exemplify 
I shall . . . proceed to exemplify the elementary prin- 
ciples which have been established. Calhoun, Works, I. 91. 
2. To copy ; transcribe ; make an attested copy 
or transcript of under seal. 
There were ambassadors sent to Athens, . . . who were 
commanded to exemplijie and copie out the famous ami 
worthie lawes of Solon. Holland, tr. of Livy, p. 109. 
3. To prove or show by an attested copy. 4f. 
To make an example of, as by punishing. 
Your exemplified malefactors, 
That have survived their infamy and punishment. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, iii. 4. 
Exemplified copy, a duplicate of the record of an act or 
a proceeding, authenticated under the great seal of the 
state or under the seal of the court, with a certificate from 
the authorities appearing to have official custody of the 
record that they have caused it to be exemplified. 
exempli gratia (eg-zem'pli gra'shi-a). [L. : 
exempli, gen. of exemption, example ; gratia, abl. 
of gratia, sake, favor, grace.] For the sake 
of example ; by way of example ; for example : 
usually abbreviated ex. gr. or e. g. 
exempt (eg-zempf), r. t. [< ME. exempten, < OF. 
(and F.) exempter = Sp. exentar = Pg. exemptar 
= It. esentare, < ML. exemptare, freq., < L. exi- 
mere, pp. exemptus (> Pr. eximir = Sp. Pg. exi- 
mir = It. esimere), take out, deliver, free, < ex, 
out, + emere, take, buy: see emption, and of. 
adempt, preempt, redeem. Hence also (from L. 
eximere) example, exemplar, eximioiis.] To free 
or permit to be free (from some undesirable re- 
quirement or condition) ; grant immunity (to) ; 
release ; dispense : as, no man is exempted from 
pain and suffering. 
Indeed we are exempted from no vice absolutely, but on 
condition that we watch and strive. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 299. 
Whatsoever his former conduct may be, . . . his cir- 
cumstances should exempt him from censure now. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, vi. 
I perceive not wherefore a king should be exempted from 
all punishment. 
Macaulay, Conversation between Cowley and Milton. 
Like the Copts, and for a like reason, the Jews pay trib- 
ute, and are exempted from military service. 
E. W. Law, Modern Egyptians, II. 344. 
exempt (eg-zempf), a. and n. [< F. exempt = 
Pr. exempt, exem = Sp. exeii to = Pg. exempto = It. 
esento, ( L. exemptus, pp. of eximere, take out, 
exempt: see exempt, '.] I. a. 1. Exempted; 
having exemption ; free or clear, as from sub- 
jection or liability to something disagreeable, 
onerous, or dangerous ; dispensed : as, to be ex- 
empt from military duty ; exempt from the juris- 
diction of a court. 
The convent [of Mount Sinai] is exempt from all juris- 
diction, and is govern'd by a bishop, who has the title and 
honours of an archbishop. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 151. 
Here again his [Wordsworth's] lot has been similar to 
that of Goethe, who has lost men's sympathies, partly be- 
cause he was exempt from suffering. 
J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 97. 
2f. Bemoved; remote. 
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, 
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 1. 
3f. Standing apart ; separated ; select. 
Of whose fair sex we come to offer seven, 
The most exempt for excellence. 
Chapman, Iliad, ix. 604. 
II. n. 1. One who is exempted or freed from 
duty ; one dispensed from or not subject to 
service, especially military or other obligatory 
public service. 
The only legal exempts were the clergy, hidalgos, and 
paupers. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 3. 
2. In England, one of four officers of the yeo- 
men of the royal guard, styled corporals in their 
commission ; an exon. 
The exempt of the yeomen of the Guard is a resident 
officer, who sleeps at St. James's as commandant of the 
Yeomen on duty, which no other officer of the corps does. 
Thorn, Bk. of the Court, p. 370, quoted in N. and Q., 
[6th ser., XI. 93. 
exemptible (eg-zemp'ti-bl), a. [< exempt, v., 
+ -ible.] Capable of being exempted ; privi- 
leged. Cotgrave. 
exemption (eg-zemp'shon), n. [= F. exemption 
= Pr. exemptio = Sp. exencion = Pg. exempqao = 
It. esenzione, < L. exemptio(n-), a taking out, < 
eximere, pp. exemptus, take out: see exempt.] 
1. The act of exempting; the state of being 
exempt; freedom from some undesirable re- 
quirement or condition; immunity; dispensa- 
tion: as, exemption from servitude; exemption 
from taxation. 
All Laws both of God and Alan are made without ex- 
emption of any person whomsoever. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxviii. 
The Roman laws gave particular exemptions to such as 
built ships or traded in corn. Arbuthnot, Anc. Coins. 
2064 
The Mahh'mil is borne by a fine tall camel, which is 
generally indulged with exemption from every kind of la- 
bour during the remainder of its life. 
'. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 182. 
2. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a regulation through 
which places or individuals are brought directly 
under the control of the Holy See, instead of 
being subject to the authority of the diocesan 
bishop. 
exemptitioust (ek-semp-tish'us), a. [< L. as if 
*exempUtius, -icius, < exemptus, exempt : see ex- 
empt, a.] Capable of being exempted or taken 
out; separable. 
If motion were loose or exemptitioue from matter, I 
could be convinced that it had extension of its own. 
Dr. II. More. 
exencephali, n. Plural of exencephalus. 
exencephalous (ek-sen-sef'a-lus), a. [< NL. 
exenceplialus, < Gr. ef, out, -}- tfict^aXat. brain.] 
Having the character of an exencephalus ; per- 
taining to cerebral hernia. 
exencephalus (ek-sen-sef'a-lus), n. ; pi. exen- 
cepliali (-11). [NL.: see exencephalous.] Inter- 
atol., a monster in which the brain, more or 
less malformed, is exposed by the incomplete- 
ness of the cranium. 
exenterate (eks-en'te-rat), v. t. [< L. exente- 
ratus, exinteratus, pp.' of exeitterare^ exinterare, 
disembowel, accom. of Gr. e&vrepi&iv, disem- 
bowel, < f , out, + evrepa, bowels, entrails : see 
enteron.] To disembowel; eviscerate. [Rare.] 
They alighted out of the coach, and went into a poor 
woman's house at the bottom of Highgate Hill, and bought 
a hen and made her exenterate it, and then stuffed the 
body with snow, and my lord [Bacon] did help to do it 
himself. Aubrey, quoted in N. and Q., 6th ser., XI. GO. 
exenterate (eks-en'te-rat), a. [< L. exentera- 
tttx, pp. : see the verb.] Disemboweled; evis- 
cerated. [Bare.] 
A soldier-bee 
That yields his life, exenterate with the stroke 
O' the sting that saves the hive. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 262. 
exeuteration (eks-en-te-ra'shon), . [< exen- 
terate + -ion."] 1. Disemboweling; eviscera- 
tion. [Bare.] 
Hellonius hath been more satisfactorily experimental, 
not only affirming they [chameleons] feed on flies, cater- 
pillars, beetles, and other insects ; but upon exenteration 
he found these animals iu their bellies. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 21. 
2. The act of turning inside out; expostire of 
the secrets of anything. [Bare.] 
Dilaceration of the spirit and exenteration of the inmost 
mind. Lamb. 
Exenterus (eks-en'te-rus), . [NL. (Hartig, 
1837), < Gr. el-evTepi&iv, disembowel : see exen- 
terate, v.] A genus of ichneumon-flies, of the 
subfamily Tryphoninai: so called from their 
habits. About 50 European species are known. Those 
of America which have been so called all belong to a genus 
Cteniscns. E. marginatorius of Europe is a parasite of the 
larva; of sawflies. 
exequatur (ek-se-kwa'ter), n. [L., let him per- 
form or execute (it); 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. 
of exegui, exsequi, pursue to the end, execute : 
see execute.] 1. An authoritative recognition 
or authentication, as of a document or a right ; 
an official warrant or permission. 
He complained bitterly of the conduct of the councils 
in those states which refused to allow the publication of 
his bulls without the royal exequatur. Prescott. 
2. The right asserted by secular rulers and by 
bishops to exclude from their territory or dio- 
ceses any papal bulls which they consider in- 
jurious. 3. A written recognition of a person 
in the character of consul or commercial agent 
issued by the government to which he is ac- 
credited, and authorizing him to exercise his 
powers. 
exequial (ek-se'kwi-al), a. [< L. exequialis, 
exsequialis, < exequice, exsequite, exequies : see 
exequy.] Pertaining to funerals; funereal. 
[Bare.] 
Thetis herself to all our peers proclaims 
Heroic prizes and exequial games. 
Pope, Odyssey, xxiv. 
exequious (ek-se'kwi-us), a. [< L. exequue, ex- 
sequite, exequies (see exequy), + -ous.] Of or 
belonging to exequies. [Bare.] 
Prepare yourselves to build the funeral pile ; 
Lay your pale hands to this exequious fire. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, ii. 
exequy (ek'se-kwi), n. ; pi. exequies (-kwiz). 
[Usually in plural; = OF. exeques = Pr. exe- 
quias = Sp. Pg. exequias = It. esequie, < L. exe- 
quia;, exsequia;, pi., a funeral procession, fu- 
neral rite, < exequi, exsequi, follow, follow out, 
accompany to the grave, < ex, out, + seqiii, fol- 
exercise 
low: see execute. Cf. obsequies.] 1. pi. Funer- 
al rites; the ceremonies of burial; obsequies. 
