I. To lop off, to prune, to crop: “veteranam vitem,” Col. 3, 15, 3; 5, 6, 31: “palos,” id. 11, 2, 12.—
II. Trop.
A. To consider well, to examine: “utramque rem simul,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 8: “id exputando evolvere,” Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42.—*
B. To fathom, comprehend: quae mens eum aut quorum consilia a tanta gloria avocarint, exputare non possum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 6.