD EXACERBATION.2

This term is more generally restricted to the periodical increase of remittent and continued fevers, where there is no absolute cessation of the fever. NWAD EXACERBATION.3

2. Increased severity; as violent exacerbations of punishment. [Unusual.] NWAD EXACERBATION.4

EXACERBESCENCE, n. [L. exacerbesco.] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease. NWAD EXACERBESCENCE.1

EXACT, a. egzact’. [L. exactus, from exigo, to drive; ex and ago. Gr. to drive, urge or press.] NWAD EXACT.1

1. Closely correct or regular; nice; accurate; conformed to rule; as a man exact in his dealings. NWAD EXACT.2

All this, exact to rule, were brought about. NWAD EXACT.3

2. Precise; not different in the least. This is the exact sum or amount, or the exact time. NWAD EXACT.4

We have an exact model for imitation. NWAD EXACT.5

3. Methodical; careful; not negligent; correct; observing strict method, rule or order. This man is very exact in keeping his accounts. NWAD EXACT.6

4. Punctual. Every man should be exact in paying his debts when due; he should be exact in attendance on appointments. NWAD EXACT.7

5. Strict. We should be exact in the performance of duties. NWAD EXACT.8

The exactest vigilance cannot maintain a single day of unmingled innocence. NWAD EXACT.9

EXACT, v.t. egzact’. [L. exigo, exactum. See the Adjective.] NWAD EXACT.10

1. To force or compel to pay or yield; to demand or require authoritatively; to extort by means of authority or without pity or justice. It is an offense for an officer to exact illegal or unreasonable fees. It is customary for conquerors to exact tribute or contributions from conquered countries. NWAD EXACT.11

2. To demand or right. Princes exact obedience of their subjects. The laws of God exact obedience from all men. NWAD EXACT.12

3. To demand of necessity; to enforce a yielding or compliance; or to enjoin with pressing urgency. NWAD EXACT.13

Duty, NWAD EXACT.14

And justice to my father’s soul, exact NWAD EXACT.15

This cruel piety. NWAD EXACT.16

EXACT, v.i. To practice extortion. NWAD EXACT.17

The enemy shall not exact upon him. Psalm 89:22. NWAD EXACT.18

EXACTED, pp. Demanded or required by authority; extorted. NWAD EXACTED.1

EXACTING, ppr. Demanding and compelling to pay or yield under color of authority; requiring authoritatively; demanding without pity or justice; extorting; compelling by necessity. NWAD EXACTING.1

EXACTION, n. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; authoritative demand; a levying or drawing from by force; a driving to compliance; as the exaction of tribute or of obedience. NWAD EXACTION.1

1. Extortion; a wresting from one unjustly; the taking advantage of one’s necessities, to compel him to pay illegal or exorbitant tribute, fees or rewards. NWAD EXACTION.2

Take away your exactions from my people. Ezekiel 45:9. NWAD EXACTION.3

2. That which is exacted; tribute, fees, rewards or contributions demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Kings may be enriched by exactions, but their power is weakened by the consequent disaffection of their subjects. NWAD EXACTION.4

EXACTITUDE, n. Exactness. [Little used.] NWAD EXACTITUDE.1

EXACTLY, adv. Precisely according to rule or measure; nicely; accurately. A tenon should be exactly fitted to the mortise. NWAD EXACTLY.1

1. Precisely according to fact. The story exactly accords with the fact or event. NWAD EXACTLY.2

2. Precisely according to principle, justice or right. NWAD EXACTLY.3

EXACTNESS, n. Accuracy; nicety; precision; as, to make experiments with exactness. NWAD EXACTNESS.1

1. Regularity; careful conformity to law or rules of propriety; as exactness of deportment. NWAD EXACTNESS.2

2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as exactness in accounts or business. NWAD EXACTNESS.3

EXACTOR, n. One who exacts; an officer who collects tribute, taxes or customs. NWAD EXACTOR.1

I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Isaiah 60:17. NWAD EXACTOR.2

1. An extortioner; one who compels another to pay more than is legal or reasonable; one who demands something without pity or regard to justice. NWAD EXACTOR.3

2. He that demands by authority; as an exactor of oaths. NWAD EXACTOR.4

3. One who is unreasonably severe in his injunctions or demands. NWAD EXACTOR.5

EXACTRESS, n. A female who exacts or is severe in her injunctions. NWAD EXACTRESS.1

