exemption (èg-zānp-sion), n.f., exemption, exoneration, immunity; dispensation. Lettre d’— des droits de douane; (com.) bill of sufferance.
exequatur (-koua-), n.m., (—) exequatur.
exercer, v.a., to exercise, to train up; to perform, to practice, to exert; to fill an office; to follow, to carry on (a trade or profession); (milit.) to drill. — des soldats; to drill soldiers. — sa mémoire; to exercise one’s memory. — la patience de quelqu’un; to try any one’s patience. — l’hospitalité; to practice hospitality. — la médecine; to practice medicine.
s’exercer, v.r., to exercise, to practice; to exercise, to train one’s self; to exert one’s self; to try one’s hand at.
exercer, v.n., to practice; to visit (manufacturers and others who sell excisable articles). Avocat qui n’exerce plus; retired barrister.
exercice, n.m., exercise, practice, use; work, labor; trouble, fatigue; inspection (of an officer of the indirect taxes); (administration) receipts and expenditure during a certain time; (milit.) drill; drilling. Entrer en —; to commence one’s duties. Sortir d’—; to finish one’s term of service. L’— d’une profession; the exercise of a profession. Faire l’—; to exercise, to drill. Faire l’— à des soldats; to drill, to train, soldiers. Subir l’—; to be drilled. Prendre de l’—; to take exercise. Se tenir en —; to keep one’s self in practice. — à jeu; rifle, carbine exercise. — de piété; practice of piety.
exérèse, n.f., (surg.) extraction, amputation, cutting off.
exergue (èg-zèrg), n.m., exergue.
exfoliati-f, -ve, adj., (surg., pharm.) exfoliative.
exfoliation, n.f., (surg.) exfoliation.