Chapter 11

Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.

Accedence <Xpage=10>

Ac*ced"ence (#) , n. The act of acceding.

Acceder <Xpage=10>

Ac*ced"er (#) , n. One who accedes.

Accelerando <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel`er*an"do (#) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement.

Accelerate <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel"er*ate (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accelerated (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating .] [L. acceleratus , p. p. of accelerare ; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity .] 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard .

2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure .

Accelerated motion (Mech.) , motion with a continually increasing velocity. -- Accelerating force , the force which causes accelerated motion.

Nichol.

Syn. -- To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further.

Acceleration <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel`er*a"tion (#) , n. [L. acceleratio : cf. F. acc\'82l\'82ration .] The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity ; -- opposed to retardation .

A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration . I. Taylor.

(Astr. & Physics.) Acceleration of the moon , the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. -- Acceleration and retardation of the tides . See Priming of the tides , under Priming . -- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars , the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding. -- Acceleration of the planets , the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.

Accelerative <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel"er*a*tive (#) , a. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.

Reid.

Accelerator <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel"er*a`tor (#) , n. One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj .; as, accelerator nerves .

Acceleratory <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel"er*a*to*ry (#) , a. Accelerative.

Accelerograph <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel"er*o*graph (#) , n. [ Acceler ate + -graph .] (Mil.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.

Accelerometer <Xpage=10>

Ac*cel`er*om"e*ter (#) , n. [ Acceler ate + -meter .] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.

Accend <Xpage=10>

Ac*cend" (#) , v. t. [L. accendere , accensum , to kindle; ad + cand\'cbre to kindle (only in compounds); rel. to cand\'c7re to be white, to gleam. See Candle .] To set on fire; to kindle. [Obs.]

Fotherby.

Accendibility <Xpage=10>

Ac*cend`i*bil"i*ty (#) , n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.

Accendible <Xpage=10>

Ac*cend"i*ble (#) , a. Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable.

Ure.

Accension <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"sion (#) , n. The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.

Locke.

Accensor <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"sor (#) , n. [LL., from p. p. accensus . See Accend .] (R. C. Ch.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

Accent <Xpage=10>

Ac"cent` (#) , n. [F. accent , L. accentus ; ad + cantus a singing, canere to sing. See Cant .] 1. A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

&hand; Many English words have two accents, the primary and the secondary ; the primary being uttered with a greater stress of voice than the secondary; as in as \'b7 pira \'b6 tion , where the chief stress is on the third syllable, and a slighter stress on the first. Some words, as an\'b7tiap\'b7o-plec\'b6tic , in-com\'b7pre-hen\'b7si-bil\'b6i-ty , have two secondary accents. See Guide to Pron., \'c5\'c5 30-46.

2. A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents .

&hand; In the ancient Greek the acute accent (\'b7) meant a raised tone or pitch, the grave ( ` ), the level tone or simply the negation of accent, the circumflex ( ~ or ^) a tone raised and then depressed. In works on elocution, the first is often used to denote the rising inflection of the voice; the second, the falling inflection; and the third (^), the compound or waving inflection. In dictionaries, spelling books, and the like, the acute accent is used to designate the syllable which receives the chief stress of voice.

3. Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent ; a French or a German accent . "Beguiled you in a plain accent ." Shak . "A perfect accent ." Thackeray .

The tender accent of a woman's cry. Prior.

4. A word; a significant tone; (pl.) expressions in general; speech.

Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear. Dryden.

5. (Pros.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

6. (Mus.) (a) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. (b) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. (c) The rythmical accent , which marks phrases and sections of a period. (d) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

J. S. Dwight.

7. (Math.) (a) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y\'b7, y\'b7\'b7. (b) (Trigon.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12\'b727\'b7\'b7, i. e. , twelve minutes twenty seven seconds. (c) (Engin.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6\'b7 10\'b7\'b7 is six feet ten inches .

Accent <Xpage=10>

Ac*cent" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accenting .] [OF. accenter , F. accentuer .]

1. To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

Accentless <Xpage=10>

Ac"cent`less (#) , a. Without accent.

Accentor <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"tor (#) , n. [L. ad . + cantor singer, canere to sing.] 1. (Mus.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

Accentuable <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"tu*a*ble (#) , a. Capable of being accented.

Accentual <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"tu*al (#) , a. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

Accentuality <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen`tu*al"i*ty (#) , n. The quality of being accentual.

Accentually <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"tu*al*ly (#) , adv. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Accentuate <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen"tu*ate (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accentuated (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accentuating .] [LL. accentuatus , p. p. of accentuare , fr. L. accentus : cf. F. accentuer .] 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents.

