expropriation 
pacity ; for it is the evacuation of all self-sufficiency that 
attracteth a replenishment from that Divine plenitude. 
W. Moiititniif, Dfvolltc Essays (1648), i. 842. 
2. The act of taking for public use upon pro- 
viding compensation ; condemnation by right 
of eminent domain. 3. The act of dispossess- 
ing an owner, either wholly or to a limited ex- 
tent, of his property or proprietary rights. 
Perpetuity of tenure on the part of the tenant would be 
the virtual expropriation of the landlord. Gladstone. 
There is no theory of socialism thought of at present, 
so far as we know, in which questions of property do not 
occupy the first place, and the expropriation of the hold- 
ers of property does not really lie at the foundation of the 
system or systems. 
Woolsey, Communism and Socialism, p. 13. 
expuatet (eks'pu-at), a. [Irreg. < L. expuere, 
cxspuere, pp. exputus, exsputus, spit out, < ex, 
out, + spuere = E. spew: see exspuition.] Spit 
out; ejected. 
A poore and expuate humour of the Court. 
Chapman, Byron's Conspiracy, ii. 1. 
expugnt (eks-pun'), v. t. [= OF. expugner = 
Sp. Pg. expugnar = It. espugnare, < L. expugnare, 
take by assault, storm, capture, conquer, sub- 
due, reduce, < ex, out, + pugnare, fight, <pugna, 
a battle, fight: see pugnacious. Of. impugn.'} 
To overcome ; conquer ; take by assault. 
Oh, the dangerous siege 
Sin lays about us ! and the tyranny 
He exercises when he hath expugn'd ! 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, iii. 1. 
When they could not expugne him by arguments. 
Foxe, Martyrs, p. 1710. 
expugnable (eks-pug'- or eks-pu'na-bl), a. [= 
OF. and F. expugnable = Sp. exptignaUe = Pg. 
expugnavel = It. espugnabile, < ML. expugnabilis, 
< L. expugnare, take by assault: see expugn.] 
Capable of being overcome or taken by assault. 
Coles, 1717. [Rare.] 
expugnancet (eks-pug'nans), n. [< expugn + 
-ance. Cf. repugnance."] " Expugnation. 
If he that dreadful .Sgis bears, and Pallas, grant to me 
Th' expugnance of well-builded Troy, I first will honour 
thee 
Next to myself with some rich gift. 
Chapman, Iliad, viii. 247. 
expugnation (eks-pug-na'shou), n. [< OF. ex- 
pugnation = Sp. expugnacion = Pg. expuynaqfto 
= It. espugnazione,<. L. expugnatio(n-),<. expug- 
nare, take by assault : see expugn.] Conquest; 
the act of overcoming or taking by assault. 
[Bare.] 
Since the expugnation of the Rhodian isle, 
Methinks a thousand years are overpass'd. 
Kyd (?), Soliman and Perseda. 
Solyman, . . . whose wishes and endeavours are said to 
have aimed at three things, . . . but the third, which was 
the expugnation of Vienna, he could never accomplish. 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 26. 
expugnert (eks-pu'ner), n. One who conquers 
or takes by assault. 
He will prove 
Of the yet taintless fortress of Byron 
A quick expugner, and a strong abider. 
Chapman, Byron's Conspiracy, i. 1. 
See exspuition. 
' 
expuition, 
expulset (eks-puls'), v. t. [= F. expulser = Sp. 
Pg. expulsar, < L. expulsus, pp. of expellere, drive 
out, expel: see expel.] To drive out exel. 
No man need doubt that learning will expulse business. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 22. 
For ever should they be expuls'd from France. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 
What defaming invectives have lately flown abroad 
against the Subjects of Scotland, and our poore expulsed 
Brethren of New England ! 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
expulsion (eks-pul'shon), n. [= F. expulsion 
= Sp. expulsion = Pg. expulscto = It. espnh-ione, 
< L. expulsio(n-), < expellere, pp. expulsus, drive 
out: see expulse, expel.] The act of expelling 
or driving out ; a driving away by force ; for- 
cible ejection; compulsory dismissal; banish- 
ment: as, the expulsion of the Tarquins; the 
expulsion of morbid humors from the body ; the 
expulsion of a student from a college, or of a 
member from a club. 
To what end had the angel been sent to keep the en- 
trance into Paradise, after Adam's expulsion if the uni- 
verse had been Paradise? Raleigh, Hist. World. 
Sole victor, from the expulsion of his foes, 
Messiah his triumphal chariot turn'd. 
Milton, P. L., vi. 880. 
expulsitivet (eks-pul'si-tiv), a. [< expulse + 
-itive.~] Expulsive. 
The philosophers have written of the nature of ginger, 
'tis expulsitive in two degrees. 
Greene and Lodge, Looking Glass for Lond. and Eng. 
expulsive (eks-pul'siv), a. [< expulse + -ive.] 
Serving to expel ; having the power of driving 
out or away. 
