exclaim 
While .Man exclaims, "Sec all things 'or my use ! " 
/'"/" r.^a.V nil \l;lll, ill. 4f. 
He bless d the bread, hut vanish d nt the word, 
Anil left tllelll Ixitll tJCrlilnnin-l. I .l- lln- l.'T'l ' 
O///7" /-, i 'OM\ iTsittion, 1. r>:t4. 
exclaimt (eks-klam'), n. [< exclaim, r.] Out- 
iry; clamor; exclamation. 
Kdt- lliKti liast made tin- happy earth thy holt, 
Klll'd It with cursing evieB nnil ilcc|i , n-lui/iit. 
Sluik., Rich. III., I. 8. 
Their >'xi : l'ii>,i* 
\lovr Ml'' a-, IMIlrll a* th> hlealll llli.\(s a llinll lit ai II. 
B, Jonsuit, Kvcry Man out of his Iliinuiur, I. 1. 
exclaimer (eks-kla'mtr), H. One who cries out 
with vehemence; one who speaks with heat, 
passion, or much noise : as, an exclaimer against 
tyranny. 
I must have leave to tell this exclaimer, in my turn, 
that if that were hi* real aim, his manner of proceeding 
la very strange, uoniicrfiil, ami unaccountable. 
fijt. Atterbury, Sermons, II., Pref. 
exclamation (eks-kla-ma'shon), n. [< OF. excla- 
mation, F. exclamation = Pr. exclamatio = Sp. 
exclamation = Pg. exclamagSo = It. esvlamazione, 
< L. exclamatio(n-), a loud calling or crying out, 
< exclamare, cry out : see exclaim.] 1. The act 
of exclaiming; an ejaculatory expression of 
surprise, admiration, pain, anger, dissent, or 
the like ; an emphatic or clamorous outcry. 
The ears of the people are continually heaten with ex- 
clamalioiu against abuses In the church. 
Hooker, Ecclea. Polity, Ded. 
Thus will I drown your exclamation*. 
Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. 
2. That which is uttered with emphasis or pas- 
sion; a vehement speech or saying. 
It Is salil, that Monsieur Torcy, when he signed this 
instrument, broke into this exclamation: Would Colbert 
have signed such a treaty for France'; Tatter, No. 20. 
A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. 
Aop. Trench. 
3. The mark or sign in writing and printing (!) 
by which emphatic utterance or interjectional 
force is indicated : usually called exclamation- 
mark or -point, and formerly note of admiration . 
See ccplioiieme. 4. In gram., a word express- 
ing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing 
some passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. 6. In 
rhet., same as ecphoiiesix, 1. 6. In the Gr. Ch., 
same as ecphonesis, '2. 
exclamation-mark, exclamation-point (eks- 
kla-ma'shon-mark, -point), . Bee exclama- 
tion, '3. 
exclamative (eks-klam'a-tiv), a. [= F. ex- 
flnmntif = Sp. Pg. exclamdtiro =: It. esdamativo, 
< L. as if *exclamativus, < exclamare, pp. exctama- 
tus, exclaim: see exclaim.] Containing excla- 
mation ; exclamatory. Ash. 
exclamatively (eks-klam'a-tiv-li), adr. In an 
exclamative manner. 
exclamatorily (eks-klam'a-to-ri-li), adi: In an 
exclamatory manner. 
exclamatory (eks-klam'a-to-ri), a. [< L. as if 
"exclamatorius, < exclamare, pp. exclamatus, ex- 
claim : see exclaim.] 1. Using exclamation: 
as, an exclamatory speaker. Anil. 2. Contain- 
ing or expressing exclamation : as, an exclama- 
tory phrase. 
Which point I shall conclude with those exclawatont 
wonis of St. Paul, so full of wander and astonishment, in 
Rom. xi. 3:1 : How unsearchable are his judgments, and 
In-- \vays past finding out ! South, Works, IV. vii. 
exclave (eks'klav), n. [< L. ex, out, + -clave, 
in enclave: opposed to enclave.] A part of a 
country, province, or the like which is disjoined 
from the main part. 
