Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: EX-SCRIBE – EX-SUS'CI-TATE
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EX-SCRIBE, v.t. [L. exscribo.]
To copy; to transcribe. [Not in use.] B. Jonson.
EX'SCRIPT, n.
A copy; a transcript. [Not used.]
EX-SEC'RE-TA-RY, n.
One who has been secretary, but is no longer in office.
EX-SEC'TION, n. [L. exsectio.]
A cutting off, or a cutting out. Darwin.
EX-SEN'A-TOR, n.
One who has been a senator, but is no longer one.
EX-SERT', or EX-SERT'ED, a. [L. exsero; ex and sero. See Exert.]
Standing out; protruded from the corol; as, stamens exsert. Eaton. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. Barnes.
EX-SERT'ILE, a.
That may be thrust out or protruded. Fleming.
EX-SIC'CANT, a. [See Exsiccate.]
Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying.
EX'SIC-CATE, v.t. [L. exsicco; ex and sicco, to dry.]
To dry; to exhaust or evaporate moisture. Brown. Mortimer.
EX'SIC-CA-TED, pp.
Dried.
EX'SIC-CA-TING, ppr.
Drying; evaporating moisture.
EX-SIC-CA'TION, n.
The act or operation of drying; evaporation of moisture; dryness. Brown.
EX-SIC'CA-TIVE, a.
Tending to make dry.
EX-SPU-I'TION, n. [L. expuo for exspuo.]
A discharge of saliva by spitting. Darwin.
EX-STIP'U-LATE, a. [L. ex and stipula, straw.]
In botany, having no stipules. Martyn.
EX-SUC'COUS, a. [L. exsuccus; ex and succus, juice.]
Destitute of juice; dry. Brown.
EX-SUC'TION, n. [L. exugo, exsugo, to suck out; sugo, to suck.]
The act of sucking out. Boyle.
EX-SU-DA'TION, n. [L. exudo, for exsudo.]
- A sweating; a discharge of humors or moisture from animal bodies by sweat or extillation through the pores.
- The discharge of the juices of a plant, moisture from the earth, &c.
EX-SUDE, v.i.
To flow from a living body through the pores or by a natural discharge, as juice.
EX-SUDE, v.t. [supra.]
To discharge the moisture or juices of a living body through the pores; also, to discharge the liquid matter of a plant by incisions. Our forests exude [exsude] turpentine in the greatest abundance. Dwight.
EX-SUD-ED, pp.
Emitted, as juice.
EX-SUD-ING, ppr.
Discharging, as juice.
EX-SUF-FLA'TION, n. [L. ex and sufflo, to blow.]
- A blowing or blast from beneath. [Little used.] Brown.
- A kind of exorcism. Fulke.
EX-SUF'FO-LATE, a.
Contemptible. [Not in use.] Shak.
EX-SUS'CI-TATE, v.t. [L. exsuscito.]
To rouse; to excite. [Not used.]