Part 4004

<hw>Ex*cave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excavare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To excavate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

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<hw>Ex*ce"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excaecatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>excaecare</ets> to blind; <ets>ex</ets> (intens.) + <ets>caecare</ets> to blind, <ets>caecus</ets> blind.]</ety> <def>To blind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

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<hw>Ex`ce*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making blind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Richardson.</i>

<h1>Excedent</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*ced"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excedens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>excedere</ets>. See <er>Exceed</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Excess.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Ex*ceed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exceeded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exceeding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>excedere</ets>, <ets>excessum</ets>, to go away or beyond; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cedere</ets> to go, to pass: cf. F. <ets>exc\'82der</ets>. See <er>Cede</er>.]</ety> <def>To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; <as>as, one man <ex>exceeds</ex> another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.</as> ; one offender <i>exceeds</i> another in villainy; his rank <i>exceeds</i> yours.</def>

<blockquote>Name the time, but let it not <b>Exceed</b> three days. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Observes how much a chintz <b>exceeds</b> mohair. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.</syn>

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<hw>Ex*ceed"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.</def> "In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly <i>exceed</i>."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>Forty stripes he may give him, and not <b>exceed</b>. <i>Deut. xxv. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be more or greater; to be paramount.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Exceedable</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*ceed"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of exceeding or surpassing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Exceeder</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*ceed"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who exceeds.</def>

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Exceeding</h1> <Xpage=520>