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Exploit | Exploit \Ex*ploit"\, n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Explicit}, {Explicate}.] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. [1913 Webster] Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Combat; war. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent] [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent] [1913 Webster] In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employ['e]s or make his capital ``out of'' anybody else. --W. G. Sumner. [1913 Webster] |
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