Part 4079

<blockquote>They <b>expressed</b> in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.</def>

<blockquote>Mr. Phillips did <b>express</b> with much indignation against me, one evening. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To denote; to designate.</def>

<blockquote>Moses and Aaron took these men, which are <b>expressed</b> by their names. <i>Num. i. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; <as>as, to <ex>express</ex> a package</as>.

<syn>Syn. -- To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.</syn>

<h1>Expressage</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*press"age</hw> <tt>(?;48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The charge for carrying a parcel by express.</def>

<h1>Expressible</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*press"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Express"i*bly</wf>,<tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Expression</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pres"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expressio</ets>. cf. F. <ets>expression</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; <as>as, the <ex>expression</ex> of juices or oils</as>; also, of extorting or eliciting; <as>as, a forcible <ex>expression</ex> of truth</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; <as>as, an <ex>expression</ex> of the public will</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With this tone of philosophy were mingled <b>expressions</b> of sympathy. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; <as>as, he reads with <ex>expression</ex>; her performance on the piano has <ex>expression</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of <b>expression</b>, have directed their imitation to this. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.</def> "The expression of an eye."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>It still wore the majesty of <b>expression</b> so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; <as>as, a common <ex>expression</ex>; an odd <ex>expression</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Past expression</col>, <col>Beyond expression</col></mcol>, <cd>beyond the power of description. "<i>Beyond expression<i> bright."</cd></cs>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Expressional</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*pres"sion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment.</def>

<i>Fized. Hall. Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Expressionless</h1> <Xpage=529>