2088 
In Study there must be an f <.<7'?'/.v/'v Virtue to shun all 
that is erroneous. Ilowell, Letters, I. v. !t. 
expulsiveness (eks-pul'siv-nes), n. The expul- 
sive faculty. Bailey, 1727. 
expunction (eks-pungk'shon), n. [< LL. expiinc- 
tio(n-) (only in derived sense of 'execution, per- 
formance'), < L. expungere, pp. expunctus, ex- 
punge: see expunge.] The act of expunging or 
erasing; removal by erasure ; a blotting out or 
leaving out. [Rare.] 
The consonant in the middle of the words being chiefly 
that fixed upon fur csi'/i action. 
Soscof, tr. ui'Sismomli'8 Lit. South of Europe, xxxvi., note. 
expunge (eks-punj'), v. t.; pret. and pp. ex- 
/niHged, ppr. expunging. [= Sp. Pg. expungir 
= It. espungere, < L. expungere, prick out, ex- 
punge, settle an account, execute, < ex, out, + 
l>uuyere. prick, pierce: see pungent, point.] 1. 
To mark or blot out ; as with a pen ; rub out ; 
erase, as words ; obliterate. 
God made none to be damned, . . . though some would 
expunge out of our Litany that rogation, that petition, 
That thou wouldst have mercy upon all men. 
Donne, Sermons, vii. 
2. Figuratively, to efface: strike out or wipe 
out; destroy; annihilate. 
Wilt thou not to a broken heart dispense 
The balm of mercy, and expunge th' offence? 
Sandys, Paraphrase of Job, p. 13. 
The Expunging Resolution, in '". >-. hint., specifically, 
a resolution adopted by the Senate in 1837 to expunge from 
its journal a resolution passed by it in 1834 censuring 
President Jackson. =Syn. Erase, Cancel, etc. See efface. 
expunger (eks-pun'jer), n. One who expunges ; 
specifically, in U. S. Itist., one of those senators 
who in 1837 were in favor of expunging from 
the journal of the Senate a resolution passed 
by it in 1834 censuring President Jackson. 
The expungers had the numbers ; but the talent, the 
eloquence, the moral power, " not an unequal match for 
numbers," were arrayed against them. 
If. Sargent, Public Men, I. 339. 
expurgate (eks-per'gat or eks'per-gat), r. t. ; 
pret. and pp. expurgutetl, ppr. expurgating. [< 
L. expurgatus, pp. of expurgare (> It. espurgarc, 
spurgare = Sp. Pg. expurgar = Pr. espurgar, 
espurjar = F. expurger), purge, cleanse, purify. 
< ex, out, + purgare, purge, cleanse : seepurge.] 
To purge; cleanse; remove anything obnox- 
ious, offensive, or erroneous from ; specifically, 
to free from what is objectionable on moral or 
religious grounds: as, to expurgate a book; an 
expurgated edition of Shakspere. 
He [Laufranc, Archbishop of Canterbury] shocked the 
prejudices of the vulgar by expurgating from the English 
calendar names of saints dear to the natives, but not ac- 
credited on the continent. Stille, Stud. Med. Hist., p. 228. 
expurgation (eks-per-ga'shon), n. [< ME. ex- 
purgation = OF. espurgacion, F. expurgation = 
Sp. expurgacion = Pg. expurgayao = ft. espur- 
gazioiie, spurgazione, < L. expurgatio(n-), < ex- 
purgare, purge: see expurgate.] 1. The act 
of purging or cleansing, or the state of being 
purged or cleansed; a cleansing; purification 
from anything obnoxious, offensive, or errone- 
ous ; specifically, the removal, as in an edition 
of a book, of what is offensive from the point 
of view of morals or religion. 
Thaire [bees'] dwellyng places cxptt(r)gacion 
Of every filthe aboute Aprill Calende 
Wol have of right ther Wynter hath it shende. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 138. 
This work will ask as many more officials to make ex- 
purgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of 
learning be not damnified. Milton. 
exquisite 
Your monkish prohibitions and i'.fi>i/rit<it,-<'in,< indexes. 
Milton, On Dei. of Humb. Remonst. 
expurgatory (eks-per'ga-to-ri), a. [= F. ex- 
/nii't/atoire = Sp. Pg. expuryatorin = It. expur- 
ijittono, < NL. cxpitri/atoriits, < L. expurgare, pp. 
u'l'iinjatus, purge : see expurgate.] Serving to 
purify from anything obnoxious, offensive, or 
eiToneous. 
Herein there surely wants expurgatory animadversions, 
whereby we might strike out great numbers of hidden 
qllalitirs. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 7. 
Expurgatory Index. See index. 
All the intestines . . . serve for expurgation. 
Wiseman, Sui'gery. 
2. In astron., the emerging of the sun or moon 
from eclipse, beginning with the cessation of 
the total or annular phase (or with the middle 
of the eclipse if this is partial) and ending with 
the cessation of the partial phase. See eclipse. 
expurgator (eks'per-ga-tpr), n. [= Pg. expur- 
gador = It. espurgatore, { NL. expurgator, < L. 
expurgare, purge: see expurgate.] One who ex- 
purgates or purifies; specifically, one who ex- 
purgates a book. 
