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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exit \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 he water forth thought its ordinary exists. --Woodward. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exit n 1: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: {issue}, {outlet}, {way out}] 2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: {passing}, {loss}, {departure}, {expiration}, {going}, {release}] 3: the act of going out v 1: move out of as of a room a country, a bus, etc [syn: {go out}, {get out}, {leave}] [ant: {enter}] 2: lose the lead, in card games 3: pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {pass away}, {expire}] [ant: {be born}]
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