Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: EX-AM'IN-ANT – EX-AN-THE-MAT'IC, or EX-AN-THEM'A-TOUS
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EX-AM'IN-ANT, n.
One who is to be examined. [Not legitimate.] Prideaux.
EX-AM'IN-ATE, n.
The person examined. Bacon.
EX-AM-IN-A'TION, n. [L. examinatio. See Examen.]
- The act of examining; a careful search or inquiry, with a view to discover truth or the real state of things; careful and accurate inspection of a thing and its parts; as, an examination of a house or a ship.
- Mental inquiry; disquisition; careful consideration of the circumstances or facts which relate to a subject or question; a view of qualities and relations, and an estimate of their nature and importance.
- Trial by a rule or law.
- In judicial proceedings, a careful inquiry into facts by testimony; an attempt to ascertain truth by inquiries and interrogatories; as, the examination of a witness or the merits of a cause.
- In seminaries of learning, an inquiry into the acquisitions of the students, by questioning them in literature and the sciences, and by hearing their recitals.
- In chimistry and other sciences, a searching for the nature and qualities of substances, by experiments; the practice or application of the docimastic art.
EX-AM'IN-A-TOR, n.
An examiner. [Not used.] Brown.
EX-AM'INE, v.t. [egzam'in; L. examino, from examen.]
- To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing; as, to examine a ship to know whether she is sea-worthy, or a house to know whether repairs are wanted.
- To search or inquire into facts and circumstances by interrogating; as, to examine a witness.
- To look into the state of a subject; to view in all its aspects; to weigh arguments and compare facts, with a view to form a correct opinion or judgment. Let us examine this proposition; let us examine this subject in all its relations and bearings; let us examine into the state of this question.
- To inquire into the improvements or qualifications of students, by interrogatories, proposing problems, or by hearing their recitals; as, to examine the classes in college; to examine the candidates for a degree, or for a license to preach or to practice in a profession.
- To try or assay by experiments; as, to examine minerals.
- To try by a rule or law. Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. 2 Cor. xiii.
- In general, to search; to scrutinize; to explore, with a view to discover truth; as, to examine ourselves; to examine the extent of human knowledge.
EX-AM'IN-ED, pp.
Inquired into; searched; inspected; interrogated; tried by experiment.
EX-AM'IN-ER, n.
- One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender.
- In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court, who examine, on oath, the witnesses for the parties. Encyc.
EX-AM'IN-ING, a.
Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
EX-AM'IN-ING, ppr.
Inspecting carefully; searching or inquiring into; interrogating; trying or assaying by experiment.
EX'AM-PLA-RY, a. [from example.]
Serving for example or pattern; proposed for imitation. Hooker. [It is now written exemplary.]
EX-AM'PLE, n. [egzam'pl; L. exemplum; Fr. exemple; It. esempio; Sp. exemplo. Qu. from ex and the root of similis, Gr. ὁμαλος.]
- A pattern; a copy; a model; that which is proposed to be imitated. This word, when applied to material things, is now generally written sample; as, a sample of cloth; but example is sometimes used. Ralegh.
- A pattern, in morals or manners; a copy, or model; that which is proposed or is proper to be imitated. I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John xiii. Example is our preceptor before we can reason. Kollock.
- Precedent; a former instance. Buonaparte furnished many examples of successful bravery.
- Precedent or former instance, in a bad sense, intended for caution. Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb. iv. Sodom and Gomorrah – are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 7.
- A person fit to be proposed for a pattern; one whose conduct is worthy of imitation. Be thou an example of the believers. 1 Tim. iv.
- Precedent which disposes to imitation. Example has more effect than precept.
- Instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; or a particular case or proposition illustrating a general rule, position or truth. The principles of trigonometry and the rules of grammar are illustrated by examples.
- In logic, or rhetoric, the conclusion of one singular point from another; an induction of what may happen from what has happened. If civil war has produced calamities of a particular kind in one instance, it is inferred that it will produce like consequences in other cases. This is an example. Bailey. Encyc.
EX-AM'PLE, v.t.
To exemplify; to set an example. [Not used.] Shak.
EXAM'PLE-LESS, a.
Having no example. [Not used.] B. Jonson.
EX-AM'PLER, n.
A pattern; now sample or sampler.
EX-AN'GUI-OUS, a.
Having no blood. [Not used. See Exeanguious.]
EX-AN'GU-LOUS, a.
Having no corners.
EX-AN'I-MATE, a. [egzan'imate; L. exanimatus, exanimo; ex and anima, life.]
Lifeless; spiritless; disheartened; depressed in spirits. Thomson.
EX-AN'I-MATE, v.t.
To dishearten; to discourage. Coles.
EX-AN'I-MA-TED, pp.
Disheartened.
EX-AN'I-MA-TING, ppr.
Discouraging.
EX-AN-I-MA'TION, n.
Deprivation of life or of spirits. [Little used.]
EX-ANIMO, adv. [L.]
Heartily.
EX-AN'I-MOUS, a. [L. exanimis; ex and anima, life.]
Lifeless; dead. [Little used.]
EX-AN-THE'MA, n. [plur. exanthem'ata. Gr. from εξανθεω, to blossom; εξ and ανθος, a flower.]
Among physicians, eruption; a breaking out; pustules, petechiæ, or vibices; any efflorescence on the skin, as in measles, small pox, scarlatina, &c. This term is now limited by systematic nosologists, to such eruptions as are accompanied with fever. Good.
EX-AN-THE-MAT'IC, or EX-AN-THEM'A-TOUS, a.
Eruptive; efflorescent; noting morbid redness of the skin. The measles is an exanthematous disease. [Tooke uses exanthematic.]