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ABLE (adj. from the Sax. abel Strength) Powerful, | ABORIGINES ('s. plu. from the Lat.) The first inhabi. ftrong, fufficient.

Able (v. t. obfolete) To enable.

Chaucer. A'ble bodied (adj. from able and body) Strong in body. Able&tive (not ufel) Adorned for fale. AB'LEGATE (v. t. from the Lat. but not juficiently authorized) To fend on an embasty. Ablegations. not much used, from ablegate) The act of fending, or the ftate of being fent on an embaffy. ABLEG/MINA (5. plu. in Roman antiquities, from the Lat.) The chofen parts of the entrails of the beafts offered in facrifice.

Ab'len (s. a local word) The bleak.

A'bleness (s. not much used, from able) Power, sufficiency, ftrength of body.

A'bler (adj. comp. from able) Able in a greater degree. AB'LEPSY (s. from the Greek, but of little authority) Lofs of fight, inadvertence.

Ablett (adj. fup. from able) Able in the greatest degree. Abliet (s. a focal word) The bleak, a fmall river fifh. AB'LIGATE (v. t. not ujed, from the Lat. ligo to bind)

To bind up.

ABLIGURATION (5. from the Lat. abliguritio, but not ufed) Prodigality, profufenefs.

AB LOCATE v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and loco to place, but not used) To let out to hire. Ablocation (s. from ahlocate, but of no authority) The act of letting out to hire.

ABLUDE (v. t. not fuficiently authorized, from the Lat. abludo) To be unlike.

ABLU'ENT (adj. from the Lat. abluo to wash) Washing away, cleaning.

ABLUTION (s. from the Lat. ab from, and lavo to zwab) The act of wathing or cleaning, that which is washed away, a religious ceremony.

A'blying (adj. oblete, from able) Enabling. Chaucer. AH NEGATE (v. t. not used, from the Lat. abnego to demy) To deny.

Abnegation (s. nearly obsolete, from abnegate) A positive denial, felf-denial.

ABINER (s. from the Heb. fgnifying the father of light)

A man's name.

ARNET (s. in Jewish antiquity) A kind of girdle worn by the priests.

AB'NODATE (v. t. in gardening, from the Lat. ab from, and nodus a knot) To cut off the knots of trees. Abnodation (s. in gardening, from abnodate) The pruning of trees from knots.

Abbnor meth (v.3 per. fing. obfolete) Disfigureth. Chaucer. Abnormity (s. from abnormous, not much fed) Deformity. ABNORMOUS" (adj. from the Lat. ab from, and norma a rule, but not juficiently authorized) Deformed, irregular.

Abelard (ado. from the Sax. bord a bouge) In a ship.
Abc/de (v. pret. of abide, Did abide.

Able (s. from abide) A refidence, a dwelling.

tants of a country.

Abor'fement (s. not authorized) An untimely birth. ABOʻRT (v. t. from the Lat. aborto, little used) To bring forth before the time.

Abortion (s. from abort) An untimely birth, a miscar riage, the act of bringing forth before the time. Abortive (adj. from abort) Brought forth before the time, failing of fuccefs, come to nothing. Abortively (adv. from abortive) Immaturely brought forth, in a manner failing of fuccefs.

Abortivenefs (s. from abortive) The state of abortion, failure of fuccefs.

Chaucer.

Aboʻot (adj. from abawed, obfolete) Caft down, dejected. Abolte (adj. obfolete) Caft down. Chaucer, ABO'VE (prep. from the Sax. abufan) Superior to, higher than, beyond.

Above (adv.) Over head, in the air, in heaven, before. Abo'veboard (adj. from above, and board) In open fight, openly, fairly

Abovecited (adj. from above, and cite) Cited before. Aboveground (adj. from above, and ground) Alive, not in the grave; rather low.

Abovementioned (adj. from above, and mention) Mentioned before.

Abought (p. obfolete from buy) Bought, bought at a dear rate.

Chaucer. Chaucer.

Aboughtin (p. obfolete, from buy) Bought. ABOUND (v. int. from the Lat. ab from, and undo to rife in waves) To have in great number or quantity, to be in plenty, to increase greatly.

Abounding (p. from abound) Having plenty, increasing; with in: as, Abounding in the work." ABOUT (prep. from the Sax. aboutan incircling) Near to, with, of, concerning, all round.

About (adv.) In circumference, every where, to a former state.

Abou'ted (adj. with gardeners) Budded, rifing in small heads or buds.

ABOY (s.) A fmall town in Ireland, in the province of
Leinfter.

Abracadabra (5.) A charm to cure a tertian ague.
Abracallan (s.) A charm.

ABRA'DE (v. t. not much ufed, from the Lat. ab from, and rado to have) To rub off, to wear off by degrees. A'BRAHAM (5. from the Heb. jgnifying the father of a multitude) A man's me.

A'braham cove (s. objchte) A poor man.
Abrahamic (adj. from Abraham) Belonging to Abraham.
A'brahamites (s. plu. from Abraham) The descendents of

Abraham.

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ABO DE (V. f. 1ot much used, from the Sax. bodan to pre- AB'RAXAS (s. in church bistory) The fupreme deity, the fare) To forebode, to foretell, to threaten.

Abode (s. obfolete) A delay.

Chaucer.

Abodement (s. little ufed, from abode) A prefage, an omen.
Abogen (p. obfolete) Bowed.
ABOLISH (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and oleo to
mell) To annul, to defroy, to annihilate.
Abolithable (adj. rom abolith) Capable of being abolished.
Abolished (p. from abolish) Annulled, destroyed.
Abolither (s. from abolith) One that aboluhes.
Aboithing (p. a, from abolish) Annulling, deftroying.
Abolishment (s. not much ujed, from: abolish) The act of
anpulling.

Abolition (s. from abolish) The aft of annulling. Deftruction.

ABOMA SUM (s. from the Lat.) The maw, the lower ftomach in brutes.

ABOMA'SUS (5.) The maw.

Abominable (ali, from abominate) Deteftable, exciting horror, wicked; with to: as, "It is abominable fo

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Abominableness (s, from abominate) The ftate of being abominable, that which caufes abomination. Abominably (aku, from abominate) in a manner to be abominated, wickedly.

Abominants (5. tlu. from abominate, but of no authority) Thofe that abominate. ABOMINATE (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and omen a prefage of ill fortune) To deteft, to abhor. Abominated (p. from abominate) Detefted, abhorred. Abominating (p.a. from abominate) Detesting, abhorring. Abomination (s. from abominate) Deteftation, great hatred, the object abominated; with to: as all be an abomination to you.”

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principal of the gnoftic hierarchy, from which they derive the multitude of their oeons. Abre aft (adu. from breaft) Side by fide. Abre'de ladv. obfolete) Abroad.

Chaucer. Chaucer.

ABREIDE (v. int. obfolete) To awake on a fudden, to arife. Abreiding (p. bfolete, from abreide) Upbraiding. ABRENUNCIATION (5. from the Lat. ab from, and re

nuncio to bring word, but not juficiently authorized) Abflute denial.

Abrelyde (v. int. obfolete) To awake on a fudden. Chaucer.
Albrick (s, in chymistry) A kind of fulphur.
ABRIDGE (v. t. from the Fr. abbreger to contral) To
fhorten, to diminish, to deprive.

Abridged (p. from abridae) Shortened, diminished, deprived, with of: as, "He was abridged of the privilege."

Abridiger (s. from abridge) One that abridges. Abridging (p. from abridge) Shortening, diminishing, depriving.

Abridg'ment (5. from abridge) A shortening, a diminu tion, that which is diminished. A'brig (s. in chymistry) Abrick. Abroich (atv. from broach) In a flate to flow, in the way to be made public.

ABROAD (adv. from the Sax. brad) Out of door, at large, in a foreign country, every where. AEROGATE (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and rogo to ask) To annul, to repeal.

Abrogated (p. from abrogate) Annulled, repealed. Abrogation (s. from abrogate) A repealing, an abolition. Abroold (adv, from brood, used only in familiar ftyle) On brood, in the fate of brooding.

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Abrolok (77, 1. obfolete, from brook) To bear, to fuffer. ABROTA'NUM

ABROTA'NUM (3. in botany) Southern-wood, a genus of
ABRUPT (adj. from the Lat. ab from, and rumpo to
P) Broken off fuddenly, craggy, unexpected.
Abrupt (1. from the adj.) A valt cavity or clift.
Abrupted (ady, from abrupt, but not much used by the
d) Broken off fuddenly.

Abraption (s. from abrupt) A fudden breaking off,
Abruptly (do. from abrupt) Suddenly, roughly,
Abruptnefs (s. from abrupt) Suddeness, roughness,

ginefs.

Abfte mioufness (s. from abftemious) Sobriety, temper
ance in eating and drinking.
Abften'ñion (s. in law, from abftain) The act of holding
off, or preventing the heir from taking poffeffion.
ABSTERGE (v. t. used by medical writers, from the Lat.
abftergeo to clean) To wipe away, to cleanse.
Abiter'gent (adj. from abfterge) Cleaning.

ABSTER'SE (v. t. from the Lat. abftergeo) To cleanfe, to
purify.
crag-Abiter fon (s. from absterse, not much used) The aft of
cleanfing.

WERUS (s. in betary) A kind of red kidney bean. ABSALOM (s. from the Heb. fignifying the father of peace) A man's name.

ABSCESS (s. from the Lat. abfceffus, in furgery) An in-
fmastory tumor, an impofthume.

ABSC ES'SIÓN (1. from the Lat. ab from, and cedo to de-
part, not much ujed) A departure.
ARSCIND. 1. from the Lat. ab from, and fcindo to cut,
not often used) To cut off.

ABSCISSA, ABSCIS'SE (s. in conics) Part of the axis of

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ABSINTHIO MENON (s. in botany) Southernwood.
ABSINTHITES (s. plu. from the Greek) Wines impreg
nated with wormwood.

ABSINTHIUM (3. in botany, from the Lat.) Wormwood.
Avis (1. an incorrect spelling) The apfis.
ABSIST ( not much used, from the Lat. ab from, and
toto tand) To ftand off, to leave off.
Abatory (adj. from abfolve) Relative to pardon, per-
taining to abfolution.

Abfter five (adj. from abfterfe) Cleaning, purifying. AB'STHANES (s. plu. from the Sax.) The lower kind of nobility in Scotland, now extinct.

Abstinence (s. from abitain) A retraining; refraining from

meat and drink.

mious.

Abftinent (adj, from abftain) Temperate, fober, abfteABSTORTED (adj. from the Lat. ab from, and torqueo to twift, but not much used) Forced from, torn from. ABSTRACT (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and traho to draw) To take away, to draw from, to feparate in the mind.

Abftract (adj. from the verb) Drawn from, separated. Abtract (s. from the verh) An abridgement, that which is confidered by itself or without an adjunct. Abftracted (p. from abftra&) Drawn from, feparated, abs fent in mind.

Abitractedly (adv. from abftract) Separately, unconnect-
edly.

Abstracting (p. from abftract) Separating, drawing from.
Abftraction (s. from abftract) The act or feparating, elpe-
cially in the mind; abfence in thought.
Abitrati'tious (adj. in phyfick, from abstract) Natural,
not produced by fermentation.

Abftractive (adj. from abstract) Endued with the power
of abstraction.

Abftraddy (adv, from abftraft) Separately, in an abftracted manner.

ABSTRICTED (adj, not much used, from the Lat. abftric) tus) Loofened, unbound.

ABSTRINGE (v. t. from the Lat. abftringo, but not ufed) To loofen, to unbind.

ABSTRU'DE (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and trudo to thrust, but not much ufel) To thruft away. ABSTRU'SE (adj. from the Lat. abstrusus bidden) Hard to be understood, hidden.

Abftruffely (adu, from abftruse) Obfcurely, hardly to be understood.

ABSOLVE (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and folvo to
To acquit, to forgive, to releaie, to finish.
Absolved [p. from abfolve) Acquitted, pardoned, difcharg-Abfumed (p. from abfume) Confumed, worn away.
ec, finished.

AMoving (p. from abfolve) Acquitting, pardoning.
ABSOLUTE (adj. from the Lat. abfolutus) Perfect, com-
plete, without condition, pofitive, abíolved, paid.
Abiotutely (atu. from abfolute) Perfectly, uncondition-
ally, politively.

Absoluteness (3. from abfolute) Perfection, independence, arbitrariness.

Abiation (s. from abfolve) A discharge, a pardon pronounced by the priest.

Abfolutifin (1. from abfolute The doctrine of predestination.
ABSOLUTORIUM (s. with physicians) An abfolute reme-
dy, a perfect recovery.

Afritory (adj. from abfolve) Tending to abfolution,
Caling abfolution.

ABONANT (dil), from the Lat. ab from, and fono to
fnf Sounding harshly, incongruous, contrary to reason.
Abionate to. t. a law term) To avoid, to deteit.
*'re (v. 1. a law term) To fhun.
AMONUS (adj. from the Lat. but feldom used) Sounding
difagreeably, disagreeable.

ABSORB (v. 1. from the Lat. ab from, and forbeo to
To fuck up.

Abbed (p. from abforb) Sucked up.

Arbent adj. from absorb, in medicine) Swallowing up, drying up humours.

harp (ad), from abforb) Swallowed up, deep in thought. Actor prion (s. from abforb, but little ujed) The act of iwaflowing or fucking up.

ABSTAIN (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and teneo to
ack To refrain, to forbear; with from: as, " Abftain
from mexts."

Aturning 1. from shitain) Refraining, forbearing.
A 12'MIOUS (adj. from the Lat. abftemius) Temperate,
ber, caufing temperance.

Artemiony (adu, from abftemious) Temperately, fo-
besty, is a manner not induigent to fenjual pleasure.

Abftru'fenefs (s. from abftrufe) Obfcureness, difficulty. ABSUME (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and fumo to take, but not much ufat) To confame, to wear away. Abfumption (s. from abfume, not much used) A wearing away.

ABSURD (adj. from the Lat. abfurdus barb) Inconsist ent, foolish.

Abfurdity (s. from abfurd) Inconfiftency, foolishness, a

contradiction to common fenfe.

Abfurdly (adv. from abfurd) Inconfiftently, foolishly.
Abiur'dnefs (s. from abfurd) Inconfiftency, folly, ftupidity.
ABU BUS (s.) A man's name. 1 Mac. xvi. 11.
ABU'NA (s. in church hiftory) The arch-bishop of the
Abyffinian church.

Abundance (s. from abound) Great plenty, a large num-
ber, a great quantity.

Abundant (adj. from abound) Copious, plentiful, abounding; with in: 145, “Abundant in goodness.” Abundantly (adv. from abound) In great plenty, copí, oufly.

AB'VÓLATE (v. int. not used, from the Lat. ab from, and volo to fy) To fly from.

Abvolation (s. not used, from abvolate) A flying from. A'BUS (s.) The old name of the river Oufe in Yorkshire. ABU'SE (v. t. from the Lat. ab from, and ufus ufe. The f to be founded foft) To make an ill use of, to impofe upon, to treat rudely.

Abuffe (s. from the verb. The f to be founded hard) Ill
ufe, injurious treatment.

Abulfed (p. from abufe) Ill-ufed, treated injuriously.
Abulfer (s. from abufe) One that abufes.

Abulfing (p. from abufe) Making an ill use of, impofing
upon, treating rudely.

Abulfion (s. not used by good writers, from abufe) A-
Chaucer.

bufe.

Abu've (adj. from abuse) Given to abufe, injurious.
Abu'fively (adv, from abufe) Rudely, injuriously, im-
properly

Abu'veness (s. from abuse) Rudeness, incivility, injuri-
Oufhefs.

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Aby 'fines (s. plu. from Abyffinia) The people of Ethiopia
who are chriftians of the Greek church.
ABYSSIN'IA (5. in geography) Ethiopia.
Abyffin'ian (adj. from Abyffinia) Belonging to Abyffinia.
AC (s. obfolete, from the Sax.) An oak.

ACACAʼLUS (5. in botary The name of a fhrub. ACACIA (s. in botany) The name of a tree, the gum or juice that proceeds from it.

ACA'COS (@lj, used only by medical writers) Not dangernus, not threatening.

A'CACY (s. not much ujel. from the Greek anaxia) Innocence, a difpofition void of malic:.

Academial (adj. from academy) Belonging to an academy. Academian (5. not ujed at prefent, from academy) 'An

academic.

Academic (adj. from academy) Belonging to an academy. Academic (s. from academy) One that belongs to an academy.

Academical (adj. from academy) Belonging to an academy.

Academician (s. from academy, generally applied to the profesors in the academies of France) A member of an academy.

Academiit (s. from academy) An academic.
ACADEMY (3. from Academus, a Greek who founded a
public fchool of Athens which was called after bis Mame)
A public fchool, a univerfity, a fociety of learned men,
a ichool for the education of young men defigned for
the miniftry among the disenters.

ACA'DIA (5) Nova Scotia, one of the colonies belonging
to the British empire in North America.
Acadian is. from Acadia) A native of Acadia.
Acadian (adj. from Acadia) Belonging to Acadia.
ACADIE (s. in geography) Acadia.

Acaid (s. in chymistry) Vinegar.

ACAJOU (s. in botany) The Cafew nut tree..
Aca'le (adj. obpicte) Cold.

ACALYPHE (s. from the Greek, in natural bistory) The fea nettle, a fish, a fea fowl.

Acand clous (ad. from acantha) Prickly. Applied to all Phants of the twylle kind.

ACANTHA (s. in botany, from the Greek) A thorn, the prickles of thorny plants.

Acantha'bolus (s. in furgery) A kind of forceps or twezers. ACANTHICE (s. from the Greek) A sweet juice found in the buds of ivy.

Acan'thine (adj. from: acanthus) Belonging to the herb

acanthus.

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Acan'this (5. in botany) Groundfel. ACANTHOPTERY'GIOUS (adj. from the Greek anava a thorn, and aluuyov a wing Having a prickly fin. ACANTHUS (s. from the Greek, in botary) A genus of , plants, bear's-foot.

ACANʼZII (3. plu.) The Turkish light horse.

from the Greek ɑ not, and xxvdog a stalk) Without a ftalk, having the flowers close to the ground. AUCAD (s. from the Heb. fignifying a vefiel) The name of a city.

Accapita're (v. in law) To become a flave, to acknowledge vaffalage.

ACCAPITIUM (s. in law) The money paid on the acknowledgement of vaflalage.

ACCIARON (s.) The name of a city, 1 Mac. x. 89. ACCE'DE (v. int. from the Lat. ad to, and cedo to yield) To come to, to join, to fall in with, to agree to; with to: as, "He acceded to the treaty." Accelding (p. from accede) Coming to, joining. ACCELERATE (v. t. from the Lat. ad to, and celero to baften) To halten to, to dispatch, to quicken. Accelerated (p. from accelerate) Haftened, quickened. Accelerating (p. a. from accelerate) Haitening,quickening. Accelerations. from accelerate) A hastening, a quickening, an increase of motion.

Accelerate'res (s. p. in anatomy, from accelerate) Mufcles that haften any operation or motion of the body. ACCE'ND (v. t. from the Lat. ad to, and candeo to sbiné, but not much used) To fet on fire, to kindle. Accended (p. from accend, not much ujed) Set on fire, kindled.

Accenfion (s. from accend, not much used) The act of kindling, the fetting of any thing on fire.

ACCENT (v. t. from the Lat. ad to, and cano to finz) To pronounce with proper emphafis, to mark with an

accent.

Accent (s. from the verb) The tone of the voice in fpeaking or finging, the mark diftinguishing the ac cented syllable, the trefs of the voice laid on the proper fyllable, fpeech, pronunciation.

Accented (p. from accent) Pronounced with proper accent, marked with the proper accent. Accenting (P. a. from accent) Pronouncing with proper accent, marking with the proper accent. Accentor (5. in mufick, from accent) One that takes or fings the leading part.

Accentuate (v. t. from accent) To obferve the proper accent in fpeaking or writing..

Accentuation (s.from accent) The placing of the accent on the proper fyllable in speaking or writing. ACCEPT (v. from the Lat. ad to, and capio to take) To receive, to agree to, to take kindly; teith of: as, “I accepted of your favor." Or without the prep. as, "Be accepted bis favor."

Acceptability (s. from accept, not much ujed) Accept. ableness.

Acceptable (adj, from accept) Agreeable, worthy of ac ceptance.

Acceptableness (s. from accept) Agreeableness. Acceptably (adv, Fian accept) in a manger to be accepted. Acceptance (s. from accept, The aft of accepting, à vo luntary agreement, the received meaning of a word. Acceptation (s. from accept) The received meaning of any word or phrate.

Accepted (p. from accept) Received, agreed to, taken kindly.

Accepter (s. from accept) One that accepts. Acceptilation (s. in law, from accept) Remiffion of a dehr ry teflitying the receipt of money never paid. Accepting (p. a. from accept) Receiving, agreeing to. Acception (s. from accept, not authorized) "Acceptation," the received meaning of a word. Acce'rfe (v. t. not used) To call forth.

ACAPALTI S. in botary) The plant that produces the ACCESS (3. from ike Lat. ad to, and cedo to yicht). An'

long pepper.

ACARĂ Îs. in natural bytury) The name of a fish. ACARIUS (5. i ratural bistory) A kind of worm, a cuticular animalcule.

ACARʼNAR (3. in astronomy). A ftar of the first magnitude in the constellation of Eridanus. ACARON (5, in botany) Wild myrtle. ACAR/PY (s. not much wed, from the Greek a without, and xague fruit) Batrennels, unfruitfulness. ACATALECTIC (adj. from the Greek, in poetry, applied to a verfe) Perfect, complete in all its parts. ACATALE PSIS (5. from the Greek) Incomprehenfiblenefs. Acataleptic (ad), from Acataleptis) Incomprehenfible. ACATA'LIS 13. in botany) The leffer kind of juniper. ACATERA (3. in Fotary The larger kind of juniper. ACA TERY (3. in the buujebold) An officer in the king's kitchin.

ACATHARʼSIA (s. in fargery) The fordes or filth that pro

ceeds from a wound.

Acaftium (5.) A kind of boat or pinnace used by the an

cients.

ACAULIS, ACAUʻLOSE, ACAU'LOUS (aulj, in botany,

approach, an admittance, an augmentation, a paroxyim or fit of any intermitting diforder.

Accesfariness (s. from accels) The act or state of being acceffory.

Acces'lary (adj. from accefs) joined to, additional, helping forward, with to: as, "He was acceflary to Eis

own death."

Accesible (adj. from accefs) Approachable; quith to: as," "Acceffible to our fenfes."

Acces/hon (s. from access) An addition, a coming to, the beginning of a paroxyim.

Accestor (5. from accels) One that joins another, an accomplice.

Accesfiorily (adv. from access) In the manner of an acceffor.

Acceffurious (adj. in anatomy, from accefs) Applied to the ninth pair of nerves.

Accesfory (dj. from accels) Additional, helping forward. Accesfory (s. in laru, from access) One that joius another in a criminal ad.

ACICHO s. from the Heb. fignifying clofe) The name of a city in the land of Canaan. Accidence

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Acidence (s. from accident) A book teaching the rudi-
ments of a language.
ACCIDENTS. From the Lat. ad to, and cado to fall) An
unforeseen event, that which is not effential to its fub-
left, the property of a word, as, its cafe, gender, &c.
Accidentals. from accident) A property non-effential.
Accidental (adj. from accident) Happening by chance,

not effential, cafual.

Accidently (adu. from accident) Cafually, unexpectedly. Accade taillets (s. from accident, not much'ujed) Casualty, ta which makes accidental.

Acci die (s. of folete) Sloth.

Activity (s. from accidious) Slothfulness.

Chaucer.

JACCOM/PT (s. from the French accompte) A computa
tion, a reckoning.

Accomptant (s. from: accompt) One skilled in accompts.
Accom/ptantship (s. from accompt) The qualification for

an accomptant.

Accompted (adj. from accompt) Computed, reckoned.
Accompting (adj. from accompt) Computing, reckoning.
ACCO'RD (v. int. from the Lat. ad to, and cordis of the
beart) To agree, to confent together.
Accord (v. t. To tune, to harmonize.
Acco'rd (s. from the verb) Agreement, confent, unifon,
free-will.

ACCIDIOUS (adj. from the Lat. but rather bombastic) Accor'dance (s. from accord) Agreement, friendship.
Accor'dant (adj. from accord) Agreeing, confenting.
Accordidin (adj. obfolete, from accord) Agreed.
According (p. from accord) Agreeing, contenting, con-
forming, with to: as, He fent according to your

AQUINCT (adj. from the Lat. ad to, and cingo to gird)
Greed, prepared.

ACUPENSER (1. in ichthyology) A genus of fishes.
Accipient (adj. from accept) Receiving.
Accipient (s from accept) One that receives.
ACCIPITRINIA (1. in botany) The herb hawk-weed.
ACCISE (1. from the Lat. but not much used) An excife.
ACCISMUS (s. in rhetoric) Diffimulation, a kind of irony.
ACCVIP (v. 1. obyslete, from the Lat. ad to, and cio to
To call, to fend for.
Shakespear.
Acci'ted (p. from accite) Called, fent for, fummoned.
ACCLAIM (1. from the Lat. ad to, and clamo to cry) A
thouting, approbation.

Acelana/tion (3. frum acclaim) The act of shouting, ap-
paule.

ACCLIVIS (s. in anatory) The muscle called obliquus afcen

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Activity (s. frm acclivous) The afcent of an hill.
ACCLIVOUS (adj. from the Lat. ad to, and clivus flant-
, but mot much used) Up hill, rifing with a flope.
Acridhed ́alj, from cloy, oblete) Cloied. Spenfer.
Accicly u. 1. not much used, from cloy) To cloy. Spenjer.
Accout (alu. not used, from coaft) On the coaft, on land.
Actmed (p. little ued Daunted.
ACCOIL (v. 1. not used) To bustle about. Spenfer.
Accmfled up. chilete, from accoil) Crouded. Spenser.
ACCOLADE 15. from the Lat. ad to, and collum the neck)
An embracing about the neck, a ceremony anciently
used in conferring the honour of knighthood.
ALCOʻLENT (1. from the Lat. ad to, and colo to dwell)
Une who dwells near or on the border of a country.
ALCOLLE! (aj, in beraldry, from the Lat. ad to, and col-

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Acom/unditely (adv. from accommodate) Suitably, any, agreeably.

4.00/mouating (p, from accommodate) Fitting, apLoving, reconciling.

Samainen p. from accommodate) A fitting, an aprung, application, reconciliation.

ALUMNITORS' Sơn (^. plu. from accommodate) Conveni

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Accosted (p. from acceft) Addreffed, faluted, spoken to. ACCOUNT (v. t. from the French conte) To compute, to impute, to deem, to give a reafon; with for: as, "He accounted for it."

Account (s. from the verb) Eftimation, rank, profit, explanation, a detail.

Accoun'table (adj. from account) Anfwerable, liable to give account; with for: as, "I am accountable for that fum."

account.

Accountant (s. frem account) One skilled in accounts.
Accoun'tant (s. from account, in law) One liable to give
Accoun'tbook (s.) A book in which accounts are kept.
Accoun'ted (p. from account) Reckoned, imputed; with
to: as, "It was accounted to him." Efteemed, with
of: as, "It was nothing accounted of."
Accounting (p. from account) Reckoning, computing,
giving a reafon, with for: as, "He was accounting
for it in this manner.

Accou'ped (adj. obfolete) Reprehended.
ACCOUPLE (v.. from the French accoupler) To couple,
to join two together.

Accoupled (p. from accouple) Joined together.
Accoupling (p. from accouple) Joining two together.
Accourage (v. t. obfolete) To encourage.
Accourt (v. t. obflate) To treat courteously.
ACCOUTRE (v. t. from the Fr. accoutrer) To drefs, to
attire, to furnish with warlike accoutrements.
Accou'tred (p. from accoutre) Dreffed, clad with warlike

accoutrements.

Accoutrements (s. plu. from accoutre) Drefs, equipage,
ornaments, habiliments of war.
Acco'y (v. t. obfolete) To affwage.
Accreꞌtion (5. from accretive) An increase by adhesion of

parts.

ACCRETIVE (adj. from the Lat. ad to, and crefco to
gro) Endued with the power of accretion.
Accrew (v, int, an incorrect spelling) To accrue.
ACCRO/ACH (v. t. not much ufed) To incroach.
Accroachment (s. from accroach, little used). An incroach.

ment.

Accrocher (adj. in heraldry) Hooked, indented one into

another.

Accrofching (s. in old Lizu books). The act of incroaching on another man's right.

ACCRUE (. int. from the Lat. ad to, and crefco to increafe) To arife from, to redound.

Accruing (p. from accrue) A rising from, redounding.
Accubation 5. from accumb) The poiture of lying down
as the ancients at their meals.

Accubition (s. fram accumb) A fitting down.
ACCUMB (v. from the Lat. ad to, and cumbo to lie
down, but mot used) To lie at the table after the man-
ner of the ancients.

ACCUMULATE (v. t. from the Lat. ad to, and cumu-
lus a beup) To heap up, to collect in great quantities.
Accumulated (p. from accumulate) Heaped up, collected
In great quantities.

Accumulating ( a. from accumulate) Heaping up, in-
creafing, coll Eting.

Accumulation (s. from accumulate) A heaping up, an in-
creme, the fate of the thing increafed.
Accumulative (adi. from accumulate) Endued with the
quality of collecting or increafing,
Accumulator (from accumulate, One that accumulates.
Accuracy

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Accuracy (s. from accurate) Exactnefs, nicenefs, precifion. ACCURATE (adj. from the Lat. ad to, and curo to take care) Exact, nice, correct.

Ac'curately (adv, from accurate) Exactly, nicely, correctly.

Ac'curateness (s. from accurate) Accuracy, exactnefs. ACCU'RSE (v. t. from curfe) To curfe, to devote to mi fery, to imprecate evil.

Accurfed (p. from accurfe) Curfed, deferving a curfe,

excommunicated.

Accufable (adj. from accufe) Liable to accufation.
Accufation (s. from accufe) The act of accufing, a charge,

a cenfure.

Accufative (adj. from accufe) Accufing. Applied to the
fourth cafe of Latin nauns, belonging to that cafe which
receives the force or accufation of the verb.
Accufatory (adj. from accufe) Belonging to accufation.
ACCU'SE (v. t. from the Lat. ad to, and cudo to strike)
To charge, to impeach, to cenfure; with of: as, "I
accufe you of that crime."

Acculled (p. from accufe) Charged with a crime, cenfured.
Accuffement (s. little ufed, from accufe) An accusation.
Accu'fer (s, from accufe) One that accuses.

Accuffing (p. a. from accufe) Bringing a charge, cen-
furing.

ACCUSTOM (v, t. from the French accoutumer) To habituate, to use one's felf to any thing.

Accus'tomable (adj. not much used, from accustom) Cuftomary, habitual.

Accus tomably (adv. from accuftom, little ufed) According to the custom.

Accus tomance (s. little used, from accuftom) Custom,

habit.

Accus/tomarily (adv. from accuftom) According to custom. Accus/tomary (adj. from accuftom) Customary, agreeable to common use.

Accustomed (p. from accuftom) Habituated, frequented,
much used; with to: as, "He is accustomed to vice."
ACE (s from the Greek is one) A fingle spot on a card or
dice, a very fmall quantity, a very little diftance.
ACE'LDAMA (s. from the Heb. fignitying the field of blood)
The name of the field which was purchafed with the
thirty pieces of filver that were given to Judas to be-
tray his lord.

Acephali (s. plu. in ancient biftory) Those who refused to
follow a leader, levellers.
ACEPHALOUS (adj. from the Greek a not, and_xspurn
the bead) Without a head, poor, holding nothing un-
der any lord.

Acephalus (s. in natural biftory, from acephalous) A
worm fupposed to be without a head.

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Ache (v. int. from the noun) To pain, to be affected ACHE (s. from the Greek axor pain) A pain. with pain.

Chaucer

Ache'kid (p. obfolete) Choaked. Ac'hereft (s. obfolete) An ancient measure of corn, fup posed to be our quarter.

ACHERON (s. from the Greek) A river of Epirus, fup. pofed by the poets to be the paffage into the invisible world.

Acheron'tie (adj. from Acheron) Belonging to Acheron. ACHE'TA (s. in the bistory of injects) A large kind of grasshopper.

ACHIACHARUS (s.) A man's name. Tob. i. 21. ACHIEVE (v. t. from the French achever) To perform, Achieved (p. from achieve) Performed, accomplished, to accomplish, to acquire, to do fome great eoit. attained. Achievement (s. from achieve) A deed, an exploit, an armorial enfign, an escutcheon.

Achiever (s. from achieve) One that achieves. ACHILLEA (s. in geography, from Achilles) An ifland in Achieving (p. a. from achieve) Performing, attaining.

the Euxine.

Achille'a (s. in botany, from Achilles) A genus of plants, the herb millfoil.

ACHILLES (s. from the Greek) A Greek who fignalized himself in the Trojan war, a tendon in the heel, where Achilles is faid to have received his mortal wound, a principal argument.

ACHIM (s. from the Heb. fignifying preparing) A man's, A/CHIOR (s. from the Heb. fignifying trouble) A man's

name.

name.

A'CHIOTTE (s. in medicine) Roucou, a kind of gum

brought from the Brazils, and fometimes ufed in dying A'CHISH (s. from the Heb. fignifying so it is) A man's

name.

ACHITOB (s.) The name of a man. 2 Efd. i. 1.
A/CHLYS (3. from the Greek axus) Dimness of fight.
ACHMETHA (s.) The name of a city. Ezra vi. 2.

Acephalus (s. in poetry) A verfe defective in the firft fyl-ACHINE (s. from the Greek) Chaff, froth, fmoke, any

lable.

A'cepoint (s.) The fide of a die, which has but one spot. A'CER (s. in botany, from the Lat.) The maple tree. ACER'B (adj. from the Lat. acerbus unripe) Between four and bitter, rough, auftere.

Acer/bate (v. t. not much used, from acerb) To make

four.

Scott.

Ace: bitude (s. from acerb) Roughnefs, aufterity. Acerbity (s. from acerb) Sournets, bitterness, aufterity. ACERVIDIES (s. plu. in furgery) Plaifters without wax. ACER'OSE (adj. from the Lat. acus chaf) Full of chaft. ACER/RA (s. in antiquity) A kind of altar, a pot in which the incenfe was burnt.

Acer'val (adj. from acervate) Belonging to an heap. ACERIVATE (v. t. from the Lat. acervus a beap) To heap up.

Acervation (5. from acervate) A heaping up.
Acer'vole (adj. from acervate) Full of heaps.
A'ces (s. plu. a jea term) Hooks.

ACES/CENT (adj. from the Lat. acefcens growing four)
Tending to fournefs.

ACETABULUM (s. from the Lat. in ancient bifstory) A kind of cruet, a Roman measure.

ACETA BULUM (s. in butary)A genus of plants,navelwort. ACETABULUM (s. in anatomy, The cavity in the end or articulation of a bone.

Ace/tars (s. not ujed) Salads and vinegar.

Acetifaction (s. from acetum) The art or process of making vinegar.

ACETO'SA (s. in botany) Sorrel.

Aceltole fadi. from acetum) Sour, eager.
ACETOSELLA (s. in botany) Woodforrel.

Acetoffity (s. from acetum, The ftate of being acetofe.
Ace/tous (adj. from acetum) Sour, like vinegar.
ACE/TUM (s. from the Lat.) Vinegar.

ACHAIA (s. from the Greek, fignifying grief) Livadia, a province of Turkey, in Europe.

ACHAVICUS (5.) The name of a man, anativeof Achair.

thing light.

Achoker (v. t. obfolete) To choak.
Acho'ken (p. obfolete) Surfeited.

AC'HONRY (5.) A fmall town in Ireland, in the county of Letrim.

A'CHOR (s. from the Greek, in phyfic) A kind of herpes, a fpreading ulcer on the head or face. A'CHOR (s. from the Heb. fignifying trouble) The name of a valley in the tribe of Judah. A'CHRAS (s. in botany) The wild pear tree, a genus of plants.

A'CHROI (s. from the Greek a nɔt, and Xpoɑ colour, ap plied by ancient physicians to) Perions who have loft their natural colour.

ACHRYAN'THIS (s. in botary) The name of a flower. Achronycal (adi. an incorrect spelling) Acronycal. ACH'SAH (s. from the Heb. fignifying adorned) The name of a woman.

ACH'SHAPH (s. from the Heb. fignifying poison) The ACHYRO'NIA (s. in botany) A genus of plants. name of a city.

A'CHZIB (s. from the Heb. fignifying a liar) The name of a city.

ACIC'UL ́A(s, in botany) The herb fhepherd's needle, wild

chervil.

ACIC'ULÆ (s. plu. from the Lat. in natural bistory) The ipikes or prickles with which nature hath armed feve ral forts of annals.

ACID (adj. from the Lat. acidus four) Sharp, four, biting.

Acid (s. from the adj.) Any thing that has a fharp taste, any thing four.

Acidity (s from acid) Sournefs, poignancy.
Acidness (s. from acid, not much ijedy som nefs, tharpness
ACID'ULA (s. in botany) A kind of forrel.

ACID ULÆ (s. plu. from the Lat.) Waters endued with fharp pungent qualities.

ACID/ULATE . t. from the Lat. acidulus fomerobat pur) To make four, to communicate a pungent quality. Acid'ulated

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