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Essaying
- verb - make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
Eventing
- unknown - Eventing (also known as horse trials) is an equestrian event comprising dressage, cross-country, and show jumping.
Everting
- verb - the act of turning inside out
- turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert the eyelid"
Evicting
- verb - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
- expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
- Throw out
Evincing
- verb - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
- Show clearly
Evolving
- verb - gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
- undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago"
- work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
Exacting
- verb - claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
- having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
- requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
- severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;
Exalting
- 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;
- 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"
- tending to exalt; "an exalting eulogy"; "ennobling thoughts"
Excising
- verb - levy an excise tax on
- remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
Exciting
- verb - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"
- produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
- raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
- stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel"
- stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"