exoticism (egzotisizm)

[ The Son, he said, "did not exist before he was begotten." In other words, "He is of a substance that once was not (ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων )" - hence the name of Ezoucontians sometimes given to his followers. Encyc. Brit ., II. 537. expalpate (eks-pal'pāt), a . [L. ex- priv. + NL. palpus , a feeler, + -atel .] In entom ., having no palpi or feelers, as the mouth of a hemipterous insect. expand (eks-pand'), v. [= Sp. Pg. expandir = It. espandere, spandere, Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton , P. L., i. 225, My wife and daughters expanded their gayest plumage Goldsmith, Vicar, vii. upon this occasion. 2. To increase in extent, size, bulk, or amount; inflate; distend; extend: as, to expand the chest by inspiration; heat expands all bodies. [The editor] has thus succeeded in expanding the volume into one of the thickest that we ever saw. Macaulay , Sir James Mackintosh. Hence-3. To make broader in scope or more comprehensive: as, to expand the heart or affections, or the sphere of benevolence. Let the Turk spread his Alcoran by the Sword, but let Christianity expand herself still by a pa ive Fortitude. Howell , Letters, iv. 29. to expand his whole soul. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 18. The grand object to which he dedicated himself seemed Expanded type, in typog., a form of Roman type of broader or wider face than that of the standard text-types of books and newspapers. To expand an insect, in en tom., to prepare it for the cabinet by spreading the wings on a setting-board. To expand a pair, in math., to take its prior member one earlier and its posterior member one later in the linear series from which they are chosen. Syn. 1. To unfold, evolve. 2. To swell, blow up, fill, fill out, increase. expansion II. in trans. 1. To open out; become unfolded, spread out, or displayed. His faculties, expanded in full bloom, Shine out. Cowper , Task, iv. 661. 2. To increase in extent, size, bulk, amount, etc.; become dilated, distended, or enlarged. Just so much play as lets the heart expand . Browning , Ring and Book, II. 66. The trees have ample room to expand on the water side, and each sends forth its most vigorous branch in that direction. Thoreau , Walden, p. 202. When a gas expands suddenly its temperature falls, because a certain amount of its heat pa es out of existence in the act of producing mechanical effect. B. Stewart , Conserv. of Energy, p. 112. 3. In zoöl., to spread over a certain space: used in stating the distance from tip to tip of outspread wings-in the case of insects, of anterior wings. Erebus is a gigantic moth;. our largest species is Erebus odor a, Drury; it expands about five inches. Packard . Expanding arbor, auger, bit, chuck, drill, hanger, etc. See the nouns.