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EX'PLETIVE, a. [L. expleo, to fill.] Filling; added for supply or ornament. EX'P...
EXPLE'TION, n. [L. expletio.] Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Little used.]
EXPLAN'ATORY, a. Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes.
EXPLANA'TION, n. [L. explanatio.] The act of explaining, expounding or interpret...
EXPLA'INING, ppr. Expounding; illustrating; interpreting; opening to the underst...
EXPLA'INER, n. One who explains; an expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
EXPLA'INED, pp. Made clear or obvious to the understanding; cleared of doubt, am...
EXPLA'INABLE, a. That may be cleared of obscurity; capable of being made plain t...
EXPLA'IN, v.t. [L. explano; ex and planus, plain, open, smooth.] To make plain,m...
EXPI'RING, ppr. Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile mat...
EXPI'RE, v.t. [L. expiro, for exspiro; ex and spiro, to breathe.] 1. To breathe ...
EXPIRA'TION, n. [L. expiratio, from expiro. See Expire .] 1. The act of breathin...
EXPI'RABLE, a. [from expire.] That may expire; that may come to an end.
EXPILA'TION, n. [L. expilatio, from expilo, to strip; ex and pilo, to peel.] A s...
EX'PIATORY, a. Having the power to make atonement or expiation; as an expiatory ...
EXPIA'TION, n. [L. expiatio.] The act of atoning for a crime; the act of making ...