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upon ; to accumulate.—In the great level near Thorny, 
feveral oaks and firs ftand in firm earth below the moor, 
and have lain there hundreds of years, rtill covered by 
the frefh and fait waters and moorifli earth exaggerated 
upon them. Hale. —To heighten by reprefentation ; to en¬ 
large by hyperbolical expreffions.—A friend exaggerates 
a man’s virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. Addifon. 
EXAGGERATION,/! The aft of heaping together; 
an heap; an accumulation.—Some towns that were an¬ 
ciently havens and ports, are now, by exaggeration of fand 
between thefc towns and the fea, converted into firm land. 
Hale. —Hyperbolical amplification.— Exaggerations of the 
prodigious condefcenfions in the prince to pafsgood laws, 
would-have an odd found at Weftminfter. Swift. 
To EXA'GITATE, v. a. [ exagito , Lat.] To ftiake; 
to put in motion.—The warm air of the bed exagitates the 
blood. Arbuthnot. —To reproach ; to purfue with invec¬ 
tives. This fenfe is now difufed, being purely Latin.— 
This their defeft and imperfeftion I had rather lament in 
fitch cafe than exagitate. Hooker. 
EX AGITATION,/! The aft of fltaking or agitating. 
EXA'GIUM, f. in old writings, a weight amongft the 
ancients, confiding of four fcruples; a kind of ftandard 
to prevent frauds. Phillips. 
EXAG'ONUS, the ambaflador of a nation in Cyprus 
who came to Rome and talked fo much of the power of 
herbs, ferpents, See. that the confuls ordered him to be 
thrown into a veffel full of ferpents. Thefe venomous 
creatures, far from hurting him, carefied him, and harm- 
lefsly licked him with their tongues. Pliny. 
EXAL'MA,/! [from t^aXAo/xat, to leap afide.] The 
fudden diflocation of one of the vertebras. 
To EXA'LT, v. a. \_exalter, Fr. altus, Lat. exalto, low 
Lat.] To raife on high.—And thou, Capernaum, which 
art exalted unto heaven, (halt be brought down to hell. 
Matt. xi. 23.—To elevate to power, wealth, or dignity. 
—Exalthim that is low, and abafe him that is high. Ezek. 
—How long (hall mine enemy be exalted over me? Pfal. 
xiii. 2.—To elevate to joy cr confidence.—The covenan¬ 
ters, who underfiood their own want of flrength, were 
very reafonably exalted with this fuccefs. Clarendon. —To 
praife ; to extol ; to magnify.—O magnify the Lord with 
me, and let us exalt his name together. Pfal. xxxiv. 3.— 
To raife up in oppofition ; a fcriptural phrafe.—Againfi 
whom haft thou exalted thy voice, and lift up thine eyes 
on high ? 2 Kings, xix. 22.—To intend; to enforce: 
Now Mars, file faid, let fame exalt her voice; 
Nor let thy conquefts only be her choice. Prior. 
To heighten ; to improve ; to refine by fire, as in che- 
rniftry.—The wild animals have more exercife, have their 
juices more elaborated and exalted-, but for the fame rea- 
fon the fibres are harder. Arbuthnot. 
With chemic art exalts the min’ral pow’rs, 
And draws the aromatic fouls of flow’rs. Pope. 
To elevate in diftion or fentiment : 
But hear, oh hear, in what exalted drains, 
Sicilian mufes, through thefe happy plains, 
Proclaim Saturnian times, our own Apollo reigns. Rofcom. 
EXALTATION,/. The aft of raiding on high ; ele¬ 
vation to power, dignity, or excellence.—She put off the 
garments of widowhood, for the exaltation of thofe that 
were opprefled. Judith xvi. 8.—Elevated date; date of 
greatnefs or dignity.—In God all perfeftion, in their 
liigheft degree and exaltation , meet together. Tillotfon. 
EXALT A' LION, f. in aftrology, a dignity which a 
planet acquires in certain figns of the zodiac ; which dig¬ 
nity, as fuppofed by aftrologers, gives the planet an extra¬ 
ordinary virtue, efficacy, and influence. The oppefite 
fide of the zodiac is called the dejection of the planet. 
