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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.
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Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. --Shak.
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2. Combat; war. [Obs.]
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He made haste to exploit some warlike service.
--Holland.
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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]
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3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate
on; to put upon. [Recent]
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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.
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