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when he refides within the precinft of any other leet, then 
he (hall have this writ to the (heriff to difcharge him from 
coming to any other court-leet than in the hundred where 
he dwelleth. By the common law, parfons (hall not be 
diftrained to come to court-leets, for the lands belonging 
to their churches; and if they be, they may have the writ 
exonerations fedee, &c. So fhall a woman holding land in 
dower, if (he is diftrained to do fuit of court for fuch land ; 
when the heir has lands fufficient in the fame county. 
EXOPHTHAL'MI A,y. [ E f, out of, and op 0 «A/*o;, Gr. 
the eye.] An unnatural protrufion of the eye. 
EXOP'TABLE, adj. [exoptabilis, Lat.] Defirable; 
to be fought with eagernefs or defire. 
EXOPTA'TION, f. [ex, out of, and opto , Lat. to de¬ 
fire.] An earned defire ; an ardent wiftting. 
EX'ORABLE, adj. [exorabilis, Lat.] To be moved by 
intreaty. 
EXOR'BITANCE, or Exorbitancy, f. [exorbitance, 
Fr.] The a£t of going out of the traft prefcribed j enor¬ 
mity ; grofs deviation from rule or right.—The people 
were grofly impofed on, to commit fuch exorbitancies as 
could not end but in the diftolution of the government. 
Swift. —Boundlefs depravity : 
They riot (till. 
Unbounded in exorbitance of ill. Garth. 
EXOR'BITANT, adj. [ex and orbito, Lat.] Going 
out of the prefcribed track. Deviating from the courfe 
appointed or rule eftablifhed.—What dignifies the fiftion 
of the tortoife riding upon the wings of the wind, but to 
prefcribe bounds and meafures to our exorbitant paflions ? 
pEfirange. —Anomalous ; not comprehended in a fettled 
rule or method.—The Jews, who had laws fo particularly 
determining in all affairs what to do, were notwithftanding 
continually inured with caufes exorbitant, and fuch as their 
laws had not provided for. Hooker. —Enormous; beyond 
due proportion ; excedive. — So endlefs and exorbitant are 
the defires of men, that they will grafp at all, and can 
form no fcheme of perfect happinefs with lefs. Swift. 
To EXOR'BITATE, v. n. [ex and orbito, Lat.] To 
deviate; to go out of the track or road prefcribed.—The 
planets fometimes would have approached the fun as near 
as the orb of Mercury, and fometimes have exorbitated be¬ 
yond thediftance of Saturn. Bentley. 
To EX'ORCISE, v. a. [exorcifer , Fr. exorcizare, Lat. 
ifopxt^w, Gr.] To adjure by fome holy name ; to drive 
away fpirits by certain forms of adjuration ; to purify 
from the influence of malignant fpirits by religious cere¬ 
monies : 
And fry’rs, that through the wealthy regions run, 
Refort to farmers rich, and blefs their halls, 
And exorcife the beds, and crofs the walls. Dryden. 
EX'ORCISER, f. One who praftifes to drive away 
evil fpirits. 
EX'ORCISM,/. [exorcfmefr . exorcfmus, Lat. Efopxicy/.©', 
Gr.] The form of adjuration, or religious ceremony by 
which evil and malignant fpirits are driven away. See 
the articles Demoniac, and Demonology, vol. v. 
p. 560, 703. 
EX'ORCIST, y. [E|o§xir»?, Gr.] One who by adjura¬ 
tions, prayers, or religious afts, pretends to drive away 
malignant fpirits.—Then certain of the vagabond Jews, 
exorcijls, took upon them to call over them which had 
evil fpirits. Ads xix. 13.—An enchanter; a conjurer. 
Improperly : 
Soul of Rome ! 
Thou, like an exorcijl, hadft conjur’d up 
My mortified fpirit. Julius Cafar. 
Is there no exorcijl 
Beguiles the truer office of mine eyes ? Shakefpeare. 
EXOR'DIUM,y. [Latin.] A formal preface ; the pro- 
emial part of a compofition.—I have been diftafted at this 
way of writing, by reafon of long prefaces and exordiums. 
Addifon. —The Latin plural exordia is fometimes ufed.— 
EXP 
Obferve their choice of words, their harmony of diftion, 
their method,' their diftribution, their exordia. Chefierfeld. 
