expounet

t. An obsolete form of expound. expre (eks-pres'), v. t. [ It. esprimere = Sp. Pg.exprimir Pr.exprimar, espremer, exprimir = F. exprimer ), pre or squeeze out, pre , form by pre ure, form, represent, portray, imitate, describe, expre , esp. in words, The drawing-room heroes put down beside him [the farmer] would shrivel in his presence-he solid and unexpre ive, they expre ed to gold-leaf. 2t. To extort; elicit. In mode of olden time His garb was fashioned, to expre The ancient English minstrel's dre . 71. To denote; designate. Scott , Rokeby, v. 15. Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expre ed by their names. Num. i. 17. expre ion The personal care, speed, and safe delivery, originated in the regular journeys with small parcels first made by William F. Harnden between New York and Boston in 1839. busine rapidly became immense in the United States, under the charge not only of individuals, but of great organized companies, each operating over extensive regions, and some of them over nearly the whole civilized world. 5. The name of a modern sporting-rifle, a modification of the Winchester model of 1876. It takes a large charge of powder and a light bullet, which give a very high initial velocity and a trajectory practically a right line up to 150 yards. Upon striking the object the bullet spreads outwardly, inflicting a death wound. This arm is well adapted for killing large game at short range. Also called expre -rifle. In my hand I held a Winchester repeating carbine, but the distance was too great for me to use it with effect, so I turned to Gobo, who was shivering with terror at my Haggard, Maiwa's Revenge. 8. [ expre , a., 4; expre , n., 3, 4.] To send side, and handing him the carbine, took from him my ex IMG:content-0939.png:[blocks in formation] expre (eks-pres'), adv. [ Hys helme wasted sore, rent and broken all, And hys hauberke disma[i]lled all expre e , In many places holes gret and small. Rom, of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4347. Alliterative Poems (E. E. T. S.), ii. 1158. As yet is proued expre e in his profecies. expre (eks-pres'), a. and n. [I. a. pp. of exprimere, pre out, describe, represent, etc.: see expre , v. II. n. = D. G. expre e = Dan. expres = Sw. expre = Sp. expreso = Pg. expre o = It. espre o; from the adj.] I. a. 1. Clearly made known; distinctly expre ed or indicated; unambiguous; explicit; direct; plain: as, expre terms; an expre interference. In law, commonly used in contradistinction to implied: as, expre warranty, expre malice; an expre contract. There is not any positive law of men, whether general or particular, received by formal expre consent, as in councils. Hooker , Eccles. Polity. An expre contradiction is then when one of the terms is finite and the other infinite; as, man, not man. Burgersdicius , tr. by a Gentleman. Whether the free a ent of nations take the form of ex pre agreement or of usage, it places them alike under IMG:content-0940.png:[blocks in formation] Rapes make wele to smelle In condyment is no we the tyme expre e. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 58. 4. [ Whereby [by hieroglyphical pictures] they [the Egyptians] discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expre es. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 20. What is le natural and charitable than to deny the expre es of a mother's affection? Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 41. Emerson, Farming. 2. A particular or special me age or despatch Halters and racks cannot expre from thee More than thy deeds: 'tis only judgment waits thee. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 1. 3. To manifest or exhibit by speech, appear- ance, or action; make known in any way, but especially by spoken or written words. Believe me, on mine honour, My words expre my purpose. IMG:content-0941.png:[blocks in formation] It charges me in manners the rather to expre myself. Shak., T. N., ii. 1. 5. To manifest in semblance; constitute a copy or resemblance of; be like; resemble. [Archaic.] So kids and whelps their sires and dams expre . Dryden, tr. of Virgil. And further mair, he sent expre , To schaw his collours and ensenzie. Battle of Harlaw (Child's Ballads, VII. 184). Plenty of ale and some capital songs by Lucian Gay, Disraeli, Coningsby, vi. 3. who went down expre , gave the right cue to the mob. 3. [Prop. expre , n., 3, used elliptically.] As an expre - that is, with special swiftne or expedition; post-haste; post: as, to travel ex pre . I... journeyed expre with the officer in charge of the mails, who fortunately was as late as myself, by special engine and carriage till we overtook the mail-train beyond Lyons. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, i. 3.