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Ex*uc"cous (?), a. See Exsuccous. [Obs.]

Ex*u"date (?), v. t. & i. [See Exude.] To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex`u*da"tion (?), n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations.

Am. Cyc.

Ex*ude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance.

Dr. T. Dwight.

Ex*ude", v. i. To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate.] 1. To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.]

Minds exulcerated in themselves.

Hooker.

Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), a. [L. exulceratus, p. p.] Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ex*ul`cer*a"tion (?), n. [L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulcération.] [Obs. or R.] 1. Ulceration. Quincy.

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

Ex*ul"cer*a*tive (?), a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

Ex*ul"cer*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulcératoire.] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

Ex*ult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.

The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.

Pope.

{ Ex*ult"ance (?), Ex*ult"an*cy (?), } n. [L. exsultantia.] Exultation. [Obs.] Burton. Hammond.

Ex*ult"ant (?), a. [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of exsultare. See Exult.] Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.

Break away, exultant, from every defilement.

I. Tay;or.

Ex`ul*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [L. exsultatio: cf. F. exultation.] The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

His bosom swelled with exultation.

Prescott.

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