2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

I'll end my exhortation after dinner.
Shak.

Exhortative
(Ex*hor"ta*tive) a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

Exhortatory
(Ex*hor"ta*to*ry) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

Exhorter
(Ex*hort"er) n. One who exhorts or incites.

Exhumated
(Ex*hu"ma*ted) a. Disinterred. [Obs.]

Exhumation
(Ex`hu*ma"tion) n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Exhume
(Ex*hume") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Exiccate
(Ex"ic*cate) v. t. See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.

Exiccation
(Ex`ic*ca"tion) n. See Exsiccation. [Obs.]

Exigence
(Ex"i*gence) n. [F.] Exigency. Hooker.

Exigency
(Ex"i*gen*cy) n.; pl. Exigencies [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.

Syn. — Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

Exigendary
(Ex`i*gen"da*ry) n. See Exigenter.

Exigent
(Ex`i*gent), a. [L. exigens, - entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

Exigent
(Ex"i*gent), n.

1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]

Why do you cross me in this exigent?
Shak.

2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

Exigenter
(Ex"i*gent*er) n. (O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was to make out exigents. The office is now abolished. Cowell.

Exigible
(Ex"i*gi*ble) a. [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.] That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

Exiguity
(Ex`i*gu"i*ty) n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguité.] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

Exiguous
(Ex*ig"u*ous) a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." Carlyle.Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]


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