v. [L. exeunt they go out, 3rd. pers. pl. pres. indic. of exīre to go out: see EXIT.] A stage direction (orig. Exeant: see EXEAT) 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.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), IV. 832. We shall gife hire attendance … Exeunt.
1613. Shaks., Hen. VIII., I. ii. 214. Kin. By day and night Hee’s Traytor to th’ height. Exeunt.
1673. Dryden, State Innoc., III. i. [Stage direction] … the two Angels exeunt severally.
1779. Sheridan, Critic, II. ii. Exeunt praying … would vary the established mode of springing off with a glance at the pit.
