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Show EX EX The ferum of the blood affords, fay d?fliliatiqn, a exceeding limpid water, neither acid nor alkaline Arbuthnot ExceepinNeLy. adv. [from exceeding.] T a great degree; greatly; very much They cried out more exceeag';zg/y, Crucify him Mar. xv Gen. xxvile 33 faac trembled exceedingly The Earl of Surrey, lieutenant of Ireland, wa much feared of the king's €nemies, and exceedingl Dawies on Ireland beloved of the king's fubje@s Precious ftones look exceedingly well, when the are fet in thofe places which we would make to com Dryden out of the pi&ure exceedingly more rare an Is not this mediu fubtile than the air, and exceeagfwly more elaftic ewwton's Opticks and aétive To EXCE/L. w. a. [excello, Lat. To outg in good qualities; to furpafs Tea both excels, which you vouchfafe to praife Waller How heroes rife, how patriots fet 'Thy father's bloom and death may tell Brown's Vulgar Errours That was excellently obferved, fays I, when I rea a paffage in an author, where his opinion agree Swift with mine 2. To an eminent degree Comedy is hoth excellently inftru&ive and extremely pleafant; fatire lafhes vice into reformation an reprefents folly, fo as to render it ridi humou Dryden culous 7o EXCE'PT. . a. [excipio, Latin. 1. To leave out, and fpecify as left out o a general precept, or pofition But when he faith, All things are put under him it is manifeft, that he is excepted which did put al Cor Adam, behol Th' effes, which thy original crime hatlt wrough In fome to fpring fiom thee, who never touch' Milton's Paradife Lqft Th? excepted tree Prior objetions to b againft w. 7 To have good qualitie in a great degree; to be eminent great Then to Silvia let us fing "That Silvia is excelling was made with hands, as he exce//ently declareth 'To obje@t; to mak 7o Exce'pt. wo 7 Excelling others, thefe were great Thou greater ftill, muft thefe excel 9o Exce'L was ereé, becaufe h that ma determine H things under him Venus her myrtle, Phebus has his bays Shakefpeare Reuben unftable as water, thou fhalt not exce/ Gen. x1x It is not only in order of pature for him to gowern, thatis the more intelligent; but there is n Yefs required, courage to protect, and, above all, ho 4« Objection; -cavil: with agaizf?t or ElxCrLLeNTLY, adv. [from excellent. 1. Well; in a high degree A fucceflion which our author could not excep Locke Exce'pr. prepofit. [from the verb. 'Thi word, long taken as a prepofition or conjunction, is originally the participle paffive of the verb; which, like moft others had for its participle two terminations except ox excepred one excepted Al except one, is all Excep ma likewif be mefty and probity to abftain from injury: fo fitnef o govern is a perplexed bufinefs. Some men, fom according to the Teutonick 1diom, the im mations, exce/ in the one ability, fome in the other but oze, which you muft except. Bacon's Holy War Company are to be avoided that are good for no¢hing; thofe to be fought and frequented that exce in fome quality or other Temple He match'd their beauties where they moft exce/ . Of love fung better, and of arms as well Dryden Let thofe teach others, who themfelves exce/ And cenfure freely, who have written well Pope B/XCELLENCE. | 7 /. gexcelleme, French E'xceLrency. | excellentia, Latin. 1. The ftate of abounding in any good qua lity 2. Dignity; high rank in exiftence Is it not wonderful, that bafe defire fhould f like the fouls of beafts, mortal and corruptible wit their bodies Haoker I know not why a fiend may not deceive a crea ture but yet a crea Dyd. Fuv. Dedic 3. The flate of excelling in any thing I have, amongft men of parts and bufinefs, feldom heard any one commended for having an exce/lency in mufick Locke 4. That in which one excels The criticifms have been made rather to difcover beauties and excellencies than their faults an imperfetions Addifon &. Purity; goodnefs She loves him with that exce/lence That angels love good men with Shake/p 6. A title of honour. It is now ufually ap plied to generals of an army, ambafladors and governours They humbly thew unto your excellence To have a goodly peace concluded of. Shakefpeare E'xceLLenT. ad). [excellens, Latin. i, Of great virtue; ofgreat worth; of grea dignity Arts and {ciences are exce/lent ends in order to certai Taylor 2. Eminent in ahy good quality Xe is excellent in power and in judgment 79, xxxyii. 23 Richard except, thofe whom we fight againft Shakefpeare 2. Unlefs Milton if it be not {o that 1t is neceflary to know our duty, becaufe 'tis ne ceflary for us-to do it; and it is impoffible to do it except we know it Exce'prine exception of prepofit [fro Tillotfon excepr Se Without inclufion of; wit A improper word May I not live without controul and awe Excepting fill the lette Penple come into th way they do here ; an mily, they get but litd of the law? Dryden's Perf world in Turkey the fam yet, excepting the royal faby it. Collier or Duelling Excr'erioN. o [ [from except; exceptio Latin. 