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1,562 words match “BAN”

ENTOPERIPHERAL a.
f the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.
EPULARY a.
Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart.
EPULATION n.
A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ERROR n.
; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. Herror, though his candor remained unimpaired. Bancroft.
ESCROL; ESCROLL n.
A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest.
ESLOIN v.
To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign. [Obs.] From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser.
ESTABLISH v.
ich must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft.
ESTOVERS n.
to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone. Common of estovers. See under Common, n.
ETERNIZE v.
make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits. St. Alban's battle won by famous York, Shall be eternized in all age to come. Shak.
EUPHORBIUM n.
rly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
EXACTION n.
v. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.
EXACTLY adv.
t." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
EXAMINE v.
o examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.
EXCELLENT a.
reat worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.
EXCEPTIONLESS a.
Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
EXCHANGE n.
The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. -- Bill of exchange. See under Bill. -- Exchange broker. See under Broker. -- Par of exchange, the established value of…
EXCOMMUNICATE v.
To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin.
EXILE n. 2 definitions
d separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country. Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.
EXILEMENT n.
Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.
EXILIC a.
Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon. Encyc. Dict.
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