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The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.

ss the walls. Dryden. Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise crowds who are . . . processed as I am. Spectator.

t of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants. To expedite your glorious march. Milton.

The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to Ant: inspiration.

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire. Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey. This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire. Dryden.

; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6. Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.

The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

ustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center…

ext chord prefixed 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…

A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.

made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.