The term Thtiringia also, of course, includes the vari- 
ous " excla !' * " of Prussia. Saxony, Bavaria, and Bohemia 
which lie cnilicdilci! anioii.u' them. 
Tint, Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 881. 
exclude (eks-klSd'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. excluded, 
ppr. f.rrlinliiii/. [< ME. exclnden, < L. exclmlrrc 
(> It. enchiudere, escludere = Sp. Pg. excluir = 
Pr. eaelaure, endure = OF. r-r/idr, wlmrrr. rv- 
fliirt 1 , F. cxrlurc), shut out, < ex, out, 4- claudere, 
in comp. cludere, shut: see clone 1 , e/o.ve 2 , etc., 
and clause. Cf. conclndr. iiichidi: nri-hidr, ;HT- 
cludr, seclude.] 1. To shut out; debar from 
admission or participation ; prevent from en- 
tering or sharing. 
It [pocs\ ! liatli hail access ami estimation in mile times 
a ml barliai-diis regions where other learniim stood -'.iv/mfcr/. 
l:>i, :'><. Advancement of I.eaniim,', ii. 148. 
All the Komaii ( 'atholic lords were \>\ a new act for ever 
excluded the Parliament, which \vas a mighty blow. 
Kivlini, iiiary, Nov. 15, 107S. 
No _lal Beams of I.i^ht can ever play. 
Hut Ni-bt. Micceedinn Night, rjrctudi-t the Day. 
l'<'M'/rei> , Death of Queen Marv 
2057 
2. To except or reject, as from a privilege or 
grant, from consideration, etc. 
What is opposite to the eternal rules of reason and good 
sense must lie excluded from any place in the carriage of 
a well-bred man. fileele, Spectator, No. 76. 
As no air-pninp ran by any means make a perfect vacu- 
um, so neitbrr ran any artist entirely exclude the conven- 
tional, the b.eal. the perishable, from hit book, or write 
a book of pure thought. Kmenon, Misc., p. 76. 
Nature, as the word has hitherto been used by sclent itlc 
men, exclude* the whole domain of human feeling, will, 
and morality. J. K. Srelcy, Nat. Religion, p. 85. 
3. To thrust out ; eject ; extrude. 
Others ground this disruption upon their continued or 
protracted time of delivery, wherewith excluding but one 
a day, the latter brood impatient, by a forcible proruption, 
antedates their period of exclusion. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
In some cases, as In some species of Lepas, the larva?, 
when first excluded from the egg, have not an eye. 
Danrin, Clrripedla, p. 10. 
Principle of excluded middle or third. See middle. 
Syn. To exile, expel, bar out, preclude, prohibit. See 
ttamsh. 
excluder (eks-kWder), n. One who or that 
which excludes, or shuts or thrusts out. 
The substances preferred [for antiseptic treatment of 
timber] should he not only germicides, but germ excluder*. 
Knjin. Mag., XXXI. 486. 
excluset, a. [< L. exclusus, pp. otexeltitlere, shut 
out: see exclude.] Shut out; kept out. 
Clyves [hills] ther [where] humoure is not exclude. 
PaUadiut, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 217. 
exclusion (eks-kUi'zhon), n. [= F. exclusion 
= Pr. exclusio = Sp. exclusion = Pg. exdundo = 
It. esclusione, < L. excluxio(n-), < exclugim, pp. 
of excludere, shut out: see exclude.] 1. The 
act of excluding or shutting out ; a debarring ; 
non-admission. 
In im.lii-- that need detention of spirits, the exclusion 
of the air doth good ; but in liodies that need emission of 
spirits, it doth hurt Bacon, Sat. Hist. 
Whether to dare 
The fiend by easy ascent, or aggravate 
Hli sad exchuiim from the doors of bliss. 
Milton, P. L., Hi. 52:.. 
A bill was brought in for the total exclusion of the duke 
from the crown of England and Ireland. 