EXACUATE, v.t. [L. exacuo.] To whet or sharpen. [Not in use.] NWAD EXACUATE.1

EXAGGERATE, v.t. [L. exaggero; ex and aggero, to heap, from agger, a heap.] NWAD EXAGGERATE.1

1. To heap on; to accumulate. In this literal sense, it is seldom used; perhaps never. NWAD EXAGGERATE.2

2. To highthen; to enlarge beyond the truth; to amplify; to represent as greater than strict truth will warrant. A friend exaggerates a man’s virtues; a enemy exaggerates his vices or faults. NWAD EXAGGERATE.3

3. In painting, to highthen in coloring or design. NWAD EXAGGERATE.4

EXAGGERATED, pp. Enlarged beyond the truth. NWAD EXAGGERATED.1

EXAGGERATING, ppr. Enlarging or amplifying beyond the truth. NWAD EXAGGERATING.1

EXAGGERATION, n. A heaping together; heap; accumulation. NWAD EXAGGERATION.1

1. In rhetoric, amplification; a representation of things beyond the truth; hyperbolical representation, whether of good or evil. NWAD EXAGGERATION.2

2. In painting, a method of giving a representation of things too strong for the life. NWAD EXAGGERATION.3

EXAGGERATORY, a. Containing exaggeration. NWAD EXAGGERATORY.1

EXAGITATE, v.t. [L. exagito.] To shake; to agitate; to reproach. [Little used.] NWAD EXAGITATE.1

EXALT, v.t. egzolt’. [Low L. exalto; ex and altus, high.] NWAD EXALT.1

1. To raise high; to elevate. NWAD EXALT.2

2. To elevate in power, wealth, rank or dignity; as, to exalt one to a throne, to the chief magistracy, to a bishopric. NWAD EXALT.3

3. To elevate with joy or confidence; as, to be exalted with success or victory. [We now use elate.] NWAD EXALT.4

4. To raise with pride; to make undue pretensions to power, rank or estimation; to elevate too high or above others. NWAD EXALT.5

He that exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke 14:11; Matthew 23:12. NWAD EXALT.6

5. To elevate in estimation and praise; to magnify; to praise; to extol. NWAD EXALT.7

He is my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2. NWAD EXALT.8

6. To raise, as the voice; to raise in opposition. 2 Kings 19:22. NWAD EXALT.9

7. To elevate in diction or sentiment; to make sublime; as exalted strains. NWAD EXALT.10

8. In physics, to elevate; to purify; to subtilize; to refine; as, to exalt the juices or the qualities of bodies. NWAD EXALT.11

EXALTATION, n. The act of raising high. NWAD EXALTATION.1

1. Elevation to power, office, rank, dignity or excellence. NWAD EXALTATION.2

2. Elevated state; state of greatness or dignity. NWAD EXALTATION.3

I wondered at my flight, and change NWAD EXALTATION.4

To this high exaltation. NWAD EXALTATION.5

3. In pharmacy, the refinement or subtilization of bodies or their qualities and virtues, or the increase of their strength. NWAD EXALTATION.6

4. In astrology, the dignity of a planet in which its powers are increased. NWAD EXALTATION.7

EXALTED, pp. Raised to a lofty highth; elevated; honored with office or rank; extolled; magnified; refined; dignified; sublime. NWAD EXALTED.1

Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. NWAD EXALTED.2

EXALTEDNESS, n. The state of being elevated. NWAD EXALTEDNESS.1

1. Conceited dignity or greatness. NWAD EXALTEDNESS.2

EXALTER, n. One who exalts or raises to dignity. NWAD EXALTER.1

EXALTING, ppr. Elevating; raising to an eminent station; praising; extolling; magnifying; refining. NWAD EXALTING.1

EXAMEN, n. egza’men. [L. examen, the tongue, needle or beam of a balance. It signifies also a swarm of bees.] NWAD EXAMEN.1

Examination; disquisition; enquiry. [Little used.] NWAD EXAMEN.2

EXAMINABLE, a. [See Examine.] That may be examined; proper for judicial examination or inquiry. NWAD EXAMINABLE.1

EXAMINANT, n. One who is to be examined. [Not legitimate.] NWAD EXAMINANT.1

EXAMINATE, n. The person examined. NWAD EXAMINATE.1

EXAMINATION, n. [L. examinatio. See Examen.] NWAD EXAMINATION.1

1. The act of examining; a careful search or inquiry, with a view to discover truth or the real state of things; careful and accurate inspection of a thing and its parts; as an examination of a house or a ship. NWAD EXAMINATION.2

2. Mental inquiry; disquisition; careful consideration of the circumstances or facts which relate to a subject or question; a view of qualities and relations, and an estimate of their nature and importance. NWAD EXAMINATION.3

3. Trial by a rule or law. NWAD EXAMINATION.4

4. In judicial proceedings, a careful inquiry into facts by testimony; an attempt to ascertain truth by inquiries and interrogatories; as the examination of a witness or the merits of a cause. NWAD EXAMINATION.5

5. In seminaries of learning, an inquiry into the acquisitions of the students, by questioning them in literature and the sciences, and by hearing their recitals. NWAD EXAMINATION.6

6. In chimistry and other sciences, a searching for the nature and qualities of substances, by experiments; the practice or application of the docimastic art. NWAD EXAMINATION.7

EXAMINATOR, n. An examiner. [Not used.] NWAD EXAMINATOR.1

EXAMINE, v.t. egzam’in. [L. examino, from examen.] NWAD EXAMINE.1

1. To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing; as, to examine a ship to know whether she is sea-worthy, or a house to know whether repairs are wanted. NWAD EXAMINE.2

2. To search or inquire into facts and circumstances by interrogating; as, to examine a witness. NWAD EXAMINE.3

3. To look into the state of a subject; to view in all its aspects; to weigh arguments and compare facts, with a view to form a correct opinion or judgment. Let us examine this proposition; let us examine this subject in all its relations and bearing; let us examine into the state of this question. NWAD EXAMINE.4

4. To inquire into the improvements or qualifications of students, by interrogatories, proposing problems, or by hearing their recitals; as, to examine the classes in college; to examine the candidates for a degree, or for a license to preach or to practice in a profession. NWAD EXAMINE.5

5. To try or assay by experiments; as, to examine minerals. NWAD EXAMINE.6

6. To try by a rule or law. NWAD EXAMINE.7

Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5. NWAD EXAMINE.8

7. In general, to search; to scrutinize; to explore, with a view to discover truth; as, to examine ourselves; to examine the extent of human knowledge. NWAD EXAMINE.9

EXAMINED, pp. Inquired into; searched; inspected; interrogated; tried by experiment. NWAD EXAMINED.1

EXAMINER, n. One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender. NWAD EXAMINER.1

1. In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court, who examine, on oath, the witnesses for the parties. NWAD EXAMINER.2

EXAMINING, ppr. Inspecting carefully; searching or inquiring into; interrogating; trying or assaying by experiment. NWAD EXAMINING.1

EXAMPLARY, a. [from example.] Serving for example or pattern; proposed for imitation. [It is now written exemplary.] NWAD EXAMPLARY.1

EXAMPLE, n. egzam’pl. [L. e xemplum.] NWAD EXAMPLE.1

1. A pattern; a copy; a mode; that which is proposed to be imitated. This word, when applied to material things, is now generally written sample, as a sample of cloth; but example is sometimes used. NWAD EXAMPLE.2

2. A pattern, in morals or manners; a copy, or model; that which is proposed or is proper to be imitated. NWAD EXAMPLE.3

I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13:15. NWAD EXAMPLE.4

Example is our preceptor before we can reason. NWAD EXAMPLE.5

3. Precedent; a former instance. Buonaparte furnished many examples of successful bravery. NWAD EXAMPLE.6

4. Precedent or former instance, in a bad sense, intended for caution. NWAD EXAMPLE.7

Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Hebrews 4:11. NWAD EXAMPLE.8

Sodom and Gomorrah--are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 7. NWAD EXAMPLE.9

5. A person fit to be proposed for a pattern; one whose conduct is worthy of imitation. NWAD EXAMPLE.10

Be thou an example of the believers. 1 Timothy 4:12. NWAD EXAMPLE.11

6. Precedent which disposes to imitation. NWAD EXAMPLE.12

Example has more effect than precept. NWAD EXAMPLE.13

7. Instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; or a particular case or proposition illustrating a general rule, position or truth. The principles of trigonometry and the rules of grammar are illustrated by examples. NWAD EXAMPLE.14

