559.-Fate, får, fåll, fát;—mẻ, mêt ;—pine, pỉn ;—

In the first place; To ABSENT, Ab-sent. v. a. To withdraw, to forbear to come into presence.

ABSORPT ab-sörpt. p. Swallowed up. ABRUPTNESS, âb-rapt'ness. s. An abrupt man-ABSORPTION, áb-soro'shin. 9. The act of ner, haste, suddenness.

ABSCESS, b'sess. s. A morbid cavity in the body.
To ABSCIND, áb-sind'. v. a. To cut off.
ABSCISSION, ab-sizh ́ân. s. The act of cutting off; ||
the state of being cut off.

To ABSTAIN, ab-ståne'. v. n. To forbear, to de-
ny one's self any gratification.
ABSTEMIOUS, ab-stè mè ôs a. Temperate, so.
ber, abstinent.

I have differed from Mr. Sheridan in mark-|| ing the ss in this word, and, I think, with the best usage on my side. Though double s is al most always pronounced sharp and hissing, vet when a sharp s precedes, it seems more agreeable to the ear to pronounce the succeeding s flat. Thus, though the termination ition is al-To ABSTERGE, åb-stèrje'. v. a. To cleanse, ways sharp, yet because the s in transition is necessarily sharp, the goes into the flat sound, as if written transizhion, which see.

ABSTEMIOUSLY, åb-stè'mė-ås-lè. ad. Temperately, soberly, without indulgence. ABSTEMIOUSNESS, ab-stè'mè-as-ness. 9. 534. The quality of being abstemious. ABSTENTION, åb-sten'shan. s. The act of holding off

—nỏ, mỏve, nÅr, nốt ;−tube, tải, bull ;—ôi! ;—pound ;—thin, T#13.

ABSTINENT, áb ste-nent. a. That uses abstinence.
15 ABSTRACT, áb-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

ACADEMY,

4-kåd'dè-mé.

or.

}

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

tity, containing the virtue or power of a great-Dr. Johnson tells us, that this word was an er; an epitome made by taking out the princi

pal parts.

ABSTRACTED, åb-stråk'têd. p. a. Separated: refined, abstruse; absent of mind.

ABSTRACTEDLY, ab-stråk'têd-le. ac. With abstraction; simply; separate from ali contingent circumstances.

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

manner.

ABSTRUSE, áb-strůse'. a. 427. Hidden; diffi-
cult; remote from conception or apprehension.
ABSTRUSELY, áb-struse lè. ad. Obscurely, not
plainly, or obviously.
ABSTRUSENESS, ab-struse'ness. s. Difficulty;
obscurity.

ABSTRUŠITY, ab-stru'sé-tè. s. 511. Abstruse-
ness; that which is abstruse.

To ABSUME, åb-sùme'. v. a. To bring to an end by gradual waste.

ABSURD, ab-sård'. a. Inconsistent; contrary to

reason.

ABSURDITY, åb-sår'dè-tè. s. 511. The quality
of being absurd; that which is absurd.
ABSURDLY, åb-sûrd ́lè. ad. Improperly, unrea-
sonably.
ABSURDNESS, ab-surd'ness. s. The quality of
being absurd; injudiciousness, impropriety.
ABUNDANCE, &-ban'dânse. s. Plenty; great
numbers, a great quantity; exuberance; more
than enough.

ABUNDANT, &-ban'dant. a. Plentiful; exube-
rant; fully stored.

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

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

ABUSE, å-base'. s. 437

he

The ili use of any thing corrupt practice; bad custom; seducement; unjust censure, rude reproach. ABUSER, â-ba'zar. s. He that makes an ill use; that deceives; he that reproaches with rudeness. ABUSIVE, &-bu'siv. a. 428. Practising abuse; containing abuse; deceitful.

ABUSIVELY, â-bú ́siv-lè. ad. Improperly; by a wrong use; reproachfully.

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

ABYSS, â-biss'. s.

