experatory

[Lat. expirat ( us ), pa. par. of expiro, and Eng. adj. suff. -ory.] Pertaining to expiration, or the emi ion of breath from the lungs. ěx-pï re, *ex-pyre, v . t . & i. [Fr. expirer , from Lat. expiro , exspiro to breathe out: ex out, and spiro to breathe; Sp. & Port. espirar; Ital. es pirare , spirare .] IMG:content-1283.png:[blocks in formation] fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wět, here, camel, her, there; pine, pit, sïre, sir, or, wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn; mute, cub, cüre, unite, cûr, rûle, füll; try, Syrian. æ, *6. To fly or be thrown out with violence. "The distance judged for shot of every size, The linstocks touch, the ponderous ball expires ." Dryden: Annus Mirabilis , clxxxviii. "Unle he can show his authority to be the sole ex. plainer of fundamentals."- Locke : Vindication of Chris- tianity. ěx'-plā-nāte, a. [Lat. exp lan at us , pa. par. of explano .] Entom.: Having the sides of the prothorax so de- pre ed and dilated as to form a broad margin. ( Maunder .) ex-pla-nā-tion, s. [Lat. explanatio , from ex- plan at us , pa. par. of explano ; Sp. explanacion ; Ital.spianazione.] 1. The act of explaining, interpreting, or making clear; exposition, illustration, interpretation. 2. The exposition or interpretation given; the sense or definition given by an explainer or inter found upon it, some lawyers should fully inform the jury." -Swift . 3. A declaration or statement of the reason, grounds, or meanings one's lives, ., with a view to remove misunderstanding or to reconcile differences; hence, a reconciliation, an agreement, a good understanding. "The King was far too angry and dull to listen to ex . planations."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. viii. ěx-pli-cāte, v. t . [EXPLICATE, a . French ex pliquer ; Sp. explicar.J 1. To unfold, to open, to expand. "They explicate the leaves, and ripen food For the silk laborers of the mulberry wood." Black more : Creation. For the difference between explanation and definition , see DEFINITION. ěx-plăn-a-tōr-i-ne , s . [Eng. explanatory ; -ne .] The quality of being explanatory. ěx-plăn-a-tive, a. [Lat. explanat ( us ), pa. par. of explano , and Eng. adj. suff. -ive .] Explan- atory. B. As substanttre: 1. A word introduced to fill a vacancy, though not nece ary to the sense. "While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line." Pope: E ay on Criticism, 346, 347. 2. A curse, an oath. *3. A kickshaw. atory , see EXPLANATORY. explicit-function, s . y is an explicit function . The term stands opposed to implicit function , in which the relation between the function and variable is not directly stated; as, for example, in the equation y2-2px=0, IMG:content-1284.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1285.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To burst with a loud report, to detonate. 3. To burst out in fury or fiercene : as, His wrath exploded .