2. Etym: [F. exploiter.]
Defn: To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]
3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent] In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital "out of" anybody else. W. G. Sumner.
EXPLOITATION
Ex`ploi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney.
EXPLOITURE
Ex*ploi"ture, n.
1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] Udall.
2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag.
EXPLORABLE
Ex*plor"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may be explored; as, an explorable region.