excess : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   each week
         adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly"
                  [syn: {hebdomadally}, {weekly}, {every week}, {each
                  week}]

English Dictionary: excess	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
echoic adj (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer Synonym(s): echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic Antonym(s): nonechoic like or characteristic of an echo Synonym(s): echoic, echolike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eggshake n a milkshake with egg in it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eggwhisk n a mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream [syn: eggbeater, eggwhisk]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egis n armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass Synonym(s): breastplate, aegis, egis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Equus n type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae Synonym(s): Equus, genus Equus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esaki n physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925) Synonym(s): Esaki, Leo Esaki
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Esox n type and only genus of the family Esocidae [syn: Esox, genus Esox]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Essex n a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excess adj more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" Synonym(s): excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus n a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety] immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits Synonym(s): excess, excessiveness, inordinateness the state of being more than full Synonym(s): surfeit, excess, overabundance excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" Synonym(s): overindulgence, excess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excise n a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) Synonym(s): excise, excise tax v remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" Synonym(s): strike, scratch, expunge, excise levy an excise tax on remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excuse n a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" Synonym(s): excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" Synonym(s): apology, excuse v accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: excuse, pardon] grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" Synonym(s): excuse, relieve, let off, exempt serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" Synonym(s): excuse, explain defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" Synonym(s): apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise ask for permission to be released from an engagement Synonym(s): excuse, beg off excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" Synonym(s): excuse, condone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
EXEC n the chief executive department of the United States government Synonym(s): White House, EXEC
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Erythroxylon \[d8]Er`ythrox"ylon\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'eryqro`s red + [?] wood. So named from the red wood of some species.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. {E. Coca} is the source of cocaine. See {Coca}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, n.; pl. {Echoes}. [L. echo, Gr. [?] echo.] (Whist) (a) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps. (b) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, n.; pl. {Echoes}. [L. echo, Gr. [?] echo, sound, akin to [?], [?], sound, noise; cf. Skr. v[be][?] to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. [82]cho.] 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. --Shak. The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. --Pope. 2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer. Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. --Fuller. Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. --R. L. Stevenson. 3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them. Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. --Milton. (b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice. Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. --Milton. {Echo organ} (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. {Echo stop} (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. {To applaud to the echo}, to give loud and continuous applause. --M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Echo \Ech"o\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Echoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Echoing}. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. {Echoes}.] 1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate. Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. --Dryden. The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. --Keble. 2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt. They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they [?]nvied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Egg squash \Egg" squash`\ A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eozoic \E`o*zo"ic\, a. [See {Eozo[94]n}.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozo[94]n has been found. Note: This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic, and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozo[94]n as of organic origin. See {Arch[91]an}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Escuage \Es"cu*age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. escuage, F. [82]cuage, from OF. escu shield, F. [82]cu. See {Esquire}.] (Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also {scutage}. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. {Essays}. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See {Agent}, and cf. {Exact}, {Examine}, {Assay}.] 1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. [bd]The essay at organization.[b8] --M. Arnold. 2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. 3. An assay. See {Assay}, n. [Obs.] Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excess \Excess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[8a]s. See {Exceed}.] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess* of provisions or of light. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. --Shak. That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. --Walsh. 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v. 18. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. 3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. {Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gentian \Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of {Capsule}. Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna}, {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. {Horse gentian}, fever root. {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excise \Ex*cise"\, n. [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia, assize. See {Assize}, {Concise}.] 1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system. The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. --Abbot. An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. --11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts. 2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excising}.] 1. To lay or impose an excise upon. 2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [See {Excide}.] To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excuse \Ex*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excusing}.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See {Cause}.] 1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. --Abp. Sharp. 