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Excerptive
- - That excerpts, selects, or chooses.
Exchanging
- verb - change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
- give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
Excitation
- noun - something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day"
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
Excitative
- adjective - (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate
Exclaiming
- verb - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"
- state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
Execrating
- verb - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- Denounces vehemently.
- find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
- to deplore
Execration
- noun - an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- hate coupled with disgust
- the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated