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Ex`e*cu"tion*er (?), n. 1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon.

2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

Ex*ec"u*tive (?), a. [Cf.F. exécutif.] Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.

Ex*ec"u*tive, n. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Ex*ec"u*tive*ly, adv. In the way of executing or performing.

Ex*ec"u*tor (?), n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer.] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.

2. An executioner. [Obs.]

Delivering o'er to executors paw&?; The lazy, yawning drone.

Shak.

3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

||Executor de son tort [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.

Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al (?), a. [LL. executorialis.] Of or pertaining to an executive.

Ex*ec"u*tor*ship (?), n. The office of an executor.

Ex*ec"u*to*ry (?), a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.

The official and executory duties of government.

Burke.

2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.

Ex*ec"u*tress (?), n. [Cf.F. exécutrice.] An executrix.

Ex*ec"u*trix (?), n. [LL.] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

Ex"e*dent (?), a. [L. exedent, -entis, p. pr. of exedere. See Exesion.] Eating out; consuming. [R.]

||Ex"e*dra (ks"*dr), n.; pl. Exedræ (- dr). [L., fr. Gr 'exe`dra; 'ex out + "e`dra seat.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

Ex`e*ge"sis (?), n.; pl. Exegeses (#). [NL., fr.Gr. &?;,fr. &?; to explain, interpret; &?; out + &?; to guide, lead, akin, to &?; to lead. See Agent.] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

Ex"e*gete (?), n. [Gr. &?;: cf.F. exégète. See Exegesis.] An exegetist.

{ Ex`e*get"ic (?), Ex`e*get"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. exégétique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly, adv.

Ex`e*get"ics (?), n. The science of interpretation or exegesis.