Chapter 15

Ac*cursed" (#) , Ac*curst" (#) , p. p. & a. Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. Shak . -- Ac*curs"ed*ly , adv. -- Ac*curs"ed*ness , n.

Accusable <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"a*ble (#) , a. [L. accusabilis : cf. F. accusable .] Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of .

Accusal <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"al (#) , n. Accusation. [R.]

Byron.

Accusant <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"ant (#) , n. [L. accusans , p. pr. of accusare : cf. F. accusant .] An accuser.

Bp. Hall.

Accusation <Xpage=14>

Ac`cu*sa"tion (#) , n. [OF. acusation , F. accusation , L. accusatio , fr. accusare . See Accuse .]

1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense.

We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge.

[They] set up over his head his accusation . Matt. xxvii. 37.

Syn. -- Impeachment; crimination; censure; charge.

Accusatival <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu`sa*ti"val (#) , a. Pertaining to the accusative case.

Accusative <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu"sa*tive (#) , a. [F. accusatif , L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare . See Accuse .]

1. Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age."

Sir E. Dering.

2. (Gram.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.

Accusative <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu"sa*tive , n. (Gram.) The accusative case.

Accusatively <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu"sa*tive*ly , adv. 1. In an accusative manner.

2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

Accusatorial <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu`sa*to"ri*al (#) , a. Accusatory.

Accusatorially <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu`sa*to"ri*al*ly , adv. By way accusation.

Accusatory <Xpage=14>

Ac*cu"sa*to*ry (#) , a. [L. accusatorius , fr. accusare .] Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel .

Grote.

Accuse <Xpage=14>

Ac*cuse" (#) , n. Accusation. [Obs.]

Shak.

Accuse <Xpage=14>

Ac*cuse" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accused (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accusing .] [OF. acuser , F. accuser , L. accusare , to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. Cause .] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense ; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of ; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor .

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts xxiv. 13.

We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay.

2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.

Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15.

3. To betray; to show. [L.]

Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. -- To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. -- To Accuse , Charge , Impeach , Arraign . These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.

Accused <Xpage=14>

Ac*cused" (#) , a. Charged with offense; as, an accused person .

Commonly used substantively; as, the accused , one charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

Accusement <Xpage=14>

Ac*cuse"ment (#) , n. [OF. acusement . See Accuse .] Accusation. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Accuser <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"er (#) , n. [OE. acuser , accusour ; cf. OF. acuseor , fr. L. accusator , fr. accusare .] One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Accusingly <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"ing*ly , adv. In an accusing manner.

Accustom <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accustomed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming .] [OF. acostumer , acustumer , F. accoutumer ; \'85 (L. ad ) + OF. costume , F. coutume , custom. See Custom .] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to .

I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

Syn. -- To habituate; inure; exercise; train.

Accustom <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom , v. i. 1. To be wont. [Obs.]

Carew.

2. To cohabit. [Obs.]

We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.

Accustom <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom , n. Custom. [Obs.]

Milton.

Accustomable <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom*a*ble (#) , a. Habitual; customary; wonted. " Accustomable goodness."

Latimer.

Accustomably <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom*a*bly , adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily.

Latimer.

Accustomance <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom*ance (#) , n. [OF. accoustumance , F. accoutumance .] Custom; habitual use. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Accustomarily <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom*a*ri*ly (#) , adv. Customarily. [Obs.]

Accustomary <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tom*a*ry (#) , a. Usual; customary. [Archaic]

Featley.

Accustomed <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tomed (#) , a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action."

Shak.

2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop."

Smollett.

Accustomedness <Xpage=14>

Ac*cus"tomed*ness , n. Habituation.

Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.

Ace <Xpage=14>

Ace (#) , n. ; pl. Aces (#) . [OE. as , F. as , fr. L. as , assis , unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. As .]

1. A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds .

2. Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

I 'll not wag an ace further. Dryden.

To bate an ace , to make the least abatement. [Obs.]M/mark> -- Within an ace of , very near; on the point of.

W. Irving.

Aceldama <Xpage=14>

A*cel"da*ma (#) , n. [Gr. <?/, fr. Syr. \'d3k\'c7l dam\'d3 the field of blood.] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood . Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama . De Quincey.

Acentric <Xpage=14>

A*cen"tric (#) , a. [Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a point, a center.] Not centered; without a center.

Acephal <Xpage=14>

Ac"e*phal (#) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ head: cf. F. ac\'82phale , LL. acephalus .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Acephala.

Acephala <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*la (#) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal .] (Zo\'94l.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca .

Acephalan <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*lan (#) , n. Same as Acephal .

Acephalan <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*lan , a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Acephala.

Acephali <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*li (#) , n. pl. [LL., pl. of acephalus . See Acephal .] 1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A Christian sect without a leader. (b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

Acephalist <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*list (#) , n. One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Dr. Gauden.

Acephalocyst <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*lo*cyst (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ without a head + <?/ bladder.] (Zo\'94l.) A larval entozo\'94n in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hy datid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

Acephalocystic <Xpage=14>

A*ceph`a*lo*cys"tic (#) , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

Acephalous <Xpage=14>

A*ceph"a*lous (#) , a. [See Acephal .]

1. Headless.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

4. Without a leader or chief.

5. Wanting the beginning.

A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.

6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.

Brande.

Acerate <Xpage=14>

Ac"er*ate (#) , n. [See Aceric .] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

Acerate <Xpage=14>

Ac"er*ate , a. Acerose; needle-shaped.

