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<hw>Ex*u"ber*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exuberantia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>exub\'82rance</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; <as>as, an <ex>exuberance</ex> of joy, of fancy, or of foliage</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See <er>Abundance</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ex*u"ber*an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, . Exuberance.</def>

<h1>Exuberant</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"ber*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exuberans</ets>, <ets>exuberantis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>exuberare</ets> to be abundant; <ets>ex + uberare</ets> to be fruitful, fr. <ets>uber</ets> fruitful, fertile, <ets>uber</ets> udder: cf. F. <ets>exub\'82rant</ets>. See <er>Udder</er>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; <as>as, <ex>exuberant</ex> goodness; an <ex>exuberant</ex> intellect; <ex>exuberant</ex> foliage.</as></def> "<i>Exuberant</i> spring." <i>Thomson.</i> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*u"ber*ant*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Ex*u"ber*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exuberatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exuberare</ets>. See <er>Exuberant</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To abound; to be in great abundance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Exuccous</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*uc"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Exsuccous</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exudate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*u"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Exude</er>.]</ety> <def>To exude.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<h1>Exudation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`u*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.</def>

<blockquote>Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of <b>exudations</b>. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exude</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ude"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exuded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>exuding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exudare</ets>, <ets>exsudare</ets>, <ets>exudatum</ets>, <ets>exsudatum</ets>, to sweat out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>sudare</ets> to sweat: cf. F. <ets>exuder</ets>, <ets>exsuder</ets>. See <er>Sweat</er>.]</ety> <def>To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.</def>

<blockquote>Our forests <b>exude</b> turpentine in . . . abundance. <i>Dr. T. Dwight.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex*ude"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.</def>

<h1>Exulcerate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ul"cer*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exulceratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exulcerare</ets> to make sore; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>ulcerare</ets>. See <er>Ulcerate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To ulcerate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>exulcerate</i> the lungs."

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Minds <b>exulcerated</b> in themselves. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exulcerate</h1> <Xpage=529>

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