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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>EXPIRE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="expiratory"> expiratory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with breathing out air from the lungs. </DL> <A NAME="expiratoryaccent"> expiratory accent,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) an accent consisting in variation of stress. </DL> <A NAME="expire"> expire, verb, -pired, -piring.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to come to an end; terminate. Ex. You must obtain a new automobile license when your old one expires. <DD> 2. to breathe one's last; die. (SYN) perish. <DD> 3. to breathe out; exhale. <DD>v.t. 1. to breathe out (air); exhale. Ex. Used air is expired from the lungs. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) to give off(a perfume or vapor); emit. </DL> <A NAME="expiree"> expiree, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the British criminals who were formerly transported and imprisoned in Australia, after the completion of his sentence; an ex-convict. </DL> <A NAME="expirer"> expirer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who expires. </DL> <A NAME="expiringly"> expiringly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an expiring or dying manner. </DL> <A NAME="expiry"> expiry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. expiration; termination; end. Ex. Current subscriptions renewed by this date will be extended for one year from their next date of expiry (Encounter). <DD> 2. dying; death. </DL> <A NAME="explain"> explain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make plain or clear; tell how to do. Ex. The teacher explained long division to the class. <DD> 2. to tell the meaning of; interpret. Ex. Will you explain this poem to me? Shakespeare's plays have been explained in many different ways. <DD> 3. to give reasons for; account for. Ex. Can somebody explain her absence? <DD> 4. to give an explanation of. Ex. Even scientists have not been able to explain life so far. <DD>v.i. to give an explanation. expr. explain away, to nullify or deprive of force by giving reasons. Ex. It is not scientific to invent theories to explain away that which you do not like (Psychic News). expr. explain oneself, <DD> a. to make one's meaning plain or clear. Ex. Explain yourself, lovely Adeline (Ann Radcliffe). <DD> b. to give reasons for one's behavior. Ex. His actions would not be so mysterious if he would only explain himself. noun explainer. </DL> <A NAME="explainable"> explainable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be explained. </DL> <A NAME="explainingly"> explainingly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> by way of explanation; so as to explain oneself. </DL> <A NAME="explanate"> explanate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany, Zoology.) flattened; spread out. </DL> <A NAME="explanation"> explanation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of explaining; clearing up a difficulty or mistake. Ex. He did not understand the teacher's explanation of long division. (SYN) elucidation, exposition, definition. <DD> 2. something that explains. Ex. This diagram is a good explanation of how an automobile engine works. <DD> 3. a mutual declaration of the sense of spoken words, motives of actions, or the like, in order to adjust a misunderstanding and reconcile differences. Ex. We had an explanation and agreed to quarrel no more. </DL> <A NAME="explanative"> explanative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> explanatory; serving to explain. </DL> <A NAME="explanatorily"> explanatorily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an explanatory manner; by way of explanation. </DL> <A NAME="explanatory"> explanatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that explains; helping to make clear; containing an explanation. Ex. Read the explanatory part of the lesson before you try to do the problems. (SYN) explicatory, interpretative. </DL> <A NAME="explant"> explant, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to remove (living tissue) from the body to some other medium for scientific study. Ex. In his original experiments, [he] explanted small pieces of parathyroid gland from man, mouse, and chicken (Honor B. Fell). <DD>noun living tissue taken from the body for scientific study. Ex. Dr. Kao also tried to culture brain material taken from humans in brain surgery, but the explant wouldn't grow (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="explantation"> explantation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of explanting. </DL> <A NAME="expletive"> expletive, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a word or phrase used for filling out a sentence or a line of verse, without adding to the sense. In "There is a book on the table," there is an expletive. <DD> 2. an oath or meaningless exclamation standing by itself. "Damn!" and "My goodness!" are expletives. (SYN) interjection. <DD>adj. filling out a sentence or line of verse; completing. adv. expletively. </DL> <A NAME="expletory"> expletory, adjective. =expletive.