Acerb <Xpage=14>

A*cerb" (#) , a. [L. acerbus , fr. acer sharp: cf. F. acerbe . See Acrid .] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.

Acerbate <Xpage=14>

A*cerb"ate (#) , v. t. [L. acerbatus , p. p. of acerbare , fr. acerbus .] To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.

Acerbic <Xpage=14>

A*cerb"ic (#) , a. Sour or severe.

Acerbitude <Xpage=14>

A*cerb"i*tude (#) , n. [L. acerbitudo , fr. acerbus .] Sourness and harshness. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Acerbity <Xpage=14>

A*cerb"i*ty (#) , n. [F. acerbit\'82 , L. acerbitas , fr. acerbus . See Acerb .] 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain .

Barrow.

Aceric <Xpage=14>

A*cer"ic (#) , a. [L. acer maple.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid .

Ure.

Acerose <Xpage=14>

Ac"er*ose` (#) , a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus , gen. aceris , chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac\'82reux .] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Acerous <Xpage=14>

Ac"er*ous (#) , a. Same as Acerose .

Acerous <Xpage=14>

Ac"er*ous , a. [Gr. &a; priv. + &keras; a horn.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. (b) Without antenn\'91, as some insects.

Acerval <Xpage=14>

A*cer"val (#) , a. [L. acervalis , fr. acervus heap.] Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]

Acervate <Xpage=14>

A*cer"vate (#) , v. t. [L. acervatus , p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap.] To heap up. [Obs.]

Acervate <Xpage=14>

A*cer"vate (#) , a. Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

Acervation <Xpage=14>

Ac`er*va"tion (#) , n. [L. acervatio .] A heaping up; accumulation. [R.]

Johnson.

Acervative <Xpage=14>

A*cer"va*tive (#) , a. Heaped up; tending to heap up.

Acervose <Xpage=14>

A*cer"vose (#) , a. Full of heaps. [R.]

Bailey.

Acervuline <Xpage=14>

A*cer"vu*line (#) , a. Resembling little heaps.

Acescence, Acescency <Xpage=14>

A*ces"cence (#) , A*ces"cen*cy (#) , n. [Cf. F. acescence . See Acescent .] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.

Johnson.

Acescent <Xpage=14>

A*ces"cent (#) , a. [L. acescens , -entis , p. pr. of acescere to turn sour; inchoative of acere to be sour: cf. F. acescent . See Acid .] Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.

Faraday.

Acescent <Xpage=14>

A*ces"cent , n. A substance liable to become sour.

Acetable <Xpage=14>

Ac"e*ta*ble (#) , n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.]

Holland.

Acetabular <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*tab"u*lar (#) , a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

Acetabulifera <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*tab`u*lif"e*ra (#) , n. pl. [NL. See Acetabuliferous .] (Zo\'94l.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda .

Acetabuliferous <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*tab`u*lif"er*ous (#) , a. [L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous .] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

Acetabuliform <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*tab"u*li*form (#) , a. [L. acetabulum + -form .] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx .

Gray.

Acetabulum <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*tab"u*lum (#) , n. [L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

2. (Anat.) (a) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body. (c) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals. (d) The large posterior sucker of the leeches. (e) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

Acetal <Xpage=14>

Ac"e*tal (#) , n. [ Acet ic + al cohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

Acetaldehyde <Xpage=14>

Ac`et*al"de*hyde (#) , n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde .

Acetamide <Xpage=14>

Ac`et*am"ide (#) , n. [ Acet yl + amide .] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

Acetanilide <Xpage=14>

Ac`et*an"i*lide (#) , n. [ Acet yl + anilide .] (Med.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine .

Acetarious <Xpage=14>

Ac`e*ta"ri*ous (#) , a. [L. acetaria , n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] Used in salads; as, acetarious plants .

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Acetary <Xpage=15>

Ac"e*ta*ry (#) , n. [L. acetaria salad plants.] An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.

Grew.

Acetate <Xpage=15>

Ac"e*tate (#) , n. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash .

Acetated <Xpage=15>

Ac"e*ta`ted (#) , a. Combined with acetic acid.

Acetic <Xpage=15>

A*ce"tic (#; 277) , a. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) (a) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation . (b) Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid . The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

Acetification <Xpage=15>

A*cet`i*fi*ca"tion (#) , n. The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

Acetifier <Xpage=15>

A*cet"i*fi`er (#) , n. An apparatus for hastening acetification.

Knight.

Acetify <Xpage=15>

A*cet"i*fy (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acetified (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Acetifying (#) .] [L. acetum vinegar + -fly .] To convert into acid or vinegar.

Acetify <Xpage=15>

A*cet"i*fy , v. i. To turn acid.

Encyc. Dom. Econ.

Acetimeter <Xpage=15>

Ac`e*tim"e*ter (#) , n. [L. acetum vinegar + -meter : cf. F. ac\'82tim\'8atre .] An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

Acetimetry <Xpage=15>

Ac`e*tim"e*try (#) , n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.

Ure.

Acetin <Xpage=15>

Ac"e*tin (#) , n. (Chem.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.

Brande & C.

Acetize <Xpage=15>

Ac"e*tize (#) , v. i. To acetify. [R.]

Acetometer <Xpage=15>

Ac`e*tom"e*ter (#) , n. Same as Acetimeter .

Brande & C.

Acetone <Xpage=15>