ABY Aby (a-bi'), v. t. pret. & pp. abought or abied. [A.Sax. abicgan, to buy back, to pay for, O. E. abygge, abugge, abegge, to pay a penalty, to aby-prefix a, back, and bicgan, to buy. It is occasionally written abuy. See BUY.] To give or pay an equivalent for; to pay the penalty of; to atone for; to suffer for. Whose hardie hand on her doth lay, It dearely shall aby, and death for handsell pay. Spenser. Sir W. Scott. She hath dearly abied it. Abyme. Same as Abysm. Written also Abime. Abysm (a-bizm'), n. [O. Fr. abisme, from L.L. abissimus, a superl. form from abyssus, an abyss. The Romans affixed the superl. affix sometimes to nouns as well as to adjectives. Thus Plautus has oculissimus, from oculus, the eye, and the writers of the empire dominissimus, from dominus, a lord.] A gulf. 'The abysm of hell.' Shak. Abysmal (a-biz'mal), a. Pertaining to an abyss; bottomless; profound; fathomless; immeasurable. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle. The Jews were struck dumb with abysmal terror. Macaulay. Abyss (a-bis), n. [Gr. abyssos, bottomless a, priv., and byssos, bottom, Ionic for bythos.] 1. A bottomless gulf; any deep immeasurable space; anything profound and unfathomable, whether literally or figuratively; specifically, hell; the bottomless pit. Thy throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Milton. Some laboured to fathom the abysses of metaphysical theology. Macaulay. 2. In her. the centre of an escutcheon. Abyssal (a-bis'al), a. Relating to or like an abyss.Abyssal zone, in phys. geog. that belt or zone of the sea farthest from the shore, and above 100 fathoms deep-so named by Professor E. Forbes in dividing the bottom of the sea into zones when describing its plants and animals. Abyssinian (ab-is-sin'i-an), a. Belonging to Abyssinia or its inhabitants. Abyssinian (ab-is-sin'i-an), n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Abyssinia.-2. A member of the Abyssinian Church. Abyssust (a-bis'us), n. Same as Abyss. Th. Jackson. Acacia (a-ka'shi-a), n. [L. acacia, Gr. akakia, an Egyptian tree, the thorny acacia, from ake, a point.] 1. A genus of plants, nat. order Leguminosa, sub-order Mimoseæ, for the most part natives of Arabia, Barbary, and the East Indies. As objects of ornament the acacias are usually of striking beauty. Some of the species produce catechu, as A. Catechu, and some exude gumarabic, as A. Verek, A. arabica, A. vera Acacia arabica. (Egyptian thorn), A. Adansoni; the bark of others yields a large quantity of tannin, as A. decurrens and A. mollissima. Several species afford timber of good quality, as A. elata, xylocarpa, odoratissima, Sundra, &c.-2. In med. the inspissated juice of several species of acacia, known popularly as gum-arabic (which see).-3. A name given by antiquaries to an object somewhat like a roll or bag seen on medals in the hands of several consuls and emperors of the lower empire, the purpose of which has not yet been discovered. Acacian (a-ka'shi-an), n. In eccles. hist. a member of certain sects of the fifth century, so denominated from their leaders, Acacius, bishop of Cæsarea, and Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople. Some of them main 16 tained that the Son, though similar to, was not the same as the Father; others, that he was both distinct and dissimilar. Acacia-tree (a-ka'shi-a-tre), n. A name sometimes applied to the false acacia or locust-tree (Robinia pseudacacia). Acacio (a-ka'shi-o), n. [See ACAJOU.] heavy durable wood of the red-mahogany character, but darker and plainer. Called also Acajou. A Acacyt (ak'a-si), n. [Gr. akakia-a, priv., and kakos, bad.] Freedom from malice. Ash. Academe (ak'a-dēm), n. [See ACADEMY.] 1. The garden at Athens where Plato taught; the Academy.-2. An academy. This your academe.' Tennyson. Our court shall be a little academe. Shak. Nor hath fair Europe her vast bounds throughout An academe of note I found not out. Howell. Academial (ak-a-de'mi-al), a. Pertaining to an academy. Johnson. [Rare.] Academian + (ak-a-de'mi-an), n. A member of an academy; a student in a university or college. That new-discarded academian. Marston. Academic, Academical (ak-a-dem'ik, ak-adem'ik-al), a. [L. academicus; Fr. académique.] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato: in this sense the form academic is exclusively, or almost exclusively, used.-2. Belonging to an academy, or to a college or university; as, academic studies. Figure of academic proportions, in painting, a figure of little less than half the size of nature, such as it is the custom for pupils to draw from the antique and from life; also, any figure in an attitude conventional, or resembling those chosen in life academies, for the purpose of displaying to the students muscular action, form, and colour to the best advantage. Academic (ak-a-dem'ik), n. 1. One who belonged to the school or adhered to the philosophy of Plato.-2. A student in a college or university. A young academic.' Watts. Academical (ak-a-dem'i-kal), n. 1. A member of any academical club.-2. pl. The costume proper to the officers and students of a school or college. Academically (ak'a-dem"ik-al-li), adv. In an academical manner. Academician (ak'a-de-mi"shan), n. A member of an academy or society for promoting arts and sciences; particularly, (a) a member of the Royal Academy of Arts; (b) a member of the French Academy. See ACADEMY, 3. The doc Academism (a-kad'em-izm), n. trines of the Academic philosophy. Academist (a-kad'em-ist), n. 1. An Academic philosopher.-2. A member of an academy. Ray. Academy (a-kad'ē-mi), n. [L. academia, Gr. academeia, the Academy, from the hero Academus, to whom the ground originally belonged which formed the garden in which Plato taught.] 1. Originally, a garden, grove, or villa, near Athens, where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, Plato and his followers collectively; the members of the school of Plato. Had the poor vulgar rout only been abused into such idolatrous superstitions, as to adore a marble or a golden deity, it might not so much be wondered at; but for the Academy to own such a paradox,this was without excuse. South. 2. A school or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a university or college and an elementary school; also, a school for teaching a particular art or particular sciences; as, a military academy.