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Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders. [Written also evat.]

eyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence. Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South.

Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.

A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak.

clude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.] Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton.

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.

A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

ll, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.

That which is obvious, public, or common. Dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar. A. Tucker.

A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

orm of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.

Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "Old wives' fables. " 1 Tim. iv. 7. We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. Tennyson.

The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.

ind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.

ction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.

A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are somewhat fade." Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.