Part 907

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me.

Shak.

I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests.

Tyndale.

4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

Ex`hi*bi"tion*er (?), n. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.

A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital.

G. Eliot.

Ex*hib"it*ive (?), a. Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris.

-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv.

Ex*hib"it*or (?), n. [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.] One who exhibits.

Ex*hib"it*o*ry (?), a. [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.] Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.

Ex*hil"a*rant (?), a. [L. exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.] Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n. That which exhilarates.

Ex*hil"a*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i. To become joyous. [R.] Bacon.

Ex*hil"a*ra`ting (?), a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

Ex*hil`a*ra"tion (?), n. [L., exhilaratio.] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.

Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Ex*hort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

Examples gross as earth exhort me.

Shak.

Let me exhort you to take care of yourself.

J. D. Forbes.

Ex*hort", v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.