-3. An association for the promotion of literature, science, or art, established sometimes by government, and sometimes by the voluntary union of private individuals. The members (Academicians), who are usually divided into ordinary, honorary, and corresponding members, either select their own department or follow those prescribed by the constitution of the society, and at regular meetings communicate the results of their labours in papers, of which the more important are afterwards printed. The French Academy, the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-lettres, the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences compose the French National Institute. The Royal Academy of Arts, in London, was founded in 1768 for the purpose of cultivating and improving the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture. The number of academicians, ACANTHOCEPHALA originally thirty-six, is now forty-two, among whom are two engravers. The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture was founded in 1826 on the model of the London Academy. It was incorporated in 1838, and consists of thirty academicians. - Academy figure, in painting, an academic study; a drawing or painting of the human figure nude, or partially draped, such as is made by students of painting. Acadian (a-ka'di-an), a. Belonging to Acadia or Nova Scotia. Acadian (a-ka'di-an), ". A native or inhabitant of Acadia or Nova Scotia. Acajou (ak'a-jö), n. [Fr. acajou, Sp. acaju, Pg. acaju, caju, It. acagiù, cajiù, mahogany, probably from Malay kayu, a tree.] 1. A kind of heavy red mahogany; acacio.2. A gum and resin from the stem of the Acaleph, Acalephan (ak'a-lef, ak-a-le'fan), mahogany-tree. n. A member of the order Acalephæ, or sea-nettles. Spelled also Acalephe. Acalephæ (a-ka-le'fe), n. pl. (Gr. akalephe, a nettle.] A name sometimes applied to a large number of marine animals included in the sub-kingdom Coelenterata, and represented chiefly by the Medusida and their allies, in popular language known as sea-nettles, sea-blubbers, jelly-fish, &c. As a strictly scientific term, Acalephæ, however, is not now used, the forms once included under it being now distributed among the Discophora and Lucernarida (both in class Hydrozoa), and the Ctenophora (in class Actinozoa). The most typical of the Acalephæ, the Medusidæ, are gelatinous, free-swimming animals, consist ing of an umbrella-shaped disc containing canals which radiate from the centre whence hangs the digestive cavity. All have thread cells or urticating organs (see NEMATOPHORE) which discharge minute barbed structures that irritate the skin like the sting of a nettle, hence the name of the group. Acalephoid (a-ka-lē'foid), a. Like an acaleph or medusa. [Less commonly used than Medusoid.] Acalycine, Acalycinous (a-kal'i-sin, ak-alis'in-us), a. [Gr. a, not, and kalyx, a cup.] In bot. without a calyx or flower-cup. Acanaceous (ak-a-na'shus), a. [Gr. akanos, a prickly shrub.] In bot. armed with prickles: said of some rigid prickly plants, such as the pine-apple. Acantha (a-kan'tha), n. [Gr. akantha, a spine or thorn.] 1. In bot. a prickle.-2. In zool. a spine or prickly fin.-3. In anat. one of the acute processes of the vertebræ, the spine of the tibia, or the spina dorsi. Acanthaceæ(ak-an-thāse-ẽ), n. pl. A nat order of plants, having for its type the genus Acanthus. The species are common in all tropical countries, and consist of herbaceous plants or shrubs, with opposite leaves and monopetalous corolla. They have mucilaginous and bitter properties. Acanthaceous (ak-an-tha'shus), a. Armed with prickles, as a plant; belonging to the order Acanthaceæ. Acanthice (a-kan'this-e), n. [Gr. akanthike mastiche, the juice of a prickly plant that furnished a kind of mastic-akantha, a thorn.] The sweet juice of ivy buds. Acanthichthyosis (ak-an-thik'thi-o"sis), n. [Gr. akantha, a thorn, and ichthys, a fish] In med. spinous fish-skin disease. Acanthine (a-kan'thin), a. [See ACANTHUS ] Pertaining to or resembling the plant Acanthus; made of material derived from a prickly plant. Acanthocephala, Acanthocephali (a-kantho-sef"a-la, a-kan'thō-sef"a-li), n. pl. [Gr. akantha, a spine, and kephale, the head] An order of mouthless Entozoa, having curved hooks on a retractile proboscis to attach themselves to the tissues of animals ACANTHO-DERMA One species occurs in the liver of the cat, another in the alimentary canal of the swine. Acantho-derma (a-kan'thō-dêr'ma), n. [Gr. akantha, a spine, and derma, the hide.] A genus of fossil, cartilaginous, hard-skinned fishes, with strong fin-spines, allied to Ba listes Acanthodes (ak-an-thō'déz), n. [Gr. akantha, a spine, and eidos, resemblance.] A genus of fossil fishes, from the carboniferous strata, with strong bony spines. Acanthodidæ (ak-an-thō'di-dē), n. pl. A family of fossil fishes, including the genus Acanthodes (which see). Acanthoid (a-kan'thoid), a. [Gr. akantha, a spine.] Spiny. Acanthophis (a-kan'thō-fis), n (Gr. akantha, a prickle, and ophis, a serpent.] A genus of venomous colubrine snakes, the species of which are of small size, reside on dry land, and feed upon frogs, lizards, and small mammals. They have the tail furnished with a horny spur at the end, whence the generic name 4. antarctica, the death-adder, an inhabitant of Australia, is considered the most venomous reptile of that country. Acanthophorous (ak-an-tho'for-us), a. [Gr. akantha, a thorn, and phero, to bear.] Having or producing spines or prickles. Acanthopteri (ak-an-thop'tér-i), n. pl. (Gr. akantha, a spine, and pteron, a wing.] A group of spine-finned osseous fishes, in modern classifications generally regarded as a sub-order of the order Teleostei, and equivalent to the Acanthopterygii (which see). Acanthopterous (ak-an-thop'ter-us), a. Of or pertaining to the Acanthopteri. Acanthopterygian (a-kan'thop-te-rij"i-an), a Of or pertaining to the Acanthopterygii. Acanthopterygian (a-kan'thop-te-rij ̋i-an), n. An acanthopterygian fish. Acanthopterygii (a-kan'thop-te-rij"i-i), n. pl (Gr. akantha, a thorn, and pterygion, the fin of a fish, from pteryx, a wing.] One a. b, c, Spines of the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins of Acanthopterygii. of the two primary divisions of the osseous fishes established by Cuvier, now forming a group or sub-order of the order Teleostei, and including by far the greatest number of ordinary fishes. They are characterized by having one or more of the first rays of the fins in the form of unjointed spines. In some species the first dorsal fin is represented by a few unconnected spines. The first rays of the anal fins consist of simple spines, and each ventral fin has usually one. The swimbladder is in all a shut sac. They include the perch, mackerel, gudgeon, weever, stickleback, basse, flying-fish, mullet, braize, tunny, &c. Many fishes belonging to this division are used as food. Acanthopterygious (a-kan'thop-te-rij". i-us), a. In zool. having the characters of the Acanthopterygii or spine-finned fishes; belonging to the Acanthopterygii. Acanthoteuthis (a-kan'thō-tū"this), n. [Gr. akantha, a spine, and teuthis, a cuttle-fish.] A genus of fossil cuttle-fishes occurring in the oolite. The internal bone or osselet (belemnite) is the part most generally preserved. Acanthous (a-kan'thus), a. (Gr. akantha, a spine) Spinous. Acanthurus (ak-an-thū'rus), n. [Gr. akantha, a spine, and oura, a tail.] A genus of acanthopterygious fishes, distinguished by their compressed shape and lancet-like spines