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Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.

A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

f the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

The office of an executor.

A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty. Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison. To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.

To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

An express office. She charged him . . . to ask at the express if anything came up from town. E. E. Hale.

An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.

The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due. Abbott.

Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.] This Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek. Shak.

Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire. Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. Pope.

xed by a flat or sharp. -- False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. -- False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. -- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False tok…

A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

he soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.

od; as, an annual fast. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. -- To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.