EXORNA'TION, f. [exornatio, Lat.] Ornament ; de¬ 
coration ; embellllhment—Hyperbolical exornations and 
elegancies many much affeft. Hale. 
EXOR'TIVE, adj. [ex, out of, and orior, Lat. to rife.] 
Rifing ; belonging to the eaft. Scott. 
EXOS'S ATED, adj.[cxoffatus,'La.t.] Deprived ofbones. 
EXOS'SEOUS, adj. [exand e/fa, Lat. ] Wanting bones ; 
bonelefs ; formed without bones.—Thus we daily obferve 
in the heads of fifties, as alfo in fnails and foft jxoffeous zviu 
mals, nature near the head hath placed a flat white (tone, 
or teftaceous concretion. Brown. 
EXOSTO'SIS, J, [e|, out of, and oreov, Gr. a bone.] 
Any protuberance of a bone that is not natural, as often 
happens in venereal cafes. Quincy. 
EXO'TIC, adj. [e|w, Gr. without.] Foreign ; not 
produced in our own country; not domeftic._Some 
learned men treat of the nature of letters as of fome remote 
exotic thing, whereof we had no knowledge but by fabu¬ 
lous relations. Holder. 
EXO'TIC, /. A foreign plant.—Claudian was feated on 
the other fummit, which w'as barren, and produced, on 
fome fpots, plants that are unknown to Italy, and fuch as 
the gardeners call exotics. Addifon. 
EXOUDU'N, a town of France, in the department of 
theTwo Sevres : feven miles fouth-eaft of St. Maixent. 
To EXPA'ND, v. a. [expando, Lat.] To fpread ; to lay 
open as a net or (beet ; to dilate ; to fpread out every 
way ; to diffufe.—Bellerophon’s horfe, framed of iron, 
and placed between two loadftones, with wings expanded »■ 
hung pendulous in the air. Brown. 
Along the ftream of time thy name 
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame. Pope. 
EXPAN'SE,/. [expanfum, Lat.] A body widely ex¬ 
tended without inequalities.—Bright as th’ ethereal glows 
the green expanfe. Savage. 
On the fmooth expanfe ofcryftal lakes, 
The finking done at firfta circle makes ; 
The trembling furface, by the motion ftirr’d. 
Spreads in a fecond circle, then a third ; 
Wide, and more wide, the floating rings advance, 
Fill all the wat’ry plain, and to the margin dance. Pope. 
EXPANSIBILITY, f. Capacity ofextenfion; pofli- 
bility to be expanded or fpread into a wider furface.— 
With the rotundity common to the atoms of all fluids, 
there is fome difference in bulk, by which the atoms in 
one fluid are diftinguifhed front thofe of another ; elfe all 
fluids would be alike in weight, expanfibility, and all other 
qualities. Grew. 
EXPANSIBLE, adj. [expanfus, Lat.] Capable to be 
extended ; capable to fpread into a wider furface_Bo¬ 
dies are not expanfble in proportion to their weight, or to 
the quantity of matter to be expanded. Grew. 
EXPA'NSION, f. The (late of being expanded into a 
wider furface or greater fpace.—’Tis demonftrated that 
the condenfatioij and expanfion of any portion of the air is 
always proportional to the weight and preffure incumbent 
upon it. Bentley. —The aft of fpreading out.—The eafy 
expanfion of the wing ofa bird, and the lightnefs, ftrength, 
and (liape, of the feathers, are all fitted for her better 
flight. Grew. —Extent ; fpace to which any thing is ex¬ 
tended.—The capacious mind of man cannot be confined 
by the limits of the world ; it extends its thoughts even 
beyond the utmoft expanfion of matter, and makes incur- 
fions into that incomprehenfible inane. Locke .—Pure fpace, 
as diftinft from extenfion in folid matter.—Diftance or 
fpace, in its Ample abftraft conception, I call expanfion, 
to diftinguilh it from extenfion, which expreffes this dif¬ 
tance only as it is in the folid parts of matter. Locke. 
It would for ever take an ufelefs flight, 
Loft in expanfion, void and infinite. Blackmore. 
EXPANSION, in phyfics, the dilating, ftretching, or 
fpreading 
