Exanthematic
(Ex*an`the*mat"ic Ex`an*them"a*tous) a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.

Exanthesis
(||Ex`an*the"sis) n. [NL., from Gr. . See Exanthema. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

Exantlate
(Ex*ant"late) v. t. [L. exantlatus, p. p. of exantlare, exanclare, to endure.] To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated." Boyle.

Exantlation
(Ex`ant*la"tion) n. [Cf. F. exantlation.] Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exarate
(Ex"a*rate) v. t. [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.] To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.

Exaration
(Ex`a*ra"tion) n. [L. exaratio.] Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exarch
(Ex"arch) n. [L. exarchus, Gr. commander; out + to lead, rule: cf. F. exarque.] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Exarchate
(Ex*ar"chate) n. [LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat.] The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.

Exarillate
(Ex*ar"il*late) a. [Pref. ex- + arillate.] (Bot.) Having no aril; — said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Exarticulate
(Ex`ar*tic"u*late) a. [Pref. ex- + articulate.] (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; — said of certain insects.

Exarticulation
(Ex`ar*tic`u*la"tion) n. [Pref. ex- + articulation.] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

Exasperate
(Ex*as"per*ate) a. [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.] Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.

Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
Sets spinning.
Mrs. Browning.

Exasperate
(Ex*as"per*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating ]

1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

To exsasperate them against the king of France.
Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

To exasperate the ways of death.
Sir T. Browne.

Syn. — To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

Exasperater
(Ex*as"per*a`ter) n. One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

Exasperation
(Ex*as`per*a"tion) n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.]


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