559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;—mè, mêt;—plne, pîn ;—

But there is another analogy by which we may
determine the true sound of the vowels when
pronounced singly; and that is, the sound they
have when preserved long and open by the final
e. Thus we call the letter e by the sound it has
in theme, the letter i as it sounds in time, the let-
ter o as heard in tone, and the u as in tune;
and why the letter a should not be pronounced
as heard in face, cannot be conceived; as each
of the other vowels has, like a, a variety of other
sounds, as they are united with letters which,
in some measure, alter their quality.
In consequence of entertaining a different idea of
the a, when pronounced in the alphabet, we see
the natives of Ireland very prone to a different
pronunciation of the words where this letter oc-
curs; and, indeed, it is quite consistent with
their doctrine of the sound of a, that the words
parent, papal, taper, and fatal, should be pro-
nounced pah-rent, pah-pal, tah-per, and fuh-tal.
We find the Scotch likewise inclinable to the
same pronunciation of a, when in words, as
when alone. Thus we hear Sawlan, for Satan.
sacred for sacred, and low-ity for laity; and this
is perfectly consistent with the manner in which
they pronounce the letter a, when alone there
is no medium. If this be not the true pronun-
ciation of these words, the a is certainly to be
sounded as the English do: for, whenever the
English give the Italian sound, as it may be
called, to the a, except in the words father and
master, it is always in consequence of its junction
with some consonant, which determines it to
that sound; as in monosyllables terminating in
r, as bar, car, fur; but where it is not affected by
a succeeding consonant, as in the words parent,
papal, natal, fatal, we then hear it pronounced as
the slender English a, both in and out of com-
position.

a, therefore, as the first character in the alpha bet, may always be said to have the accent, and ought to have the same long, open sound, as is given to that letter when accented in a syllable, and not influenced in its sound by any preceding or succeeding consonant.

We may therefore conclude, that if all vowels when pronounced alone, are accented and long, if spelling be the pronunciation of letters alone, (as it would be absurd to suppose ourselves ac quainted with the different consonants that determine the sound of the vowels before they are pronounced,) it follows, that in spelling, or re peating the component parts of a word, we ought to give those parts their simple and uncombined sound: but there is no uncombined sound of the vowel a, except the slender sound contended for, unless in the words fother and master; and therefore, when we repeat letters singly, in order to declare the sound of a word, we must undoubtedly give the first letter of the alphabet the sound we ever give it in the first syllable of the numerous class la-dy, pa-gan, ma-son, ba-son, &c.

||Thus, after placing every objection in its stron gest light, and deducing our arguments from the simplest and clearest principles, this important question seems at last decided in favour of the English, who, independent of the arguments in their favour, may be presumed to have a natu ral right to determine the name of the letter in question, though it has been so often litigated by their formidable and learned, though junior relations. For though, in some cases, the na tives of Ireland and Scotland adhere rather more closely to analogy than the English them selves, yet in this we find the English pronounce perfectly agreeable to rule; and that the slen der pronunciation of the letter a, as they pro nounce it in the alphabet, is no more than giv ing it that simple sound, it ever has, when un connected with vowels or consonants that after its power.

the uppermost member of a column. ABAFT, &-bâft'. ad. 545. From the fore part of a ship, towards the stern.

It will, perhaps, be objected, that the most frequent short sound of a, as heard in cat, rat, mat, carry, marry, parry, is the short sound of the Italian a in father, car, mar, par, and not the short sound of the a in care, mare, and pare: but||ABACUS, âb'â-kûs. s. [Latin.] A counting fable, it may be answered, that this want of correspondence between the name of the letter, and The most frequent short sound, is common to the rest of the vowels: for the o, as heard in cot, not, rot, is not the short sound of the o in coat, note, wrote, but of the a in water, or of the diphthongs in caught, naught, and wrought; and if we ought to call the a, ah, because its short sound corresponds to ah, for the very same reason we ought to call the o,u; and a similar alter-ABARTICULATION, âb-år-tîk-ù-lå'shân. s. 290 ation must take place with the rest of the vow- That species of articulation that has manifest els. As therefore, from the variety of sounds motion. the vowels have, it is impossible to avoid the in-To ABASE, â-base'. v. a. To cast down, to de convenience of sometimes sounding the letter

To ABANDON, â-bån'dân, v. a. To give up, re sign, or quit; to desert; to forsake. 166. ABANDONED, 4-bån'dånd. par. $62. Given up forsaken corrupted in the highest degree. ABANDONMENT, &-bân'dun-ment. 9. The art of abandoning.

press, to bring low.

brought low; depression.

one way in a syllable, and another way in a|ABASEMENT, â-base’mênt. s. The state of being
word, we must either adopt the simple long
sound when we would pronounce the letter
alone, or invent new names forevery different
sound in a different word, in order to obviate
the difficulty.

To ABASH, a-bash'. v. a. To make ashamed.
To ABATE, â-båte'. v. a. 545. To lessen, to di

minish.

To ABATE, â-båte'. v. n. To grow less. ABATEMENT, â-båte'ment. s. The act of ahe ting; the sum or quantity taken away by th act of abating.

ABATER, &-ba'tår. s. 93. The agent or cause which an abatement is procured.

t must not be dissembled, however, that the sound of a, when terminating a syllable not under the accent, seems more inclined to the Irish than the English a, and that the ear is less disgusted with the sound of Ah-mer-i-cah than of 4-mer-i-cay: but to this it may be answered,ABB, ab. s. The yarn on a weaver's warp. that letters not under the accent, in a thousand ABBACY, abba-se. s. 512. The rights, posses instances deviate from their true sound; that ions, or privileges of an abbot. the vowel a, like several other vowels in a final ABBESS, ab'bess. s. The superior of a nu syllable not accented, has an obscure sound, bordering on u; but if the a, in this situation, were pronounced ever so distinctly, and that this pronunciation were clearly the a in father, it would be nothing to the purpose: when the a is pronounced alone, it may be said not only to be a letter, but a distinct character, and a noun substantive; and, as such, has the same force as tite letters in an accented syllable. The letter!!

nery.

ABBEY, or ABBY, ûb'bè. s. 270. A monastery religious persons, whether men or women. ABBOT, âb båt. s. 166. The chief of a convent

men.

To ABBREVIATE, Ab-brè'vè-åte. v. a. To sh ten, to cut short. 505.

ABBREVIATION, Ab-brè-vè-å ́sbûn. s. The of shortening

ABJ

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--nd, môve, når, nôt;—tübe, tảb, bûll;-;--pound;-thin, THIS.

acter ABBREVIATOR, áb-brẻ-vè-å'tůr. s. One who abridges. 521.

something; to retract, or recant, a position
upon oati

juring; the oath taken for that end. ABBREVIATURE, âb-brè'vè-a-tshire. s. 461. AABJURATION, åb-jù-rå'shun. s. The act of ab mark used for shortening

y

from the breast. 91. To ABDICATE, ab'de-kate. v. a. To give up To ABLACTATE, áb-lâk'tåte. v. a. right, to resign. 503

all

To wean

methods of grafting. and ABDICATION, ab-dè-ka'shun. s. The act of ab-ABLACTATION, ab-lák-tà'shan. s. One of the tters a dicating, resignation.

Is that C

ABDICATIVE, ab'dè-ca-tiv. a. 512. That which causes or implies an aldication.

rete Dr. Johnson places the accent on the first
syllable of this word, and Mr. Sheridan and Mr.
Perry, on the second. The former is, in my
opinion, the most correct.

ABDOMEN, ab-do'men. s. 503. A cavity com-
monly called the lower venter or belly, 521.
ABDOMINAL, âb-dôm'mè-nål.
ABDOMINOUS, âb-dom'mè-nās.
Relating to the abdomen.

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a.

To ABDUCE, âb-ddse'. v. a. To draw to a different part; to withdraw one part from another. ABDUCENT, Aáb-dd'sent. a. Muscles abducent serve to open or pull back divers parts of the

itsbody

ABDUCTOR, áb-dåk'tôr. s. 166. The muscles which draw back the several members. ABED, á-bed'. ad. In bed. ABERRANCE, áb-er'rânse. s. A deviation from the right way, an errour. ABERRANCY, ab-errân-sè. s. The same with Aberrance.

ABERRANT, áb-ér'rânt. a. Wandering from the

right or known way.

ABERRATION, áb-er-ra shan. s. The act of de-
viating from the common track.
ABERRING, åb-er'ring. part. 410. Going astray.
To ABERUNCATE, ab-e-run'káte. v. a. To pull

up by the roots. 91.

1 ABET, á-bet'. v. a. To push forward another; to support him in his designs, by connivance, encouragement, or help.

ABETMENT, 4-bet'ment. s. The act of abetting. ABETTER, or ABETTOR, â-bet'tår. s. He that abets; the supporter or encourager of another.

166. 418.

ABEYANCE, 4-bàânse. s. The right of fee simple lieth in abeyance, when it is all only in the remembrance, intendment, and consideration

of the law.

To ABHOR, ab-hỏr'. v. a. 168. To hate with ac-
rimony; to loathe.
ABHORRENCE, ab-hor'rense.
ABHORRENCY, âb-hỏr'rên-sè.

with

S.

The act of abhorring; detestation. ABHORRENT, ab-horrent. a. 168. Struck with abhorrence; contrary to, foreign, inconsistent ABHORRER, áb-hörʼrår. s 168. A bater, detester. To ABIDE, a-bide'. v. n. To dwell in a place, not to remove; to bear or support the consequences of a thing. It is used with the particle with, before a person, and at or in before a place. ABIDER, - där. s. 98. The person that abides or dwells in a place.

ABIDING, âbf'ding. s. 410. Continuance.
Mean or worthless;
APJECT, abjekt. a. 492.
Contemptible, or of no value.
A man without hope.
ABJECT, abjekt. s.
To ABJECT, ab-jekt. v. a. 492. To throw away.
ABJECTEDNESS, ab-jekt-ed-ness. s. The state
of an abject

ABJECTION, áb-jêk'shûn. s. Meanness of mind;
servility; baseness.
ABJECTLY, áb ́jekt-lè. ad. 452, In an abject
manner; meanly.

BJECTNESS, ab'jekt-ness. s. Servility, meanABILITY, á-bîl ́é-te 482. The power to do any thing; capacity, qualification. When it has the plural number, abilities, it frequently signifies faculties or powers of the mind.

AY, A. To swear not to do

The

practice of opening the ground about the roots
ABLAQUEATION, Ab-là-kwè-h'shản. 8.
of trees. 534.

ABLATION, áb-là'shůn. s. The act of taking

away.

ABLATIVE, âb ́lá-tiv. a. 158. That which takes
away; the sixth case of the Latin nouns.
ABLE, á'bl. a. 405. Having strong faculties, or
great strength or knowledge, riches, or any other
power of mind, body, or fortune; having power
sufficient.

ABLE-BODIED, à-bl-bôd'did. a. Strong of body

99.

A sending
upon some employment.
To ABLEGATE, åb'lè-gåte. v. a. To send abroad
AELEGATION, đó lẻ gashản. s.

abroad.
ABLENESS, à'bl-ness. s. Ability of body, vig-
our, force.

ABLUENT, ablu-ênt. a.
ABLEPSY, âb'lep-se. s. 482.
power of cleaning.

That which has the
Want of sight.

ABLUTION, ab-là shun. s. The act of cleans-
ing.

To ABNEGATE, ab'ne-gate. v. a. To deny. 91.
ABNEGATION, ab-ne-ga'shům. s. Denial, re-

nunciation.

ABOARD, å-bord. ad. 295. In a ship.
A secret anti-
of residence stay, continuation in a place.
ABODE, â-bode'. s. Habitation, dwelling, place
ABODEMENT, &-bode'ment. ș.

cipation of something future.
To ABOLISH, &-bo'lish. v. a. To aunul; to put
an end to; to destroy.
may be abolished.
ABOLISHABLE, â-bol'Esh-a-bl. a. That which

ABOLISHER, â-bôl'lish-år s. 91. He that abol-
ishes.

abolishing.
ABOLISHMENT, â-bôl'lish-ment. s. The act of

ABOLITION, áb-6-lish'an. 8. 514. The act of abolishing.

ABOMINABLE, â-bôm'è-nâ-bl. a. Hateful, de-
testable.

ABOMINABLENESS, â-bôm'è-nâ-bl-ness. s. 501
The quality of being abominable; hatefulness,
odiousness.
fully, odiously.
ABOMINABLY, â-bom'è-na-blè. ad. Most hate-

hor, detest, hate utterly.
To ABOMINATE, â-bôm'è-nåte. v. a. To ab-
ABOMINATION, â-bôm-è-nå'shůn. `s. Hatred.

detestation.

ABORIGINES, áb-d-ridje'è-nèz. s. The earliest inhabitants of a country.

ABORTION, â-bỏr'shån. s. The act of bringing forth untimely; the produce of an untimely birth.

ABORTIVE, &-bor'tiv. s. 157. That which is bori before the due time.

the due time of birth; that which brings forth nothing. ABORTIVE, 4-bor'tiv. a. Brought forth before

the 'ue time; immaturely, untimely. ABORTIVELY, â-bôr'tiv-lè. ad. Born without ABORTIVENESS, â-bor'tiv-ness. s. The state of

559.-Fåte, får, fåll, fåt ;-mẻ, mêt ;-pine, pîn ;-
In the first place;

I have differed from Mr. Sheridan, in marking the ss in this word; and, I think, with the best usage on my side. Though double s is almost always pronounced surp and hirsing, yet when a sharp s precedes, it seems more agreeable to the ear to pronounce the succeeding dat. Thus, though the termination ition is al-To ABSTERGE, Ab-stêrje'. v. a. To cleanse, ways sharp, yet because the s in transition is necessarily sharp, the t goes into the flat sound, as if written transizhion, which gee. ABSCOND, åb-skond. v. a. To hic one's

ABSTEMIOUSLY, áb-stè'me-us-lè. ad. Tempe rately, soberly, without indulgence. ABSTEMIOUSNESS, ab-stè'mè-as-nèss. s. 53). The quality of being abstemious. ABSTENTION, âb-stên'shån. s. The act of holding off.

BSENCE, ab'sense. s. The state of being ab-ASTERSIVE, áb-ster'siv. a. 428. That has the

-nd, move, når, nôt ;-tube, tåb, båll ;-;-pound ;-thin, THIS.

ABSTINENT,åb ste-nent. a. That uses abstinence.
To ABSTRACT, Ab-stråkt'. v. a. To take one
thing from another; to separate ideas; to re-
duce to an epitome
ABSTRACT, ab-stråkt'. a. Separated from some-
thing else: generally used with relation to men-
tal perceptions.

ABSTRACT, ab'strakt. s. 492. A smaller quan-
tity, containing the virtue or power of a great-
er; an epitome made by taking out the princi-
pal parts.

ABSTRACTED, ab-stråk'ted. p. a. Separated; refined, abstruse; absent of mind,

ABSTRACTEDLY, áb-stråk'ted-lè. ad. With ab-
straction; simply; separate from all contingent
circumstances.

ABSTRACTION, åb-strák'shin. s. The act of
abstracting; the state of being abstracted.
ABSTRACTIVE, áb-stråk'tiv. a. Having the
power or quality of abstracting.
ABSTRACTLY, ab-stråkt 'lè. ad. In an abstract

ABSURDITY, áb-sar'dè-tè. s. 511. The quality of being absurd; that which is absurd. ABSURDLY, ab-súrd'lè. ad. Improperly, unreasonably.

ABSURDNESS, ab-surd'ness. s. The quality of being absurd; injudiciousness, impropriety. ABUNDANCE, â-bån'dânse. s. Plenty; great numbers; a great quantity; exuberance; more than enough.

ABUNDANT, &-bdn'dant. a. Plentiful; exuberant; fully stored.

ABUNDANTLY, &-ban'dânt-lè. ad. In plenty; amply; liberally; more than sufficiently.

To ABUSE, 4-buze'. v. a. 437, To make an ill use of; to deceive, to impose upon; to treat with rudeness.

ABUSE, &-buses. 437. The ill use of any thing; a corrupt practice; bad custom; seducement; unjust censure, rude reproach.

ABUSER, &-ba'zar. s. He that makes an ill use; he that deceives; he that reproaches with rudeness. ABUSIVE, &-bu'siv. a. 428. Practising abuse; 'containing abuse; deceitful.

ABUSIVELY, áâ-bd'siv-lè, ad. Improperly; by a wrong use; reproachfully.

To ABUT, á-bot. v. n. obsolete. To end at; to border upon; to meet; or approach to. ABUTMENT, a-båt'ment. s. That which abuts, or borders upon another.

ABYSS, 4-biss'. 8. A depth without bottom; a
great depth; a gulf.

ACACIA, a-ka'she-â. s. 505. A drug brought from
Egypt.

ACADEMIAL, âk-â-dè'mè-ål. a. Relating to an
academy.

ACADEMIAN, ák-a-dè'mè-ân. s. A scholar of an academy or university.

ACADEMICAL, åk-a-dém'mè-kål. a. Belonging to an university.

ACADEMICK, ák-â-dêmîk. s. 508. A student of an university.

ACADEMICK, ák-ká-dém'ik. a. Relating to an university.

ACADEMICIAN, ak-ka-de-mish'ân. s. The member of an academy.

Câ-kád'de-mist,

or,

ACADEMIST,aka-dem-ist.

The member of an academy.

S.

DEMY, Sâ-kâd'dè-mè,

ACADEM

or, âk'â-dêm è.

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An assembly or society of men, uniting for the promotion of some art; the place where sciences are taught; a place of education, in con tradistinction to the universities or public schools.

Dr. Johnson tells us, that this word was an ciently and properly accented on the first syl lable, though now frequently on the second, That it was accented on the first syllable till within these few years, is pretty generally remembered; and if Shakspeare did not, by poetical license, violate the accentuation of his time, it was certainly pronounced so two centuries ago, as appears by Dr. Johnson's otation of him:

"Our court shall be a little academy, "Still and contemplative in living arts." Love's Labour's Lost. And in Ben Jonson's New Inn we find the same accentuation:

-"Every house became

"An academy of honour, and those parts "We see departed."

But the accentuation of this word formerly, on the first syllable, is so generally acknowledged, as not to stand in need of poetic authority The question is, whether this accentuation, or that which places the stress on the second syl lable, is the most proper? To wave, therefore, the authority of custom, which precludes all reasoning on language, and reduces the dispute to a mere matter of fact, it may be presumed that whatever is agreeable to the most general usage of the language in similar words, is the most proper in this; and if it appears that general usage, in similar words, is in favour of the old pronunciation, it must certainly, for that reason, be allowed to be the best. And first it may be observed, that as our language is almost as averse to the accent on the last syllable, as the Latin, it is a general custom with us, when we adopt a word from the Latin, and abridge it of one or two of its syllables, to remove the accent at least a syllable higher than it was in the original language, that the accent, when the word is naturalized, may not rest on the last. Thus of Homerus, we make Homer; of Virgilius, Virgil; and of Horatius, Horace: Hyacinthus altered to Hyacinth, removes the accent twe syllables higher; and careminia, become cére mony, does the same; and no law, that I know of, forbids us to accent academia, or if you will Axadnia, when turned into academy, on the first syllable, as it was constantly accented by our ancestors; who, receiving Greek through the medium of Latin, generally pronounced Greek words according to the Latin 'analogy, and therefore necessarily placed the accent of academia on the third syllable, which, when reduced to academy, required the accent to be removed higher.

But how, it will be said, does this account for placing the accent on the first syllable of the English word academy, rather than the second To this it may be answered, that the number less instances of preference given by the accent to the first syllable in similar words, such as melancholy, parsimony, dilatory, &c. might be a sufficient authority without any other reason." But, perhaps, it will be pardoned me if I go farther, and hazard a supposition that seems to account for the very common practice of placing the accent of so many of the longer polysylla bles from the Latin on the first or second sylla ble. Though in the Latin there never was more than one accent upon a word, yet, in our pronunciation of Latin, we commonly place an

559.-Fåte, får, fåll, fất;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pln ;—

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perfectly agreeable to the analogy of English adjectives, and finding it used by several very respectable authors, I have ventured to insert it Mr. Foster, in his Essay on Accent and Quan tity, says, "When a high note succeeds a low one, or rises above the grave tone of voice, "the perception of it is sudden and instantaneous, before the continuance of the note is "determined one way or the other for long or "short. This I more clearly conceive, than I can "perhapsexpress. I can however engage to make it perceptible to a common English ear in any "Greek word, according to its present accentual "mark." And Dr. Galley, in his Dissertation against Greek Accents, makes use of the same word, where he says, " For if oral means, ac"cording to Mr. Foster, that oratorical or com64 mon discourse differs from music only in the "number of sounds, i. e. that the former has "only four or five notes, but that the latter has 66 many more, then the accentual pronunciation "of a Greek sentence will not differ from the singing of the same sentence, when set to four or five corresponding notes in music, i. e. it "will in both cases be a song."

To ACCENTUATE, ak-sen'tsha-åte. v. a. 461. To place the accent properly.

accent on alternate syllables, as in our own words; and when the Latin word, by being anglicised, becomes shorter, the alternate accent becomes the principal. Thus, in pronouncing the Latin word academia, the English naturally place an accent on the first and third syllable, as if divided into ác-a-dé-mi-a; so that when the word becomes anglicised into dc-a-de-my, the first syllable retains the accent it had when the word was Latin. On the other hand, it may be conjectured with some probability, that a fondness for pronouncing like the French has been the occasion of the alteration. As the English ever suppose the French place the accent on the last syllable, in endeavouring to pronounce this word after their manner, the 'ress must naturally fall on the second and last syllables, as if divided into a-cád-a-mie; and from an imitation of this, it is probable, the present pronunciation of the word was produced. Thus we have a very probable reason why so many of our longer words from the Latin are accented so near the beginning; as, in this mode of pronouncing them, they seem to retain one of the accents of the original. Hence the long train of words, voluntary, comparable, disputable, admirable, &c. have the accent on the first syllable, because in pronouncing the words volunta-ACCENTUATION, ak-sen-tshů-a'shun. s. The rius, comparabilis, disputabilis, admirabilis, &c, we act of placing the accent in pronunciation; or commonly lay a stress upon the first, as well as writing. the third syllable. As to the analogy, as Mr. Sheridan pretends, of pronouncing this word with the accent on the second syllable, because words ending in my have the accent on the antepenultimate, nothing can be more ill-founded. True it is, that words of this termination never have the accent on the penultimate; but that, for this reason, they must necessarily have the accent on the antepenultimate, I cannot well comprehend. If polygamy, œconomy, astronomy, &c. 513. have their accent on the antepenultimate, it arises from the nature of the terminations; which being, as it were, a species, and applicable to a thousand other words, brave, like logy and graphy, the accent always on the preceding syllable; which seems best to unite the compound into one word: but academy being a simple, is subject to no such rule, and seems naturally to incline to a different analogy of pronunciation. Thus Dr. Johnson seems to have decided justly in saying the word ucademy ought to have the accent on the first syllable; though present usage, it must be confessed, seems to lead to the contrary pronunciation. ACANTHUS, â-kân'thas. s. 470. The herb bearsfoot.

ACATALECTIC, â-kât-á-lêk'tik. s. A verse which
has the complete number of syllables.
To ACCEDE, âk-sède'. v. n. To be added to; to

come to.

To ACCEPT, âk-sépt'. v. a. To take with plea
sure, to receive kindly.
ACCEPTABILITY, ak-sep-tâ-bil'lè-tè. s. The
quality of being acceptable.
ACCEPTABLE, ak'sep-tå-bl. a.Grateful; pleasing

Within these twenty years this word has shifted its accent from the second to the first syllable. There are now few polite speakers who do not pronounce it ac'ceptable; and it is much to be regretted that this pronunciation is become so general; for where consonants of so different an organ as p and t are near the end of a word, the word is pronounced with much more difficulty when the accent is removed higher than when it is arrested by these letters; for, in this case, the force which accompanies the accent facilitates the organs in their transi tion from the formation of the one letter to the other. As nature, therefore, directs us to place the accent upon these consonants in all words ending in active, ective, ictive, octive, and uctive, actible, ectible, octible, and uctible; so we ought to listen to the same voice in pronouncing accepta ble, susceptible, corruptible, with the accent on the second syllable. See Commendable. ACCEPTABLENESS, åk'sèp-ta-bl-ness. s. The quality of being acceptable.

ACCEPTABLY, ak'sep-ta-blè. ad. In an accep table manner.

ACCEPTANCE, ak-sép'tânse. s. Reception with approbation.

To ACCELERATE, ak-sellår-åte. v. a. To make quick, to hasten, to quicken motion. ACCEPTATION, âk-sep-tà'shan. s. Reception, ACCELERATION, ûk-sêl-lår-à'shun. 9. The act whether good or bad; the meaning of a word. of quickening motion; the state of the body ac-ACCEPTER, ak-sep'tår. s. 98. The person that celerated. 555.

accepts.

To ACCEND, âk-send'. v. a. To kindle; to set ACCEPTION, ak-sep'shân. s. The received sense of a word; the meaning

on fire.

thing may be approached; the incans, or liberty, of approaching either to things or men; increase, enlargement, addition; the returns or fits of a distemper.

ACCENSION, ak-sen'shan. s. The act of kin-ACCESS, ak-sess'. s. The way by which any Aling, or the state of being kindled. ACCENT, ak'sent. s. 486. The manner of speaking or pronouncing; the marks made upon syllables to regulate their pronunciation; a modification of the voice, expressive of the passions or sentiments, To ACCENT, ak-sent'. v. a. 49%. To pronounce, to speak words with particular regard to the grammatical marks or rules; to write or note the accents.

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ACCENTUAL, âk-sén'tshu-al. a. Relating to accenta. 463.

This word is in no English Dictionary I have met with ; but, conceiving its formation to be

This word is sometimes heard with the accent on the first syllable.

"Hail, water-gruel, healing power,
"Of easy access to the poor!"

But this pronunciation ought to be avoided as
contrary to analogy, and the general usage of
the language; as may be seen in Johnson under
the word:
ACCESSARINESS, ák'sès-så'rè-nèss. s.
state of being accessary

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