8. In logic, or rhetoric, the conclusion of one singular point from another; an induction of what may happen from what has happened. If civil war has produced calamities of a particular kind in one instance, it is inferred that it will produce like consequences in other cases. This is an example. NWAD EXAMPLE.15

EXAMPLE, v.t. To exemplify; to set an example. [Not used.] NWAD EXAMPLE.16

EXAMPLELESS, a. Having no example. [Not used.] NWAD EXAMPLELESS.1

EXAMPLER, n. A pattern; now sample or sampler. NWAD EXAMPLER.1

EXANGUIOUS, a. Having no blood. [Not used. See Exsanguious.] NWAD EXANGUIOUS.1

EXANIMATE, a. egzan’imate. [L. exanimatus, exanimo; ex and anima, life.] NWAD EXANIMATE.1

Lifeless; spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits. NWAD EXANIMATE.2

EXANIMATE, v.t. To dishearten; to discourage. NWAD EXANIMATE.3

EXANIMATION, n. Deprivation of life or of spirits. [Little used.] NWAD EXANIMATION.1

EXANIMOUS, a. [L. exanimis; ex and anima, life.] NWAD EXANIMOUS.1

Lifeless; dead. [Little used.] NWAD EXANIMOUS.2

EXANTHEMA, n. plu. exanthem’ata. [Gr. to blossom; a flower.] NWAD EXANTHEMA.1

Among physicians, eruption; a breaking out; pustules, petechiae, or vibices; any efflorescence on the skin, as in measles, small pox, scarlatina, etc. NWAD EXANTHEMA.2

This term is now limited by systematic nosologists, to such eruptions as are accompanied with fever. NWAD EXANTHEMA.3

EXANTHEMATIC, EXANTHEMATOUS, a. Eruptive; efflorescent; noting morbid redness of the skin. The measles is an exanthematous disease. Tooke uses exanthematic. NWAD EXANTHEMATIC.1

EXANTLATE, v.t. [L. exantlo.] To draw out; to exhaust. NWAD EXANTLATE.1

[Not used.] NWAD EXANTLATE.2

EXANTLATION, n. The act of drawing out; exhaustion. [Not used.] NWAD EXANTLATION.1

EXARATION, n. [L. exaro; ex and aro.] The act of writing. [Not used.] NWAD EXARATION.1

EXARCH, n. [Gr. a chief.] A prefect or governor under the eastern emperors. Also, a deputy or legate in the Greek church. NWAD EXARCH.1

EXARCHATE, n. The office, dignity or administration of an exarch. NWAD EXARCHATE.1

EXARTICULATION, n. [ex and articulation.] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. NWAD EXARTICULATION.1

EXASPERATE, v.t. [L. exaspero, to irritate; ex and aspero, from asper, rough, harsh.] NWAD EXASPERATE.1

1. To anger; to irritate to a high degree; to provoke to rage; to enrage; to excite anger, or to inflame it to an extreme degree. We say, to exasperate a person, or to exasperate the passion of anger or resentment. NWAD EXASPERATE.2

2. To aggravate; to embitter; as, to exasperate enmity. NWAD EXASPERATE.3

3. To augment violence; to increase malignity; to exacerbate; as, to exasperate pain or a part inflamed. NWAD EXASPERATE.4

EX`ASPERATE, a. Provoked; embittered; inflamed. NWAD EXASPERATE.5

EXASPERATED, pp. Highly angered or irritated; provoked; enraged; embittered; increased in violence. NWAD EXASPERATED.1

EXASPERATER, n. One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity or violence. NWAD EXASPERATER.1

EXASPERATING, ppr. Exciting keen resentment; inflaming anger; irritating; increasing violence. NWAD EXASPERATING.1

EXASPERATION, n. Irritation; the act of exciting violent anger; provocation. NWAD EXASPERATION.1

1. Extreme degree of anger; violent passion. NWAD EXASPERATION.2

2. Increase of violence or malignity; exacerbation. NWAD EXASPERATION.3

EXAUCTORATE, EXAUTHORATE, v.t. [L. exauctoro; ex and auctoro, to hire or bind, from auctor, author.] NWAD EXAUCTORATE.1

To dismiss from service; to deprive of a benefice. NWAD EXAUCTORATE.2

EXAUCTORATION, EXAUTHORATION, n. Dismission from service; deprivation; degradation; the removal of a person from an office or dignity in the church. NWAD EXAUCTORATION.1

