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Webster 1913 Edition


Exit


Ex′it

.
[L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of
exire
to go out. See
Exeunt
,
Issue
.]
He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view;
as,
exit
Macbeth
.
☞ 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.

Ex′it

,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exit

EX'IT

,
Noun.
[L. the 3d person of exeo, to go out.] Literally, he goes out or departs. Hence,
1.
The departure of a player from the state, when he has performed his part. This is also a term set in a play, to mark the time of an actor's quitting the state.
2.
Any departure; the act of quitting the state of action or of life; death; decease.
3.
A way of departure; passage out of a place.
4.
A going out; departure.

Definition 2024


èxit

èxit

See also: exit

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Noun

èxit m (plural èxits)

  1. success