A depth without bottom; a
great depth; a gulf.
ACACIA, a-ka'she-å. s. 505. A drug brought from
Egypt.

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

ACADEMIAN, âk-â-dè ́mè-ân. s. A scholar of an academy or university.

ACADEMICAL, âk-â-dêm ́iné-kál. a. Belonging to an university.

ACADEMICK, ák-â-dêm'îk s. 508. A student of an university.

ACADEMICK, &k-kå-dém'ik. a. Relating to an university.

ACADEMICIAN, âk-kâ-dè-mish'ân

member of an academy.

ACADEMIST,

{å-kád of mist,

or,

Zak'a-dem-ist.

The member of an academy.

8. The

ciently and properly accented on the first syl lable, though now frequently on the second That it was accented on the first syilable tili within these few years, is pretty generally re membered, and if Shakspeare did not, by po etical license, violate the accentuation of his time, it was certainly pronounced so two centuries ago, as appears by Dr. Johnson's imitation 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 ge-
neral 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 Homérus, we make Homer; of Virgilius,
Virgil; and of Horatius, Horace: Hyacinthus
altered to Hacinth, removes the accent two
syllables higher; and cæremonia, become cére
mony, does the same; and no law, that I know
of, forbids us to accent academia, or if you will
Axadnuia, 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 or the third syllable, which, when re-
duced to academy, reamised the accent to be re-
moved higher.

But how, it wil be said, does this account ter
placing the accent on the first syllable of the
English word dcademy, 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 simil 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 polysylia
bles from the Latin on the first or second sylin
ble. Though in the Latin there never was
more than one accent upon a word, yet, in our
pronunciation of Latin, we coinmoniy place an

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;-mè, mêt ;-plne, pin ;

perfectly agreeable to the analogy of Englist adjectives, and finding it used by several very respectable authors, I have ventured to insert it Mr. Foster, in his Essay on Accent and Quantity, says. "When a high note succeeds a low one, or rises above the grave tone of voice, "the perception of it is sudden and instanta neous, 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

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perhaps express. I can however engage to make "it perceptible to a common English ear in any "Greek word, according to its present accentua, "mark." And Dr. Galley, in his Dissertation against Greek Accents, makes use of the same word, where he says, "For if or means, at. cording to Mr. Foster, that oratorical or com 66 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 " 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, àk-sên tshù-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 ác-a-de-my, the frst 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 syilable, 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 accent ed 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 sy'lable, because in pronouncing the words volunta- || ACCENTUATION, åk-sển-tshủ-å'shůn. s. The rius, comparabilis, disputabilis, admirabilis, &c. we commonly lay a stress upon the first, as well as 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, oeconomy. 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, have, 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 academ ought to have the accent on the first syllable, though present usage, it must be confessed, seems to lead to the contrary pronunciation. ACANTHUS, a-kân'thus. s. 470. The herb bearsfoot

to ACCENT, âk-sent'. v. a. 492. To pronounce, to speak words with particular regard to the grammatical marks or rules; to write or note the accents.

ACCENTUAL, ak-sen'tshù-ål. a. Relating to accents. 463.

act of placing the accent in pronunciation; or
writing.

To ACCEPT, âk-sept. v. a. To take with plea-
sure, to receive kindly.
ACCEPTABILITY, âk- sẻp-tå-bll'lè-tè. s. The
quality of being acceptable.
ACCEPTABLE, åk ́s p-tå-bl. a.Grateful; pleasing

Within these twenty years this word has shifted its accent from the second to the first syliable. There are now few polite speakers who do not pronounce it acceptable; 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 transition from the formation of the one letter to the other. As nature, therefore, directs us to place the accent upon these corsouants 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 accept ble, susceptible, corruptible, with the accent on the second syllable. See Commendable. ACCEPTABLENESS, âk'sêp-tâ-bl-ness. s. The quality of being acceptable.

ACCEPTABLY, âk'sep-tâ-blè. ad. In an accep. table manner.

ACCEPTANCE, åk-sep'tânse. s. Reception with approbation.

ACCEPTATION, âk-sèp-tà'shůn. s. Reception, whether good or bad; the meaning of a word. ACCEPTER, &k-sep'tur. s. 98. The person that accepts.

ACCEPTION, ák-sep'shån. s. The received sense of a word; the meaning

ACCESS, ak-sess'. s. The way by which any thing may be approached; the means, or liberty, of approaching either to things or men; in crease, enlargement, addition; the returns or fits of a distemper.

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.

This word is in no English Dictionary I have|ACCESSARINESS, âk'sès-så'rè-ndas. s. The eret with but, conceiving its formation to be

state of being accessary.

—nỏ, môve, nỗr, nốt ;—tube, tảo, buil ;—Bil ,—pound ;—thin, TH13.

ACCESSARY, âk'ses-sa-rè, s. He that, not being the chief agent in a crime, contributes to it. ACCESSARY, âk'sès-så-rè. a. Joined to, addi tional; helping forward.

ACCESSIBLE, ak-ses-'sè-bl. a. That which may be approached.

ACCESSION, åk-sêsh ́ån. s. Increase by something added; the act of coming to, or joining one's self to, as, accession to a confederacy; the act of arriving at, as, the king's accession

to the throne.

ACCESSORILY, âk'sès-só-rè-lè. ad. In the manner of an accessory.

ACCESSORY, âk'ses-so-rè. a. 557. Joined to another thing, so as to increase it; additional. ACCIDENCE, åk'sè-dense. s. The little book containing the first rudiments of grammar, and explaining the properties of the eight parts of speech.

ACCIDENT, ak'sè-dent. s. The property or quality of any being which may be separated from it, at least in thought; in grammar, the property of a word; that which happens unforeseen; casualty, chance.

ACCIDENTAL, åk-sè-dễn'tâl. s. A property nonessential.

ACCIDENTAL, âk-sè-dễn'tål. a. Having the quality of an accident, non-essential; casual, fortuitous, happening by chance.

ACCIDENTALLY, âk-sè-dén'tâl-lè. aa. Casually,
fortuitously.

ACCIDENTALNESS, âk-sé-dén'tâl-ness. s. The
quality of being accidental.
ACCIPIENT, ak-sip'pè-èni. s.

A receiver.

To ACCITE, ak-site'. v. a. To call; to summon. ACCLAIM, ák-klame'. s. A shout of praise; acclamation.

ACCLAMATION, ák-klå-må'shån. s. Shouts of applause,

ACCLIVITY, åk-kliv'vè-tě. a. 511. The steepness or slope of a line inclining to the horizon, reckoned upwards; as, the ascent of an hill is the acclivity, the descent is the declivity. ACCLIVOUS, âk-kll'vůs a. 503, h. Rising with|| a slope.

To ACCLOY, ák-kloè'. v. a. 329. To fill up, in
an ill sense; to fill to satiety.

To ACCOIL, âk-köll'. v. n. 299. To crowd; to
Keep a coil about; to bustle; to be in a hurry.
ACCOLENT, ak'ko-lent, s. 544. A borderer.
ACCOMMODABLE, åk-kom'mò-då-bl. a
which may be fitted.

Suit

That To ACCOMMODATE, åk-kôm'mò-dåte. v. a. 91. To supply with conveniencies of any kind. ACCOMMODATE, åk-kôm'mò-date. a. able, fit. 91. ACCOMMODATELY, åk-kôm'mò-dåte-lè. ad. 91. Suitably, fitly. ACCOMMODATION, åk-kôm-mo-då ́shẳn. s. Provision of conveniencies; in the plural, conveniencies, things requisite to ease or refreshment; composition of a difference; reconciliation; adjustment. ACCOMPANABLE, ak-kâm'pâ-nâ-bl. a. Sociable. ACCOMPANIER, âk-kun'pá-nè-år. s.