</DL> <A NAME="explicable"> explicable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be explained or accounted for. noun explicableness. </DL> <A NAME="explicate"> explicate, transitive verb, -cated, -cating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to develop (a principle, doctrine, or theory). <DD> 2. to make clear the meaning of (anything); remove difficulties or obscurities from; clear up; explain. </DL> <A NAME="explication"> explication, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an explanation; interpretation. <DD> 2. a detailed statement or description. </DL> <A NAME="explicationdetexte"> explication de texte,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a formal analysis of the language, style, and content of a literary work or passage. Ex. Impressed by Milton's "Lycidas," my teacher gave me John Ruskin's analysis of the poem, an early and excellent example of what the French call explication de texte (Granville Hicks). <DD> 2. (literally) explanation of text. </DL> <A NAME="explicative"> explicative, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. that explains. <DD>noun an explanatory term. </DL> <A NAME="explicator"> explicator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who explains or expounds; interpreter. </DL> <A NAME="explicatory"> explicatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that explains. </DL> <A NAME="explicit"> explicit, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. clearly expressed; distinctly stated; definite. Ex. He gave such explicit directions that everyone understood them. (SYN) precise, exact, unequivocal. <DD> 2. not reserved; frank; outspoken. adv. explicitly. noun explicitness. </DL> <A NAME="explicitfaith"> explicit faith or belief,<DL COMPACT><DD> the acceptance of a religious doctrine with distinct understanding of all that is logically involved in it. </DL> <A NAME="explicitfunction"> explicit function,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a function whose value is given in terms of the independent variable or variables. </DL> <A NAME="explodable"> explodable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be exploded. Ex. The explodable compound suddenly burst into flame. <DD> 2. that can be rejected or discredited. Ex. Mr. Christopher Scott's latest exposition of his supposed queuing paradox ... is easily explodable (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="explode"> explode, verb, -ploded, -ploding.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1a. to blow up; burst with a loud noise. Ex. The building was destroyed when the defective boiler exploded. <DD> b. to burst or expand violently because of the pressure produced by the sudden generation of one or more gases, for example by gunpowder, nitroglycerin, or a nuclear reaction. Ex. A firecracker explodes. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to burst forth noisily or violently. Ex. The speaker's mistake was so funny the audience exploded with laughter. Racial tensions exploded into riots. The Madagascar crisis exploded suddenly this month (New York Times). <DD> 3. to undergo a sudden or rapid increase, growth, or expansion. Ex. As China's population explodes, is it not natural for Mao Tse-tung to look longingly at the vast unpopulated areas of Siberia? (Canada Month). It is not easy to maintain the traditional role of the liberal university in a century of exploding knowledge (Atlantic). <DD> 4. (Phonetics.) (of stops) to be articulated with audible release of the breath at the end. <DD>v.t. 1. to cause to explode; blow up. Ex. Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July. (SYN) detonate. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to cause to be rejected; destroy belief in; discredit; disprove. Ex. Columbus and other navigators helped to explode the theory that the earth is flat. <DD> 3. (Phonetics.) to end the articulation of (a stop) by audibly releasing the breath. The first p in pop is always exploded, the final p is often not. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) to drive (an actor, singer, etc.) off the stage by hoots and yells of disapproval. </DL> <A NAME="explodedview"> exploded view,<DL COMPACT><DD> a drawing or diagram of a mechanism, construction, or apparatus showing the parts separated but so placed as to indicate their relative positions. Ex. an exploded view of the fan and water pump assembly of an automobile. </DL> <A NAME="explodent"> explodent, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Phonetics.) an explosive. </DL> <A NAME="exploder"> exploder, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that explodes. <DD> 2. a device for setting off, or detonating, an explosive charge. </DL> <A NAME="exploit"> exploit, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a bold, unusual act; daring deed. Ex. the exploits of Robin Hood against the evil Prince John and his wicked sheriff. <DD>v.t. 1. to make use of; turn to practical account. Ex. A mine is exploited for its minerals. Freedom--that was the word; the right of a man to exploit his nature from the top to the bottom (Julian Hawthorne). <DD> 2. to make unfair use of; use selfishly for one's own advantage. Ex. Nations used to exploit their colonies, taking as much wealth out of them as they could. noun exploiter. </DL> <A NAME="exploitability"> exploitability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> openness to exploitation. </DL> <A HREF="exploiti.dic">NEXT</A>