exaltate 
exaltatet, [ME. cxaltat, < L. exaltatus, pp. 
of exaltarc, lift up, exalt: see exalt.'] Exalted; 
exercising high influence. 
Mercuric is desolat 
In Pisces, wher Venus is exaltnt. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 704. 
exaltation (eks-al-ta'shon), n. [< ME. emlta- 
cioun, < OF. exaltation, exaltation, F. exaltation 
= Pi. exaltatio = Sp. exaltation = Pg. exaltag&o 
= It. esaltazioue, < LL. exaltatio(n-), elevation, 
?ride, < L. exaltarc, lift up, exalt- : see exalt.'] 
. The act of raising high, or the state of being 
raised high ; elevation as to power, office, rank, 
dignity, or excellence ; a state of dignity or lof- 
tiness: as, exaltation of rank or character. The 
word is specifically applied to the induction of a pope into 
office: as, the exaltation of Leo XIII. 
Wondering at my flight, and change 
To this high exaltation. Milton, P. L., v. 90. 
2. Mental elevation ; a state of mind in which 
a person possesses elevated thoughts and noble 
aspirations. 
Th' Heroick Exaltations of Good 
Are so far from understood, 
We count them Vice. 
Cowley, Pindaric Odes, vii. 2. 
You are only aware of the impetuosity of the senses, 
the upwelling of the blood, the effusion of tenderness, 
but not of the nervous exaltation, the poetic rapture. 
Taine (trans.). 
3f. In alchemy, the refinement or subtilization 
of bodies or of their qualities and virtues. 4. 
In astral., an essential dignity, next in impor- 
tance to that of hoxise ; that situation of a planet 
in the zodiac where it was supposed to have 
the most influence. The sun is in exaltation in the 
19th degree of Aries, the moon in the 3d degree of Taurus, 
Jupiter in the 15th degree of Cancer, Mercui-y in the 15th 
degree of Virgo, Saturn in the 21st degree of Libra, Mars 
in the 28th degree of Capricorn, Venus in the 27th degree 
of Pisces. The position of the sun's exaltation is that in 
which he passes wholly to the upper side of the zodiac. 
The reasons for the other positions given by Ptolemy are 
arbitrary and fanciful. 
Mercuric loveth wysdom and science, 
And Venus loveth ryot and dispence ; 
And for hire diverse disposicioun 
Ech falleth in otheres exaltacioun. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 702. 
Astrologers tell us that the sun receives its exaltation 
in the sign Aries. Dryden. 
5f. In falconry, a flight of larks Exaltation of 
the Cross. See cross'. 
exalted (eg-zal'ted), p. a. [Pp. of exalt, t>.] 
Raised to a height; elevated highly; dignified; 
sublime; lofty. 
All the books of the Bible are either already most ad- 
mirable and exalted pieces of poesy, or are the best ma- 
terials in the world for it. Cowley, Davideis. 
When the music was strong and bold, she looked exalted, 
but serious. Steele, Spectator, No. 503. 
Her exalted state did not remove her above the sympa- 
thies of friendship. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 16. 
exaltedness (eg-zal'ted-nes), n. The state of 
being exalted, elevated, or elated. 
The exaltedness of some minds . . . may make them in- 
sensible to these light things. Gray, To West, vi. 
exalter (eg-zal'ter), n. One who or that which 
exalts or raises to dignity. 
O noble sisters, cryed Pyrocles, now you be gone, who 
were the only exalters of all womenkind, what is left in 
that sex but babling and business ? 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
But thou, Lord, art my shield, my glory, 
Thee, through my story, 
Tte exalter of my head I count. 
Milton, Ps. iii. 9. 
exaltmentt (eg-zalt'ment), . [< OF. exalte- 
ment, < exalter, exalt : see exalt and -ment.'] Ex- 
altation. 
Sanctity implying a discrimination, a distance, an exalt- 
inent in nature or use of the thing which is denominated 
thereby. Barrorv, Sermons. 
exam (eg-zam'), . [Abbr. of examination.'] 
An examination. [College slang.] 
Things may be altered since the writer of this novelette 
went through his exam. Driven to Rome (1877), p. 67. 
exament (eg-za'men), n. [= F. examen = Sp. 
exdmen = Pg. exame = It. esame = D. G. Dan. 
Sw. examen, < L. examen, the tongue of a bal- 
ance, a weighing, consideration, examination, 
contr. of 'exagmen, < *exagere, exigere, measure 
by a standard, weigh, examine, < ex, out, + 
agere, weigh : see exact, essay, assay, exigent. 
Hence examine, etc.] Examination ; disquisi- 
tion ; inquiry ; scrutiny. 
After so fair an examen, wherein nothing has been exag- 
gerated. Burke, Vlml. of Nat. Society. 
No questions were put to them [deacons to be ordained] 
by the bishop, for that part of the service called the Ex- 
amen belonged not to their degree. 
K. II'. Dixvn, Hist. Church of Eng., xvii. 
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exametert, >< An obsolete form of hexameter. 
