EXISTIMATION Ex*is`ti*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.]
Defn: Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.
EXIT
Ex"it. Etym: [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See
Exeunt, Issue.]
Defn: He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.
Note: The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.
EXIT
Ex"it, n. Etym: [See 1st Exit.]
1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.
2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit. Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.
3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out. Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.
EXITIAL; EXITIOUS
Ex*i"tial, Ex*i"tious, a. Etym: [L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitium
a going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr.exire to go out: cf.
F. exitial.]