placed on each side of the tail, popularly called surgeon or lancet fishes and thorn-tails. Acanthus (a-kan'thus), n. [L. acanthus, Gr akanthos, from akantha, a prickle or thorn See ACACIA] 1. The plant bear'sbreech, or brankursine, a genus of prickly plants, nat order Acanthacer. -2. In arch. an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus, used in capitals of the ch, chain; êh, Sc. loch; g. go; j, job; 17 Corinthian and Composite orders, and said to have been invented by Callimachus, who took the idea of the Corinthian capital from observing an acanthus surrounding a tile Acanthus. covered basket which had been placed over a tomb. Acanthylis (a-kan'thi-lis), n. [Gr. akan thyllis, a kind of finch, dim. from akanthis, the siskin.] A genus of American, Indian, and Australian birds of the swallow family. Acanticonite, Acanticone (a-kan'ti-kōn-it, a-kan'ti-kōn), n. (Gr. akanthis, the siskin, and konis, powder, from the greenish colour of its powder.] A variety of prismatic epidote, an almost obsolete synonym of Pistacite. See EPIDOTE. A capella (a kä-pel'lä), adv. [It.] In the style of church or chapel music: applied to compositions sung without musical accompaniments; thus, mass a capella is a mass purely sung Acardia (a-kar'di-a), n. [Gr. a, priv., and kardia, the heart.] The state of being without a heart, as is the case with some fætuses or monstrous births. Acardiac (a-kar'di-ak), a. (Gr. a, priv., and kardia, the heart.] Without a heart. Acardiac (a-kär'di-ak), n. A fœtus without a heart. Acaricide (a-kär'i-sid), n. A substance that destroys acari or mites. Acarid (ak'a-rid), n. One of the Acarida. Acarida (a-kari-da), n. pl. [Gr. akarēs, too short to be cut, small, tiny a, priv., and keiro, to cut.] A division of Arachnida, including the mites, ticks, and water-mites. Of the true mites, the domestic or cheese mite and the itch-mite are examples. The gardenmites (Trombididæ) and spider-mites (Ganasida) live upon plants; the wood-mites (Oribatidae) and harvest-ticks (Leptidae) are found amongst moss and herbage, or creeping on trees and stones; while the true ticks (Ixodida) attach themselves parasitically to the bodies of various mammals, as sheep, oxen, dogs, &c. The water-mites (Hydrachnidae) are parasitic for at least a portion of their existence upon water-beetles and other aquatic insects. The mouth in all is formed for suction, and there is no definite line of demarcation between the unsegmented abdomen Acarina (a-ka-ri'na). See ACARIDA. Acarnar (a-kar'nar), n. [Arab. akhir-annahr, extremity of the river, An-nahr, the river, being the Arabic name of the constellation Eridanus.] A bright star of the first magnitude in the constellation Eridanus. Written also Achernar, Akharnar. Acarpous (a-kär'pus), a. [Gr. akarpos, unfruitful-a, priv., and karpos, fruit.] In bot. not producing fruit; sterile; barren. Acarus (ak'a-rus), n. The typical genus of insects belonging to the Acarida, comprising the mites and ticks. Acast (a-kast'), a. An old sea-term for lost or cast away. Acatalectic (a'kat-a-lek" tik), a. [Gr. akatalektos, not defective at the end--a, priv., kata, down, and legō, to cease.] Not fi, Fr. ton; ng, sing; TH, then; th, thin; ACCELERATE halting short; complete; having the complete number of syllables; as, an acatalectic verse. Acatalectic (a'kat-a-lek"tik), n. A verse which has the complete number of syllables. Acatalepsy (a-kat'a-lep-si), n. [Gr. akatalepsia, incomprehensibility-a, priv., kata, down, and lepsis, a taking, from lab, lep, root of lambano, to take.] 1. Impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; incomprehensibility; specifically, a term employed to denote the doctrine held by the ancient academics and sceptics, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty but only to probability. [Rare.]-2. In med. uncertainty in the diagnosis or prognosis of diseases. Acataleptic (a'kat-a-lep"tik), a. Incomprehensible; not to be known with certainty. Acataleptic (a'kat-a-lep'tik), n. One who believes that we can know nothing with certainty. All sceptics and Pyrrhonians were called acata. leptics. Fleming. Acatert (a-kāt'èr), n. [Norm. and O. E. achatour, acatour, a purchaser. See CATERER. J A purveyor; a caterer. Robin Hood's bailiff or acater. B. Jonson, Acates (a-kāts'), n. pl. [Lit. things bought; Fr. achat, a purchase. See ACATER.] Viands. 'Setting before him variety of acates, and those excellently dressed.' Shelton. Acatharsia (a-ka-thär'si-a), n. [Gr.] In med. (a) the filth or sordes proceeding from a wound; impurity of blood. (b) Omission of a purgative. Acatharsy (a-ka-thärʼsi), n. Same as Aca tharsia. Acathistus (ak-a-this'tus), n. [L.L.] In the early Greek Ch. a thanksgiving hymn to the Virgin sung at Constantinople on the Saturday of the fifth week of Lent. Acatry (a-ka'tri), n. [Lit. place for the acates. See ACATES, ACATER.] The room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions as the purveyors purchased for the king. Acaules (a-kal'ēz), n. pl. [A, priv., and L. caulis, a stem. See ACAULOUS.] Plants which have either a very indistinct stalk or none at all, as lichens, fungi, algae, &c. Acaulescent (a-kal-es'ent), a. [Gr. a, priv., and kaulos, a stem.] In bot. stemless: a term applied to a plant in which the stem is apparently absent. Acauline (a-kal'in), a. Same as Acaulous. Acaulous, Acaulose (a-kal'us, a-kal'ōs), a. (Gr. a, priv., and kaulos, a stalk, the same word as L. caulis, a stem, and E. kole, kail, cauliflower.] In bot. without a conspicuous stem, called caulis, as the Carduus acaulis, or dwarf plume-thistle. Accable, tv.t. [Fr. accabler, to overburden, to overwhelm.] To overwhelm; to oppress; to overburden. Honours rather raise men's spirits than accable them. Bacon. Accapitum (ak-kap'i-tum), n. [L. ad, to, and caput, capitis, the head.] Infeudal law, money paid by a vassal upon his admission to a feud; the relief due to the chief lord. Accedas ad curiam (ak-se'das ad kū'ri-am), n. [L., that you go to the court.] In law, formerly a writ obtainable by one who had received false judgment (or believed so) in a court-baron or hundred-court, issued by the chancery, and directed to the sheriff, directing him to make record of the judgment and return it to the King's Bench or Common Pleas, that its validity in law might be inquired into. Accede (ak-sed'), v.i. pret. & pp. acceded; ppr. acceding. [Fr. accéder, to assent, from L. accedo-ad, to, and cedo, to move, to yield or give place.] 1. To agree or assent, as to a proposition, or to terms proposed by another; to become a party, by agreeing to the terms of a treaty or convention. This obvious reflection convinced me of the ab surdity of the treaty of Hanover, in 1725, between France and England, to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield. 2. To join or be added. And vain were courage, learning; all, 3. To succeed, as an heir; to come to by inheritance; as, Queen Victoria acceded to the throne in 1837.