<B>executive agreement,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an agreement between the President as head of the Executive and the government of a foreign country, usually dealing with matters of administration. An executive agreement has the force of a treaty in international law, but it does not require Senate approval. </DL>
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<B>Executive Council,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Canada) the cabinet of a provincial government, consisting of the premier and his ministers. </DL>
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<B>Executive Mansion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the official residence of the President of the United States; the White House in Washington, D.C. <DD><B> 2. </B>the official residence of the governor in some states. </DL>
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<B>executive order</B> or <B>Executive Order,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an order or directive issued by the President of the United States or by someone acting under his authority and having the force of law. Executive orders are based on the powers granted to the President by either the Congress or the Constitution. <BR> <I>Ex. [President] Kennedy issued an Executive Order barring racial discrimination in new housing financed with mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>executive privilege,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the theoretical right invoked by members of the executive branch of the government to refuse to appear or testify before a court of law or a Congressional committee. <BR> <I>Ex. Administration spokesmen argued that withholding information deemed by the President or his delegates not in the public interest was a proper exercise of executive privilege, a right intrinsic in the doctrine of separation of powers (Paul Fisher).</I> </DL>
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<B>executive session,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a meeting or session of a legislative body, usually closed to the public, in which it serves as a council to the executive, as such a session of the United States Senate when it considers the ratification of treaties or the confirmation of executive appointments. <BR> <I>Ex. After the adjournment of Congress, the senate went into executive session (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>executiveship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the office or power of an executive. <DD><B> 2. </B>executives of a government or organization or the executive branch of a government. <BR> <I>Ex. In the early days of our republic Alexander Hamilton succinctly expressed his fears too about a weak government executiveship (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>executor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person chosen to carry out what another person has said shall be done with his money and other belongings after his death. <BR> <I>Ex. The man named his lawyer as his executor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who performs or carries out something. </DL>
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<B>executor dative,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) an executor appointed by the court. </DL>
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<B>executorial, </B>adjective. =executive.</DL>
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<B>executor nominate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) an executor named in a person's will. </DL>
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<B>executorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the office or duty of an executor. <BR> <I>Ex. the affairs of his executorship (Samuel Richardson).</I> </DL>
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<B>executory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=executive.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=operative.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>drawn up or ready to take effect only on a future contingency. <BR> <I>Ex. If a man leaves his estate to his wife in trust for his children, it is an executory contract.</I> </DL>
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<B>executrix, </B>noun, pl. <B>executrixes,</B> <B>executrices.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman executor. </DL>
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<B>executry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> executorship. </DL>
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<B>exedra, </B>noun, pl. <B>-drae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a semicircular outdoor bench. <DD><B> 2. </B>a portico or open room with seats in ancient Greece. Also, <B>exhedra.</B> </DL>
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<B>exegesis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a scholarly explanation or interpretation of the Bible or of a passage in the Bible. <BR> <I>Ex. The minister gave an exegesis of the parable of the Good Samaritan.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any explanation or interpretation of a word, sentence, or other passage; explanatory note. <BR> <I>Ex. Before she could turn and ask for an exegesis, I was making for a piano, at which I sat for some time (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>exegesist, </B>noun. =exegete.</DL>
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<B>exegete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in exegesis; interpreter. <BR> <I>Ex. an articulate exegete of the new art movement.</I> </DL>
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<B>exegetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with exegesis; explanatory; interpretative; expository. </DL>
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<B>exegetical, </B>adjective. =exegetic.</DL>
<A NAME="exegetically">
<B>exegetically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by or by way of exegesis; as explanation. </DL>
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<B>exegetics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of theology that deals with the exposition and interpretation of the Bible. </DL>
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<B>exegetist, </B>noun. =exegete.</DL>
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<B>exegi monumentum aere perennius,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) I have made a monument more lasting than bronze (Horace). </DL>
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<B>exempla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the plural of <B>exemplum.</B> </DL>
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<B>exemplar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing worth imitating; good model or pattern. <BR> <I>Ex. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was the exemplar of the humane jurist.</I> (SYN) standard. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=archetype.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a typical case; example. </DL>
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<B>exemplarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an exemplary manner. </DL>
<B>exemplar proposition,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Logic.) a proposition which states something to be true of an example of a class. </DL>
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<B>exemplary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>worth imitating; being a good model or pattern. <BR> <I>Ex. exemplary conduct.</I> (SYN) commendable. <DD><B> 2. </B>serving as a warning to others. <BR> <I>Ex. exemplary punishment of the ringleaders.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>serving as an example; typical. <BR> <I>Ex. an exemplary incident.</I> (SYN) illustrative. </DL>
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<B>exemplary damages,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> damages beyond the actual financial loss sometimes awarded as a punishment of the defendant, as an example to others, and as an adequate recompense for the entire injury sustained. </DL>
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<B>exemplification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of showing by example or the state of being an example. <DD><B> 2. </B>an example. <BR> <I>Ex. That old village is an exemplification of peaceful charm.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) a certified copy of a deed, record, etc. </DL>
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<B>exemplificational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with exemplification. </DL>
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<B>exemplificative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving to exemplify. </DL>
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<B>exemplifier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who exemplifies. </DL>
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<B>exemplify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to show by example; be an example of. <BR> <I>Ex. Knights exemplified courage and courtesy.</I> (SYN) illustrate. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) to make a certified copy of under seal. <DD><B> 3. </B>to transfer or copy. </DL>
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<B>exempli gratia,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) for example; for instance. (Abbr:) e.g. </DL>
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<B>exemplum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-pla.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a model or pattern worth imitating. <BR> <I>Ex. It is unlikely that he will be any more successful in creating an exemplum of love for our times (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an anecdote used to illustrate a moral lesson or truth. <BR> <I>Ex. So in the Middle Ages did priests relate exempla to make their point (Richard Dorson).</I> </DL>
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<B>exempt, </B>verb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make free (from a duty, obligation, rule, or other binding restriction); release. <BR> <I>Ex. Students who get very high marks will be exempted from the final examination.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to except. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>freed from a duty, obligation, rule, or other binding restriction; released. <BR> <I>Ex. School property is exempt from all taxes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) removed. <BR> <I>Ex. And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an exempt person, especially one freed from a duty or other tax. </DL>
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<B>exemptee, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person exempt from a duty, especially military duty. <BR> <I>Ex. The review of present exemptees will proceed apace, to replenish the manpower drain to date (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>exemptible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be exempted. <DD><B> 2. </B>that can be easily removed. </DL>
<A NAME="exemption">
<B>exemption, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of exempting. <DD><B> 2. </B>freedom from a duty, obligation, rule, or other binding restriction; release. <BR> <I>Ex. Churches have exemption from taxes.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an instance of such a release or a cause permitting one. <BR> <I>Ex. income-tax exemptions.</I> </DL>
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<B>exemptive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with exemption; exempting. <BR> <I>Ex. A Senate Banking and Currency subcommittee today will begin hearings on proxy solicitations, increasing the exemptive limit for registration of securities (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