1. Exclufion from the things comprehende in a precept, or pofition; exclufion o any perfon from a general law Whe God renewe this charter of man' fove reignty over the creatures to Noah and his family we find no exception at all; but that Cham ftoo as fully invefted with this right as any of his bre South thren Let the money be raifed on land, with an exception to fome of the more barren parts, that might b Addifon tax-free 2. It thould have fiom before the rule o law to which the exception refers; bu it is fometimes inaccurately ufed with z Pleads, in exceprion to all gen'ral rules Your tafte of follies, with our.fcom _of fools I.'o‘i)e 3. Thing excepted or {pecified in exception Every a& of parliament was not previous to wha it enafted; unlefs thofe two, by which the Earl o Strafford and Sir John Fenwick loft their heads ma pafs for exceptions not the fame which fome other reformed churche have devifed Hookery Preface He may have exceptions peremptory againft th jurors, of which he then fhall (hew caufe. Spenfer Revelations will foon be difcerned to be extremely conducible to reforming mens lives, fuch as wil anfwer all objeétiens and exceptions of fleth an blood again/t it Hammond I will anfwer what exceptions they can hav again/t our account, and confute all the reafons an explications they can give of their own. Bentley 5. Peevith diflike times with zo offenc taken fome I fear'd to thew my father Julia's letter Shakefp Left he fhould take exceptions to my love 6. Sometimes with ar He firft took excepiion at this badge Pronouncing, that the palenefs of this flow' Bewray'd the faintnefs of my mafter's heart. Shak 7. Sometimes with againf Roderigo, thou haft taken agaizf? me an excep tion; but I proteft I have dealt moft dire@ly in th affair Sbakefpeare 8. In thi fenfe it is commonly ufed wit the verb zake He gave Sir James Tirrel great thanks but 7o exception to the place of their burial, being to bafe for them that were king's children Bacon Exce'prionaBre. adj Liable to obje&ion [fro exception. The only piece of pleafantry in Milto the- evil fpirits rally the angels upon th their artillery: this paffage I look upo moft exceptionable in the whole poem. is wher fuccefs o to be th Addifon "They are {o fupercilious, fharp, troublefome, fierce Had rather have us win than him they follow God and his fon except Nought valued he nor fear'd of our church, when ye plead that they are the fam which the church of Rome hath, or that they ar Exce'pri0vUs. adj. [from excepr.] Peevith froward; full of objeGions; quarrelfome 1. Exclufively of; without inclufion of EXCEPT. extinguifh in men the fenfe of their own excellency as to make them willing that their fouls fhould b ture of more excel/lency than himfelf perative mood: a//, except one; that is, al Your wflertion hath drawn us to make fearc whether thefe be juft exceptions againft tie cuftom Swift Who firft taught fouls enflav'd, and realms undone Th' enormous faith of many made for one "That proud exception to all nature's laws T invert the world and counterwork its caufe. Pope and exceptions, that they are not only fhort of th true charatter of friendthip fores of fociety but becom th ver South Exce'pT1vE. adj, [from exceps.] Includin an exception Exceptive propofitions will make complex f{ylogifms, as none but phyficians came to the confultation: the nurfe is no phyfician, therefore th nurfe came not to the confultation, #atrs's Logick Exce'pTLEss adj. [from excepr. Omittin or neglecting all exception; general; uni verfal 'This is not in ufe Forgive my gen'ral and excepr/efs rathnefs Perpetual fober gods! I do proclai One honeft man Shakefpeare's Timon Exce'rror. 2z/. [from excepr. one that makes exceptions Objettor The exceptor makes a refletion upon the impropriety of thofe expreffions Burnet To ExcE'RN, . a. [excerno, Latin. T ftrain out; to feparate or emit by ftrain ers; to fend out by excretion Tha whic is dead or corrupte or excerred hath antipathy with the fame thing when it is aliv and found, ‘and with thofe parts which do excerzz Bacon's Natural Hifory + Excreife firft fendeth nourithment iito the paris an fecondly helpet to excer b fweat an f maketh the parts aflfimilate. Bacon's Natural Hift An unguent or pap prepared, with an open veile to excerz it into ay on the Cieation Excr'reTioN n. f. [excerptis, Latin. 1. The aét of gleaning felecting 2. The thing gleaned or feleGed Time.s have confumed his works, faving fome fe excerptions Raleigh EXCE'SS. n. f. [exceffus, Latin. 1. More than enough; faulty fuperfluity Amongf the heap of thefe exceffes and fuper fluities, there is efpicd the wantof a principal par of duty Hooker Coodnef |