-SYN. To agree, assent, consent, comply, acquiesce. Accelerando (a-chal'er-an"do). [It.] In music, a direction indicating that a passage is to be played gradually quicker. Accelerate (ak-sel'èr-at), v. t. pret. & pp. accelerated; ppr. accelerating. [L. accelero, acceleratum, to hasten-ad, to, and celer, w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure. See KEY. ACCELERATION swift. See CELERITY.] 1. To make quicker; to cause to move or advance faster; to hasten; to add to the velocity of; to give a higher rate of progress to; as, to accelerate motion or the rate of motion; to accelerate the transmission of intelligence; to accelerate the growth of a plant, or the progress of knowledge. Take new beer and put in some quantity of stale beer into it, and see whether it will not accelerate the clarification. Bacon. Lo! from the dread immensity of space The rushing comet to the sun descends. Thomson. 2. To bring nearer in time; to bring about, or help to bring about, more speedily than would otherwise have been the case; as, to accelerate the ruin of a government; to accelerate a battle.-Accelerated motion, in mech. that which continually receives fresh accessions of velocity. If the accessions be always equal in equal times the motion is said to be uniformly accelerated, as that of a heavy body descending by gravity; but if the accessions of velocity in equal times either increase or decrease, the motion is said to be variably accelerated.-Accelerated force is the increased force which a body exerts in consequence of the acceleration of its motion. Accelerating force is the force which produces an accelerated motion, as gravity. Acceleration (ak'sel-ér-ã"shon), n. The act of accelerating or state of being accelerated; as, (a) the act or process of increasing velocity or progress; the state of being quickened in motion or action. (b) The shortening of the time between the present and the happening of any future event; specifically, in law, the shortening of the time for the vesting in possession of an expectant interest. (c) In physiol. and pathol. increased activity of the functions, particularly of the circulating fluids. -Acceleration of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean angular velocity about the earth, the moon now moving rather faster than in ancient times. This phenomenon has not been fully explained, but it is known to be partly owing to the slow process of diminution which the eccentricity of the earth's orbit is undergoing, and from which there results a slight diminution of the sun's influence on the moon's motions.- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the apparent greater diurnal motion of the stars than of the sun, arising from the fact that the sun's apparent yearly motion takes place in a direction contrary to that of his apparent daily motion. The stars thus seem each day to anticipate the sun by nearly 3 minutes 56 seconds of mean time.-Acceleration of a planet, the greater rapidity with which it moves as it approaches the sun. -Acceleration and retardation of the tides, certain deviations between the time of the actual occurrence of high water at any place and what it would be if it occurred after the lapse of a uniform mean interval. In spring and neap tides the sun's action does not alter the time of high water, as in the former case the solar and lunar tides are synchronous, while in the latter the time of actual or lunar low water and of solar high water are the same. But in the first and third quarters of the moon there is acceleration or priming of high water, as the solar wave is to the west of the lunar; and in the second and fourth quarters there is retardation or lagging, for an analogous reason. Accelerative (ak-sel'ér-at-iv), a. Tending to accelerate; adding to velocity; quickening progression. Accelerator (ak-sel'èr-at-ér), n. One who or that which accelerates; a hastener. Hence (a) A post-office van. (b) In anat. a muscle which contracts to expel or accelerate the passage of the urine. (c) In photog, a name given to any substance which shortens the time of exposure either in the camera or the printing frame. Acceleratory (ak-sel'èr-a-to-ri), a. Accelerating or tending to accelerate; quickening motion. Accendt (ak-send'), v.t. [L. accendo, accensum, to kindle ad, and candeo, to be white, to shine, from root can, as in canus, hoary, white; the same stem gives also E. candle, candid, &c.] To set on fire; to kindle. Our devotion, if sufficiently accended, would burn up innumerable books of this sort. Dr. H. More. Accendent (ak-sen'dent), n. An accensor (which see). 18 Accendibility (ak-send'i-bil'i-ti), n. The quality of being accendible. Accendible (ak-send'i-bl), a. [See ACCEND.] Capable of being inflamed or kindled. Accension (ak-sen'shon), n. The act of kindling or setting on fire, or the state of being kindled; inflammation. Accensor (ak-sen'sér), n. [See ACCEND.] One who sets on fire or kindles; specifically, in the R. Cath. Ch. a minister or servant whose business it is to light and trim the candles and tapers. Some Accent (ak'sent), n. [L. accentus, an accent, -ad, to, and cano, cantum, to sing. See CHANT.] 1. A superior stress or force of voice upon certain syllables of words, which distinguishes them from the other syllables. Many English words, as as'pir-a"tion, have two accents, a secondary and primary. In uttering the word aspiration we observe the first and third syllables are distinguished the third by a full sound, which constitutes the primary accent; the first, by a degree of force in the voice which is less than that of the primary accent, but evidently greater than that which falls on the second and fourth syllables. words, as in-com'pre-hen'si-bil'i-ty, have two secondary or subordinate accents. When the full accent falls on a vowel, that vowel has its long sound, as in vo'cal; but when it falls on an articulation or consonant, the preceding vowel is short, as in hab' it. Accent alone regulates English verse. Accent must not be confounded with emphasis, the latter being used in reference to some one word or part of a sentence to which a speaker wishes to draw attention, by giving it a more marked pronunciation. 2. A mark or character used in writing to direct the stress of the voice in pronunciation, or to mark a particular tone, length of vowel sound, or the like. There is commonly only one such sign used to mark the stress or accent in English, except in works on elocution, in which are employed the three Greek accents, namely the acute ('), the grave ('), and the circumflex (~ or ^). In elocution the first shows when the voice is to be raised, and is called the rising inflection; the second, when it is to be depressed, and is called the falling inflection; and the third, when the vowel is to be uttered with an undulating sound, and is called the compound or waving inflection.3. A peculiar or characteristic modulation or modification of the voice, such as that found in a given district or in a particular rank of society, or as expressive of passions or sentiments; manner of speaking or pronouncing. A perfect accent.' Thackeray. Words, on your wings, to heaven her accents bear, Such words as heaven alone is fit to hear. Dryden. 5. In music, a stress or emphasis given to certain notes or parts of bars in a composition, divided into two kinds--grammatical, and rhetorical or aesthetic. The first is perfectly regular in its occurrence, always falling on the first part of a bar; the aesthetic accent is irregular, and depends on taste and feeling.-6. In math. (a) in alg. a mark used in order to avoid the confusion arising from the use of many letters in an algebraical problem or a diagram, and also on other accounts. In this way the same letter or letters, being distinguished by accents, may be used to represent different magnitudes or quantities; thus abc and a'b'c' may stand for magnitudes as different in value as those represented by different letters. (b) In geom. and trigon. an accent at the right hand of a number indicating minutes of a degree; two accents, seconds, &c.; as, 20° 10' 30"-20 degrees, 10 minutes, 30 seconds. (c) In mensur. and engin. a mark used to denote feet and inches; thus, 3′ 6′′-3 feet, 6 inches. Accent (ak - sent'), v.t. 1. To express the accent of; to pronounce or utter with a particular stress or modulation of the voice; as, to accent a word properly.-2. To give expression to; to utter. Congeal'd with grief, can scarce implore 3. To mark with an accent or accents; as, to accent a word in order to indicate its pronunciation. --Accented parts of a bar, in music, those parts of the bar on which the Accentorinæ (ak-sen'tō-ri"nē), n. pl. A subfamily of dentirostral birds, of the order Insessores and family Sylviidæ, including the genus Accentor. Accentual (ak-sent'ù-al), a. Pertaining to accent; rhythmical. The term figurate which we now employ to distinguish florid from simple melody was used to denote that which was simply rhythmical or accentual W. Mason. Accentuate (ak-sent'ū-āt), v.t. pret. & pp. accentuated; ppr. accentuating. To mark or pronounce with an accent or with accents; to place an accent or accents on. Accentuation (ak-sent'ü-a"shon), n. The act of accentuating, or state of being accentuated; the act of pronouncing or marking with an accent or accents; the act of giving accent. Accept (ak-sept'), v.t. [L. acceptare, freq. of accipio, acceptum, to take to one's self, to accept-ad, to, and capio, to take.] 1. To take or receive, as something offered; to receive with approbation or favour; as, he made an offer which was accepted. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. 2. To take what presents itself or what befalls one; to accommodate one's self to; as, to accept the situation. They carry it off well, these fair moving mountains, and like all French women accept frankly their natural fortunes. Fraser's Magazine 3. To listen favourably to; to grant. Sweet prince, accept their suit. Shak 4. To receive or admit and agree to; to accede or assent to; as, to accept a treaty, a proposal, an amendment, an excuse: often followed by of; as, accept of the terms.-5. To receive in a particular sense; to understand; as, how is this phrase to be accepted?-6. In com. to acknowledge, especially by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to promise to pay: as, to accept a bill of exchange-7. In a deliberative body, to receive in discharge of a duty committed; as, the report was accepted. Accept† (ak-sept'), n. Consent or acceptance. We will suddenly Pass our accept and peremptory answer. Shak Acceptable (ak-sep'ta - bl), a. Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; hence, pleasing to a receiver: gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present. Milton The woman whom thou mad'st to be my help So fit, so acceptable, so divine. Acceptableness, Acceptability (ak-sep'tabl-nes, ak-sep'ta-bil'i-ti), n. The quality of being acceptable or agreeable to a receiver, or to a person with whom one has intercourse Acceptably (ak-sep'ta-bli), adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. may serve God Heb. xii 28 Let us have grace whereby we acceptably. Acceptance (ak-sep'tans), n. 1. The act of accepting: (a) the act of taking or receiving anything offered; receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favourable reception. 'Such with him finds no acceptance. Milton. They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Is. Ix. 7. (b) The act of agreeing to terms or proposals, and thereby becoming bound; the act of taking some obligation on one's self; specifically. in law, an agreeing to the offer or contract of another by some act which binds the person in law; thus, if a person receiving an estate in remainder takes rent on a lease made by his predecessor, this is an acceptance of the terms of the lease, and binds the party receiving to abide by the terms of the lease; in com. an engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn to pay the bill, usually made by the person writing the word 'accepted' across the bill and signing his name, or simply by writing his name across or at the end of the bill. Hence--2. A bill of exchange that has been accepted, or the sum contained in it.-3. † The sense in which a word or expression is understood; signification; meaning; acceptation. An assertion ACCEPTANCY under the common acceptance of it not only false but odious. South-Acceptance with God in theol forgiveness of sins and reception into God's favour. Acceptancy (ak-sep'tan-si), n. Act of accepting; acceptance. Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. E.B.Browning. Acceptant (ak-sep'tant), n. One who accepts; an accepter. Spectator. Acceptation (ak-sep-ta'shon), n. 1. The act of accepting or receiving; also, kind reception; a receiving with favour or approbation; a state of being acceptable; favourable regard. *Coldness of acceptation.' Sir P. Sidney. Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accep 1 Tim. i. 15. tation. 2. The meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood or generally received, as, a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. Gay. My words in common acceptation Could never give this provocation. Accepted (ak-sept'ed), a. Acceptable. Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Cor. vi. 2. Accepter, Acceptor (ak-sept'èr, ak-sept'or), 7. 1. A person who accepts; specifically, in com the person who accepts a bill of exchange so as to bind himself to pay the sum contained in it.-2 One who favours unduly; a respecter. God is no accepter of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour. Chillingworth. Acceptilationt (ak-sep'ti-la" shon), n. [L acceptilatio, acceptilationis-acceptum, a receipt, and latio, a carrying, from fero, latum, to carry.] 1. In civil and Scots law, the verbal extinction of a verbal contract, with a declaration that the debt has been paid when it has not, or the acceptance of something merely imaginary in satisfaction of a verbal contract. Wharton. Hence2. Free remission or forgiveness, as of sins. Our justification which comes by Christ is by imputation and acceptilation, by grace and favour. Fer. Taylor. Acceptiont (ak-sep'shon), n. 1. The received sense of a word; acceptation. That this hath been esteemed the due and proper acception of this word, I shall testify. Hammond. 2 The act of favouring unequally: preference. * Accepcioun of persons.' Wickliffe. Acceptive (ak-sep'tiv), a. Ready to accept. The people generally are very acceptive and apt to applaud any meritable work. B. Jonson. Acceptor. See ACCEPTER. Acceptress (ak-sep'tres), n. A female who accepts. [Rare.] Accerset (ak - sérs'), v.t. [L. accerso, to summon] To call out or forth; to summon, as an army. Hall. Access (ak'ses), n. [L. accessus, from accedo, to come near, to approach. See ACCEDE.] 1. A coming to; near approach; admittance; admission; as, to gain access to a prince. I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. Shak. 19 Accessible (ak-ses'si-bl), a. Capable of being approached or reached; easy of access; approachable; attainable; as, an accessible town or mountain. Accessible by a bold and sudden attack.' Sir W. Scott. 'Most frankly accessible, most affable most sociable.' Barrow. Proofs accessible to all the world.' Buckle. There is a very great amount of labour employed in rendering the product accessible to those for whose use it is intended. J. S. Mill. Accessibly (ak-ses'si-bli), adv. So as to be accessible. Accession (ak-se'shon), n. [L. accessio. See ACCEDE] 1. The act of acceding; the act of agreeing or assenting, as to proposals; the act of becoming joined, as to a party; as, his accession to my demands was long postponed; a king's accession to a confederacy. 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman Empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon. 3. The act of arriving at a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of Queen Victoria; the accession of the house of Stuart. Nobody could pretend that the law had been altered since his (William's) accession. Macaulay. 4. In law, a mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance, which receives an addition by growth or by labour, has a right to the thing added or the improvement, provided the thing is not changed into a different species. Thus the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. 5. In med. the attack, approach, or commencement of a disease.-Deed of accession, in Scots law, a deed executed by the creditors of a bankrupt, by which they approve of a trust given by their debtor for the general behoof, and bind themselves to concur in the plans proposed for extricating his affairs. Accessional (ak-se'shon-al), a. Additional. [Rare.] The specific and accessional perfections which the human understanding derives from it. Coleridge. Accessit (ak-ses'sit), n. [L., he came near.] In English universities, a term applied to a certificate for a person second in merit. Accessive (ak-ses'iv), a. Additional. Hop kins. Accessorial (ak-ses-sõ'ri-al), a. Pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency; accessorial guilt. Accessorily (ak"ses-sóʼri-li), adv. In the manner of an accessory; not as principal but as a subordinate agent. Accessoriness (ak"ses-so'ri-nes), n. The state of being accessory, or of being or acting in a secondary character. Accessory (ak'ses-so-ri), a. [L. accessorius, from accessus, accedo. See ACCEDE.] 1. [Of persons.] Acceding; contributing; aiding in producing some effect, or acting in subordination to the principal agent: usually in a bad sense; as, John was accessory to the felony.-2. [Of things.] Contributing to a general effect; aiding in certain acts or effects in a secondary manner; belonging to something else as principal; accompanying; as, accessory sounds in music; accessory muscles. Accessory valves, in zool. small a a a, Accessory Valves of Pholas chiloensis. additional valves, as those placed near the umbones of the genus Pholas among Mollusca -Accessory action, in Scots law, an action in some degree subservient or ancillary to another action.-Accessory obligation, in Scots law, an obligation annexed to another obligation. Thus, an obligation for the regular payment of interest is accessory to the obligation to pay the capital. Accessory (ak'ses-sō-ri), n. 1. In law, one who is guilty of a felony, not by committing the offence in person or as principal, but by being in some way concerned therein, as by advising or commanding another to commit the crime, or by concealing the offender, or in any way helping him to escape punishment. An accessory before the fact is one who counsels or commands another to com ACCIDENTAL mit a felony, and is not present when the act is executed; after the fact, when one receives and conceals, or in any way assists, the offender, knowing him to have committed a felony. In treason there are no accessories, all implicated being treated as principals. See ABETTER.-2. That which accedes or belongs to something else, as its principal; something that contributes to an effect; an accompaniment. The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.' Carlyle. Specifically, in the fine arts, a secondary object introduced as illustrative or explanatory of the scene, or contributing to the general effect and harmony of the piece; generally, anything introduced into a work which is not absolutely necessary. Vases, columns, armour, &c., in historical paintings and portraits, are accessories. - SYN. Accomplice, abettor, assistant, coadjutor, ally. Acciaccatura (at'chäk-kä-tö"rä), n. [It.] In music, a grace-note one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed. Accidence (ak'si-dens), n. [A corruption of accidents. See ACCIDENT, 4] That part of grammar which treats of the accidents or inflection of words; a small book containing the rudiments of grammar. I do confess I do want eloquence, And never yet did learn mine accidence. John Taylor. Accident (ak'si-dent), n. [L. accidens, falling-ad, and cado, to fall, whence case, cadence, casual, decadence, &c.] 1. Chance or what happens by chance; an event which proceeds from an unknown cause, or is an unusual effect of a known cause, and therefore not expected: often in the sense of an unforeseen and undesigned injury to human life or limb; casualty; mishap: in second extract equivalent to specimen of an injury. All of them, in his opinion, owe their being to fate, accident, or the blind action of stupid matter. Dwight. No, nothing particular. Rather a good accident brought into the casualty ward. Dickens. 2. Anything which takes place or begins to exist without an efficient intelligent cause and without design. The accident of an accident.' Lord Thurlow. In his (the atheist's) eyes the universe is but a happily ordered accident. Dr. T. Brown. 3. In logic, a property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, nor is one of its invariable signs; a predicable which may be present or not, the essence of the species remaining the same; as, whiteness in paper. All qualities are called accidents, in opposition to substances, as sweetness, softness, &c. 4. In gram. something belonging to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, and case. See ACCIDENCE. 5. In her. a point or mark, not essential to a coat of arms. SYN. Chance, contingency, casualty, misfortune. Accidental (ak-si-dent'al), a. 1. Happening by chance or accident, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; opposed to constant, regular, or intended; as, an accidental visit. 2. Non-essential; not necessarily belonging; adventitious; as, songs are accidental to a play. --Accidental colours, in optics, the imaginary complementary colours seen after fixing the eye for a short time on a bright-coloured object, and then turning it suddenly to a white or light-coloured surface. If the object is blue, the accidental colour is yellow; if red, green; thus, if we look fixedly at a red wafer on a piece of paper, and then turn the eye to another part of the paper, a green spot is seen.-Accidental lights, in painting, secondary lights which are not accounted for by the prevalent effect; effects of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of a thicket of trees, or the effects of moonlight, candle-light, or burning bodies.-Accidental point, in persp. that point in which a right line drawn from ACCIDENTAL the perspective plane, D the eye, CD the line parallel to AB; then is a the accidental point.-Accidental, Casual, Fortuitous, Contingent, Incidental. Accidental is applied to what falls out, as it were, by chance, and not in the regular course of events. Casual is applied to such occurrences as, coming by chance, have no immediate consequences beyond themselves: it is the accidental combined with the unimportant. Fortuitous (almost equal to accidental) is applied to what occurs without any known cause, and in opposition to what has been foreseen. A thing is contingent when it is such that, considered in itself, it may or may not happen, but is dependent for its happening on something else. Incidental is applied to what falls into some regular course of things, but forms no essential part thereof. This is accidental to a state of religion, and therefore ought to be reckoned among the ordinary difficulties of it. Tillotson. These are casual breaks in the general system. W. Irving. As chance is the operator assigned in a fortuitous concourse of atoms, we would know what this chance, this wise and ingenious artist, is. Henry Brooke. With an infinite being nothing can be contingent. Paley. By some persons religious duties appear to be regarded as an incidental business. H. Rogers. Accidental (ak-si-dent'al), n. Anything happening, occurring, or appearing accidentally, or as if accidentally; a casualty; a property not essential. [Rare.] He conceived it just that accidentals. should sink with the substance of the accusation. Fuller. Conceive, as much as you can, of the essentials of any subject, before you consider its accidentals. Watts. Specifically, (a) in music, a sharp, flat, or natural which does not occur in the clef, and which implies some change of key or modulation different from that in which the piece began. (b) In her. an additional mark in a coat of arms not essential to its character. (c) In med. texture resulting from morbid action: chiefly employed in this sense by French writers, but adopted by some English. (d) In painting, one of those fortuitous or chance effects, occurring from luminous rays falling on certain objects, by which they are brought into stronger light than they otherwise would be, and their shadows are consequently of greater intensity. Accidentalism (ak-si-dent'al-izm), n. 1. The condition or quality of being accidental; accidental character.-2. That which is accidental; accidental effect; specifically, in painting, the effect produced by accidental rays of light. Ruskin. See ACCIDENTAL, n. (d). Accidentality (ak'si-den-tal"i-ti), n. The quality of being accidental; accidental char acter. I wish in short to connect by a moral copula natural history with political history, or, in other words, to make history scientific, and science historical-to take from history its accidentality, and from science its fatalism. Coleridge. Accidentally (ak-si-dent'al-li), adv. In an accidental manner; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. I conclude choler accidentally bitter and acrimonious, but not in itself. Harvey. Accidentalness (ak-si-dent'al-nes), n. The quality of being accidental. Accidentary (ak-si-dent'a-ri), a. Accidental. Holland. Accidentiaryt (ak-si-den'shi-a-ri), a. Pertaining to or learning the accidence. You know the word 'sacerdotes' to signify priests, and not the lay-people, which every accidentiary boy in schools knoweth as well as you. Bp. Morton. Accidie, n [L.L. accidia, acedia, sloth, from Gr. akêdia, ease, indifference, and in ecclesiastical Greek, sloth.] Sloth; negligence; indolence. Chaucer. Accipenser. [Erroneous spelling.] Same as Acipenser. Accipient (ak-sip'i-ent), n. [L. accipiens, accipientis, ppr. of accipio. See ACCEPT.] A receiver. Accipiter (ak-sip'i-tér), n. [L. accipiter, a bird of prey, not from accipio, to receive, to take, but from root ak, signifying sharpness and swiftness, and pet, to fly, like Gr. ōkypteros, swift-winged.] 1. One of the order of birds Accipitres or Raptores. See RAPTORES. 2. In surg, a bandage applied over the nose: so called from its resemblance to the claw of a hawk. Accipitrary (ak-sip'i-tra-ri), n. A falconer. Nash. 20 Accipitres (ak-sip'i-trēz), n. pl. [See ACCIPITER.] The name given by Linnæus and Cuvier to the rapacious birds, now usually called Raptores (which see). Accipitrine (ak-sip'i-tri"ně), n. pl. The hawks, a sub-family of raptorial birds, family Falconidae, with the wings shorter than the tail, and the bill short and hooked from the base. They pounce on their prey when flying, and mostly inhabit cold cli mates. Accipitrine (ak-sip'i-trin), a. [See ACCIPITER] Of or pertaining to the Accipitres or raptorial birds; seizing; rapacious; as, the accipitrine order of birds. Accismus (ak-sis'mus), n. [L., from Gr. akismos, coyness, affectation.] In rhet. a feigned refusal; an ironical dissimulation. Smart. Accitet (ak-sit), v.t. [L. ad, and cito, freq. of cieo, citum, to call. See CITE.] 1. To call; to cite; to summon. He by the senate is accited home. 2. To incite; to prompt; to move. Shak. What accites your thoughts to think so? Shak. [In this example perhaps a misprint for excite.] Acclaim (ak-klām), v. t. [L. acclamo-ac for ad, and clamo, to cry out, whence claim, clamour, &c.] 1. To applaud. [Rare.] How gladly did they spend their breath in acclaiming thee. Bp. Hall. 2. To declare or salute by acclamation. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. Acclaim (ak-klām), v.i. To applaud. Acclaim (ak-klām'), n. A shout of joy; acclamation. The vaulted firmament With loud acclaims, and vast applause is rent. Dryden. Acclamate (ak'kla-māt), v.t. [L. acclamo, acclamatum. See ACCLAIM.] To applaud. Waterhouse. Acclamation (ak-kla-ma'shon), n. [L. acclamatio. See ACCLAIM.] 1. A shout or other demonstration of applause made by a multitude, indicating joy, hearty assent, approbation, or good wishes. Acclamations are expressed by hurrahs, by clapping of hands, and often by repeating such cries as Long live the queen! Vive l'empereur! Vive la république! &c. Those Presbyterian members of the House of Commons who had been expelled by the army, returned to their seats, and were hailed with acclamations by great multitudes. Macaulay. When they (the Anglo-Saxons) consented to any thing it was rather in the way of acclamation than by the exercise of a deliberate voice. Burke. 2. In archæol. a representation in sculpture or on medals of people expressing joy. Acclamatory (ak-klam'a-to-ri), a. Expressing joy or applause by acclamation. Acclimatation (ak-kli'ma-tā"shon), n. [Fr.] Acclimatization (which see). 'The Acclimatation Society of Nantes.' Times newspaper. Acclimate (ak-kli'mat), v.t. pret. & pp. acclimated; ppr. acclimating. [Fr. acclimater, to acclimate. See CLIMATE.] To habituate to a foreign climate; to render proof against the prejudicial influences of a foreign climate; to acclimatize: more especially applied to the adaptation of human beings to new climates; as, to acclimate settlers; to acclimate one's self. 'Natives and accli mated Europeans.' J. Crawfurd. Acclimatement (ak-kli'mat-ment), n. Acclimation. [Rare.] Acclimation (ak'kli-ma"shon), n. The process of acclimating, or state of being acclimated; acclimatization. Acclimatization (ak'kli-mat-iz-a"shon), n. The act or process of acclimatizing, or state of being acclimatized; the modification of physical constitution which enables a race or individual to live in health in a foreign country. [Some writers use this word only with regard to animals and plants, using acclimation when speaking of man.] Acclimatize, Acclimatise (ak-kli'mat-iz), v. t. pret. & pp. acclimatized; ppr. acclimatizing. To accustom or habituate to a foreign climate; to adapt for existence in a foreign climate, especially to adapt a race or stock for permanent existence and propagation; as, to acclimatize plants; to acclimatize animals. 'Young soldiers, not yet acclimatized, die rapidly here.' Times newspaper. Acclimature (ak kli'mat-ür), n. Act of acclimating, or state of being acclimated. [Rare.] Acclinal (ak-kli'nal), a. [L. acclino, to bend See ACCLIVITY.] In geol. leaning or up. ACCOMMODATE bending up, as the slopes of a stratum towards an anticlinal axis. See cut ANTICLINAL. Acclivet (ak-kliv'), a. [L. acclivus, acclivis, sloping.] Rising; steep. "The way easily ascending, hardly so acclive as a desk.' Aubrey Acclivitous (ak-kliv'i-tus), a. Rising with a slope; acclivous. Is. Taylor. Acclivity (ak-kliv'i-ti), n. [L. acclivitas, an acclivity-ac for ad, to, and clivus, a slope, from root cli seen in clino, inclino, to incline, Gr. klino, to bend, incline, E. lean (which see).] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or a side descending; specifically, in fort. the talus of a rampart. Acclivous (ak-kliv'us), a. [L. acclirus, acclivis, sloping. See ACCLIVITY.] Rising, as a hill with a slope. Accloy,† Accloyet (ak-kloi), v. t. [See CLOY.] To cloy; to encumber; to embarrass with superfluity. (It) with uncomely weeds the gentle wave accloyes. Spenser. Accoast† (ak-kōst'), v.i. [See COAST] To fly near the earth. "Whether high towering or accoasting low.' Spenser. [Rare.] Accoil (ak-koil'), v.i. Same as Accoyl Accolt (ak-kol), v. t. [Fr. accoler, to embrace --prefix ac for ad, to, and L. collum, Fr. col, the neck.] To embrace round the neck. Surrey. Accolade (ak-kō-lād^), n. [Fr. accolade, the accolade, lit. an embracing of the neck; It. accolata L. ad, to, and collum, the neck; Fr. accoler, to embrace, donner l'accolade, to dub a knight. See COLLAR.] 1. A ceremony used in conferring knighthood, anciently consisting in putting the hand on the knight's neck, afterwards in giving a blow with the naked fist, and still later with the flat of a sword, which last is the form in which the ceremony is now observed.2. In music, a brace or couplet connecting several staves. Accolent (ak'kō-lent), n. [L. accolens, ppr. of accolo-ac for ad, to, and colo, to till, dwell, whence culture, &c.] A borderer; one who dwells on or near the border of a country. A sh. Accollé (ak-kol-a), a. [Fr. accole, Norm. accollé, embraced round the neck, coupled -ac for ad, to, and col, the neck. See ACCOLADE.] In her. (a) gorged; collared: applied to animals with collars, &c., about their necks. (b) Wreathed; entwined. (c) Situated side by side, as two shields. Accollé (ak-kol-ā), n. The accolade (which see). Accombination (ak-kom'bin-ā"shon),n. The act of combining together. Quart. Rev. Accommodable (ak-kom'mo-da-bl), a. Capable of being accommodated, made suitable, or made to agree; adaptable. 'Rules accommodable to all variety.' Watts. [Rare.] Accommodableness (ak-kom'mō-da- blnes), n. The state or condition of being accommodable. Todd. [Rare.] Accommodate (ak-kom'mō-dat), v.t. pret. & pp. accommodated; ppr. accommodating. [L. accommodo, to apply or suit-ac for ad, to, and commodo, to profit or help, from con, with, and modus, measure, proportion, limit, or manner. See MODE.] 1. To make suitable, correspondent, or consistent; to fit; to adapt; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances; to accommodate the choice of subjects to the occasions. 'Twas his misfortune to light upon an hypothesis that could not be accommodated to the nature of Locke. things and human affairs. Hence, favoured. 'Accommodated by the place.' Shak. [Rare.]-2. To show fitness or agreement in; to reconcile, as things which are at variance or which seem inconsistent; to bring into harmony or concord; as, to accommodate prophecy to events. Part know how to accommodate St. James and St. Paul better than some late reconcilers. Norris. 3. To adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences.-4. To supply or furnish, to provide with certain conveniences; to give accommodation to; as, I can easily accommodate you; my house can accommodate a large number of guests: followed by with when what is supplied is expressly mentioned; as, to accommodate a man with apartments; to accommodate a friend with money. SYN. To suit, adapt, conform, adjust, reconcile, serve, oblige, assist, aid. Accommodate (ak-kom'mō-dāt), v.i. To be conformable. Boyle. [Rare.] |