<blockquote>A youth who had as an <b>exhibitioner</b> from Christ's Hospital. <i>G. Eliot.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Exhibitive</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hib"it*ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.</def>
<i>Norris.</i>
-- <wordforms><wf>Ex*hib"it*ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Exhibitor</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hib"it*or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>exhibitor</ets> a giver.]</ety> <def>One who exhibits.</def>
<h1>Exhibitory</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hib"it*o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exhibitorius</ets> relating to giving up: cf. F. <ets>exhibitoire</ets> exhibiting.]</ety> <def>Exhibiting; publicly showing.</def>
<i>J. Warton.</i>
<h1>Exhilarant</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hil"a*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exhilarans</ets>. <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Exhilarate</er>.]</ety> <def>Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>That which exhilarates.</def></def2>
<h1>Exhilarate</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hil"a*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exhilarated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exilarating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exhilaratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exhilarare</ets> to gladden; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>hilarare</ets> to make merry, <ets>hilaris</ets> merry, cheerful. See <er>Hilarious</er>.]</ety> <def>To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; <as>as, good news <ex>exhilarates</ex> the mind; wine <ex>exhilarates</ex> a man.</as></def>
<h1>Exhilarate</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hil"a*rate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become joyous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Exhilarating</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hil"a*ra`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Exhilaration</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hil`a*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>exhilaratio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being enlivened or cheerful.</def>
<blockquote><b>Exhilaration</b> hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<syn>Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.</syn>
<h1>Exhort</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*hort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exhorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exhorting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exhortari</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>hortari</ets> to incite, encourage; cf. F. <ets>exhorter</ets>. See <er>Hortative</er>.]</ety> <def>To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.</def>
<blockquote>Examples gross as earth <b>exhort</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Let me <b>exhort</b> you to take care of yourself. <i>J. D. Forbes.</i></blockquote>
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