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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Ac-cû'bi-tûs, n. p. 13(Arch.) A room annexed to large churches as a place of repose for the clergy. Weale.Ac-cûmb', v. i. p. 13To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.Ac-cŭm'ben-cy, n. p. 13The state of being accumbent or reclining. [Rare.]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…Ac-cŭm'bent, n. p. 13One who reclines, as at meals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.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.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.Ac-cū'mu-lāte, a. p. 13Collected into a mass or quantity. Bacon.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…Ac-cû'mu-lā'tive, a. p. 13Causing accumulation; accumulating; cumulative.Ac-cû'mu-la-tive-ly, adv. p. 13In an accumulative manner.Ac-cû'mu-lā'tor, n. p. 13One who accumulates, gathers, or amasses.Ac'cu-ra-cy, n. p. 13The state of being accurate; precision which results from care; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; freedom from mistake; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony…Ac'cu-rate, a. p. 13In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to a standard, rule, or model; free from failure, error, or defect; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; an accurate expression. 2. Precisely…Ac'cu-rate-ly, adv. p. 13In an accurate manner; with precision; without error or defect.Ac'cu-rate-ness, n. p. 13The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.Ac-cŭrse', v. t. p. 13To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon. Hildebrand accursed and cast down from his throne Henry IV. Raleigh.Ac-cûrs'ed, p. a. p. 13Doomed to destruction or misery. “An accursed city.” Josh. v. 17. 2. Worthy of the curse; detestable; execrable; hateful. “Deeds accursed.” Collins. Keep from the accursed thing. Josh. vi. 18.Ac-cū'sa-ble, a. p. 13Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; — followed by of. Browne.Ac-cū'sal, n. p. 13Accusation. [Rare.]Ac-cū'sant, n. p. 13One who accuses; an accuser. Hall.Ac/cu-sā'tion, n. p. 13The act of accusing or charging with a crime or offense. We come not by way of accusation. To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak. 2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an…Ac-cŭ'sa-tive, a. p. 13Producing accusations; accusatory. “This hath been a very accusative age.” Sir E. Dering. 2. (Gram.) Applied to the fourth case of Greek and Latin nouns, being that on which the action of a verb…Ac-cū'sa-tive, n. p. 13(Gram.) The fourth case of Greek and Latin nouns, corresponding to the objective case in English.Ac-cū'sa-tive-ly, adv. p. 13In an accusative manner. 2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.Ac-cu'sa-tō'ri-al, a. p. 13Accusatory. Ogilvie.