I'uttenliam. 
examinability (eg-zam/i-na-bil'j-ti), . [< ex- 
aminable: see -biUty.] The quality of being 
examinable or open to inquiry. Law Reports. 
examinable (eg-zam'i-na-bl), a. [= F. exami- 
nable ; as examine + -able.} Capable of being 
examined; proper for examination or inquiry. 
The draughts and first laws of the game are positive. 
But how? Merely ad placitum, and not examinable by 
reason. Bacon, Works, I. 224 (Ord MS.). 
examinant (eg-zam'i-nant), n. [< L. exami- 
nan(t-)s, ppr. of examinare, examine: see ex- 
amine.'] One who examines ; an examiner. 
The examinants or posers were Dr. Duport, Greek Pro- 
fessor at Cambridge ; Dr. Fell, Deane of Christ Church, 
Oxon ; etc. Ecelyn, Diary, May 13, 1661. 
One window was so placed as to throw a strong light at 
the foot of the table at which prisoners were usually posted 
for examination, while the upper end, where the exami- 
nants sat, was thrown into shadow. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xiii. 
examinate (eg-zam'i-nat), n. [< L. examinatus, 
pp. of examinare, examine: see examine.'} A 
person examined. 
Many inquisitions therefore by torments holden one 
after another, and some examinates through excessive 
and dolorous tortures killed. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus, p. 363. 
He asked in scorne one of the examinates, . . . "I pray, 
sir, if Scribonianus had been an Emperor, what would you 
have done?" Bacon, Apophthegms. 
The examinate found it so difficult to answer the ques- 
tion that he suddenly became afflicted with deafness. 
Kingsley, Westward Ho, p. 52. 
examination (eg-zam-i-na'shon), n. [= Dan. 
Sw. examination = F. examination = Pr. Sp. ex- 
amination = Pg. examinafSo = It. esaminazione, 
< L. examinatio(n-), < examinare, examine: see 
examine.'} 1 . The act of examining, or the state 
of being examined ; scrutiny by inquiry, study, 
or experiment ; careful search and investiga- 
tion into parts, qualities, conditions, and rela- 
tions, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth 
and the real state of things ; inspection by ob- 
servation, interrogation, or trial : as, examina- 
tion of a ship or a machine ; examination of the 
books of a firm; examination of one's mental 
condition ; examination of a wound, or of a the- 
ory or thesis. 
The proper office of examination, enquiry, and ratioci- 
nation is, strictly speaking, confined to the production of 
a just discernment and an accurate discrimination. 
Cogan, The Passions, ii., Int. 
Nothing that is self-evident can be the proper subject of 
examination. South, Works, V. vii. 
2. In legal proceedings: (a) An inquiry into 
facts by evidence ; an attempt to ascertain 
truth by questioning : as, the examination of a 
witness. The steps in the examination of a witness are 
the examination in chief, or direct examination by the 
party calling him, and the crow -examination by the oppo- 
site party ; after which may follow a reexamination or re- 
direct examination by the former, a re-cross-examination 
by the latter, etc. 
The king's attorney, on the contrary, 
Urg'd on the examinations, proofs, confessions 
Of divers witnesses. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 1. 
There remained examinations and cross-examinations, 
. . . bickerings . . . between the managers of the im- 
peachment and the counsel for the defence. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
(6) In criminal law, in particular, an inquiry con- 
ducted by a magistrate before whom a pris- 
oner is brought charged with crime, to ascer- 
tain whether he should be held, bailed, or dis- 
charged. It is conducted by questioning the witnesses 
offered, and receiving the voluntary statement, if any, of 
the prisoner, (c) The result of judicial inquiries ; 
testimony taken and duly reduced to writing. 
Master constable, let these men be bound, and brought 
to Leonato ; I will go before, and show him their exami- 
nation. Shak., Much Ado, iv. 2. 
3. A process prescribed or assigned for testing 
the qualifications, capabilities, knowledge, ex- 
perience, or progress of a person who is a can- 
didate for some position or rank in a profession, 
occupation, school or other organization, etc. : 
as, the examination of a candidate for admission 
to the ministry or bar; the periodical examina- 
tion of a school. 
To animate the students in the pursuit of literary merit 
and fame, . . . there shall be annually a public examina- 
tion, in the presence of a joint committee of the Corpora- 
tion and Overseers. Revised Laics of Harvard College, 1790. 
4. Trial or assay by the appropriate methods 
or tests, as of minerals or chemical compounds. 
Digital examination, in med., an examination or ex- 
ploration made with the fingers. 
Bob made what a surgeon would call a diflitalejcamiiia- 
tion of the dungeon door. 
E. Eijyieston, The (Jraysons, xxiv. 
examination-paper 
Entrance examination, an examination for admission 
to a school, college, etc. Examination In chief, the 
questioning of a witness by the party who has put him on 
the stand, for the purpose of eliciting the testimony to 
give which he is called : distinguished from the subsequent 
cross-examination by the opposite party, and reexamina- 
tion by the former party. Examination of party, a pro- 
ceeding allowed under the new forms of legal procedure 
to compel an adverse party to submit to interrogation in 
advance of the trial. Examination of the brackets. 
