Part 4010

<h1>Excerpt</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cerp"t</hw> <tt>(277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.</def>

<h1>Excerption</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cerp"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excerptio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of excerpting or selecting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>His <b>excerptions</b> out of the Fathers. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Excerptive</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cerp"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That excerpts, selects, or chooses.</def>

<i>D. L. Mackenzie.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Excerptor</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cerp"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.</def>

<h1>Excess</h1> <Xpage=520>

<hw>Ex*cess"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>exces</ets>, <ets>excess</ets>, ecstasy, L. <ets>excessus</ets> a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. <ets>excedere</ets>, <ets>excessum</ets>, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. <ets>exc\'8as</ets>. See <er>Exceed</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; <as>as, an <ex>excess</ex> of provisions or of light</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous <b>excess</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That kills me with <b>excess</b> of grief, this with <b>excess</b> of joy. <i>Walsh.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.</def>

<blockquote>Be not drunk with wine, wherein is <b>excess</b>. <i>Eph. v. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy desire . . . leads to no <b>excess</b> <b>That reaches blame</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; <as>as, the difference between two numbers is the <ex>excess</ex> of one over the other</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Spherical excess</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.</cd></cs>

<h1>Excessive</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cess"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>excessif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.</def>

<blockquote><b>Excessive</b> grief the enemy to the living. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See <er>Enormous</er></syn>

--<wordforms><wf>Ex*cess*ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Ex*cess"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exchange</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*change"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>eschange</ets>, <ets>eschaunge</ets>, OF. <ets>eschange</ets>, fr. <ets>eschangier</ets>, F. <ets>\'82changer</ets>, to exchange; pref. <ets>ex-</ets> out + F. <ets>changer</ets>. See <er>Change</er>, and cf. <er>Excamb</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; <as>as, an <ex>exchange</ex> of cattle for grain</as>.</def>