Part 4037

<h1>Exhauster</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.</def>

<h1>Exhaustibility</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Capability of being exhausted.</def>

<blockquote>I was seriously tormented by the thought of the <b>exhaustibility</b> of musical combinations. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exhaustible</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Exhausting</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Producing exhaustion; <as>as, <ex>exhausting</ex> labors</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*haust"ing</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exhaustion</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haus"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>exhaustion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.</def>

<note>&hand; The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.</note>

<h1>Exhaustive</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; <as>as, an <ex>exhaustive method</ex></as>.</def> <wordforms><wf>Ex*haust"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Exhaustless</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; <as>as, an <ex>exhaustless</ex> fund or store</as>.</def>

<h1>Exhaustment</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haust"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exhaustion; drain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exhausture</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*haus"ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exhaustion.</def>

<i>Wraxall.</i>

<h1>Exhedra</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"he*dra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Exedra</er>.</def>

<h1>Exheredate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*her"e*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>exheredatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exheredare</ets> to disinherit; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>heres</ets>, <ets>heredis</ets>, heir.]</ety> <def>To disinherit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>