EXAUTHORIZE, v.t. To deprive of authority. NWAD EXAUTHORIZE.1

EXCALCEATED, a. [L. excalceo, to pull off the shoes; ex and calceus, a shoe.] NWAD EXCALCEATED.1

Deprived of shoes; unshod; barefooted. NWAD EXCALCEATED.2

EXCANDESCENCE, n. [L. excandescentia, excandesco; ex and candesco, candeo, to glow or be hot, from caneo, to be white, to shine.] NWAD EXCANDESCENCE.1

1. A growing hot; or a white heat; glowing heat. NWAD EXCANDESCENCE.2

2. Heat of passion; violent anger; or a growing angry. NWAD EXCANDESCENCE.3

EXCANDESCENT, a. White with heat. NWAD EXCANDESCENT.1

EXCANTATION, n. [L. excanto, but with an opposite signification.] NWAD EXCANTATION.1

Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Little used.] NWAD EXCANTATION.2

EXCARNATE, v.t. [L. ex and caro, flesh.] NWAD EXCARNATE.1

To deprive or clear of flesh. NWAD EXCARNATE.2

EXCARNIFICATION, n. [L. excarnifico, to cut in pieces, from caro, flesh.] NWAD EXCARNIFICATION.1

The act of cutting off flesh, or of depriving of flesh. NWAD EXCARNIFICATION.2

EXCAVATE, v.t. [L. excavo; ex and cavo, to hollow, cavus, hollow. See Cave.] NWAD EXCAVATE.1

To hollow; to cut, scoop, dig or wear out the inner part of any thing and make it hollow; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth; to excavate the trunk of a tree and form a canoe. NWAD EXCAVATE.2

EXCAVATED, pp. Hollowed; make hollow. NWAD EXCAVATED.1

EXCAVATING, ppr. Making hollow. NWAD EXCAVATING.1

EXCAVATION, n. The act of making hollow, by cutting, wearing or scooping out the interior substance or part of a thing. NWAD EXCAVATION.1

1. A hollow or a cavity formed by removing the interior substance. Many animals burrow in excavations of their own forming. NWAD EXCAVATION.2

EXCAVATOR, n. One who excavates. NWAD EXCAVATOR.1

EXCECATE, v.t. [L. excoeco.] To make blind. [Not used.] NWAD EXCECATE.1

EXCECATION, n. The act of making blind. NWAD EXCECATION.1

EXCEDENT, n. Excess. [Not authorized.] NWAD EXCEDENT.1

EXCEED, v.t. [L. excedo; ex and cedo, to pass.] NWAD EXCEED.1

1. To pass or go beyond; to proceed beyond any given or supposed limit, measure or quantity, or beyond any thing else; used equally in a physical or moral sense. One piece of cloth exceeds the customary length or breadth; one man exceeds another in bulk, stature or weight; one offender exceeds another in villainy. NWAD EXCEED.2

2. To surpass; to excel. Homer exceeded all men in epic poetry. Demosthenes and Cicero exceeded their contemporaries in oratory. NWAD EXCEED.3

King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 1 Kings 10:23. NWAD EXCEED.4

EXCEED, v.i. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds; to go over any given limit, number or measure. NWAD EXCEED.5

Forty stripes may he give him, and not exceed. Deuteronomy 25:3. NWAD EXCEED.6

1. To bear the greater proportion; to be more or larger. NWAD EXCEED.7

[This verb is intransitive only by ellipsis.] NWAD EXCEED.8

EXCEEDABLE, a. That may surmount or exceed. NWAD EXCEEDABLE.1

EXCEEDED, pp. Excelled; surpassed; outdone. NWAD EXCEEDED.1

EXCEEDER, n. One who exceeds or passes the bounds of fitness. NWAD EXCEEDER.1

EXCEEDING, ppr. Going beyond; surpassing; excelling; outdoing. NWAD EXCEEDING.1

1. Great in extent, quantity or duration; very extensive. NWAD EXCEEDING.2

Cities were built an exceeding space of time before the flood. [This sense is unusual.] NWAD EXCEEDING.3

