Emily Dickinson Lexicon

exhibition, n. [see exhibit, v.]

Display; spectacle; presentation; manifestation; public examination.

exhilarate (-s, exhilirate), v. [L. ex, out + hilar-is, cheerful.] (webplay: make).

Excite; thrill; enliven; gladden.

exhiliration, n. [see exhilarate, v.]

Joy; passion; imagination.

exigency (-ies), n. [L. < ex-, out + agěre, to drive.] (webplay: times).

Demand; urgency; requirement; pressing necessity; immediate need.

exile (-s), n. [OFr'state of banishment”.] (webplay: away, person, place, transport).

Expel; separate; cut off; drive out; sent away; enforced removal from one's native land.

exist (-s, -ing), v. [Fr < L. 'stand out, be perceptible'.]

1. To be; to have an essence or real being.
2. To live; to have life or animation.
3. To endure; to remain fixed and permanent.

existence (-s, -'s), n. [see exist, v.]

1. The state of being or having essence.
2. Life; this life or mortality; the state of being alive.

exody, n. [Gr. 'going out'.]

A departure from a place; [fig] forced departure or banishment.

exorbitant, adj. [L. 'to go out of the track'.]

Extravagant; going beyond natural limits.

exorcise (-d), v. [L. < Gr. < 'out' + 'oath'.]

To expel evil spirits by conjurations, prayers and ceremonies; [fig] to bring or force out; expose [ED's use in this case shows that something positive can be brought out, not simply something evil in the general sense of the word.]