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Pronunciation : Ex"it.
Etymology : [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ex"it
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See 1st Exit.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913