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<hw>Ex`tra*vas"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.</def>

<h1>Extravenate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*trav"e*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> + L. <ets>vena</ets> vein.]</ety> <def>Let out of the veins.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Extravenate</i> blood."

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Extraversion</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*ver"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>extra<?/</ets> + L. <ets>vertere</ets>, <ets>versum</ets>, to turn: cf. F. <ets>extraversion</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Extreat</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*treat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Estreat</er>, <er>Extract</er>.]</ety> <def>Extraction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Extreme</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*treme"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extremus</ets>, superl. of <ets>exter</ets>, <ets>extrus</ets>, on the outside, outward: cf. F. <ets>extr\'88me</ets>. See <er>Exterior</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; <as>as, the <ex>extreme</ex> hour of life</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; <as>as, an <ex>extreme</ex> case; <ex>extreme</ex> folly.</as></def> "The <i>extremest</i> remedy." <i>Dryden.</i> "<i>Extreme</i> rapidity." <i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>Yet <b>extreme</b> gusts will blow out fire. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Radical; ultra; <as>as, <ex>extreme</ex> opinions</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The Puritans or <b>extreme</b> Protestants. <i>Gladstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; <as>as, an <ex>extreme</ex> sharp second; an <ex>extreme</ex> flat forth.</as></def>

<cs><col>Extreme and mean ratio</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less.</cd> -- <col>Extreme distance</col>. <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Distance</er>., <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</cd> -- <col>Extreme unction</col>. <cd>See under <er>Unction</er>.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his <i>extremest</i> state." <i>Spenser.</i> "<i>Extremest</i> hardships." <i>Sharp.</i> "<i>Extremest</i> of evils." <i>Bacon.</i> "<i>Extremest</i> verge of the swift brook." <i>Shak.</i> "The sea's <i>extremest</i> borders." <i>Addison.</i></note>

<h1>Extreme</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*treme"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; <as>as, <ex>extremes</ex> of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; <ex>extremes</ex> meet.</as></def>

<blockquote>His parsimony went to the <b>extreme</b> of meanness. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.</def> "Resolute in most <i>extremes</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The first or the last term of a proportion or series.</def>