Thus, the 13th degree of Cancer is the exaltation of Ju¬ 
piter, according to Albumazar, becaufie it was the afeen- 
dant of that planet at the time of the creation ; that of 
the Sun is in the 19th degree of Aries; and its dejeftion 
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in Libra; that of the Moon is in Taurus, &c. Ptolomy 
gives the reafon of this in his firft book De Quadripartita. 
EXALTA'TION of the CROSS, a feltival of the 
church of Rome, celebrated on the 14th of September ; 
the origin of which was this : in the year 629, the wood 
of the true crofs having been reftored by Siroes king of 
Perfia, which had been taken by Chofroes his father four¬ 
teen years before on the fackingof Jerufalem, the emperor 
Heraclius performed in perfon a folemn pilgrimage from 
Conftantinople to Jerufalem, in order to have the facred 
relic duly verified, and reftored to its former place on 
Mount Calvary; which auguft ceremony has been ever 
fince commemorated by the annual feftival called the ex¬ 
altation of the holy crofs. 
EX ALT'EDNESS, f. Dignity; conceited dignity_- 
The exaltednefs of fome minds may make him infenfible 
to thefe light things. Gray. 
EXAL'TER,/! He that exalts : 
Thou, Lord, art my Afield, my glory, 
Thee through my ftory 
Th’ exa/ter of my head I count. Milton. 
EX AMBLO'MA, f. [from itry.a, Gr. to naif- 
carry.] An abortion or undue birth of the child. 
EXA'MEN,/! [Latin.] Examination; difquifition ; en¬ 
quiry.—This confidered together with a ftrift account, 
and critical examcn of reafon, will alfo diftraft the witty 
determinations of aftrology. Brown. 
EXA'MINATE, f. [ examinatus , Lat.] The perfon 
examined. Bacon. 
EX AMINA'TION, f. \_examinatio, Lat.] The aft of 
examining by queftions, or experiment; accurate difqui¬ 
fition.—I have brought him forth, that, after examination 
had, I might have fomewhat to write. AEls xxv. 26.—• 
Different men leaving out or putting in feveral firnple 
ideas, according to their various examination, (kill, or ob- 
fervation of the fubjeft, have different effences. Locke. 
EXAMINA'TOR, f [Latin.] Anexaminer; an en¬ 
quirer.—An inference, not of power to perfuade a ferious 
■examinator. Brown. 
To EXA'MINE, v. a. \_cxamino, Lat.] To try a perfon 
accufed or fufpedted by interrogatories.—If we this day 
be examined of the good-deed done to the impotent man. 
AEls, iv. 9.—We ought, before it be too late, to examine our 
fouls, and provide for futurity. Wake .-—To interrogate a 
witnefs.—Command his accufers to come unto them, by 
examining of whom thyfelf mayeft take knowledge of all 
thefe things. Acls. —To try the truth or falfehood of any 
propofition. To try by experiment, or obfervation ; nar¬ 
rowly fift; fcan : 
To write what may fecurely ftand the teft 
Of being well read over thrice at lead. 
Compare each phrafe, examine ev’ry line, 
Weigh ev’ry word, and ev’ry thought refine. Pope. 
To make enquiry into ; to fearch into ; to ferutinife.—- 
When I began to examine the extent and certainty of our 
knowledge, I found it had a near conneftion with words. 
Locke. 
EXA'MINER, f. One who interrogates a criminal or 
evidence.—A crafty clerk, commiffioner, or examiner, will 
make a witnefs (peak what he truly never meant. Hale .— 
One who fearches or tries any thing ; one who ferutinifes. 
—So much diligence is not altogether neceffary, but it 
will promote the fuccefs of the experiments, and by a 
very fcrupulous examiner of things deferves to be applied. 
Newton. 
EXA'MINER S in the Chancery, two officers of 
that court, who examine upon oath, witneffes produced 
by either (ide, in London, or near it, on fuch interroga¬ 
tories as the parties to any fuit exhibit for that purpole ; 
and fometimes the parties themfelves are, by particular 
order, likewife examined by them. In the country, 
witneffes are examined by commiflioners, (ufually attor- 
nies not concerned in thecaufe,) on the parties joining in 
commiffioo, &c. 
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