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  • English Word Expository Definition Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
  • English Word Expostulate Definition To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
  • English Word Expostulate Definition To discuss; to examine.
  • English Word Expostulated Definition of Expostulate
  • English Word Expostulating Definition of Expostulate
  • English Word Expostulation Definition The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
  • English Word Expostulator Definition One who expostulates.
  • English Word Expostulatory Definition Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.
  • English Word Exposture Definition Exposure.
  • English Word Exposure Definition The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
  • English Word Exposure Definition The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.
  • English Word Exposure Definition Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.
  • English Word Exposure Definition The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.
  • English Word Expound Definition To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
  • English Word Expound Definition To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
  • English Word Expounded Definition of Expound
  • English Word Expounder Definition One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
  • English Word Expounding Definition of Expound
  • English Word Express Definition Exactly representing; exact.
  • English Word Express Definition Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.
  • English Word Express Definition Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.
  • English Word Express Definition A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
  • English Word Express Definition A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.
  • English Word Express Definition An express office.
  • English Word Express Definition That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
  • English Word Express Definition To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.
  • English Word Express Definition To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.
  • English Word Express Definition To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.
  • English Word Express Definition To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.
  • English Word Express Definition To denote; to designate.