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<h1>Exarchate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ar"chate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>exarchatus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>exarchus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exarchat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office or the province of an exarch.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Exarillate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*ar"il*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>arillate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.</def>

<h1>Exarticulate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex`ar*tic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>articulate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Exarticulation</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex`ar*tic`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ex-</ets> + <ets>articulation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Exasperate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*as"per*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exasperatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exsasperare</ets> to roughen, exasperate; <ets>ex</ets> out (intens.) + <ets>asperare</ets> to make rough, <ets>asper</ets> rough. See <er>Asperity</er>.]</ety> <def>Exasperated; imbittered.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Like swallows which the <b>exasperate</b> dying year Sets spinning. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exasperate</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*as"per*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exsasperated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exasperating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; <as>as, to <ex>exasperate</ex> a person or his feelings</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>exsasperate</b> them against the king of France. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; <as>as, to <ex>exasperate</ex> enmity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>exasperate</b> the ways of death. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To irritate; provoke. See <er>Irritate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Exasperater</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*as"per*a`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.</def>

<h1>Exasperation</h1> <Xpage=519>

<hw>Ex*as`per*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exasperatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exasp\'82ration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.</def>

<blockquote>Extorted from him by the <b>exasperation</b> of his spirits. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.</def> "<i>Exasperation</i> of the fits."

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>