exhilarant (egzilarant)

and n. [L. ex hilar an ( t- ) s, ppr. of exhilarare, gladden: see ex hila rate.] I. a. Exhilarating; causing exhila ration. II. n. That which exhilarates. To Leonard it was an exhilarant and a cordial which rejoiced and strengthened him. Southey, The Doctor, lxxvii. exhilarate (eg-zil'a-rāt), v.; pret. and pp. ex hila rated, ppr. exhilarating. [ The physician prescribeth cures of the mind in phrensies and melancholy pa ions; and pretend eth also to exhibit medicines to exhilarate the mind. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 185. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak ., M. of V., i. 1. The Souldiers by his firm and well grounded Exhort a tions were all on a fire to the onset. Milton , Hist. Eng., ii. When he [James II.] found his hearers obdurate to ex hortation , he resorted to intimidation and corruption. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 2. Incitement to action, as of a nerve; stimulation; irritation. [Rare.] Dr. Sanders on gave the results of a series of experi ments conducted with regard to the measurement of the period of time elapsing between the exhortation of the [electric) fish and the delivery of its shock, and also concerning the duration of the shock. Sci . Amer., N. S., LVII. 225. to exhort; serving for exhortation. He wrote vnto those Scots letters exhortatorie , requiring them most instant lie to an vnitie of Catholike orders as might be agreeable with the church of Christ. Holinshed, Chronicles, England, an. 610. All of them [the Psalnis] afford ground of praise at least; the doctrinal, the exhortatory , the historical, as well as the rest. Secker, Works, III. xxvi. exhorter (eg-zôr'ter), n. 1. One who exhorts or encourages. The which writing many bee agrieued with all: when euery one taketh the matter, as said by himselfe, and will not heare mee, as an exhorter and counseller. Vives , Instruction of Christian Women, Pref. 2. In the Meth . Epis. Ch., a layman, licensed by the pastor, at the recommendation of the cla -meeting or leader's meeting, to hold meetings for prayer and exhortation under the direction of the preacher in charge, and to attend all the se ions of the quarterly conference. He is subject to an annual examination of character in the quarterly conference. exhorto (eks-ôr'to), n. [Sp., exhortar , exhort: see exhort .] In Mexican and Spanish law , letters requisitorial sent from one judge to another; specifically, an order or a warrant for the apprehension of a fugitive peon. exhumate (eks-hū mat), v. t.; pret. and pp. exhumated , ppr.exhumating . [ pp . of exhumare , exhume: see exhume .] To exhume; disinter. [Colloq.] Exhumate. Somebody has coined this verb from the good English noun "exhumation." The true verb is "exhume." A. Phelps , English Style, p. 366. exhumation (eks-hū-ma's hon), n. [F. exhu mation = Sp. exhumacion = Pg. exhumação = It. esumazione , exhumatio (n-), exhumare , pp. exhumatus , exhume: see exhume .] The act of exhuming or disinterring that which has been buried: as, the exhumation of a dead body. Mr. Flaquet says, in his collection of tracts relative to the exhumation in the great church at Dunkirk, that the town became more healthy after the bodies of those who had been buried in it had been taken up. W. Seward, Anecdotes, V. 288. There remain, then, only the metallic poisons which can be reckoned on as open to detection through exhumation , practically three in number, arsenic, antimony, and mercury. Nineteenth Century , XXIII. 11. exhume (eks-hūm'), v . t .; pret.and pp.exhumed , ppr. exhuming. [= F. exhumer = Sp. Pg. ex humar = It. esumare , exhumare , dig out of the ground, ex , out, + humus , the ground: see humus . Cf. inhume.] To dig out of the earth, as something, especially a dead body, which has been buried; disinter. In they brought For mos us' self, The body of him, dead, even as embalmed And buried duly in the Vatican Eight months before, exhumed thus for the nonce. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 169. exiccate, exiccation. See exsiccate , exsiccation . exiconizet (eks-i'kō-niz), v . t . [ ἐξεικονίζει , explain by a simile, be like, έξ , out, + εἰκονίζειν , put into form, make like, εἰκών , a form, image: see icon .] To image forth; delineate; depict. Our faith, if you take in the whole, is no other but what is exiconized in the Apostle's creed, included in the Scriptures. Hammond, Works, II. 101. Exidia (ek-sid'i-ä), n. [NL.] A genus of fungi, belonging to the group Tremellini . The jew's ear fungus is often referred to this genus under the name Auricula -Judæ.