Henricus Boxhornius was one of the principal txpurga- 
tors. Jenkins, Hist. Ex. of Councils, p. 6. 
expurgatorial (eks-per-ga-to'ri-al), a. [< ex- 
purgatory + -al.] Expurgating or expunging; 
expurgatory. 
Himself he exculpated by a solemn expurgatorial oath. 
Milman, Latin Christianity, v. '2. 
expurgatorious (eks-per-ga-to'ri-us), a. [< 
NL. expurgatorius : see expurgatory.] Same as 
expurgatory. [Rare.] 
expurget (eks-perj'), r. t. [< OF. expurger, < 
L. expurgare, purge: see expurgate.] To purge 
away ; cleanse by purging. 
The Council of Trent and the Spanish Inquisition, in- 
geiidering together, brought forth or perfected those cat- 
alogues and expurginif indexes that rake through the en- 
trails of many an old good author. Milton, Areopagitica. 
exquiret (eks-kwir'), f . t. [= OF. esquerre, ex- 
(jiicrre, < L. exquirere, rarely exquawere, search 
out, seek for, ask, inquire, < ex, out, + qucerere, 
ask: see query, and cf. acquire, inquire, require.] 
To search into or out. 
Make her name her conceal'd messenger, 
That passeth all our studies to exquire. 
Chapman, Bussy d'Ambois, iv. 1. 
This ring was sent me from the Queen ; 
How she came by it, yet is not exquir'd. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, Iv. 3. 
Can 
Thy years determine like the age of man, 
That thou shouldst my delinquencies exquire 
And with variety of fortunes tire? 
Sandy*, Paraphrase of Job, p. 16. 
exquisite (eks'kwi-zit), . and n. [< ME. ex- 
quisite = Sp. Pg. exquisito = It. esquisito (cf. 
F. exquis), < L. exquisitus, choice, excellent, ex- 
quisite, pp. of exquirere, search out, seek out : 
see exquire.] I. a. 1. Exceedingly choice, ele- 
gant, fine, or dainty ; very delightful, especial- 
ly from delicacy of beauty or perfection of any 
kind: as, a vase of exquisite workmanship; an 
exquisite miniature ; exquisite lace. 
I would fain invent some strange and exquisite new fash- 
ions. Fletcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn, iv. 2. 
Not a square inch of the surface floor, roof, walls, cu- 
pola is free from exquisite gemmed work of precious 
marbles. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 169. 
2. Very accurate, delicate, or nice in action or 
function ; especially, of keen or delicate percep- 
tion or discrimination ; delicately discriminat- 
ing : as, exquisite taste, etc. 
The largeness of their [learned men's] mind can hardly 
confine itself to dwell in the exquisite observation or ex- 
amination of the nature and customs of one person. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 33. 
Hailing before gathered out of the whole bodie of their 
Law an hundred most exquisite questions. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 259. 
By exquisite reasons and theorems almost mathemati- 
cally demonstrative. Milton, Areopagitica, p. 16. 
3. Giving or susceptible of pleasure or pain in 
the highest degree ; intense ; keen ; poignant : 
as, exquisite joy or torture ; an exquisite sensi- 
bility. 
It will be rare, rare, rare ! 
An exquisite revenge! but peace, no words! 
B. Jotuon, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. 
Some grief must break my heart, I am ambitious 
It should be exquisite. 
Fletclter (and itatsingert), Lovers' Progress, Iv. 3. 
But [among the Turks] the man-slayer is delivered to 
the kindred or friends of the slain, to be by them put to 
death with all exquisite torture. Sandys, Travailes, p. 45. 
The most exquisite of human satisfactions flows from an 
approving conscience. J. M. Mason. 
4f. Curious; careful. 
Be not over-exquisite 
To cast the fashion of uncertain evils. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 359. 
5. Skilful; cunning; consummate. 
There are of us can be as exquisite traitors 
As e'er a male-conspirator of you all. 
B. Jonson, Catiline, iv. 5. 
His [ Marlborough's] former treason, thoroughly furnish- 
ed with all that makes infamy exquisite, placed him un- 
der the disadvantage which attends every artist from the 
time that he produces a masterpiece. 
Macautay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
6f. Recondite; deep. Sir T. Elyot, The Gov- 
ernour, i. 10.= Syn. 1. Delicate, matchless, perfect 
2. Discriminating, refined. 3. Acute, intense. 
II. n. A superfine gentleman; a dandy; a 
fop ; a coxcomb. 
O rare specimen of a race fast decaying! specimen of 
the true flue gentleman, ere the word dandy was known, 
and before exquisite became a noun substantive. Bvlicer. 
Padding out a sentence with useless epithets, till it be- 
came as stiff as the bust of an exquisite. 
Macaulay, Boswell's Johnson. 
