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EXCANTA'TION, f [excanto, Lat.] Difenchant- 
nient by a counter-charm. 
To EXCAR'NATE, v. a. [of and carries , Lat.] To 
clear from flefh.—The fpleen is mod curioufly excarnated, 
and the velfels filled with wax, whereby its fibres and 
veflels are very well feen. Grew. 
To EXCARNI'FIC ATE, v. a. [ex, from, and carnif.ee, 
Lat. to produce flefh.] To butcher, to quarter, to cutto 
pieces. Bailey. Little ufed. 
EXC ARNIFICA'TION, f. [ excarnifico , Lat.] The 
aft of taking away the flefh. 
To EX'CAVATE, v. a. [excavo , Lat.] To hollow ; to 
cut into hollows : 
Though nitrous tempefts, and clandeftine death, 
Fill’d the deep caves, and num’rcLs vaults beneath, 
Which form’d with art, and wrought with endlefs toil, 
Ran through the faithlefs excavated foil, 
See the unweary’d Briton delves his way, 
And to the caverns lets in war and day. Blackmore. 
EXC AV A'TION, f. The aft of cutting into hollows ; 
the hollow formed ; the cavity.—While our eye mea- 
fures the eminent and the hollowed parts of pillars, the 
total objeft appeareth the better ; and fo, as much as 
thofe excavations do fubftraft, is fupplied by a fallacy of 
the fight. IVotton. 
7oEXCEE'D, v.a. [excedo, Lat.] To go beyond ; to 
outgo.—Nor did any of the crufts much exceed half an inch 
in tliicknefs. Woodward. —To excel ; to furpafs.—Solo¬ 
mon exceeded all the kings of the earth, i Kings. 
To EXCEE'D, v. n. To go too far ; to pafs the bounds 
of fitnefs.—In your prayers, and places of religion, ufe 
reverent poftures and great attention, remembering that 
we fpeaktoGod, in our reverence to whom we cannot pof- 
fibly exceed. Taylor. —To go beyond any limits.—Forty 
ftripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut.—To bear 
the greater proportion : 
Juftice mud punifh the rebellious deed ; 
Yet punifh fo, as pity fhall exceed. Dryden. 
EXCEEDING, part. adj. Great in quantity, extent, 
or duration.—He faith, that cities were built an exceeding 
fpaceof time before the great flood. Raleigh. 
EXCEEDING, adv. [This word is not analogical, but 
has been long admitted and eftablifhed. ] In a very great de¬ 
gree ; eminently.—The country is ftippofed to be exceed¬ 
ing rich. Abbot. —Talk no more fo exceeding proudly ; let 
not arrogance come out of your mouth, i Sam.u. 3. 
EXCEEDINGLY, adv. To a greatdegree; greatly ; 
very much.—They cried out more exceedingly. Crucify 
him. Mark xv.—Is not this medium exceedingly more rare 
and fubtile than the air, and exceedingly more elaftick and 
aftive ? Newton. 
EXCEED'INGS, f. [from exceed: ftill in ufe at the 
Middle Temple, and fignifying] An extraordinary difh, 
in addition to the dated dinner: 
The flieriff’s bafket, and his broken meat 
Were your fedival exceedings. Mafmger. 
Who, finding themfelves unfatisfied with the brevity of 
the Gazette, defire to have exceedingsok news, befides their 
ordinary commons. Butler’’s CharaBers. 
To EXCE'L, v.a. [ excello , Lat.] To outgo in good 
qualities ; to furpafs : 
Venus her myrtle, Phoebus has his bays ; 
Tea both excels, which you vouchfafe to praife. Waller. 
To EXCE'L, v. n. To have good qualities in a great 
degree; to be eminent; to be great—Reuben, undable 
as water, thou {halt not excel. Gen. xlix.—Company are to 
be avoided that are good for nothing ; thofe to be fought 
and frequented that excel in forne quality or other. Temple. 
Let thofe teach others, who themfelves excel 3 
And cenfure freely, who have written well. Pope. 
EX'CELLENCE, or Excellency,/, [excellence^ Frv 
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excellentia, Lat.] The date of abounding in any good qua¬ 
lity ; dignity; high rank in exidence.—Is it not wonder¬ 
ful, that bafe defires fhould fo extinguifh in men the fenfe 
of their own excellency, as to make them willing that their 
fouls fhould be like the fouls of beads, mortal and cor¬ 
ruptible with their bodies? Hooker. —The date of ex¬ 
celling in any thing.—I have, amongd men of parts and 
bufinefs, feldom heard any one commended for having an 
excellency in mufick. Locke. —That in which one excels.— 
The criticifms have been made rather to difeover beauties 
and excellencies, than their faults and imperfections. Add foil. 
—Purity ; goodnefs : 
She loves him with that excellence , 
That angels love good men with. Shakefpeare. 
A title of honour. It is ufitally applied to generals of an 
army, ambafladors, and governors of provinces, &c. 
They humbly fliew unto your excellence, 
To have a goodly peace concluded of. Shakefpeare. 
EX'CELLENT, adj. [cxcellens, Lat.] Of great virtue 5 
of great worth ; of great dignity.—Arts and fciences are 
excellent, in order to certain great ends. Taylor. —Eminent 
in any good quality.—He is excellent in power and in judg¬ 
ment. Job xxxvii. 23. 
EX'CELLENTLY, adv. Well; in a high degree.—• 
That was excellently obferved, fays I, when I read a paffage 
in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. Swift. 
—To an eminent degree.—Comedy is both excellently in- 
ftruCtive and extremely pleafant ; fatire laflies vice into 
reformation ; and humour reprefents folly, fo as to render 
it ridiculous. Dryden. 
To EXCE'PT, v. a. [ excipio , I.at.] To leave out, and 
fpecify as left out of a general precept or pofition.—But 
when he faith, All things are put under him, it is mani- 
feft, that he is excepted which did put all things under 
him. Cor. 
Adam, behold 
Th’ effects, which thy original crime hath wrought 
In fome to fpring from thee, who never touch’d 
Th’ excepted tree. Milton . 
To EXCE'PT, v. n. To obieCt ; to make objections. 
—A fucceffion which our author could not except againfL 
Locke. 
EXCE'PT, prep. [This word, longtaken asa prepofition 
or conjunction, is originally the participle pafiive of the 
verb ; which, like moft others, had for its participle two 
terminations, except or excepted. All except one, is all, one 
excepted. Except may likewife be, according to the Teu¬ 
tonic idiom, the imperative mood : all, except one ; that 
is, all but one, which you mult except.] Exclufively of ; 
without inclufion of : 
Richard except, thofe whom we fight againft, 
Had rather have us win than him they follow. Shakefp. 
God and his fon except , 
Nought valued he nor fear’d. Milton. 
Unlefs ; if it be not fo that.—It is necefiary to know our 
duty, becaufe ’tis necefiary for us to do it ; and it is im~ 
pofiible to do it, except we know it. Tillotfon. 
EXCEPTING, prep. See Except. Without inelu~ 
fion of ; with exception of. An improper word: 
May I not live without controul and awe, 
Excepting ftill the letter of the law? Dryden. 
EXCEP'TION,/. [from excepdo, Lat.] Exclufion from 
the things comprehended in a precept, or pofition ; ex. 
clufton of any perfon from a general law.—Let the money 
be raifed on land, with an exception to fome of the more 
barren parts, that might be tax-free. Addifon .—It fhould 
have from before the rule or law to which the exception 
refers ; but it is fometimes inaccurately ufed with to : 
Blends in exception to all gen’ral rules, 
Your tafteof follies, with our fcorn of fools. Pope. 
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