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Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker.

Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.

Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne.

Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]

Tending or serving to extract or draw out. Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. Cairnes.

A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of sending out or evolving.

Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.

The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris.

The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.

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

A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.

Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden. Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden. Some farther change awaits us. MIlton.

r the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.

Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.

painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread.

An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness. The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. Shak.

A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.