expressional

[Eng. expre ion; -al.] Of 1. Squeezed or pre ed out; uttered, declared, set or pertaining to expre ion; having the power of down in writing. 2. Openly or plainly declared; not implied. IMG:content-1294.png:[blocks in formation] expre ion; specifically, in the fine arts, having the power or quality of embodying ideas or emotions in sensible form; representing clearly any conception or emotion. "To enumerate and criticise all the verbal and expres sional solecisms."- Hall : Modern English , p. 36. ex-pres-sion-le , a. [Eng. expre ion; -le .] Destitute or devoid of expre ion. "Their depth of expre ionle calm."-Mi Brontè: Expre ly. *ex-pre -ěd-lý, adv . [Eng. expre ed; -ly.] Villette , ch. xx. ěx-pre -er, s. [Eng. expre ; -er.] One who expre es. ex-pre -I-ble, a. [ Eng.expre ; -able .] *1. That may or can be obtained or drawn out by squeezing or pre ure. 2. That may or can be expre ed, uttered, de- clared, or represented. "There is a diphthong composed of our first and third vowels, and expre ible therefore by them."- Sir W. Jones. Orthography of Asiatic Words. I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act or proce of squeezing, pre ing, or forcing out by pre ure. "The juices of the leaves are obtained by expre ion : from this juice proceeds the taste." -Arbuthnot. 2. The act or proce of extracting, extorting, or eliciting by pre ure or force. 3. The act of expre ing, uttering, declaring; dec laration, utterance, representation. "It was the extemporaneous expre ion of the new king's feelings."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. iv. 4. Representation by words; style of language. 5. The words or language in which a thought is expre ed; phraseology, phrase, mode of speech. "But ill expre ions sometimes give allay To noble thoughts." Bucking ham. ěx-près-sive, a. [Fr. expre if; Sp. expresivo, Port. expre ivo; Ital. espre ivo.] 1. Serving to expre , utter, declare, or represent. (Followed by of .) "He was tall, lean, pale, with a haggard, eager look, expre ive at once of flightine and of shrewdne ." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 2. Full of expre ion; vividly indicating any conception or emotion. "Through her expre ive eyes her soul distinctly spoke." -Little ton: To Mi Lucy Fortescue. *3. Expre ible. ( Fuller : Good Thoughts , p. 181.) For the difference between expre ive and sig nificant , see SIGNIFICANT. ěx-près-sive-ly, adv. [Eng. expre ive; ly.] In an expre ive manner; with expre ion, clearly, fully, plainly. "Nature also is most expre ively set forth with a biformed body."- Bacon : On Learning, bk. ii., ch. xiii, ( Wats .) ěx prěs-sive-ne , s . [Eng. expre ive ; -ne .] The quality of being expre ive; the power or quality of expre ing or representing vividly to the senses; power or force of representation. "The murrain at the end has all the expre ivene that words can give it." -Add is on: On Virgil's Georgics. ěx-prěs-sî-vō, ěs-près-sî-vō, adv . [Ital. espre ivo .] Music: With expre ion. *ex-pre -le , a . [Eng.expre ; -le .] Inexpre ible. ěx-pre -lỹ, *ex-pre e-ly, *ex-pre e-lye, words. "It looks amazing even beyond expre ion." -Dampier: Voyages, vol. ii., pt. iii., p. 71. 7. Cast of countenance or features, as expre ive of character, feeling, or emotion; that transient change which takes place in the permanent form of a face or figure, while under the influence of var i. ous emotions. II. Technically : 1. Alg .: The representative of a quantity written in algebraic language that is, by the aid of symbols. Thus 9x2+3y is the expre ion of the two quantities denoted by nine times x2 and three times y. In general, any quantity or relation denoted by algebraic symbols is an algebraic expre ion. It is also called a Function (q. v.). 2. Fine Arts : The natural and lively representation or suggestion of any state or condition, as, in a picture, by the character of the landscape, the grouping of the figures, .; more specifically the conformation of the human features, as the eyes, mouth, .; that power or quality in a work of art which suggests an idea. 3. Music : The power or act of rendering music so as to make it the vehicle of deep and pure emotion; the spirit of music, as opposed to the mere mechanical production of sound. In rendering works of a a high cla , a true expre ion involves the merging of the artist's personality in an enthusiastic effort to carry out the highest extent, the fullest meaning of the composer. Hence the difficulty of giving a reading of cla ical works which shall satisfy those critics who have formed their own ideal of the author's conceptions. Compositions of a low order distinct manner; plainly, directly, pointedly; in direct terms. "An alternative expre ly proposed to them."- Burke : Regicide Peace . *ěx-pre -ment, *ex-pre e-ment, s. [Eng. expre ; ment .] The act of expre ing; expre ion, declaration. "When the tyme convenyent of the expre ement of them shall come." -Fabyan : Works, vol. i., ch. xxxvii. ěx-pre -ne , *ex-pre -ne e, s. [Eng. expre ;-ne .] The quality or state of being expre ; plainne , directne . "The terms of the question want somewhat of expre ne ."-Hammond Works , i. 709. *ěx-près-sure (sure as shür), s. [ Eng.expre ; -ure. 1. The act or proce of expre ing or squeezing out; expre ion. 2. The act of orally expre ing or uttering; utter ance. 3. Facial expre ion, character. 4. Mark, impre ion. "The expre ure that it bears, green let it be." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 5. ěx-prěst', pa . par . or a. [EXPRESS, v .] *ex-pro-brāte, v . t . [Lat, exp rob ratus , pa. par. of exprobro : ex out, and probrum =a shameful act, a disgrace.] To reproach, to upbraid, to impute blame to. *ěx-pro-bra-tion, s. [Latin exp rob ratio , from exp rob ratus , pa. par. of exprobro ; Fr.exprobration ; Sp. exprobracion .] The act of upbraiding or reproaching; reproachful accusation. exprobrative *ex-pro-bra-tive, a . [Eng. exprobrat (e); -ive .] Expre ing repro brat i on or upbraiding; accusing reproachfully. *ex-pro-brā-tōr-y, a . [English exprobrat ( e ); -ory.] Exprobrative, upbraiding. ěx pro-fěs-sō, phr. (Lat.] By profe ion; profe edly. *ex-pro-mis-sion, s. [ Lat.expromi io .] Law : The act by which a creditor accepts a new debtor, who becomes bound instead of the old, the latter being released. *ěx-prom-Is-sõr, s. (Latin, from expromiseus , pa. par. of exp rom it to .] Law : One who alone becomes bound for the debt of another for whom he becomes substitute, as distinguished from a surety who is bound together with the debtor.