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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Ac-cū'sa-to-ry, a. p. 13Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Ayliffe.Ac-cūse', n. p. 13Accusation. [Obs.] “By false accuse doth level at my life.” Shak.Ac-cūse', v. t. p. 13To charge with, or declare to have committed a crime or offense; in law, to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor. Nor can they…Ac-cūse'ment, n. p. 13Accusation. [Obs.]Ac-cū'ser, n. p. 13One who accuses or blames; specifically, an officer who prefers an accusation against another for some offense, in the name of the government, before a tribunal having cognizance of the offense.Ac-cŭs'tom, v. t. p. 13To make familiar by use; to habituate or inure. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer. Syn.—To…Ac-cŭs'tom, v. i. p. 13To cohabit; to have sexual commerce. [Obs. and rare.] The British woman boldly thus answered: . . . We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.Ac-cŭs'tom, n. p. 13Custom. [Obs.] Milton.Ac-cŭs'tom-a-ble, a. p. 13Of long custom; habitual; customary. [Rare.] “Accustomable residence in one climate.” Hale.Ac-cŭs'tom-a-bly, adv. p. 13According to custom or habit. [Rare.] Latimer.Ac-cūs'tom-ançe, n. p. 13Custom; habitual use or practice. [Obs.]Ac-cüs'tom-a-ri-ly, adv. p. 13According to custom or common practice; customarily. [Rare.] Cleveland.Ae-cūs'tom-a-ry, a. p. 13Usual; customary. [See CUSTOMARY.] [Rare.] “The ordinary and accustomary swearing then in use.” Findley.Ac-cūs'tomed, a. p. 13Familiar through frequent use; usual; customary. “An accustomed action.” Shak.Ac-cūs'tom-ed-ness, n. p. 13Habituation. [Rare.] Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Pearce.Āçe, n. p. 13A unit; a single point on a card or die; or the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds. 2. Hence, a very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom. I'll not wag an ace further. Dryden. To…A-çĕl'da-mā, n. p. 13A field said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood;—sometimes used in a figurative sense. The…