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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ac-cōrd'ance, n.p. 12Agreement with a person; conformity with a thing. Shak. Syn.—Harmony; unison; coincidence.
  2. Ac-côrd'an-çy, n.p. 12The same as ACCORDANCE.
  3. Ac-córd'ant, a.p. 12Corresponding; consonant; agreeing; agreeable. Shak.
  4. Ac-córd'ant-ly, adv.p. 12In accordance or agreement.
  5. Ac-cōrd'er, n.p. 12One that accords, aids, or favors; a helper. [Rare.]
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. 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.
  9. Ae-côr'di-on-ist, n.p. 12A player on an accordion.
  10. Ac-côr'po-rāte, v. t.p. 12To unite. [Obs.] See INCORPORATE. Milton.
  11. 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…
  12. Ae-cöst', v. t.p. 12To adjoin. [Obs.] “The shores which to the sea accost.” Spenser.
  13. Ac-cōst'a-ble, a.p. 12Easy of access; affable. Howell.
  14. 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.
  15. Ac-couche'ment, n.p. 12Delivery in child-bed.
  16. Ac-cou-cheur', n.p. 12A man who assists women in child-birth; a man midwife.
  17. Ac-cou-cheuse', n.p. 12A midwife. Dunglison.
  18. 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…
  19. 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…
  20. 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…
  21. Ae-count', a.p. 12Accounted. [Obs.] “Was with long use account no sin.” Shak.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. Ac-count'a-ble-ness, n.p. 12The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
  25. Ac-count'a-bly, adv.p. 12In an accountable manner.
  26. 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…
  27. Ac-count'ant, a.p. 12Accountable to. [Obs.] Shak.
  28. Ac-count'ant-shĭp, n.p. 12The office or employment of an accountant.
  29. Ac-count'-bo͝ok, n.p. 12A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.
  30. Ae-coüp'le, v. t.p. 12To join together; to unite. The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.
  31. Ac-cou'ple-ment, n.p. 12The act of accoupling or connecting in pairs, or that which serves to connect in pairs; junction. [Rare.]
  32. Ae-coür’age, v. t.p. 12To encourage. [Obs.] Spenser.
  33. Ae-cōurt', v. t.p. 12To entertain with courtesy. [Obs.] Spenser.
  34. Ae-equs'tre-ments, n. pl.p. 12Same as ACCOUTERMENTS. [Obs.] Spenser.
  35. 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…
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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…
  39. Ac·cred/i-tā'tion, n.p. 12That which gives title to credit. [Rare.] R. Cumberland.
  40. 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.
  41. Ae-crĕs'cent, a.p. 12Growing; increasing. Shuckford. 2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.
  42. 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.…
  43. Ac-crête', a.p. 13(Bot.) Grown together.
  44. Ac-crē'tive, a.p. 13Increasing by growth; growing; adding to by growth. “Their [plants] accretive motion.” Glanville.
  45. Ac-crim-i-nā'tion, n.p. 13Accusation. [Rare.]
  46. 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.
  47. Ac-crōach'ment, n.p. 13An encroachment, or attempt to exercise royal power. [Obs.] Bailey.
  48. 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…
  49. Ac-crue', n.p. 13Something that accedes to or follows the property of another. [Obs.]
  50. Ac-cru'ment, n.p. 13Addition; increase. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.
  51. 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.
  52. Ac-cû'bi-tûs, n.p. 13(Arch.) A room annexed to large churches as a place of repose for the clergy. Weale.
  53. Ac-cûmb', v. i.p. 13To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.
  54. Ac-cŭm'ben-cy, n.p. 13The state of being accumbent or reclining. [Rare.]
  55. Ac-cūm'bent, a.p. 13Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating was introduced after the first Punic war. Arbuthnot. 2. (Bot.) Lying against, as one part of a…
  56. Ac-cŭm'bent, n.p. 13One who reclines, as at meals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  57. Ac-cū'mu-lāte, v. t.p. 13To heap up in a mass; to pile; to collect or bring together; as, to accumulate a sum of money. Syn.— To collect; pile up; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together.
  58. Ac-cū'mu-lāte, v. i.p. 13To grow to a great size, number, or quantity; to increase greatly. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith.
  59. Ac-cū'mu-lāte, a.p. 13Collected into a mass or quantity. Bacon.
  60. Ac-cū'mu-lā'tion, n.p. 13The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth or of evils. 2. (Law.) The concurrence of several titles to the same thing, or of…