//nine, Hist. Km:.. Ixvli. 
2. Non-inclusion or non-reception; exception. 
There was a question asked at the table, whether the 
French king would agree to have the disposing of the 
marriage of Bretagne, with an exception and exclusion that 
he should not marry her himself. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII. 
3. In logic, the relation of two terms each of 
which is totally denied of the other. Thus, 
animal and plant stand to each other in a re- 
lation of exclusion, provided it is true that no 
animal is a plant. 4. The act of thrusting out 
or expelling ; ejection ; extrusion. 
How were it possible the womb should contain the child, 
nay, sometimes twins, till they come to their due perfec- 
tion and maturity for exclusion / Unit. Works of Creation. 
The larva' in this final stage, in most of the genera, have 
Increased many times in size since their exclum'on from 
the egg. Daririn, Oirripedia, p. 14. 
5t. That which is emitted or thrown out; ex- 
cretion. 
There may, I confess, from this narrow time of gesta- 
tion ensue a minority or smalness in the excluxion. 
Sir T. Bmicnt, Vulg. Err., ill. 6. 
Argument from exclusion. See argument. Exclu- 
sion Bill, in A'n/7. hint., a bill introduced into the House 
of Commons, in itt79, for the purjiose of debarring the 
Duke of York (afterward James II.) from succeeding to 
the throne, on the ground of his being a Roman Catholic. 
The bill passed the House of Commons, but was rejected 
by the House of Lords during 1680-81. 
But Titus said, with his uncommon sense. 
When the Kxclution BUI was in suspense, 
" I hear a lion in the lobby roar ; 
Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door 
And keep him there, or shall we let him in, 
To try if we can turn him out again ? " 
Branwton, Art of Politics. 
Exclusion of the pupil, synechia in which the Iris ad- 
heres to the capsule of the lens around the circumference 
of the pupil, but the center of the pupil is left clear and 
the vision good. AlsocalledftVcf/tororamiu/arfftmicAu?. 
Method Of exclusions, (a) The method of reasoning 
iibotit natural phenomena advocated by Francis Bacon, 
in which all possible explanations but one are successively 
excluded by crucial instances. (6) A method in the theory 
of numbers invented by Frenicle de Bessy, and now for- 
gotten. 
exclusionary (eks-klp'zhpn-a-ri), a. [< exclu- 
sion + -nrij.] Tending to exclude or debar. 
[Rare.] 
exclusioner (eks-klo'zhpn-er), n. Same as ex- 
i-iiixi.iiii.tt. I-:. l'liilli)>s, 1706. 
exclusionism (eks-klo'zhon-izm), n. [< i-xchi- 
xinn + -iVni.] Kxclusi ve principles or practice. 
exclusionist (.rks-klo'zhqn-ist), B. [< excliixiiiii 
+ -(,..] One who would practise exclusion : 
specifically, in /-'(/. hint., one of a party of poli- 
exclusively 
ticians in the time of Charles II. favorable to s 
bill to exclude his popish heirs from the throne. 
The exclunonitlt had a fair prospect of success, ami 
their plan Mug clearly the best, they were justified In 
pursuing It. Fox, Hint. Jama II., L 
The gentlemen of every county, the trailers of every 
town, the Ixiys of every public school, were divided into 
cxelu*ionUt* and abhorrerB. Mncaulay. 
The rxelununifl In religion docs not see that he ihuU 
the door of heaven on himself, in striving to shut out oth- 
ers. Kmeinon, Compensation. 
exclusive (eks-klO'siv), a. and n. [= F. exclu- 
sif= Sp. Pg. excluniro = It. esclusivo; < L. ex- 
i-in/ltre, pp. exclusus, shut out, exclude : see ex- 
clude, exclude, and -ire.] I. a. 1. Causing or 
intended for exclusion; having the effect of 
excluding from admission or share ; not inclu- 
sive or comprehensive: as, exclusive regula- 
tions ; to make exclusive provision for one's self 
or one's friends. 
obstacle find none 
Of membrane, joint or limb, exclutire bars. 