2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated . London Times.

3. To mark with the written accent.

Accentuation <Xpage=10>

Ac*cen`tu*a"tion (#) , n. [LL. accentuatio : cf. F. accentuation .] Act of accentuating; applications of accent . Specifically (Eccles. Mus.) , pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Accept <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accepted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accepting .] [F. accepter , L. acceptare , freq. of accipere ; ad + capere to take; akin to E. heave .]

1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift ; -- often followed by of .

If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak.

To accept of ransom for my son. Milton.

She accepted of a treat. Addison.

2. To receive with favor; to approve.

The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.

Ps. xx. 3.

Peradventure he will accept of me.

Gen. xxxii. 20.

3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse .

4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted ?

5. (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange .

Bouvier.

6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee . [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

To accept a bill (Law) , to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law) , to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been. -- To accept the person (Eccl.) , to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person ."

Gal. ii. 6.

Syn. -- To receive; take; admit. See Receive .

Accept <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept" , a. Accepted. [Obs.]

Shak.

Acceptability <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty (#) , n. [LL. acceptabilitas .] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. " Acceptability of repentance."

Jer. Taylor.

Acceptable <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept"a*ble (#) , a. [F. acceptable , L. acceptabilis , fr. acceptare .] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us .

Acceptableness <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept"a*ble*ness (#) , n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Acceptably <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept"a*bly , adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Acceptance <Xpage=10>

Ac*cept"ance (#) , n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. Isa. lx. 7.

2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance ."

Shak.

3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted.

4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

&hand; What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.

Mozley & W.

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&hand; In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

Acceptance of a bill of exchange , check , draft , &or; order , is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods , under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.

6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

Acceptance of persons , partiality, favoritism. See under Accept .

Acceptancy <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"an*cy (#) , n. Acceptance. [R.]

Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy . Mrs. Browning.

Acceptant <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"ant (#) , a. Accepting; receiving.

Acceptant <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"ant , n. An accepter.

Chapman.

Acceptation <Xpage=11>

Ac`cep*ta"tion (#) , n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.]

This is saying worthy of all acceptation . 1 Tim. i. 15.

Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation .

My words, in common acceptation , Could never give this provocation. Gay.

Acceptedly <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"ed*ly (#) , adv. In a accepted manner; admittedly.

Accepter <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"er (#) , n. 1. A person who accepts; a taker.

2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.]

God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth.

3. (Law) An acceptor.

Acceptilation <Xpage=11>

Ac*cep`ti*la"tion (#) , n. [L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept ) + latio a carrying, fr. latus , p. p. of ferre to carry: cf. F. acceptilation .] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

Acception <Xpage=11>

Ac*cep"tion (#) , n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception .] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]

Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller.

Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.) , favoritism; partiality. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Acceptive <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"ive (#) , a. 1. Fit for acceptance.

2. Ready to accept. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Acceptor <Xpage=11>

Ac*cept"or (#; 277) , n. [L.] One who accepts ; specifically (Law & Com.) , one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Access <Xpage=11>

Ac*cess" (#; 277) , n. [F. acc\'8as , L. accessus , fr. accedere . See Accede .] 1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince .

I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. Shak.

2. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land . "All access was thronged."

Milton.

3. Admission to sexual intercourse.

During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. Blackstone.

4. Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory . [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton.

5. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

The first access looked like an apoplexy. Burnet.

6. A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury . [A Gallicism]

Accessarily <Xpage=11>

Ac*ces"sa*ri*ly (#) , adv. In the manner of an accessary.

Accessariness <Xpage=11>

Ac*ces"sa*ri*ness , n. The state of being accessary.

Accessary <Xpage=11>

Ac*ces"sa*ry (#; 277) , a. Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory .

To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary . Shak.

Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.

Accessary <Xpage=11>

Ac*ces"sa*ry (277) , n. ; pl. Accessaries (#) . [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius .] (Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

Accessary before the fact (Law) , one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact , one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.

&hand; This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory . In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory .

Accessibility <Xpage=11>

Ac*cess`i*bil"i*ty (#) , n. [L. accessibilitas : cf. F. accessibilit\'82 .] The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.

Langhorne.

Accessible <Xpage=11>

Ac*cess"i*ble (#) , a. [L. accessibilis , fr. accedere : cf. F. accessible . See Accede .] 1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person .

2. Open to the influence of; -- with to . "Minds accessible to reason."

Macaulay.

3. Obtainable; to be got at.

The best information . . . at present accessible . Macaulay.

Accessibly <Xpage=11>

Ac*cess"i*bly (#) , adv. In an accessible manner.

Accession <Xpage=11>