- 3. (Eng. Universities.) Allowance, pension, benefaction.
- 4. (Med.) Administration (of medicine).
Exhilarate, v. a. Cheer, enliven, inspirit, inspire, animate, stimulate, elate, gladden, make merry, make glad or joyous.
Exhilarating-gas, n. Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, laughing-gas.
Exhilaration, n.
- 1. Cheering, enlivening, animating, etc. See the verb.
- 2. Animation, gayety, hilarity, glee, cheer, gladness, joyousness, cheerfulness, good-humor, good spirits,
high spirits.
Exhort, v. a. Urge, incite, stimulate, persuade, encourage (to do well).
Exhort, v. n. Give exhortation, offer advice.
Exhortation, n.
- 1. Advice, counsel.
- 2. Persuasive discourse.
Exhortative, a. Exhortatory, hortatory.
Exhortatory, a. Exhortative, hortatory.
Exhumation, n. Disinterment, disentombment.
Exhume, v. a. Disinter, unbury, disentomb, disinhume.
Exigence, Exigency, n.
- 1. Demand, urgency, necessity, need, want, requirement.
- 2. Emergency, crisis, strait, juncture, conjuncture, quandary, pass, pinch, nonplus, critical situation, pressing
necessity.
Exigent, a. Urgent, pressing.
Exiguity, n. Smallness, slenderness, fineness, exility, attenuation, exiguousness.
Exiguous, a. Small, diminutive, tiny, slender, slim, attenuated, fine.
Exiguousness, n. See exiguity.