Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exit"
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) 1.7 (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 or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
has left the country" [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}, {pass}] [ant: {be born}]
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