Thay shul fynden iiij. torches, ffor to brenne the prin- 
cipal day at messe, and at exequiseg of euery brothir and 
sistir that dies. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 74. 
Let's not forget 
The noble Duke of Bedford, late deceas'd, 
But see his exequies fulflll'd in Rouen. 
Shak., I Hen. VI., iii. 2. 
Which civil society carrieth out their dead, and hath 
exequies, if not interments. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, i. 
The due order of Charity not less than the voice of 
Scripture required prayers to be said for souls departed, 
and alms to be given for masses and exequies. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., vi. 
2. A funeral hymn or elegy : as, the exequy on 
the death of his wife by Henry King, Bishop of 
Chichester. [Bare.] 
exercet, v. t. [ME. exercen, < OF. exercer, F. 
exercer = Pr. cxercir = Sp. ejercer = Pg. exercer 
= It. esercere, exercise, < L. txercere, drive on, 
drive, keep at work, work, employ, exercise, 
refl. exercise oneself, practise, < ex, out, + ar- 
cere, keep off, shut up : see art 2 . Hence exer- 
cise, n., exercise, v., exer citation.] To exercise. 
Certes all thing that exerceth or corigeth, it proflteth. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iv. 
exercent (eg-zer'sent), a. [< L. exercen(t-)s, 
ppr. of exercere, exercise : see exerce, exercise.] 
Exercising; practising; acting. [Bare.] 
The judge may oblige every exercent advocate to give 
his patronage and assistance unto a litigant in distress. 
Ayli/e, Parergon. 
exercisable (ek'ser-si-za-bl), a. [< exercise + 
-able.] Capable of being exercised, used, em- 
ployed, or exerted. 
It is natural to see such powers with a jealous eye; 
and, when stretched in the exercise, they alarm and dis- 
gust those over whom they are exercisable. 
llarr/rave. Judicial Arguments (1797), p. 10. 
exercise (ek'ser-siz), n. [< ME. exercise, < OF. 
exercise, F. exercise = Pr. exercici, exercisi = 
Sp. ejercicio = Pg. exei-cicio = It. esercizio = D. 
exercitie = G. exercitiitm = Dan. exercits = Sw. 
exercis,(\j. exercitium, exercise (training of sol- 
diers, horsemen, etc.), play, ML. also use, art, 
etc., < exercitus, pp. of exercere, exercise, refl. 
exercise oneself, practise: see exerce.] 1. A 
carrying on or out in action ; active perform- 
ance or fulfilment ; a physical or mental doing 
or practising : used of the continued perform- 
ance of the functions, or observance of the 
requirements, of the subject of the action : as, 
the exercise of an art, a trade, or an office; the 
exercise of religion, of patience, etc. 
To vex them, he appoints a Fair to be kept at West- 
minster, forbidding under great Penalty all Exercise of 
Merchandize within London for fifteen Days. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 82. 
She [the queen] is also allowed 28 Ecclesiastics of any 
Order, except Jesuits; a Bishop for her Almoner, and to 
have private Exercise of her Religion for her and her Ser- 
vants. Howell. Letters, I. iv. 22. 
He [God] cannot but love virtue, wherever it is, and re- 
ward it, and annex happiness always to the exercise of it. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xi. 
2. Voluntary action of the body or mind ; ex- 
ertion of any faculty ; practice in the employ- 
ment of the physical' or mental powers : used 
absolutely, or with reference to the reflex effect 
of the action upon the actor : as, to take exercise 
in the open air ; corporeal or spiritual exercise; 
violent, hurtful, pleasurable, or healthful exer- 
cise. 
Bodily exercise proflteth little. 1 Tim. iv. 8. 
To choke his days 
With barbarous ignorance, and deny his youth 
The rich advantage of good exercise. 
Shak., K. John, iv. 2. 
The joy, the danger, and the toil o'erpays ; 
'Tis exercise and health and length of days. 
Cowper, Progress of Error, 1. 91. 
There Is a back yard to it, with a high stone wall round 
it, where a couple of prisoners might easily get a little 
exercise unseen. W. Black, In Far Lochaber, xxi. 
3. A specific mode or employment of activity; 
an exertion of one or more of the physical or 
mental powers; practice in the use of a faculty 
or the faculties, as for the attainment of skill 
or facility, the accomplishment of a purpose, or 
the like : as, an exercise in horsemanship ; exer- 
cises of the memory ; outdoor exercises. 
He was strong of body, and so much the stronger, as he. 
by a well -disciplined exercise, taught it both to do and to 
suffer. Sir P. Sidney. 
For hunting was his daily exercise. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 6. 
What more manly exercise than hunting the Wild Boar ? 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 30. 
Patience is more oft the exercise 
Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. 
Milton. S. A., 1. 1287. 
