Part 890

Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.

Ex*cit"ive (?), a. Serving or tending to excite; excitative. [R.] Bamfield.

Ex*cit"ive, n. That which excites; an excitant. [R.]

Ex*ci`to-mo"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.

Ex*ci`to-mo"tor (?), a. (Physiol.) Excito-motory; as, excito-motor power or causes.

Ex*ci`to-mo"to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent (?), a (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.

Ex*claim" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Exclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exclaiming.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam.] To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

Ex*claim", n. Outcry; clamor. [Archaic]

Cursing cries and deep exclaims.

Shak.

Ex*claim"er, n. One who exclaims.

Ex`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.] 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

Exclamations against abuses in the church.

Hooker.

Thus will I drown your exclamations.

Shak.

A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion.

Trench.

2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

Ex*clam"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.] Exclamatory. Earle. -- Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv.

Ex*clam"a*to*ry (?), a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. -- Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly (#), adv.

Ex*clave" (?), n. [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en-] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]

The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.

Ex*clude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.

And none but such, from mercy I exclude.