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Show EX A EX 3t which s thine with thy brother, thine han #all releafe Exaét of fervants to be faithful and diligent enl ¥rom us his foes pronounc'd glory he exacts Milton The hand of fateis over us, and Heave Addifo 2. To demand of right Years of fervice paft From grateful fouls exac? reward at latt Where they defign a recompenc Dryden for benefit re eeived, ‘they are lefs folicitous to make it when it i exalted 3 Smalridge 8. To fummon§ to enjoin j t enforce Let us defcend now therefore fr Of fpeculation; for the hour preeif \Exacts our parting hence Adilton's | aradife Lyft Duty And juftice to my father's foul, exa _ This cruel piety Denbani's Sophy %o Exa'ct. v 'To praife extortion The enemy fhall nét exa& upon him Pf. lxxx. 22 Exa'crery 7. £ [from exas. 1. Extortioner; one who claims more tha his due, or claims his due with outrag and feverity The poller and exaéZer of fees juftifies the common refemblance of the courts of juftice to th buth, whereunto while the fheep flies for defence i weathery ke is fure to lofe part of the fleece Bacon's Effays 1 will alfo make thy officers peace exaciers righteoufnefs and thin Lsilfaiahselx 2. He that demands by authority Light and lewd perfons, efpecially that the-exacter of the oath did neither ufe exhortation, no examining of them for taking thereof, were eafil {uborned to make an affidavit for money Bacon ¢. One who is fevere in his injunions o his demands No men are prone to be greater tyrants, and mot rigorous exac?ers upon others, than fuch whofe prid was formerly leaft difpofed to the obedience of lawful conflitutions King Charles The grateful perfon' being fil sexaéZer of himfelf his debts the mof fever not onily confefles, but proclaim Sowth There is no way to deal with this man of reafon this rigid exaer of ftrict demonftration for thing "which are not capable of it Tillotfon. Exa'cTioN. 7 /. [from exad. 1. The a& of making an authoritative demand, or levying by force If he fhould break his day, what fhould I gai By the exaéion of the forfeiture Shake[peare 2, Extortion'; unjuft demand Remov violenc Shakefpeare's Henry VIIL an fpoil, an execute judg ment and juftice; take away your exaéfions fro my people Ezek. 3lv. 9 As the firft earl did firft raife the greatnefs o that houfe, by Irith exaf#ions and oppreflions; f ' "Girald the laft eatldid at laft ruin it by the lik extortions Dauvies's State of Ireland 3. A tribute {everely levied They have not ‘made bridges over the river fo - the' convenience of their fubjects as well as ftrangers who pay an unreafonable exaéZion at every ferr upon the leaft ufing of the waters. Addifon on Italy Exalctiy. adv. [from exas. "Accurate " ly; nicely; thoraughly Both of 'em knew mankind exaé#/y well; for bot Dryden of 'em began that fludy in themfelves "The religion they profefs is fuch, that the more exactly it is fifted by pure unbiafied reafon, the mor Atterbury ‘reafonable ftill it will be found Exa'ctness. 7 /. [from exad. 1. Acctracy; nicety ; ftri¢t conformity t rule or {fymmetry The experiments were all mad exatine/s and circumipedtion 7. 'To heighten; to improve; to refine b Ts niot th exa@nefs of peculiar parts fire But the joint force and full refult of all Pa[:r' reafon the fibres are harder. Arbuthnot on Alintents With chymick att exa//s the min'ral pow'rs And draws the aromatick fou!s of flow'rs Pope Swift 2. Regularity of conduét; ftri@tnefs of manners; care not to deviate The wil 1 preferred not the outward peace of my kingdoms with men, before that inward exaéizefs o K. Charles confcience before God They think that their exa&xefs in one duty wil atone f'c')r their neglet of another Sicilian mufes A friend exaggérates a man's virtues, anenem inflames his crimes Addifon's Speciator She put off thé garments of widowhood exaltation of thofe thatwere opprefled. Fudith,xvi To this high ‘exaltation Milton's Paradife Loft In God all perfeftions, in their higheft degre and exaltation, meet together Tillotfon You aie as muc an 4 the prince to pafs good laws, would have an od found 2t Weftminfter Swift To Exa'GITATE. @. a. [exagito, Latin. 1. To thake; to put in motion 2. 