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Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." Thomson.

Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

ing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.

The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

erty manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

ccupation, in general; practice. exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson. O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.

Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

s of a free government, and the States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States. Burrill. Kent.

Destitute of expression.

Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.

Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.

Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.

Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.

Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the poss…

It had not only faculty to inspect all bishops' dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges. Evelyn.

masses, manufactured from fagots. -- Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.]