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(). [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 n.[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 the water forth through its ordinary exits. Woodward. スポンサード リンク
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