to exeunt
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To leave the stage together as a stage direction
- verb
- /ˈɛk.si.ənt/
- Archaic
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salgan
- They exeunt now.
Examples
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The actors exeunt.
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In Shakespearean plays, you often see the direction 'exeunt' when several characters depart.
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The script instructed, 'exeunt all,' signaling the end of the scene.
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After the final line, the actors exeunt together, leaving the stage empty.
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The actors will exeunt after the final scene to thunderous applause.
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As the curtain fell, the cast took their final bows and exeunt together.
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After the dramatic confrontation, the two characters exeunt, leaving the audience in suspense.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exeunt comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and eunt meaning 'they go', and it is like the familiar word exit which means 'he or she goes out'. So, on a script exeunt tells us that more than one character should leave the stage.