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<hw>Ex*pert"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.</def>

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<hw>Ex*pert"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Skill derived from practice; readiness; <as>as, <ex>expertness</ex> in seamanship, or in reasoning</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See <er>Facility</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ex*pet"ible</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>expetibilis</ets>, fr. <ets>expetere</ets> to wish for; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>petere</ets> to seek.]</ety> <def>Worthy of being wished for; desirable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Puller.</i>

<h1>Expiable</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pi*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Expiate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being expiated or atoned for; <as>as, an <ex>expiable</ex> offense; <ex>expiable guilt.</as></def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Expiate</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expiated</er><tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expiating</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expiatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>expiare</ets> to expiate; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>piare</ets> to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. <ets>pius</ets> pious. See <er>Pious</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; <as>as, to <ex>expiate</ex> a crime, a guilt, or sin</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>expiate</b> his treason, hath naught left. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Treasurer obliged himself to <b>expiate</b> the injury. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To purify with sacred rites.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Neither let there be found among you any one that shall <b>expiate</b> his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. <i>Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex"pi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiatus</ets>,p.p]</ety> <def>Terminated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ex`pi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiatio</ets>: cf.F. <ets>expiation</ets>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.</def>

<blockquote>His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and <b>expiation</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.</def>

<blockquote>Those shadowy <b>expiations</b> weak, The blood of bulls and goats. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hayward.</i>

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