Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-PLOIT', v.t.

To achieve. [Not in use.] Camden.

EX-PLO'RATE, v.t.

To explore. [Not used. See Explore.]

EX-PLO-RA'TION, n. [See Explore.]

The act of exploring; close search; strict or careful examination. Boyle.

EX-PLO-RA'TOR, n.

One who explores; one who searches or examines closely.

EX-PLO'RA-TO-RY, a.

Serving to explore; searching; examining.

EX-PLORE, v.t. [L. exploro; ex and ploro, to cry out, to wail, to bawl. The compound appears to convey a very different sense from the simple verb ploro; but the primary sense is to stretch, strain, drive; applied to the voice, it is to strain or press out sounds or words; applied to the eyes, it is to stretch or reach, as in prying curiosity.]

1. To search for making discovery; to view with care; to examine closely by the eye. Moses sent spies to explore the land of Canaan.
2. To search by any means; to try; as, to explore the deep by a plummet or lead.
3. To search or pry into; to scrutinize; to inquire with care; to examine closely with a view to discover truth; as, to explore the depths of science.

EX-PLOR-ED, pp.

Searched; viewed; examined closely.

EX-PLORE-MENT, n.

Search; trial. [Little used.] Brown.

EX-PLOR'ER, n.

One who explores.

EX-PLOR-ING, ppr.

Searching; viewing; examining with care.

EX-PLO'SION, n. [s as z. from explode.]

1. A bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid, with force and a loud report; as, the explosion of powder.
2. The discharge of a piece of ordnance with a loud report.
3. The sudden burst of sound in a volcano, &c.

EX-PLO'SIVE, a.

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. Woodward.

EX-PLO'SIVE-LY, adv.

In an explosive manner.

EX-PO-LI-A'TION, a. [L. expoliatio.]

A spoiling; a wasting. [See Spoliation.]

EX-POL'ISH, n. [For polish; a useless word.]

EX-PO'NENT, n. [L. exponens; expono, to expose or set forth; ex and pono, to place.]

1. In algebra, the number or figure which, placed above a root at the right hand, denotes how often that root is repeated, or how many multiplications are necessary to produce this power. Thus, a² denotes the second power of the root a, or aa: a⁴ denotes the fourth power. The figure is the exponent or index of the power. Day's Algebra.
2. The exponent of the ratio or proportion between two numbers or quantities, is the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent. Thus six is the exponent of the ratio of thirty to five. Bailey. Harris. Encyc.

EX-PO-NEN'TIAL, a.

Exponential curves are such as partake both of the nature of algebraic and transcendental ones. They partake of the former, because they consist of a finite number of terms, though these terms themselves are indeterminate; and they are in some measure transcendental, because they can not be algebraically constructed. Harris.

EX-POPE', n.

A pope deposed, or dismissed from office. McGavin.

EX-PORT, n.

A commodity actually conveyed from one country or state to another in traffick, or a commodity which may be exported; used chiefly in the plural, exports. We apply the word to goods or produce actually carried abroad, or to such as are usually exported in commerce.

EX-PORT, v.t. [L. exporto; ex and porto, to carry. Porto seems allied to fero, and Eng. bear. Class Br.]

To carry out; but appropriately, and perhaps exclusively, to convey or transport, in traffick, produce and goods from one country to another, or from one state or jurisdiction to another, either by water or land. We export wares and merchandise from the United States to Europe. The Northern States export manufactures to South Carolina and Georgia. Goods are exported from Persia to Syria and Egypt on camels.

EX-PORT-A-BLE, a.

That may be exported.

EX-POR-TA'TION, n.

1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying goods and productions from one country or state to another in the course of commerce. A country is benefited or enriched by the exportation of its surplus produce.
2. The act of carrying out.

EX-PORT-ED, pp.

Carried out of a country or state in traffick.

EX-PORT-ER, n.

The person who exports; the person who ships goods, wares and merchandise of any kind to a foreign country, or who sends them to market in a distant country or state; opposed to importer.

EX-PORT-ING, ppr.

Conveying to a foreign country, or to another state, as goods, produce or manufactures.