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To exceed the compass or limits of. Bacon.

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  • EXCEEDING
    More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney.
  • EXCEPT
    1. To take or leave out from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.
  • COMPASSIONATELY
    In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
  • BACON
    The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's
  • BACONIAN
    Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
  • EXCEPTIONER
    One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
  • EXCEDENT
    Excess.
  • EXCEPTIONAL
    Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv.
  • EXCERNENT
    Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
  • EXCENTRICITY
    . Same as Eccentricity.
  • EXCEPTANT
    Making exception.
  • EXCENTRIC; EXCENTRICAL
    One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray. (more info) 1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.
  • COMPASSABLE
    Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
  • EXCECATE
    To blind. Cockeram.
  • EXCEPTLESS
    Not exceptional; usual. My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.
  • EXCEEDABLE
    Capable of exceeding or surpassing. Sherwood.
  • COMPASSING
    Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
  • EXCERPT
    To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.
  • EXCELLENT
    1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims,
  • COMPASSLESS
    Having no compass. Knowles.
  • INCOMPASSIONATE
    Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
  • ENCOMPASSMENT
    The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.
  • OUTCOMPASS
    To exceed the compass or limits of. Bacon.
  • ENCOMPASS
    To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J.

 

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