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EXCERPT', v.t. [L. excerpo; ex and carpo, to take.] To select. [Not used.]
EXCERP'TION, n. [L. excerptio.] A picking out; a gleaning; selection. [Little us...
EXCERP'TOR, n. A picker; a culler.
EXCERPTS', n. Extracts from authors. [A bad word.]
EXCESS', n. [L. excessus, from excedo. See Exceed .] 1. Literally, that which ex...
EXCESS'IVE, a. Beyond any given degree, measure or limit, or beyond the common m...
EXCESS'IVELY, adv. In an extreme degree; beyond measure; exceedingly; as excessi...
EXCESS'IVENESS, n. The state or quality of being excessive; excess.
EXCHANGE, v.t. 1. In commerce, to give one thing or commodity for another; to al...
EXCHANGEABIL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being exchangeable. Though the law ...
EXCHANGEABLE, a. That may be exchanged; capable of being exchanged; fit or prope...
EXCHANGED, pp. Given or received for something else; bartered.
EXCHANGER, n. One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Mat 25.
EXCHANGING, ppr. Giving and receiving one commodity for another; giving and rece...
EXCHEQ'UER, n. exchek'er. In England, an ancient court of record, intended princ...
EXCI'SABLE, a. s as z. Liable or subject to excise; as, coffee is an excisable c...