Hilton, P. I,., vili. 624. 
2. Appertaining to the subject alone; not in- 
cluding, admitting, or pertaining to any other 
or others ; undivided ; sole : as, an exclusive 
right or privilege ; exclusive jurisdiction. 
Exclusive devotion to any object, while it narrows the 
mental range, and contracts, if it does not paralyze, the 
sympathies, usually diminishes the cause of temptation. 
O. Jiii'l'-u, in Frothingham, p. 210. 
Land being, In early settled communities, the almost 
exclusive source of wealth, it happens inevitably that dur- 
ing times In which the principle that might is right re- 
mains unqualified, personal power and ownership of soil 
go together. //. Silencer, Pi-in. of Soclol., | 458. 
3. Existing or considered to the exclusion of 
something else ; not admitting or reckoning the 
part or parts (one or both extremes of some 
series) mentioned : usually followed by of, or 
used absolutely, as if adverbial : as, you owe 
me so much, exclusive of interest ; from 10 to 21 
exclusive. 
I know not whether he reckons the dross wlusiiv or 
inclusive with his three hundred and sixty tons of copper. 
Swift. 
The truth ... is necessarily exclittnpe of its opposite ; 
and to propose a peace lietween them is simply a disguised 
mode of proposing to truth suicide, and obtaining for false- 
hood victory. in, ni. i,, n. . Might of Right, p. 95. 
4. Prone to exclude ; tending to reject; specifi- 
cally, disposed to exclude other persons from, 
or chary in admitting them to, society or fel- 
lowship ; fastidious as to the social rank of as- 
sociates : as, an exclusive clique. 
I believe such words as fashionable, exclusive, aristo- 
cratic and the like, to be wicked unchristian epithets that 
ought to be banished from honest vocabularies. 
Thackeray. 
Cottage life [at the White Sulphur Spring] was never 
the excluxice affair that it is elsewhere ; the society was 
one body, and the hotel was the centre. 
C. />. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 210. 
Exclusive Brethren. See brother. Exclusive enun- 
ciation or proposition, in logic, a pro|x>sition which 
asserts sometning to lie t rue of a certain class of things and 
to lie false of everything else. By some logicians exclu- 
sives are regarded as simple propositions with quantified 
predicates, but the more usual view is that they are com- 
pound propositions. Exclusive privilege, in Scott law, 
in a limited sense, the rights and franchises, of the nature 
of monopolies, formerly enjoyed by the different incorpo- 
rated trades of a royal burgh, in virtue of which the crafts 
men or members of those incorporations were entitled to 
prevent "unfreemen," or tradesmen not members of the 
corporation, from exercising the same trade within the 
limits of the burgh. 
II. w. 1 . That which excludes or rejects. 
This man is so cunning in his fnclusiues and excluriue* 
that he dyscerneth nothing between copulatiues and dls- 
lunctlues. Sir T. Hare, Work*, p. MS. 
2. One belonging to a coterie of persons who 
exclude others from their society or fellowship ; 
one who limits his acquaintance to a select 
few. 
The cxelutipe in fashionable life does not see that he ex- 
cludes himself from enjoyment, in the attempt to appro- 
priate it . Emerson, Compensation. 
exclusively (eks-klo'siv-li), adv. 1. With the 
exclusion of all others ; without admission of 
others to participation. 
There he must rest, sole judge of his affairs, 
While they might rule exclurirely in theirs. 
CraWr, Works, IV. 71. 
The powers and privileges which the twelve were to 
exercise exclusively are now to be exercised by others. 
I). Webtter, Speech, March 10, 1818. 
2. With the exclusion of the part or parts (one 
or both extremes of some series, as in an ac- 
count or number) mentioned ; not admitting or 
reckoning these parts; not inclusively. 
The flrst part lasts from the , late of citation to the join- 
ing of issue, excliuricelit ; the second continues to a conclu- 
sidii in the cause, inclusively. A'.il'fe, Parergou. 
