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<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Exheredation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*her`e*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>exheredatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exh\'82r\'82dation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A disinheriting; disherisor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Exhereditation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>exhereditare</ets>, <ets>exhereditatum</ets>, disinherit.]</ety> <def>A disinheriting; disherison.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>E. Waterhouse.</i>

<h1>Exhibit</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*hib"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exhibited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exhibiting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exhibitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exhibere</ets> to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>habere</ets> to have or hold. See <er>Habit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; <as>as, to <ex>exhibit</ex> commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Exhibiting</b> a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.</def>

<blockquote>He suffered his attorney-general to <b>exhibit</b> a charge of high treason against the earl. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To administer as a remedy; <as>as, to <ex>exhibit</ex> calomel</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To exhibit a foundation or prize</col>, <cd>to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates.</cd> -- <col>To exibit an essay</col>, <cd>to declaim or otherwise present it in public.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Exhibit</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*hib"it</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; <as>as, this <ex>exhibit</ex> was marked A; the English <ex>exhibit</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.</def>

<h1>Exhibiter</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*hib"it*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Exhibitor</er>.]</ety> <def>One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Exhibition</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`hi*bi"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exhibitio</ets> a delivering: cf. F. <ets>exhibition</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; <as>as, an <ex>exhibition</ex> of animals; an <ex>exhibition</ex> of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial <ex>exhibition</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: <fld>(Eng. Univ.)</fld> Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.</def>

<blockquote>What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like <b>exhibition</b> thou shalt have from me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have given more <b>exhibitions</b> to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act of administering a remedy.</def>

<h1>Exhibitioner</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`hi*bi"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Univ.)</fld> <def>One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.</def>

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