1. The act of excreting.
To promote secretion and excretion.
Pereira. 2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.
Excretive
(Ex*cre"tive) a. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey.
Excretory
(Ex*cre"to*ry) a. [Cf. F. excrétoire.] Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious
matter.
Excruciable
(Ex*cru"ci*a*ble) a. [L. excruciabilis.] Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey.
Excruciate
(Ex*cru"ci*ate) a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to
put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.] Excruciated; tortured.
And here my heart long time excruciate.
Chapman. Excruciate
(Ex*cru"ci*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating ] To inflict
agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.
Drayton. Excruciating
(Ex*cru"ci*a`ting) Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox. "Excruciating fears."
Bentley — Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.
Excruciation
(Ex*cru`ci*a"tion) n. [L. excruciatio.] The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of
being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.
Excubation
(Ex`cu*ba"tion) n. [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out
+ cubare to lie down.] A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey.
Excubitorium
(||Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um) n. [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.)
A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.
Exculpable
(Ex*cul"pa*ble) Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.
Exculpate
(Ex*cul"pate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating ] [L. ex out
+ culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable.] To clear from
alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.
Mason.
I exculpate him further for his writing against me.
Milman. Syn. — To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.
Exculpation
(Ex`cul*pa"tion) n. [Cf. LL. exculpatio.] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that
which exculpates; excuse.
These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves.
Southey. Exculpatory
(Ex*cul"pa*to*ry) Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An
exculpatory letter." Johnson.
Excur
(Ex*cur") v. i. [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.] To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey.
