Expressly
(Ex*press"ly), adv. In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as,
a book written expressly for the young.
The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel.
Ezek. i. 3.
I am sent expressly to your lordship.
Shak. Expressman
(Ex*press"man) n.; pl. Expressmen A person employed in the express business; also,
the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.
Expressness
(Ex*press"ness), n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.] Hammond.
Expressure
(Ex*pres"sure) n. The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.]
An operation more divine
Than breath or pen can give expressure to.
Shak. Exprobrate
(Ex"pro*brate) v. t. [L. exprobratus, p. p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or
disgraceful act.] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Exprobration
(Ex`pro*bra"tion) n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.
[Obs.]
A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness.
Jer. Taylor. Exprobrative
(Ex*pro"bra*tive Ex*pro"bra*to*ry) a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir
A. Shirley.
Expropriate
(Ex*pro"pri*ate) v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out
of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.
M. Arnold. Expropriation
(Ex*pro`pri*a"tion), n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a
claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu.
The expropriation of bad landlords.
M. Arnold. Expugn
(Ex*pugn") v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.] To
take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
Expugnable
(Ex*pug"nable) a. [L. expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugned.
Expugnation
(Ex`pug*na"tion) n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.
Expugner
(Ex*pugn"er) n. One who expugns.
Expulse
(Ex*pulse") v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.] To drive
out; to expel. [Obs.]
If charity be thus excluded and expulsed.
Milton.