The per

Completion, full performance, perfection, com
pletion, as of a prophecy; embellishment, ele
gance, ornament of mind or body.
ACCOMPT, âk-köånt'. s. 407. An account, a
reckoning.
A reckoner,

ACCOMPTANT, âk-köån'tânt. s.
computer. 412.

To ACCORD, âk-körd'. v. a. To make agree, to
adjust one thing to another.

symmetry.

Tɔ ACCGPD, âk-körd'. v. n. To agree, to suit
one with another.
ACCORD, ak-kord'. s. A compact, an agree
ment; concurrence; union of mind; harmony,
Agreement
ACCORDANCE, åk-kör'dânse. s.
with a person; conformity to omething.
ACCORDANT, âk-kör dånt. a. Willing, in good
ACCORDING, åk-kôr'ding. p. In a manner suit-
able to; agreeable to; in proportion; with re-
gard to.

humour.

ACCORDINGLY, åk-kôr'ding-lè. ad. Agreea
bly, suitably, conformab.y.
To ACCOST, ák-kost'. v. a. To speak to first;
to address; to salute.

ACCOSTABLE, åk-kos'tå-bl. a. 405. Easy of
access, familiar.

ACCOUNT, âk-köûnt'. s. 407. A computation of debts or expenses; the state or result of a com putation; value or estimation; a narrative, relation; the relation and reasons of a transaction given to a person in authority; explana tion, assignment of causes.

To ACCOUNT, &k-koůnt'. v. a. To esteem, to think; to hold in opinion; to reckon, to compute; to give an account, to assign the causes; to make up the reckoning, to answer for prac tice; to hold in esteem.

ACCOUNTABLE, åk-köån'tå-bl. a. Of whom
an account may be required; who must an
swer for.

ACCOUNTANT, âk-köůn'tânt. a. Accountable
to, responsible for.
A computer
ACCOUNTANT, âk-kồůn tẫni. s.
a man skilled or employed in accounts.
ACCOUNT-BOOK, ak köånt book. s.
containing accounts.

A book

To ACCOUPLE, âk-kúp'pl. v. a. To join; to link together. 314.

Crowing T, draw to

To ACCOURT, ák-kòrt'. v. a. 318. To enter
tain with courtship, or courtesy.
To dress; to'
To ACCOUTRE, åk-köô'tår. v. a.
equip. 315.
ACCOUTREMENT, åk-kóō'tår-ment. s. Dress,
equipage, trappings, ornaments.
ACCREDITED, ak-kredit-d. adj Of allowed
reputation; confidential. Mason.
The act of grow
ACCRETION, âk-krè'shån. s.
ing to another, so as to increase it.
ACCRETIVE, ak-kre tiv. a. 158.
that which by growth is added.
To ACCROACH, ák-krotsh'. v. a.
one as with a hook. 295.
To accede
To ACCRUE, äk-kroo'. v. n. 339.
to, to be added to; to be added, as an advan
tage or improvement; in a commercial sense,
to be produced, or arise, as profit..
The ancient
ACCUBATION, ak-ku-ba shan. s.
posture of leaning at meals.
a. 347. To lie at
To ACCUMB, ak-kamb'. v.
the table according to the ancient manner.
fo ACCUMULATE, ák-kü'nd-l'. e. v. a. To
pile up; to heap together. 91.

son that makes part of the company; companion. To ACCOMPANY, Ak-kům ́pâ-nè. v. a. To be with another as a companion; to join with 165. ACCOMPLICE, åk-kom'plis. s. 142. An associate, a partaker, usually in an ill sense; a partne, or co-operator. To ACCOMPLISH, åk-kôm'plish. v. a. To complete, to execute fully, as, to accomplish a de-ACCUMULATION, àk-kú-nú-ls shẳn. s. The act of accumulating; the stat of being accumulated. sign; to fulfil, as a prophecy; to adorn, or furnish either mind or body. ACCOMPLISHED, åk-kom'plish-ed. p. a. Com- ACCUMULATIVE, âk-ků ́mů--tv. a which accumulates; that wì. ch is accumula. plete in some qualification; elegant, finished in ted, 157. He that respect of embellishments. ACCUMULATOR, âk-ků'mb-la-tår. s. ACCOMPLISHER, åk-kôm'plish-år, s. The peraccumulates; a gatherer or taper together 521Exactness, nicety. son that accomplishes. ACCURACY, ák ki-rå-sè s

