expert (ekspert)

t. [ ence. We dee me of Death as doo me of ill desert; But knewe we, fooles, what it us bringes until, Dye would we dayly, once it to expert ! Spenser, Shep. Cal., November. 2. [ Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 162. 2. In an expert or skilful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readine and accuracy. The quality of expertne (eks-pertnes fro being expert; skill derived from practice; readine ; dexterity; adroitne : as, expertne in musical performance, or in seamanship; ex pertne in reasoning. You shall demand of him whether one Captain Dumain be i' the camp, a French man; what his reputation is with the duke, what his valour, honesty, and expertne in wars. Shak., All's Well, iv. 3. There were no marks of expertne in the trick played by the woman of Endor upon the perturbed mind of Saul. T. Cogan , Theol. Disquisitions, ii. =Syn. Facility, Knack, etc. See readine . expetiblet (eks-pet'i-bl), a. [L. expetibilis, desirable, by suffering a penalty or doing some counterbalancing good. It is true indeed, and granted, that the blood of Christ alone can expiate sin. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. ii. The treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. The pernicious maxims early imbibed by Mr. Fox led him into great faults which, though afterwards nobly expiated , were never forgotten. Macaulay , Lord Holland. 2. To avert by certain observances. [Rare.] Frequent showers of stones could be expiated only by bringing to Rome Cybele. T. H. Dyer, Hist. Rome, § 2. expiateł (eks'pi-āt), a. [L. expiatus , pp.: see the verb.) Expired. Make haste, the hour of death is expiate . Shak., Rich. III., iii. 3. expiation (eks-pi-ā'shon), n. [= F. expiation = Pr. expiacio = Sp. expiacion = Pg. expiação = It. espiazione , expiatio ( n- ), expiare , expiate: see expiate .] 1. The act of expiating, or of making satisfaction or reparation for an offense; atonement; reparation. See atone ment. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self abasement and expiation. Irving Our Lord offered an expiation for our sins. Church Dict In the expiations of the heathen peoples the main thing is to have enough suffered; for the apprehended wrath will be stayed when the rages of the gods are glutted. Bushnell, Forgivene and Law, p. 83. 2. The means by which atonement, satisfaction, or reparation of crimes is made; an atonement. Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton , P. L., xii. 291. 31. An observance or ceremony intended to avert omens or prodigies. Upon the birth of such monsters, the Grecians and Romans did use divers sorts of expiations , and to go about their principal cities with many solemn ceremonies and sacrifices. Sir J. Hayward . The Great Day of Expiation, an annual solemnity of the Jews, observed on the 10th day of the month Tisri, which answers to our September.