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Ex*spo`li*a"tion (?), n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See Spoliate.] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] Bp. Hall.

Ex`spu*i"tion (?), n. [L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition.] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.] E. Darwin.

Ex*spu"to*ry (?), a. Spit out, or as if spit out. "Exsputory lines." Cowper.

Ex*stip"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate.] (Bot.) Having no stipules. Martyn.

Ex"stro*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; to turn inside out; &?; = &?; out + &?; to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.

Ex*suc"cous (?), a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.

Ex*suc"tion (?), n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out.

Ex`su*da"tion (?), n. Exudation.

Ex`suf*flate" (?), v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate.] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Ex`suf*fla"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.

3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Ex*suf"fli*cate (?), a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]

Such exsufflicate and blown surmises.

Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).

Ex*sus"ci*tate (?), v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p. p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See Suscitate.] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.

Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Ex"ta*cy (?), n. See Ecstasy. [Obs.]

Ex"tance (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p. pr. See Extant.] Outward existence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex"tan*cy (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia.] The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.

Ex"tant (?), a. [L. extans, - antis, or exstans, -antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.] 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums.

Ray.

A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.

Bentley.

2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

Writings that were extant at that time.

Sir M. Hale.

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