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Exhaust

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, ex-, word

To use up, form an origianl meaning of drawing out (“ex”) humours.

  • 08.108 Poor old Bombur was so exhausted –

“exhaust, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.

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Exclaim

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, ex-, word

To call (“claim”) out.

  • 06.002 Good heavens!’ he exclaimed.
  • 12.077 exclaimed Bilbo aloud,
  • 18.014 he exclaimed.

“exclaim, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.

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Exaggerate

June 26, 2015October 21, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, ex-, word

In this word, the prefix “ex-” is an intensifier, not a prepositional prefix.  So, “to intensely aggregate a pile of things.”

  • 01.094 poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit,

“exaggerate, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2015. Web. 27 July 2015.

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