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Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.

Disease of the intestines.

To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.] Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton.

Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.

Right feeling. [R.] Harris.

A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.

One well born, or of noble birth.

alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

. Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.

To range at large, or without restraint. Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope.

Act of expatiating.

Expansive; diffusive. [R.]

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.

ment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey.

oot; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.