'To reproachs to purfue with invetives The fenfe is now difufed, being purel This their defe¢t and imperfetion I had rathe Hooker fament in fuch cafe than exagizare Exacira'rion. z /. [from exagitate.] Th aét of fhaking or agitating Dia "This confidered together with a ftriét account, and critical examen of reafon, will alfo diftract the witt with th utmof Hocdward onFolfils Brown's Vulgar Err determinations of aftrology Ex'amiNaTE, 7 [ [examinatus "The perfon examined i altus an examinatio wher Latin, a freed fervant moft all the words, afked in fcorn one of the ex aminates, who was likewife a freed fervant of ScriI pray, fir, if Scribonianus had beer bonianus art exa/fed unt emperor, what would you have done? He anfwere I would have ftood behind his chair and held m peace i Exek people wh liaving power ‘with Claudius, very faucily had. al 2. To elevate to power, wealth, or dignity wilt not let them go Exa'mew. 7 /. [Latin.] Examination; dif quifition; enquiry 1, To raife on high that tho UINCY 5. Dignity of a planet in which its power Latin As yet exaltefp thou thyfelf againft m 1 . Aftrologers tell us, that the fun receives his ex altation in the fign Arles Dryden Arbuthnot high than ever you were in you Sawift body are increafed tha beloved [In pharmacy. Raifing a medicine t a higher degree of virtue, or an increaf of the moft remarkable property of an The warm air of the bed exagitares the blood hi efteemed, and as muc perhaps more dreaded higheft exaltation Exaggerations of the prodigious condefcenfions i Exalt him that is low, and abaf Hooker reftored it by obedience 2, Hyperbolical amplification whic 8 The former was an humiliation of Deity, the latter an humiliation of manhood; for which cauf there followed an exaltation of that which was hum bled: for with power he created the world, bu thou, Capernaum for th T wonder'd at my flight and chang ports, are' nowy by exaggeration of fand betwee thefe towns and the fea; converted into firm land Hale's Origin of Mankind An through thefe happy plains 2. Elevation to power, dignity, or excelIence Exaccera'rion z. /. [from exaggerate. 1. The at of heaping together ; an hed To EXA'LT. @, a. [exalter, French Latin ; exalts, low Latin, Watts 3. Elevated ftate ; ftate of greatnefs or dig nity Clarendon haven other, o 1. The a& of raifing on high ¢ had exaggerated, as pathetically as he could the fenfe the people generally had, even defpair o weré ancientl force of th But hear, oh hear, in what exalted ftrains 2, To heighten by reprefentation; to enlarge by hyperbolical expreffions tha th 8. To elevate in diétion or fentiment frefh and falt waters and moorith earth exaggerate fale upon them town diminif Exavra'tion. = f. [from exalt. In the great level near Thorny, feveral oaks an firs ftand in firm earth below the moor, and hav lain three hundreds of years, ftill covered by th Som exalt o whether the virtues of the on Proclaim Saturnian times, our own Apollo reigns Rofcort To EXA'GGERATE, w. a, [exaggero, Latin. 1. 'To hedp upon ; to accumulate an accumulation meditat corre¥ any of its nocent qualities Rogers ever feeing an end of the calamities have more exercife, have thei juices more elaborated and exalted; but for the fam The balance muft be held by a third hand, wh is to deal power with the utmoft evacine/s into th faveral fcales as in chemiftry The wild animal heavén, thalt be brought down to hell. Mazz. xi. 23 They vent reproache Moft bitterly on you, for putter-o Of thefe exaions T wit, a8 mature, what affeGts out heart ~ ¥Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty cal Taylor Exaéts feverity from all our thoughts EX Bacon Examini'tion, z [ [examinatio, Latin.} The a& of examining by queftions, o experiment; accurat Exodus, ix. 17 I have brought hi difquifition forth, that, after examinatior How long fhall mine enemy be exalted over me Pf. kil 2 had, I might have fomewhat to write. AéFs, xxv. 26 underftoed their own wan fimple ideas, accerding to their various examination Different men leaving out or putting in fevera 3. 'To elevate to joy or confidence The covenanters wh of ftrength; were very reafonably exalred with thi Clarendon fuccefs How much foever the king's friends were dejecte upon the paffing thofe two als, it is certain, the fkill, or obfervation of the fubje eflences Examiwa'roRr.z./. [Latin.] Anexaminer an.enquirer who thought they got whatfoevér he loft wer mightily exalted, and thought themfelves now fu perior to any oppofition Dryden's Ln. Dedicat 4+ To praife; to extol; to magnify O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exal Pfal. xxxiv. 3 his mame together. 5. To raife up in oppofition: a {criptura phrafe Againft whom haft thou exa/fed thy voice, an 2 Kings, xix. 22 lift up thine eyes on high 6. To intend; to enforce Now Mars, the faid, let fame exalt her voice Nor let thy conquefls enly-be her choice, Lrjor have differen Locke An inference, not of powet to perfuade a feriou exaniinator Brown's Vulgar Errours To EXA'MINE 1 . a. [examino Latin. To try a perfon accufed or fufpeéted b interrogatories Let them examine themfelves whether they repen them: truly Chuic Cat If we this day be examined of the good deed don to the impotent man Aé&isy ive 9 We ought, before it be too late, to examine ou fouls, and provide for futurity, Wake's Preparation 2. ,'To interrogate a witnefs Comman 4 U hi accufer to com unt thee, b examinin |