exeuntv.
/ˈɛksiːʌnt/ A stage direction (originally exeant n. see exeat v. and n.) signifying that at this point two or more actors leave the stage. So in exeunt omnes ‘all go out’, a direction for all to retire.
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c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 832 We shall gife hire attendance..Exeunt.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 215 Kin. By day and night Hee's Traytor to th' height. Exeunt.
1677 J. Dryden State Innocence iii. i. 19 (stage direct.) The two Angels Exeunt severally.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii Exeunt praying..would vary the established mode of springing off with a glance at the pit.
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