ACCOMPLISHMENT, åk-kôm'plish-mẻnt, 8,

That

559-Fate, får, fåll fât;-mè, mét ;-pine, pin ;ACCURATE. Akko-råten 9! Exact. as opposed to negligence or ›gnorance exact without defect or failure ACCURATELY, Akko-rate-je without errour; nicely. ACCURATENESS. ák'ko-rate-ness. s. ness, nicety

ACME, ak mé 8. The height of any thing more especially used to denote the height of a distemper One of the lowest order in the Roman church. Exact-ACOLYTE, åk'd-lite. s. 544. The same as Acalothist.

ad. Exactly

To ACCURSE, åk-kårse' v. a. To doom to misery.

ACCURSED, âk-kår'sẻd. part. a. 362.

That which is cursed or doomed to misery; execrable, hateful, detestable.

ACOLOTHIST, à-kôl ́lo-thist

ACONITE, âk'kò-nite. s. 155. The herb wolf's
bane. In poetical language, poison in general.
ACORN, å korn. s. The seed or fruit borne by
the oak.
ACOUSTICKS, a-kod'stiks. s. 313. The doc
trine or theory of sounds: medicines to help
the hearing.

ACQUAINT, åk-kwånt'. v. a. To make familiar with; to inform. 202. ACQUAINTANCE, âk-kwan'tânse. s. The state of being acquainted with; familiarity; knowledge; familiar knowledge; a slight or initia knowledge, short of friendship; the person with whom we are acquainted, without the intimacy of friendship.

ACCUSABLE, âk-ků ́zâ-bl. a. 405. That which
may be censured; blameable; culpable.
ACCUSATION, âk-kd-za'shan. s. The act of ac-To
cusing, the charge brought against any one.
ACCUSATIVE, âk-ků ́zâ-tiv. a. A term of gram- ||
mar, the fourth case of a noun.
ACCUSATORY, ák-kd'zå-to-rè. a. That which
produceth or containeth an accusation. 512.
To ACCUSE, âk-kúze ̊. v. a. To charge with a
crime; to blame or censure
ACCUSER, âk-ků'zür. s. 98
charge against another.
To ACCUSTOM, âk-kås ́tům. v, a. To habitu-
ate, to inure.

He that brings a ||

ACCUSTOMABLE, åk-kås'tåm-mâ-bl. a. Done by long custom or habit

ACCUSTOMABLY, åk-kös'tom-â-blè. ad. cording to custom.

known.

ACQUAINTED, âk-kwan'têd. a. Familiar; well ACQUEST, âk-kwest'. s. Acquisition; the thing gained.

To ACQUIESCE, âk-kwè-êss'. v. n. To rest in, or remain satisfied. Ac-ACQUIESCENCE, ák-kwè-êss'ênse. 8. A silent appearance of content; satisfaction, rest, con tent; submission.

ACCUSTOMANCE, åk-kås'tům-mânse. s. Cus-
tom, habit, use.

ACCUSTOMARILY, åk-kus'tâm-mâ-rè-lè. ad.
In a customary manner.
ACCUSTOMARY, âk-kûs'tåm-må-rè. a. Usual,
practised. 512.

ACCUSTOMED, åk-kås'tåm-ed. a. According
to custom; frequent; usual. 362.

ACE, ȧse. . An unit; a single point in cards or dice; a small quantity.

ACQUIRABLE, âk-kwl'rå-bl. a. Attainable. 405. To ACQUIRE, åk-kwire'. v. a. To gain by one's labour or power.

