pos>v. t. [ L. excoctus, p. p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d Cook. ] To boil out; to produce by boiling. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. excoctio. ] The act of excocting or boiling out. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>v. t.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cogitate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation. ] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>v. t. [ Cf. F. excommuier. See Excommunicate. ] To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Excommunicate. ] Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. “Persons excommunicable .” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
What offenses are excommunicable ? Kenle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who has been excommunicated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate. ] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. --
Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. excommunicatio: cf. F. excommunication. ] The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ Cf. LL. excommunicator. ] One who excommunicates. [ 1913 Webster ]
A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Capable of being excoriated. [ 1913 Webster ]
The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ Cf. F. excoriation. ]
A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark. ] To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [ Obs. ] “Excorticate the tree.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. excortication. ] The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication. [ 1913 Webster ]