<hw>Ex`tri*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of sending out or evolving.</def>
<h1>Extrinsic</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*trin"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extrinsecus</ets>; <ets>exter</ets> on the outside + <ets>secus</ets> otherwise, beside; akin to E. <ets>second</ets>: cf. F. <ets>extrins\'8aque</ets>. See <er>Exterior</er>, <er>Second</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to <i>intrinsic</i>.</def>
<blockquote>The <b>extrinsic</b> aids of education and of artificial culture. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part<?/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to <i>intrinsic</i>.</def>
<h1>Extrinsical</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*trin"sic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Extrinsic.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*trin"sic*al*ly</wf><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Extrinsicality, Extrinsicalness</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw><hw>Ex*trin`si*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex*trin"sic*al*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being extrinsic.</def>
<h1>Extroitive</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tro"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extra</ets> on the outside + <ets>ire</ets>, <ets>itum</ets>, to go.]</ety> <def>Seeking or going out after external objects.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><-- extroverted? -->
<blockquote>Their natures being almost wholly <b>extroitive</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Extrorsal</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*tror"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Extrorse.</def>
<h1>Extrorse</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*trorse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[As if from an assumed L. <ets>extrorsus</ets>, for <ets>extroversus</ets>; <ets>extra</ets> on the outside + <ets>vertere</ets>, <ets>versum</ets>, to turn: cf. F. <ets>extrorse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.</def>
<h1>Extroversion</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex`tro*ver"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Extrorse</er>.]</ety> <def>The condition of being turned wrong side out; <as>as, <ex>extroversion</ex> of the bladder</as>.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<h1>Extruct</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*truct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extructus</ets>, <ets>exstructus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extruere</ets>, <ets>exstruere</ets>, to build up; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>struere</ets> to build.]</ety> <def>To construct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Byrom.</i>
<h1>Extruction</h1> <Xpage=529>
<hw>Ex*truc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exstructio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A building up; construction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Cockeram.</i>
<h1>Extructive</h1> <Xpage=529>
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