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n. [ L. ] Compiler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Deobstruent; aperient. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depilating. ] [ L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair. ] To strip of hair; to husk. Venner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dépilation. ] Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. dépilatoire. ] Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n. An application used to take off hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dis- + oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to shut up. ] To open. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. expiatio. ] The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This ravenous expilation of the state. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation. ] (Med.) A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Oppilated p. pr. & vb. n. Oppilating ] [ L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see Ob-) + pilare to ram down, to thrust. ] To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. oppilatio: cf. F. opilation. ] The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. opilatif. See Oppilate. ] Obstructive. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]