Part 4072

<hw>Ex*plod"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who or that which explodes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Exploit</h1> <Xpage=528>

<hw>Ex*ploit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>esploit</ets> success, OF. <ets>esploit</ets>, <ets>espleit</ets>,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. <ets>exploit</ets> exploit, fr. L. <ets>explicitum</ets>, prop. p.p. neut. of <ets>explicare</ets> to unfold, display, exhibit; <ets>ex+plicare</ets> to fold. See <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Explicit</er>, <er>Explicate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; <as>as, the <ex>exploits</ex> of Alexander the Great</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Ripe for <b>exploits</b> and mighty enterprises. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Combat; war.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He made haste to <b>exploit</b> some warlike service. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[F. <ets>exploiter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; <as>as, to <ex>exploit</ex> a mine or agricultural lands; to <ex>exploit</ex> public opinion.</as></def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<blockquote>In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry <b>exploit</b> his employ\'82s or make his capital "out of" anybody else. <i>W. G. Sumner.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exploitation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`ploi*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The act of exploiting or utilizing.</def>

<i>J. D. Whitney.</i>

<h1>Exploiture</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ploi"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Udall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exploitation.</def>

<i>Harper's Mag.</i>

<h1>Explorable</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*plor"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be explored; <as>as, an <ex>explorable</ex> region</as>.</def>

<h1>Explorate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*plo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>explorare</ets>, <ets>exploratum</ets>.]</ety> <def>To explore.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<h1>Exploration</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`plo*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exploratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exploration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; <as>as, the <ex>exploration</ex> of unknown countries</as></def>; <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>physical examination.</def>

<blockquote>"An <b>exploration</b> of doctrine." <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>