Part 879

Ex`a*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exaratio.] Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.

Ex"arch (?), n. [L. exarchus, Gr. &?; &?; commander; &?;,&?;, out + &?; to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque.] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Ex*ar"chate (?), n. [LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat.] The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.

Ex*ar"il*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + arillate.] (Bot.) Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Ex`ar*tic"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + articulate.] (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Ex`ar*tic`u*la"tion (?), n. [Pref. ex- + articulation.] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

Ex*as"per*ate (?), a. [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.] Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.

Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning.

Mrs. Browning.

Ex*as"per*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating (?).] 1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

To exsasperate them against the king of France.

Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

To exasperate the ways of death.

Sir T. Browne.

Syn. -- To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

Ex*as"per*a`ter (?), n. One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

Ex*as`per*a"tion (?), n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.] 1. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits.

South.

2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits." Sir H. Wotton.

Ex`as*pid"e*an (?), a. [Gr. &?; out + &?;, &?;, a shield.] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds.

Ex*auc"tor*ate (?), v. t. See Exauthorate. [Obs.]

Ex*auc`tor*a"tion (?), n. See Exauthoration.

Ex*au"gu*rate (?), v. t. [L. exauguratus, p. p. of exaugurare to profane; ex out + augurari to act as an augur, fr. augur. ] To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

Ex*au`gu*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exauguratio desecration.] The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.]

Ex*au"thor*ate (?), v. t. [L. exauctoratus, p. p. of exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to something, to hire, fr. auctor. See Author.] To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.]

Exauthorated for their unworthiness.