<blockquote>At least effectually silence the doubtful and <b>exceptious</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>
-- <wordforms><wf>Ex*cep"tious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>
<i>Barrow.</i>
<h1>Exceptive</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cept"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That excepts; including an exception; <as>as, an <ex>exceptive</ex> proposition</as>.</def>
<i>I. Watts.</i>
<blockquote>A particular and <b>exceptive</b> law. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Exceptless</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cept"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not exceptional; usual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>My general and <b>exceptless</b> rashness. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Exceptor</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cept"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a scribe.]</ety> <def>One who takes exceptions.</def>
<i>T. Burnet.</i>
<h1>Excerebration</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cer`e*bra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excerebratus</ets> deprived of brains; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cerebrum</ets> brain.]</ety> <def>The act of removing or beating out the brains.</def>
<h1>Excerebrose</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cer"e*brose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Excerebration</er>.]</ety> <def>Brainless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Excern</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cern"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excernere</ets>. See <er>Excrete</er>.]</ety> <def>To excrete; to throw off through the pores; <as>as, fluids are <ex>excerned</ex> in perspiration</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Excernent</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cern"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Excern</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.</def>
<h1>Excerp</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cerp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excerpere</ets>, <ets>excerptum</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>carpere</ets> to pick, gather. See <er>Harvest</er>, and cf. <er>Scarce</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To pick out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Hales.</i>
<h1>Excerpt</h1> <Xpage=520>
<hw>Ex*cerpt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Excerpted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Excerpting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From L. <ets>excerptus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Excerp</er>.]</ety> <def>To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.</def>
<blockquote>Out of which we have <b>excerpted</b> the following particulars. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>
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