Part 4022

<h1>Excruciating</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cru"ci*a`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Torturing; racking. "<i>Excruciating</i> pain." <i>V. Knox.</i> "<i>Excruciating</i> fears." <i>Bentley</i></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Excruciation</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cru`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excruciatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.</def>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Excubation</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex`cu*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excubatio</ets>, fr. <ets>excubare</ets> to lie out on guard; <ets>ex</ets> out on guard; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cubare</ets> to lie down.]</ety> <def>A keeping watch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Excubitorium</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>excubitorium</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>cubare</ets>, <ets>cubitum</ets>, to lie.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.</def>

<h1>Exculpable</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cul"pa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.</def>

<i>Sir G. Buck.</i>

<h1>Exculpate</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cul"pate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exculpated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ets>p. pr. & vb. n.</ets>. <er>Exculpating</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>culpatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>culpare</ets> to find fault with, to blame, <ets>culpa</ets> fault. See <er>Culpable</er>.]</ety> <def>To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>exculpated</b> himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. <i>Mason.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I <b>exculpate</b> him further for his writing against me. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.</syn>

<h1>Exculpation</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex`cul*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>exculpatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.</def>

<blockquote>These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in <b>exculpation</b> of themselves. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exculpatory</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cul"pa*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.</def> "An <i>exculpatory</i> letter."

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Excur</h1> <Xpage=521>

<hw>Ex*cur"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>excurrere</ets>. See <er>Excurrent</er>.]</ety> <def>To run out or forth; to extend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Excurrent</h1> <Xpage=521>