ACQUIRED, åk-kwi'r'd. particip. a. Gained by one's self. 362.

An ACQUIRER, âk-kwi'rår. s. 98. The person that acquires; a gainer.

An ACQUIREMENT, âk-kwire'ment. s. That which is acquired; gain; attainment.

ACERBITY, â-sér bè-tè. s. 511. A rough sour|ACQUISITION, åk-kwe-zish'shan. s. The act of taste; applied to men, sharpness of temper. To ACERVATE, â-sèr'vàte. v a. 91. To heap

ACETOSITY, âs-è-tôs'è-tè. s. 511. The state of being acetose.

ACETOUS, &-sè'tàs. a. 314. Sour.

ACHE, ahe, s. 355. A continued pain.

To ACHE, ake. v. n. To be in pain.

acquiring the thing gained; acquirement. ACQUISITIVE, åk-kwiz'zè-tiv. a. That which is acquired. 157.

ACQUIST, åk-kwist'. s. Acquirement; attainment To ACQUIT, åk-kwit'. v. a. 415. To set free, to clear from the charge of guilt, to absolve, to clear from any obligation, the man hath ac quitted himself well, he discharged his duty. ACQUITMENT, åk-kwit 'ment. s. The state of being acquitted, or act of acquitting.

ACQUITTAL, åk-kwit'tål. s. 157. Is a deliver ance from an offence.

To ACQUITTANCE, ak-kwit'tânse. v. n. To procure an acquittance; to acquit.

To ACHIEVE, at-tshève'. v. a. To perform; to ACQUITTANCE, âk-kwit tânse. s. The act of

Anish. 257.

An ACHIEVER, ât-tshè vår. s. He that performs what he endeavours.

An ACHIEVEMENT, ât-tshève'mênt. s. The
performance of an action; the escutcheon, or
ensigns armorial.

ACHOR, á kör. s. 166. A species of the herpes.
ACID, As'sid. a. Sour, sharp.

ACIDITY, á-sid'dè-tè. s. 511. Sharpness, sour

ness.

ACIDNESS, ås sid-ness. s. The quality of being acid.

ACIDULÆ, â-s}d'dů-lè. s. 199 Medicinal springs impregnated with sharp particles

To ACIDCLATE, â-sid'du-låte. v. a. To tinge with acids in a slight degree. 91.

discharging from a debt; a writing testifying the receipt of a debt.

ACRE, à'kar. s. 98, 416. A quantity of land, containing in length forty perches, and four in breadth; or four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards.

ACHID, ak'krid. a Of a hot biting taste. ACRIMONIOUS, âk-krè-mò'nd-ds. a. Sharp, cor. rosive. 314.

ACRIMONY, ák'krè-md-nẻ s. 557. Sharpness, corrosiveness; sharpness of temper, severity. See DOMESTIC.

ACRITUDE, ák ́kré-tùde. s. An acrid taste;
biting heat on the palate.

ACROAMATICAL, ak ́krò-â mắt'tè-kâl. a. 509
Of or pertaining to deep learning.
ACROSPIRE, &k kro-spire. s. 151. A shoot or
sprout from the end of seeds.

To ACKNOWLEDGE, Aknollédj. v. a. To own the knowledge of; to own any thing or person in a particular character; to confess, as, a fault:||ACROSPIRED, åk'krò-spi rêì. part. a. Having to own, as, a benefit. 328

ACKNOWLEDGING, âk-nôl'lëdj-ing. a. Grate

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, ák-nôl lêdie-ment. s. 328. See KNOWLEDGE. Concession of the truth of any position; confession of a fault; confession of a benefit received.

sprouts 362.

ACROSS, a-kross' ad. Athwart ; laid over something so as to cross it.

An ACROSTICK, A-kross'tik. s. A poem, al which the first letter of every line being taken, makes up the name of the person or thing on which the poem is written