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A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson.

The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.

Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.

ing roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.

Of or pertaining to excrement.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.

Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood

Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.

Exertion. [R.]

Exhalation. [Obs.]

Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.

An expedient. [Obs.] A like expediment to remove discontent. Barrow.

onfirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a labo…

Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.