exploit, esploit, esploite

[O. Fr. esploit, espleit, exploict; Fr. exploit, from Lat. explicitum a thing settled, ended, or displayed, neut. sing. of explicit us, pa. par. of explico =to unfold.] A deed or act of an heroic or remarkable character; a feat, a great or noble achievement. "Impatient for exploits , His eager eyes upcast, he soars in thought Above all height." Dyer: Ruins of Rome. For the difference between exploit and deed , see DEED. ex-ploit, *espleiten, *exployt, v. t. [O. Fr. esploiter, espleiter, exploicter; Fr. exploiter.] [Ex PLOIT, *1. To perform, to achieve. "Suruiue and tell the westerne world What we exployted have." Warner: Albions England , bk. iii., c. 16. 2. To utilize; to make use of for one's own profit. "To prevent the Egyptian nation from being exploited by a ring of European financiers."- Pall Mall Gazette. ex-p161-ta-tion, s. [Fr.) The act or proce of utilizing or employing with succe ; utilization, utility, profit. "Establishing ourselves in it by force, and pocketing the money that we can raise this is what may a policy of exploitation."- London Daily Telegraph. *ex-p161-türe, s . [Eng. exploit ; -ure.] An exploit, a deed, an achievement. *ex-plör-āte, v . t. [Lat. exploratus , pa. par. of exploro.] To explore, to search out, to try or find by searching.