Part 4049

<h1>Exorbitate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*or"bi*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>exorbitatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exorbitare</ets>. See <er>Exorbitant</er>.]</ety> <def>To go out of the track; to deviate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bentley.</i>

<h1>Exorcise</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"or*cise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exorcised <?/</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exorcising <?/</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exorcizare</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ out+<?/ to make one swear, bind by an oath:: cf. F. <ets>exorciser</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.</def>

<blockquote>He impudently <b>excorciseth</b> devils in the church. <i>Prynne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.</def>

<blockquote><b>Exorcise</b> the beds and cross the walls. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to <b>exorcise</b> crowds who are . . . processed as I am. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exor-ciser</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"or-ci`ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An exorcist.</def>

<h1>Exorcism</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"or*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exorcismus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>; cf. F. <ets>exorcisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conjuration for raising spirits.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Exor-cist</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"or-cist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exorcista</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>exorciste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.</def>

<blockquote>Certain of the vagabond Jews, <b>exorcists</b>. <i>Acts xix. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A conjurer who can raise spirits.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou, like an <b>exorcist</b>, hast conjured up My mortified spirit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exordial</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*or"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>exordial</b> paragraph of the second epistle. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exordium</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*or"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Exordiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Exordia <?/</plw></plu>. <ety>[L. fr. <ets>exordiri</ets> to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>ordiri</ets> to begin a web, begin; akin to E. <ets>order</ets>. See <er>Order</er>.]</ety> <def>A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration.</def> "The <i>exordium</i> of repentance." <i>Jer. Taylor.</i> "Long prefaces and <i>exordiums</i>. " <i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Exorhiza</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`o*rhi"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Exorhize</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. fr. Gr. <?/ outside + <?/ root.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.</def>