Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 70

Export (v. t.) To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.

Export (n.) The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.

Export (n.) That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.

Exportability (n.) The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.

Exportable (a.) Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

Exportation (n.) The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

Exportation (n.) Commodity exported; an export.

Exportation (n.) The act of carrying out.

Exporter (n.) One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

Exposal (n.) Exposure.

Exposed (imp. & p. p.) of Expose

Exposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expose

Expose (v. t.) To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

Expose (v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

Expose (v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

Expose (v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Exposedness (n.) The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

Exposer (n.) One who exposes or discloses.

Exposition (n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

Exposition (n.) The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.

Exposition (n.) Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.

Exposition (n.) A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.

Expositive (a.) Serving to explain; expository.

Expositor (n.) One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator.

Expository (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.

Ex post facto () Alt. of Ex postfacto

Ex postfacto () From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective.

Expostulated (imp. & p. p.) of Expostulate

Expostulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expostulate

Expostulate (v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.

Expostulate (v. t.) To discuss; to examine.

Expostulation (n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.

Expostulator (n.) One who expostulates.

Expostulatory (a.) Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.

Exposture (n.) Exposure.

Exposure (n.) The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.

Exposure (n.) The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.

Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.

Exposure (n.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Expounded (imp. & p. p.) of Expound

Expounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expound

Expound (v. t.) To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

Expound (v. t.) To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Expounder (n.) One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.

Express (a.) Exactly representing; exact.

Express (a.) Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.

Express (a.) Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.

Express (n.) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

Express (n.) A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

Express (n.) An express office.

Express (n.) That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

Expressed (imp. & p. p.) of Express

Expressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Express

Express (a.) To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.

Express (a.) To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.

Express (a.) To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.

Express (a.) To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.

Express (a.) To denote; to designate.

Express (a.) To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package.

Expressage (n.) The charge for carrying a parcel by express.

Expressible (a.) Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.

Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

Expression (n.) The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.

Expression (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.

Expression (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.

Expression (n.) A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

Expression (n.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.

Expressional (a.) Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment.

Expressionless (a.) Destitute of expression.

Expressive (a.) Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.

Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.

Expressly (adv.) In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.

Expressmen (pl. ) of Expressman

Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.

Expressness (n.) The state or quality of being express; definiteness.

Expressure (n.) The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.

Exprobrate (v. t.) To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid.

Exprobration (n.) Reproachful accusation; upbraiding.

Exprobrative (a.) Alt. of Exprobratory

Exprobratory (a.) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful.

Expropriate (v. t.) To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

Expropriation (n.) The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.

Expugn (v. t.) To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.

Expugnable (a.) Capable of being expugned.

Expugnation (n.) The act of taking by assault; conquest.

Expugner (n.) One who expugns.

Expulse (v. t.) To drive out; to expel.

Expulser (n.) An expeller.

Expulsion (n.) The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

Expulsion (n.) The state of being expelled or driven out.

Expulsive (a.) Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.

Expunction (n.) The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.

Expunged (imp. & p. p.) of Expunge

Expunging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expunge

Expunge (v. t.) To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.

Expunge (v. t.) To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense.

Expurgated (imp. & p. p.) of Expurgate

Expurgating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expurgate

Expurgate (v. t.) To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

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