2. adv. In a very great degree; unusually; as exceeding rich. NWAD EXCEEDING.4

The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. NWAD EXCEEDING.5

I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis 15:1. NWAD EXCEEDING.6

EXCEEDING, n. Excess; superfluity. NWAD EXCEEDING.7

EXCEEDINGLY, adv. To a very great degree; in a degree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much. NWAD EXCEEDINGLY.1

Isaac trembled exceedingly. Genesis 27:33. NWAD EXCEEDINGLY.2

EXCEEDINGNESS, n. Greatness in quantity, extent or duration. [Not used.] NWAD EXCEEDINGNESS.1

EXCEL, v.t. [L. excello, the root of which, cello, is not in use.] NWAD EXCEL.1

1. To go beyond; to exceed; to surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo. NWAD EXCEL.2

Excelling others, these were great; NWAD EXCEL.3

Thou greater still, must these excel. NWAD EXCEL.4

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Proverbs 31:29. NWAD EXCEL.5

2. To exceed or go beyond in bad qualities or deeds. NWAD EXCEL.6

3. To exceed; to surpass. NWAD EXCEL.7

EXCEL, v.i. To have good qualities, or to perform meritorious actions, in an unusual degree; to be eminent, illustrious or distinguished. NWAD EXCEL.8

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength. Psalm 103:20. NWAD EXCEL.9

We say, to excel in mathematics; to excel in painting; to excel in heroic achievements. NWAD EXCEL.10

EXCELLED, pp. Surpassed; outdone; exceeded in good qualities or laudable achievements. NWAD EXCELLED.1

EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCY, n. [L. excellentia.] The state of possessing food qualities in an unusual or eminent degree; the state of excelling in any thing. NWAD EXCELLENCE.1

1. An valuabale quality; any thing highly laudable, meritorious or virtuous, in persons, or valuable and esteemed, in things. Purity of heart, uprightness of mind, sincerity, virtue, piety, are excellencies of character; symmetry of parts, strength and beauty are excellencies of body; an accurate knowledge of an art is an excellence in the artisan; soundness and durability are excellencies in timber; fertility, in land; elegance, in writing. In short, whatever contributes to exalt man, or to render him esteemed and happy, or to bless society, is in him an excellence. NWAD EXCELLENCE.2

2. Dignity; high rank in the scale of beings. Angels are beings of more excellence than men; men are beings of more excellence than brutes. NWAD EXCELLENCE.3

3. A title of honor formerly given to kings and emperors, now given to embassadors, governors, and other persons, below the rank of kings, but elevated above the common classes of men. NWAD EXCELLENCE.4

EXCELLENT, a. Being of great virtue or worth; eminent or distinguished for what is amiable, valuable or laudable; as an excellent man or citizen; an excellent judge or magistrate. NWAD EXCELLENT.1

1. Being of great value or use, applied to things; remarkable for good properties; as excellent timber; an excellent farm; an excellent horse; excellent fruit. NWAD EXCELLENT.2

2. Distinguished for superior attainments; as an excellent artist. NWAD EXCELLENT.3

3. Consummate; complete; in an ill sense. NWAD EXCELLENT.4

Elizabeth was an excellent hypocrite. NWAD EXCELLENT.5

EXCELLENTLY, adv. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree; in an eminent degree; in a manner to please or command esteem, or to be useful. NWAD EXCELLENTLY.1

EXCEPT, v.t. [L. excipio; ex and capio, to take. See Caption, Capture.] NWAD EXCEPT.1

1. To take or leave out of any number specified; to exclude; as, of the thirty persons present and concerned in a riot, we must except two. NWAD EXCEPT.2

2. To take or leave out any particular or particulars, from a general description. NWAD EXCEPT.3

When he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted who did put all things under him. 1 Corinthians 15:27. NWAD EXCEPT.4

EXCEPT, v.i. To object; to make an objection or objections; usually followed by to; sometimes by against. I except to a witness, or to his testimony, on account of his interest or partiality. NWAD EXCEPT.5

EXCEPT, pp. Contracted from excepted. Taken out; not included. All were involved in this affair, except one; that is, one excepted, the case absolute or independent clause. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; that is, except this fact, that ye repent, or this fact being excepted, removed, taken away, ye shall all likewise perish. Or except may be considered as the imperative mode. Except, thou or ye, this fact, ye shall all likewise perish. Hence except is equivalent to without, unless, and denotes exclusion. NWAD EXCEPT.6

EXCEPTED, pp. [See Except.] NWAD EXCEPTED.1