Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ac-cōm'plish-er, n. p. 12One who accomplishes.Ac-cōm'plish-ment, n. p. 12The act of accomplishing, or carrying into effect, or obtaining a desired object; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, the accomplishment of a…Ac-compt', n. p. 12See ACCOUNT.Ac-compt'a-ble, a. p. 12See ACCOUNTABLE.Ac-compt'ant, n. p. 12See ACCOUNTANT.Ac-córd', n. p. 12Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; consent. “A mediator of an accord and peace between them.” Bacon. These all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts i. 14. Broken by the accord…Ac-córd’,, v. t. p. 12To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another;—followed by to. Her hands accorded the lute’s music to the voice. Sidney. 2. To bring to an agreement, as persons, or to settle, adjust…Ac-cōrd’, v. i. p. 12To agree; to be in correspondence. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. But proceed as we accorded before dinner. W. Scott. 2. To agree in pitch and tone.Ac-côrd'a-ble, a. p. 12Agreeable; consonant. Gower.Ac-cōrd'ance, n. p. 12Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing. Shak. Syn.—Harmony; unison; coincidence.Ac-côrd'an-çy, n. p. 12The same as ACCORDANCE.Ac-córd'ant, a. p. 12Corresponding; consonant; agreeing; agreeable. Shak.Ac-córd'ant-ly, adv. p. 12In accordance or agreement.Ac-cōrd'er, n. p. 12One that accords, aids, or favors; a helper. [Rare.]Ac-cōrd'ing, p. a. p. 12In accordance or harmony; agreeable; suitable. “The according music of a well-mixed state.” Pope. According to has been called a prepositional phrase, and signifies, in accordance with, or, in a…Ac-cōrd'ing-ly, adv. p. 12Agreeably; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. Syn.—Consequently.—ACCORDINGLY, CONSEQUENTLY. These words indicate a connection between two things, the latter…Ae-côr'/di-on, n. p. 12(Mus.) A small keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by the play of wind upon metallic reeds.Ae-côr'di-on-ist, n. p. 12A player on an accordion.Ac-côr'po-rāte, v. t. p. 12To unite. [Obs.] See INCORPORATE. Milton.Ac-cöst', v. t. p. 12To come to the side of; to approach; to draw near to; hence, to speak to, to address. With taunts the distant giant I accost. Pope. 2. To border on; to adjoin. [Obs.] “So much [of Lapland] as accosts…Ae-cöst', v. t. p. 12To adjoin. [Obs.] “The shores which to the sea accost.” Spenser.Ac-cōst'a-ble, a. p. 12Easy of access; affable. Howell.Ac-côst'ed, p. a. p. 12(Her.) Side by side;—a term applied to bends, jesses, and the like, when borne between two cottises; cottised.Ac-couche'ment, n. p. 12Delivery in child-bed.Ac-cou-cheur', n. p. 12A man who assists women in child-birth; a man midwife.Ac-cou-cheuse', n. p. 12A midwife. Dunglison.Ac-count', n. p. 12A reckoning, enumeration, or record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. Hutton. A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak. 2. A detached written or printed statement of debts and credits…Ac-count', v. t. p. 12To reckon, set, or compute. “It was accounted to him for righteousness.” Gal. iii. 6. 2. To estimate or hold in opinion; to judge or consider. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from…Ae-count', v. i. p. 12To render an account or relation of particulars. An officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. 2. To give reasons; to assign the causes; to explain:—with for; as, idleness…Ae-count', a. p. 12Accounted. [Obs.] “Was with long use account no sin.” Shak.Ac-count/a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 12The state of being accountable, or liable to give account, and to suffer punishment or pay damages for wrong, or injury done. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.A-e-count'a-ble, a. p. 12Liable to be called to account, and to suffer punishment or pay damages for wrong or injury done; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. Syn.—Amenable; responsible.Ac-count'a-ble-ness, n. p. 12The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.Ac-count'a-bly, adv. p. 12In an accountable manner.Ac-count'ant, n. p. 12A person who is skilled in, or who keeps, accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of the accounts. Bouvier. Accountant-general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public…Ac-count'ant, a. p. 12Accountable to. [Obs.] Shak.Ac-count'ant-shĭp, n. p. 12The office or employment of an accountant.Ac-count'-bo͝ok, n. p. 12A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.Ae-coüp'le, v. t. p. 12To join together; to unite. The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.Ac-cou'ple-ment, n. p. 12The act of accoupling or connecting in pairs, or that which serves to connect in pairs; junction. [Rare.]Ae-coür’age, v. t. p. 12To encourage. [Obs.] Spenser.Ae-cōurt', v. t. p. 12To entertain with courtesy. [Obs.] Spenser.Ae-equs'tre-ments, n. pl. p. 12Same as ACCOUTERMENTS. [Obs.] Spenser.Ac-cou'ter or Ac-cou'tre, v. t. p. 12To furnish with dress, equipage, or equipments; to equip; to dress; to array. “Both accoutered like young men.” Shak. In rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. Upon the word, accoutered as I was, I…Ac-cou'ter-ments or Ac-cou'tre-ments, n. pl. p. 12Dress; equipage; trappings; specifically, the implements of a soldier, except arms and dress. How gay with all the accoutrements of war! Philips.Ae-coy', v. t. p. 12To render quiet; to soothe. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To dishearten or subdue. [Obs.] Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.Ae-crēd'it, v. t. p. 12To give trust or confidence to. His party will . . . protect and accredit him, in spite of conduct the most contradictory to their own principles. W. Scott. 2. To receive, as an envoy, in his public…Ac·cred/i-tā'tion, n. p. 12That which gives title to credit. [Rare.] R. Cumberland.Ac-crē's'cence, n. p. 12Gradual growth or increase; accretion. [Rare.] The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsay. Coleridge.Ae-crĕs'cent, a. p. 12Growing; increasing. Shuckford. 2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.Ac-crē'tion, n. p. 12An increase by natural growth, especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts. Arbuthnot. 2. An increase by an accession of parts externally; as, an accretion of earth.…Ac-crête', a. p. 13(Bot.) Grown together.Ac-crē'tive, a. p. 13Increasing by growth; growing; adding to by growth. “Their [plants] accretive motion.” Glanville.Ac-crim-i-nā'tion, n. p. 13Accusation. [Rare.]Ac-crōch'ēt, v. i. p. 13To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. 2. (Lanc.) To assume the exercise of royal prerogatives. [Obs.] Blackstone.Ac-crōach'ment, n. p. 13An encroachment, or attempt to exercise royal power. [Obs.] Bailey.Ac-crue', v. i. p. 13To increase; to augment; to arise, proceed, or spring; to be added, as increase, profit, or damage. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius. And…Ac-crue', n. p. 13Something that accedes to or follows the property of another. [Obs.]Ac-cru'ment, n. p. 13Addition; increase. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.Ac'cu-bā'tion, n. p. 13A lying or reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at their meals, with the head resting on a pillow or on the elbow, and the feet of one extended behind the back of another. Browne.