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The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.

Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of…

One who practices extortion.

The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

Extortionate.

Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

, One who practices extortion.

Extortionate. [Obs.] "Extortious cruelties." Bp. Hall -- Ex*tor"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.

The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.

A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as. -- So ferforth, to such a degree.

Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke.

See Fever root, under Fever.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon.

See Feuillemort.