Exertion
(Ex*er"tion) n. The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any
power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an
exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
Syn. — Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt.
Exertive
(Ex*ert"ive) a. Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
Exertment
(Ex*ert"ment) n. Exertion. [R.]
Exesion
(Ex*e"sion) n. [L. exedere, exesum, to eat up; ex out + edere to eat.] The act of eating out
or through. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Exestuate
(Ex*es"tu*ate) v. i. [L. exaestuatus,p. p. of exaestuare to boil up. See Estuate.] To be
agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]
Exestuation
(Ex*es`tu*a"tion) n. [L. exaestuatio.] A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle.
Exeunt
(||Ex"e*unt) [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.] They go out, or retire from the scene; as,
exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.
Exfetation
(Ex`fe*ta"tion) n [Pref. ex- + fetation.] (Med.) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to
the uterus; extra-uterine fetation. Hoblyn.
Exfoliate
(Ex*fo"li*ate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating ] [L. exfoliare to
strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]
1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
Exfoliate
(Ex*fo"li*ate) v. t. To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of.
Exfoliation
(Ex*fo`li*a"tion) n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the
state of being exfoliated.
Exfoliative
(Ex*fo"li*a"tive) a. [Cf.F. exfoliatif.] Having the power of causing exfoliation. — n. An exfoliative
agent. Wiseman.
Exhalable
(Ex*hal"a*ble) a. Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.
Exhalant
(Ex*hal"ant) a. [Cf. F. exhalant.] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.
Exhalation
(Ex`ha*la"tion) n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]
1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as,
exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise
From hill or steaming lake.
Milton. 3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
I shall fall
Like a bright exhalation in the evening.
Shak.
