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use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4.

A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.

the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.

To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits. Shak.

othness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition. It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer.…

In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.

An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.

vise past From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. Massinger.

That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

ons they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley. He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon. She takes exceptions at your person. Shak. Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the…

The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

e government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

ath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.

g preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle,…

To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

e Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion. The expedition miserably…