v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Exclaimed p. pr. & vb. n. Exclaiming. ] [ L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam. ] To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; “The field is won!” he exclaimed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Outcry; clamor. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exclaims. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation. ] 1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [ ! ]; -- called also exclamation point. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. exclamatif. ] Exclamatory. Earle. -- Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. -- Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en- ] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [ Recent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding. ] [ L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close. ] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. [ 1913 Webster ]

And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the “three logical axioms, ” so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: “Everything is either A or Not-A.” no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude. ] 1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive. [ 1913 Webster ]