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To promote secretion and excretion.

Pereira.

2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.

Ex*cre"tive (?), a. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey.

Ex*cre"to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. excrétoire.] Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.

Ex*cru"ci*a*ble (?), a. [L. excruciabilis.] Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey.

Ex*cru"ci*ate (?), a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.] Excruciated; tortured.

And here my heart long time excruciate.

Chapman.

Ex*cru"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating (?).] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.

Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.

Drayton.

Ex*cru"ci*a`ting (?). Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox. "Excruciating fears." Bentley -- Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.

Ex*cru`ci*a"tion (?) n. [L. excruciatio.] The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.

Ex`cu*ba"tion (?) n. [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.] A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey.

||Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um (?), n. [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.

Ex*cul"pa*ble (?). Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.

Ex*cul"pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating (&?;).] [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable.] To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.

Mason.

I exculpate him further for his writing against me.

Milman.

Syn. -- To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.

Ex`cul*pa"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exculpatio.] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves.

Southey.

Ex*cul"pa*to*ry (?). Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.

Ex*cur" (?) v. i. [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.] To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey.