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Exactor
- - A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner. A person who collects taxes.
- One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
Exalted
- verb - fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
- heighten or intensify;
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
- raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
Exalter
- - One who exalts or raises to dignity.
Examine
- verb - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
- question closely
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
Example
- noun - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
- an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
- punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
- something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
Exarate
- - Containing grooves or furrows
- To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.
Exbibit
- noun - a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits
Exceeds
- verb -
- be greater in scope or size than some standard;
- be or do something to a greater degree;
- go beyond
- surpass
Excepts
- verb - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Excerpt
- noun - a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy