Part 4015

<hw>Ex*cite"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>excitement</ets>, <ets>escitement</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; <as>as, an <ex>excitement</ex> of the people</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.</def>

<blockquote>The cares and <b>excitements</b> of a season of transition and struggle. <i>Talfowrd.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.</def>

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<hw>Ex*cit"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, excites.</def>

<blockquote>Hope is the grand <b>exciter</b> of industry. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex*cit"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; <as>as, <ex>exciting</ex> events; an <ex>exciting</ex> story.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*cit"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<cs><col>Exciting causes</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Ex*cit"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving or tending to excite; excitative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bamfield.</i>

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<hw>Ex*cit"ive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which excites; an excitant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Ex*ci`to-mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Motion excited by reflex nerves. See <er>Excito-motory</er>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*ci`to-mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Excitomotory; <as>as, <ex>excito-motor</ex> power or causes</as>.</def>

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<hw>Ex*ci`to-mo"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.</def>

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<hw>Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.</def>

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<hw>Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.</def>

<h1>Exclaim</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*claim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.& i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exclaimed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exclaiming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exclamare</ets>, <ets>exclamatum</ets>; <ets>ex + clamare</ets> to cry out; cf. OF. <ets>exclamer</ets>. See <er>Clam</er>.]</ety> <def>To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; <as>as, to <ex>exclaim</ex> against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he <ex>exclaimed</ex></as>.</def>

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