expuatet (ekspuat)

[Irreg. out; ejected. 2088 In Study there must be an expulsive Virtue to shun all that is erroneous. Howell, Letters, I. v. 9. expulsive ne (eks-pul's iv-nes), n. The expul- sive faculty. Bailey , 1727. expunction (eks-pungk's hon), n. [ tio (n-) (only in derived sense of 'execution, per- form ance'), expungere , pp. expunct us , ex- punge: see expunge .] The act of expunging or erasing; removal by erasure; a blotting out or leaving out. [Rare.] The consonant in the middle of the words being chiefly that fixed upon for expunction . Roscoe , tr. of Sismondi's Lit. South of Europe, xxxvi., note. expunge (eks-punj'), v. t.; pret. and pp. ex- punged , ppr. expunging . [= Sp. Pg. expungir = It. espungere , expungere , prick out, ex punge, settle an account, execute, A poore and expuate humour of the Court.