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One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

The office or rank of an examiner.

The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.

To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.] Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

place when it can be purchased there at or above par. -- Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.

Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.

A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

The office of an executor.

A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty. Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison. To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.

or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. -- Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylin…

To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

ent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of c or rank. His magnificent expiations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe. Prescott. By all men's eyes a youth of expectations. Otway.

ectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.