GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   ‖Exit . [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.
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   ☞ 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.
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   Exit, n. [See 1st Exit.]
   The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.
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   They have their exits and their entrances.
   Shak.
   
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   Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.
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   Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death.
   Cowper.
   
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   A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.
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   Forcing the water forth through its ordinary exits.
   Woodward.