2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. I must excuse what can not be amended. --Shak. 3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. --Pope. 4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture. I pray thee have me excused. --xiv. 19. 5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? --2 Cor. xii. 19. Syn: To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. Usage: - {To Pardon}, {Excuse}, {Forgive}. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excuse \Ex*cuse"\, n. [Cf. F. excuse. See {Excuse}, v. t.] 1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. --Shak. 2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment. Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. --Milton. 3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. [bd]It hath the excuse of youth.[b8] --Shak. If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for being. --Emerson. Syn: See {Apology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excuss \Ex*cuss"\, v. t. [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. {Quash}.] 1. To shake off; to discard. [R.] To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.] To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. --F. Junius (1654). 3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exequy \Ex"e*quy\, n.; pl. {Exequies}. [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See {Exequte}.] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ekwok, AK (city, FIPS 21810) Location: 59.36022 N, 157.47940 W Population (1990): 77 (39 housing units) Area: 51.1 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99580
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Essex, CA Zip code(s): 92332 Essex, CT Zip code(s): 06426 Essex, IA (city, FIPS 25815) Location: 40.83303 N, 95.30341 W Population (1990): 916 (392 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51638 Essex, IL (village, FIPS 24452) Location: 41.17833 N, 88.19474 W Population (1990): 482 (172 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60935 Essex, MA (CDP, FIPS 21815) Location: 42.63078 N, 70.77239 W Population (1990): 1507 (638 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01929 Essex, MD (CDP, FIPS 26600) Location: 39.30270 N, 76.44601 W Population (1990): 40872 (17675 housing units) Area: 24.6 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21221 Essex, MO (city, FIPS 22600) Location: 36.81199 N, 89.86243 W Population (1990): 531 (228 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63846 Essex, MT Zip code(s): 59916 Essex, NY Zip code(s): 12936
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Essig, MN Zip code(s): 56030
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., n. 1. [Unix: from `execute'] Synonym for {chain}, derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive'] obs. The command interpreter for an {OS} (see {shell}); term esp. used around mainframes, and prob. derived from UNIVAC's archaic EXEC 2 and EXEC 8 operating systems. 3. At IBM and VM/CMS shops, the equivalent of a shell command file (among VM/CMS users). The mainstream `exec' as an abbreviation for (human) executive is _not_ used. To a hacker, an `exec' is a always a program, never a person.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EASIAC Early system on Midac computer. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ecash A trial form of {electronic funds transfer} over the {Internet} (and soon by {electronic mail}). The ecash software stores digital money, signed by a bank, on the user's local computer. The user can spend the digital money at any shop accepting ecash, without the trouble of having to open an account there first, or having to transmit credit card numbers. The shop just has to accept the money, and deposit it at the bank. The security is provided by a {public-key} {digital signature}. There process involves the issuing banks who exchange real money for ecash, users who have and spend ecash, shops who accept ecash payments, and clearing banks who clear payments received by shops. At the moment, all users and shops must have an account at {DigiCash}'s own bank, the "First Digital Bank" at bank.digicash.com. They can withdraw money from the bank, and convert it to ecash. Shops can be started by any ecash user. {Home (http://www.digicash.com/ecash/ecash-home.html)}. (1995-04-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ECIS {European Committee for Interoperable Systems}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXEC An early {batch} language for the {IBM} {VM/CMS} systems. [SC19-6209 Virtual Machine/ System Product CMS Command and Macro Reference, Appendix F. CMS EXEC Control Statements]. [Was {EXEC 2} was a later version?] (2000-08-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
exec /eg-zek'/ 1. execute. A synonym for {chain} derived from the {Unix} "exec" {system call}. {Unix manual page}: execve(2). 2. (Obsolete) {executive}. The mainstream "exec" as an abbreviation for (human) executive is not used. To a hacker, an "exec" is a always a program, never a person. 3. At {IBM} and {VM}/{CMS} shops, the equivalent of a {shell} command file. 4. The innermost {kernel} of the {Amiga} {operating system} which provides shared-library support, device interface, {memory management}, {CPU} management, basic {IPC}, and the basic structures for OS extension. The rest of the Amiga OS (windowing, file system, third-party extensions, etc.) is built using these structures. [{Jargon File}] (1997-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXEC An early {batch} language for the {IBM} {VM/CMS} systems. [SC19-6209 Virtual Machine/ System Product CMS Command and Macro Reference, Appendix F. CMS EXEC Control Statements]. [Was {EXEC 2} was a later version?] (2000-08-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
exec /eg-zek'/ 1. execute. A synonym for {chain} derived from the {Unix} "exec" {system call}. {Unix manual page}: execve(2). 2. (Obsolete) {executive}. The mainstream "exec" as an abbreviation for (human) executive is not used. To a hacker, an "exec" is a always a program, never a person. 3. At {IBM} and {VM}/{CMS} shops, the equivalent of a {shell} command file. 4. The innermost {kernel} of the {Amiga} {operating system} which provides shared-library support, device interface, {memory management}, {CPU} management, basic {IPC}, and the basic structures for OS extension. The rest of the Amiga OS (windowing, file system, third-party extensions, etc.) is built using these structures. [{Jargon File}] (1997-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXEC 2 1. A {scripting language} produced by {IBM} in the late 1970s. Superseded by {REXX}. [SC24-5219, "Virtual Machine/System Product EXEC 2 Reference"]. [Successor to {EXEC 1}? With or without a space?] 2. An archaic {operating system} from {UNIVAC}. By about 1980 it had been replaced by {EXEC 8}. [Dates? Did EXEC 3 to EXEC 7 exist?] (2000-08-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXEC 8 {Unisys}'s {operating system} from about 1980 to 2000, by which time it was a dying breed with Unisys moving to {Windows NT} and {Unix}. [Was 8 the successor to {EXEC 2}?] (2000-08-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXOS A brand of {Ethernet controller} card and Ethernet software for {Unix}. (1995-01-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
EXUG {European X User Group}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Esaias the Greek form for Isaiah, constantly used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament (Matt. 3:3; 4:14), but in the Revised Version always "Isaiah."
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Esek quarrel, a well which Isaac's herdsmen dug in the valley of Gerar, and so called because the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with them for its possession (Gen. 26:20).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Esaias, same as Isaiah
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Esek, contention
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Eshek, violence, force