2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.
I'll end my exhortation after dinner.
Shak.
Exhortative
(Ex*hor"ta*tive) a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.
Barrow.
Exhortatory
(Ex*hor"ta*to*ry) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.
Holinshed.
Exhorter
(Ex*hort"er) n. One who exhorts or incites.
Exhumated
(Ex*hu"ma*ted) a. Disinterred. [Obs.]
Exhumation
(Ex`hu*ma"tion) n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which
has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
Exhume
(Ex*hume") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L.
ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of
a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.
Exiccate
(Ex"ic*cate) v. t. See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.
Exiccation
(Ex`ic*ca"tion) n. See Exsiccation. [Obs.]
Exigence
(Ex"i*gence) n. [F.] Exigency. Hooker.
Exigency
(Ex"i*gen*cy) n.; pl. Exigencies [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent
or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or
remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.
Syn. — Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.
Exigendary
(Ex`i*gen"da*ry) n. See Exigenter.
Exigent
(Ex`i*gent), a. [L. exigens, - entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See
Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.
Exigent
(Ex"i*gent), n.
1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]
Why do you cross me in this exigent?
Shak. 2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.
Exigenter
(Ex"i*gent*er) n. (O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas
whose duty it was to make out exigents. The office is now abolished. Cowell.
Exigible
(Ex"i*gi*ble) a. [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.] That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.
Exiguity
(Ex`i*gu"i*ty) n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.] Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
[R.] Boyle.
Exiguous
(Ex*ig"u*ous) a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources."
Carlyle. — Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]
