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Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

g else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.

(a person) from his own country; to make an exile of. The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.

A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies.

To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon.…

stulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion. We must use expostulation kindly. Shak.

Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.

The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will. With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy. Prescott.

The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.] An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston.

In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.

Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.

Extuberance. [R.]

Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.

, . Exuberance.

That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as:

One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.