Part 4066

<hw>Ex"pi*a*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An expiator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Expiator</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pi*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who makes expiation or atonement.</def>

<h1>Expiatorious</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex`pi*a*to"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Expiatory</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pi*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiatorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>expiatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; <as>as, an <ex>expiatory</ex> sacrifice</as>.</def>

<h1>Expilation</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex`pi*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This ravenous <b>expiation</b> of the state. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expilator</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex"pi*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Expirable</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*pir"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.</def>

<h1>Expirant</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*pir"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who expires or is expiring.</def>

<h1>Expiration</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex`pi*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expiratio</ets>,<ets>exspiratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>expiration</ets>. See <er>Expire</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of expiring</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd><fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; <as>as, respiration consists of inspiration and <ex>expiration</ex></as>; -- opposed to <ant>inspiration</ant></def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.</def>

<blockquote>The true cause of cold is an <b>expiration</b> from the globe of the earth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>The last emission of breath; death</def>. "The groan of <i>expiration</i>."

<i>Rambler.</i>

<sd>(d)</sd> <def>A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end</def>.

<blockquote>Before the <b>expiration</b> of thy time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.</def>

<blockquote>The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle <b>expiration</b>. <i>G. Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Expiratory</h1> <Xpage=528>