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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>EXHORT</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="exhilarate"> exhilarate, transitive verb, -rated, -rating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to cheer; make merry; make lively. Ex. The joy of the holiday season exhilarates us all. (SYN) elate, stimulate. </DL> <A NAME="exhilarating"> exhilarating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> enlivening; inspiriting. Ex. an exhilarating gallop. We enjoy an exhilarating swim. adv. exhilaratingly. </DL> <A NAME="exhilaration"> exhilaration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a being or feeling exhilarated; high spirits; lively joy. (SYN) stimulation. <DD> 2. an exhilarating. <DD> 3. a cheering or enlivening influence. Ex. The exhilaration of success lent wings to our sorely battered feet (Robert Edwin Peary). </DL> <A NAME="exhilarative"> exhilarative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to exhilarate. </DL> <A NAME="exhilarator"> exhilarator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that exhilarates. </DL> <A NAME="exhilaratory"> exhilaratory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> exhilarative; tending to exhilarate. </DL> <A NAME="exhort"> exhort, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to urge strongly; advise or warn earnestly. Ex. The preacher exhorted his congregation to live better lives. Industry was exhorted to stand fast against excessive wage demands (Anthony Lewis). (SYN) admonish. <DD>v.i. to give earnest advice or warning; make an exhortation. </DL> <A NAME="exhortation"> exhortation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. strong urging; earnest advice or warning. <DD> 2. a speech or sermon that exhorts. </DL> <A NAME="exhortative"> exhortative, adjective. =exhortatory.adv. exhortatively. </DL> <A NAME="exhortatory"> exhortatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> intended to exhort; exhorting; urging; admonitory. Ex. Most people resent an exhortatory style of advice. </DL> <A NAME="exhorter"> exhorter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one who exhorts, especially a person who delivers religious exhortation. </DL> <A NAME="exhumate"> exhumate, transitive verb, -mated, -mating. =exhume.</DL> <A NAME="exhumation"> exhumation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of exhuming. </DL> <A NAME="exhumator"> exhumator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who exhumes; exhumer. </DL> <A NAME="exhume"> exhume, transitive verb, -humed, -huming.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to take (a dead body) out of the grave or the ground; dig up. (SYN) disinter. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to bring to light; reveal. </DL> <A NAME="exhumer"> exhumer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who exhumes. </DL> <A NAME="exhypothesi"> ex hypothesi,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) in terms of the hypothesis; hypothetically. Ex. It is the natural right of man to be policed by forces over which he has control and not by those of an alien Power (which ex hypothesi he cannot control) (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="exigeant"> exigeant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> requiring much or too much; exacting. Ex. the jealous, exigeant, selfish type of affection (R. H. Hutton). </DL> <A NAME="exigence"> exigence, noun. =exigency.</DL> <A NAME="exigency"> exigency, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a situation demanding prompt action or attention; urgent case; emergency. Ex. The curtains caught fire, but she proved equal to the exigency and put out the flames with a heavy blanket. <DD> 2. exigent state or character; urgency. expr. exigencies, urgent needs; demands for action or attention. Ex. The exigencies of business kept him from taking a vacation. </DL> <A NAME="exigent"> exigent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. demanding prompt action or attention; pressing; urgent. Ex. The exigent pangs of hunger sent the bear on a search for food. <DD> 2. demanding a great deal or more than is reasonable; exacting. Ex. A busy doctor has an exigent occupation. adv. exigently. </DL> <A NAME="exigible"> exigible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be demanded or required. </DL> <A NAME="exiguity"> exiguity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> scantiness; smallness. </DL> <A NAME="exiguous"> exiguous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> scanty in measure or number; extremely small. Ex. Many public servants suffer from exiguous pay and great responsibility. (SYN) diminutive, minute. adv. exiguously. noun exiguousness. </DL> <A NAME="exilarch"> exilarch, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a line of Jewish princes or rulers in Babylon who exercised authority over, and received tribute from, Jews in all countries from about the 200's to the 1200's. </DL> <A NAME="exilarchate"> exilarchate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the period during which there were exilarchs. <DD> 2. the people over whom the exilarch had power. </DL> <A NAME="exile"> exile (1), verb, -iled, -iling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to make (a person) leave home or country, often by law as a punishment; banish. Ex. The traitor was exiled from his country for life. Thucydides failed to relieve the siege of Amphipolis, and was exiled for 20 years (C. Bradford Welles). (SYN) expel, expatriate. <DD> 2. to remove (oneself) from one's country or home for a long time. Ex. Many artists and musicians and writers have exiled themselves to protest harsh and unjust government at home. <DD>noun 1. a being exiled; banishment. Ex. The traitor was sent into exile for life. (SYN) expulsion, expatriation. <DD> 2. a person who is banished. Ex. He has been an exile for ten years. (Figurative.) An exile from the paternal roof (Washington Irving). <DD> 3. any prolonged absence from one's own country. </DL> <A NAME="exile"> exile (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. thin; slender. <DD> 2. meager. <DD> 3. poor; barren. Ex. exile soil. <DD> 4. very subtle; finespun. <DD> 5. overrefined. </DL> <A NAME="exile"> Exile, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Babylonian captivity of the Jews in the 500's B.C. </DL> <A NAME="exilement"> exilement, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) banishment. </DL> <A NAME="exilian"> exilian, adjective. =exilic.</DL> <A NAME="exilic"> exilic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with exile, or a time of exile, especially the period of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. </DL> <A NAME="exility"> exility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. thinness. <DD> 2. meagerness. <DD> 3. tenuity. <DD> 4. subtlety. </DL> <A NAME="eximbank"> Eximbank, noun, or Ex-Im Bank,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the Export-Import Bank, a bank created by Congress in 1934 to facilitate trade with foreign countries by extending easy credit to importers and exporters of American goods. </DL> <A NAME="eximious"> eximious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> excellent; distinguished; eminent. </DL> <A NAME="exinanition"> exinanition, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of complete emptying. <DD> 2. exhaustion or enfeeblement, as from being emptied. <DD> 3. abasement or humiliation. </DL> <A NAME="exine"> exine, noun. =extine.</DL> <A NAME="exinguinal"> exinguinal, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. situated outside the groin. <DD>noun the second joint of a spider's leg, the first of the two forming the thigh. </DL> <A NAME="exint"> ex int.,<DL COMPACT><DD> ex interest (without interest). </DL> <A NAME="exintegro"> ex integro,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) anew; afresh. </DL> <A NAME="exist"> exist, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to have being; be. Ex. The world has existed a long time. It might be necessary to assert that mind exists, but that it is nowhere in space, and perhaps does not exist in time either (R. Hadekel). <DD> 2. to be real. Ex. Do fairies exist or not? <DD> 3. to continue to be; have life; live. Ex. We cannot exist without air. <DD> 4. to be found; occur. Ex. Cases exist of persons who cannot smell anything. noun exister. </DL> <A NAME="existence"> existence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the fact or state of existing; being. Ex. When we are born, we come into existence. <DD> 2. the fact or state of being real. Ex. Most people do not now believe in the existence of ghosts. <DD> 3. continued being; living; life. Ex. Drivers of racing cars lead a dangerous existence. <DD> 4. occurrence; presence. Ex. The newspapers report the existence of many new cases of flu in the city. <DD> 5. all that exists. <DD> 6. a thing that exists; a being. </DL> <A NAME="existent"> existent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that exists; existing. <DD> 2. now existing; of the present time. (SYN) current. </DL> <A HREF="exit.dic">NEXT</A>