See bracket!, 5. Examination on the VOlr dire, a pre- 
liminary interrogation of a witness by the party adverse to 
him who called him, allowed on a trial at common law, to 
ascertain whether he is competent, etc. Middle-class 
examinations. See middle-class. Pass examination, 
an examination in which the leading object is to insure a 
certain standard, required as a qualification for employ- 
ment in the civil service, or the like. Senate House ex- 
amination, tlie examination for degrees and honors in 
the University of Cambridge, England. 
It was to correct this fault that the Senate House exami- 
nation was introduced, and I am inclined to think that it 
had its origin about the year 1780. 
W. W. R. Ball, Mathematical Tripos. 
= Syn. 1. Examination, Inquiry, Investigation, Inquisi- 
tion, Scrutiny, Search, Research, Inspection ; overhauling, 
probing, canvassing. Examination is the general word ; 
where it is applied to any work of severity, thoroughness, 
etc., the fact is expressed by a strong adjective or other 
modifier : as, a superficial, thorough^ brief, protracted, or 
searching examination into facts, into a question, of a 
candidate, or of a locality or premises. Inquiry is made 
by asking questions, but figuratively by study or investiga- 
tion: as, an inquiry into the value of circumstantial evi- 
dence. An 'investiffation is an examination lung enough, 
systematic enough, and minute enough to be thorough. 
An inquisition is something still more thorough and 
searching than an investigation, implying vigor with se- 
verity; in modern times it generally implies a somewhat 
hostile spirit, or that from which the person concerned 
would shrink. Scrutiny is primarily a close examination 
with the eye : as, the scrutiny of one's features, of a manu- 
script, of a field of vision ; but it is also a critical exami- 
nation by the mind : as, the careful scrutiny of evidence. 
Search is the effort to find primarily that which may be 
seen, but secondarily that which may be apprehended by 
the mind : as, the search for a lost coin, or for a clue to a 
mystery. Research is search only of the second class above, 
and in out-of-the-way fields of knowledge : as, archaeologi- 
cal research. Inspection, literally a looking into, is some- 
times a rather general word and equivalent to examina- 
tion; but more often it implies an official examination .. 
as, an inspection of work done under contract ; the sani- 
tary inspection of a jail, or of a ship just come into port. 
It is possible then, without disloyalty to our convictions, 
to examine their grounds, even though they are to fail 
under the examination, for we have no suspicion of this 
failure. J. II. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 184. 
A careful . . . Inquiry into the modern prevailing No- 
tions of that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be 
Essential to Moral Agency. Edwards (title of treatise). 
I have been speaking of investigation, not of inquiry; 
it is quite true that inquiry is inconsistent with assent, 
but inquiry is something more than the mere exercise of 
inference. J. H. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 181. 
Davenant emulated Spenser ; and if his poem " Opndi- 
bert" had been as good as his preface, it could still be 
read in another spirit than that of investigation. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 37. 
The judges shall make diligent inquisition. 
Deut. xix. 18. 
Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view 
And narrower scrutiny. Milton, P. K., iv. 515. 
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man, 
its publication a duty. 
Madame de Stael, Germany (trans.), iv. 2. 
Oh ! rather give me commentators plain, 
Who with no deep researches vex the brain. 
Crabbe, Parish Eegister, i., Int. 
The measureless region of scientific Research is not only 
capable of calling out every intellectual faculty, but is one 
in which no exercise is sterile. 
G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, Int. I. i. I 24. 
The habit of believing what will not bear inspection has 
. . . completely become a second nature to men. 
H. A'. Oxenham, Short Studies, p. 266. 
examinational (eg-zam-i-na'shon-al), a. [< ex- 
amination + -al.} Of or pertaining to exami- 
nation. 
The extortionate examinational aberration which brings 
the cramming system into existence. 
W. B. Richardson, Prevent. Med., p. 657. 
He [Dr. Michael Foster] was sorry to say that he knew 
some who had succeeded to the fullest extent during the 
examinational period of their life, yet did not maintain 
their prestige as time rolled on. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXV. 282. 
examinationism (eg-zam-i-na'shon-izm), n. 
[< examination + -ism.'} The, excessive prac- 
tice of or reliance upon examinations as tests 
of fitness, qualifications, progress, etc. 
A reaction against that miserable exammationism which 
earns for us the title of the " Chinese of Europe." 
London Jour. Sci., No. cxxiv., p. 240. 
examination-paper (eg-zani-i-Ha'shon-pa/per), 
n. 1. A written or printed series of questions, 
problems, or other matters, to be answered or 
worked out, to demonstrate the knowledge, 
skill, or progress of the person examined. 
A goodly supply of questions is already at hand in the 
examinanon-paperi set at the Institute in past years. 
Xaturr. XXXVII. 458. 
2. A written series of answers or solutions by 
a person examined. 
