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Excellency. Bailey, 1727. exinanite (eg-zin-a-nīt), v. t.; pret. and pp. ex inanited, ppr. exinaniting. [L. exinanitus, pp. of exinanire, make empty, He exinanited himself [Latin semet ipsum exinanivit ] and took the form of a servant. IMG:content-0897.png:[blocks in formation] G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. ii. § 8. 41. Reality; fact; truth. She [Fortune] maketh, thurgh hir adversite, Men fulle clerly for to se Hym that is freend in existence From hym that is by apparence. Being of existence. See being . - Finite existence. See finite . exist (eg-zist'), v. i. [= F. exister = Sp. Pg. • existir = It. esistere (= G. existiren = Dan. ex- istere = Sw. existera , after F.), existere , ex- sistere , stand forth, come forth, arise, be, ex , out, + sistere , set, place, caus. of stare , stand: see stand . Cf. a ist , consist , desist , insist , per- sist, resist.] 1. To have actual being of any kind; actually be at a certain moment or throughout a certain period of time. By all the operation of the orbs, From whom we do exist , and cease to be. The bright Idea both exists and lives, Such vital Heat thy genial Pencil gives. Congreve, To Sir Godfrey Kneller. New freedom could not exist in safety under the old ty- rant. Macaulay , Nugent's Hampden. For thou exist'st on many a you sand grains That i ue out of dust. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. it be of existency , or really any such stone in the head of a toad at all. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iii. 13. existent (eg-zis'tent), a . and n. [F. existant Sp. Pg.existente It. esistente , existen (t-) existen(t-)s, exsisten (t-)s, existing, ppr. of existere , exsistere, exist: see exist .] I. a. Existing; having exis- tence. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden. The universe, according to Aristotle, is a continuous chain; at the one end is the purely potential, matter without form or qualities; at the other end is pure un- Existent power, a power of doing or becoming some- thing belonging to an existing thing. Also called entita- tive power. tion in plays; 3d pers. sings in def in i go out: see exit , n.] In plays, a direction to mark the time of an actor's quitting the stage. exitial (eg-zish'al), a . [ L.exitialis , destructive, fatal, exitium , destruction, ruin, also lit. (like exit us ) a going out, egre , exire , go out: see exit.] Destructive to life; fatal; dangerous. Most exitial fevers, although not con com it a ted with the tokens, exanthemata, anthraces, or carbuncles, are to be censured pestilential. Harvey, The Plague. exitious (eg-zish'us), a . [ L.exitiosus , destruc- tive, etc., exitium : see exitial .] Same as ex- itial . unknowable is, that beyond the sphere of knowable phe- nomena there is an Existent , which partially appears in the phenomena, but is something wholly removed from them, and in no way cognizable by us. G. H. Lewes , Probs. of Life and Mind, II. vi. § 8. existential (ek-sis-ten's hal), a. [ exis- tentialis (in deriv.existential it a (t-)s), existent i a , existence: see existence .] 1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting in existence; ontological. Enjoying the good of existence, and the being deprived of that existential good. Bp. Barlow , Remains, p. 483. There is a certain parallelism between the logical and existential analyses. S. Hodgson, Philos. of Reflection, III. vii. § 1. 2. Expre ing or stating the fact of existence. Convention does not allow us to say "It executes," as we say "It blows" or "It thunders," because (if for no other reason) the group of phenomena is not one of famil- iar immemorial occurrence. niently adopt the existential form, "There was an execu- tion," as the predicative form, "A man was hanged"; and as as a matter of fact, one form would be as readily em ployed as the other. J. Venn, Mind, XIII. 415. existentially (ek-sis-ten's hal-i), adv . In an existential manner; in an existing state; ac- tually. [Rare.] Whether God was existentially as well as e entially in- tell i gent. IMG:content-0898.png:[blocks in formation] existible (eg-zis'ti-bl), a. [ exist + -ible.] Capable of existing or of existence. ex lege (eks lēʻjē). [L.: ex , out of; lege abl. of lex , law.) Arising from law. exlext (eks'leks), n . [L., prop. adj., beyond the law, lawle , ex , out of, + lex , law: see legal . Cf. E. outlaw.] ex libris (eks li'bris). [L.: ex , out of; libris , abl. pl. of liber , a book.] 1. Literally, from the books (of): as, an ex libris exhibition (an ex- hibition of books from the books or library of certain collectors). -2. A book-plate printed with the name of the owner, and usually his arms also; or, more rarely, a device or impresa the motto of which should have some reference to books or study. I recently came acro a curious ex libris... It is not mentioned by Mr. Warren in his list of early dated book plates. N. and Q., 6th ser., IX. 486. ex nece itate (eks nē-ses-i-tā'tē). [L.: er , out of; nece itate , abl. of nece ita ( t- ) s , nece ity: see nece ity.] Of nece ity; from the neces- sity of the thing or of the case; nece arily. exo-. [Gr. έξω , adv., without, out of, outside, ἐξ , prep., out: see ex- . Cf. ecto- .] A prefix in words of Greek origin, meaning 'without,' 'outside': used chiefly in scientific compounds, where it is usually equivalent to ecto- : opposed to endo -or ento- . exoarian (ek-so-ā'ri-an), a . Having external genitals, as a hydrozoan; a hydrozoan; specifically, of or per- specifie taining to the Exoarii : opposed to endoarian . Exoarii (ek-so-a'ri-i), n. pl... [NL., φάριον , dim. of ᾠov = L. ovum, egg.] The hydrozoans: so called by Rapp (1829), with reference to their external genitalia: dis- tinguished from Endoarii . exo cardiac (ek-sō-kär'di-ak), a . Same as exo- The soul, secured in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. phorical sense, including dependence of one being on an- other, and including not only the life of the individual, but succe in leaving progeny. Darwin , Origin of Species, p. 62. an individual thing; an actuality. N. Grew , Cosmologia Sacra, p. 119. existimationt (eg-zis-ti-ma's hon), n. [L. ex- istimatio ( n- ), judgment, opin exist i mare, existumare , judge, estimate, ex , out, + æstimare, æstumare , value, estimate: see esteem , estimate .] Esteem; estimation. If.. a man should bring forth any thing that he hath read done in times past, or that he hath seen done in other places; there the hearers fare as though the whole eristi- mation of their wisdom were in jeopardy to be overthrown. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. Spectator, No. 456. exit (ek's it), n. [= Sp. Pg. exito = It. esito , exit us , a going out, egre , a way out (in the stage use, in E., exit , v .), also in ML. i ue, offspring, vent, exire , pp. exit us , go out, ex , out, + ire , go. Cf. i ue , n., nearly a doublet of The fact is as remarkable as it is incontrovertible that the human race, all but universally, has conceived of some Existence more exalted than man. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 3. What is that to him that reaps not harvest of his youth- ful joys, Thơ' the deep heart of existence beat for ever like a boy's? Tennyson, Locksley Hall. Moving on I found Only the landward exit of the cave. 2. The departure of a player from the stage when he has performed his part. exo car dial (ek-sō-kär'di-al), a . έξω , out- side, + καρδία , = Ε. heart , + -al .] Situated without, or external to, the heart. Exo car dines (ek-so-kär'di-nēz), n . pl. [NL., έξω , outside, + L. car do ( card in- ), a hinge.] A division of lamellibranch mollusks, contain- ing all the forms except the Endocardines . exocarp (ek'sō-kärp), n . [ έξω , outside, + καρπός , fruit.] În bot . , the outer layer of a pericarp when it consists of two di imilar 195 layers. exoccipital (ek-sok-sip'i-tal), a. and n. [ ex , out, + occiput ( occipit- ), occiput: see occір- ital . ] I. a. Pertaining to or constituting that part of the occipital bone of the skull which lies on the right or left side of the foramen magnum. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits , and their entrances. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. as Exocœtidæ . 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