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acclimated
of acclimate
acclimatement
acclimation.
acclimating
of acclimate
acclimation
the process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.
acclimatizable
capable of being acclimatized.
acclimatization
the act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
acclimatize
to inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.
acclimatized
of acclimatize
acclimatizing
of acclimatize
acclimature
the act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
acclive
acclivous.
acclivities
of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivous.
acclivity
a slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acclivous
sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
accloy
to fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. see cloy.
accoast
to lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.
accoil
to gather together; to collect.-to coil together.
accolade
a ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.-a brace used to join two or more staves.
accombination
a combining together.
accommodable
that may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.
accommodableness
the quality or condition of being accommodable.
accommodate
to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.-to bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.-to furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.-to show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.-to adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.-suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
accommodated
of accommodate
accommodately
suitably; fitly.
accommodateness
fitness.
accommodating
of accommodate-affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
accommodation
the act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.-willingness to accommodate; obligingness.-whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.-an adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.-the application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.-a loan of money.-an accommodation bill or note.
accommodator
he who, or that which, accommodates.
accompanable
sociable.
accompanied
of accompany
accompanier
he who, or that which, accompanies.
accompaniment
that which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.-a part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
accompanist
the performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
accompany
to go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.-to cohabit with.-to associate in a company; to keep company.-to cohabit (with).-to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
accompanying
of accompany
accompletive
tending to accomplish.
accomplice
a cooperator.-an associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
accompliceship
the state of being an accomplice.
accomplicity
the act or state of being an accomplice.
accomplish
to complete, as time or distance.-to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.-to equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.-to gain; to obtain.
accomplishable
capable of being accomplished; practicable.
accomplished
of accomplish-completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.-complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain.
accomplisher
one who accomplishes.
accomplishing
of accomplish
accomplishment
the act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.-that which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
accompt
see account.
accomptable
see accountable.
accomptant
see accountant.
accord
agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.-harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.-agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.-voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.-an agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit.-to make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to.-to bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies.-to grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.-to agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks.-to agree in pitch and tone.
accordable
agreeing.-reconcilable; in accordance.
accordance
agreement; harmony; conformity.
accordancy
accordance.
accordant
agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.
accordantly
in accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.
accorded
of accord
accorder
one who accords, assents, or concedes.
according
of accord-agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.-accordingly; correspondingly.
accordingly
agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.-in natural sequence; consequently; so.
accordion
a small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
accordionist
a player on the accordion.
accordment
agreement; reconcilement.
accorporate
to unite; to attach; to incorporate.
accost
to join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.-to approach; to make up to.-to speak to first; to address; to greet.-to adjoin; to lie alongside.-address; greeting.
accostable
approachable; affable.
accosted
of accost-supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
accosting
of accost
accouchement
delivery in childbed
accoucheur
a man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
accoucheuse
a midwife.
account
a reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the julian account of time.-a registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.-a statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.-a statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.-a statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.-an estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.-importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.-to reckon; to compute; to count.-to place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to.-to value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.-to recount; to relate.-to render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.-to render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.-to give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
account book
a book in which accounts are kept.
accountability
the state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.
accountable
liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to god for his conduct.-capable of being accounted for; explicable.
accountable ness
the quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountably
in an accountable manner.
accountancy
the art or employment of an accountant.
accountant
one who renders account; one accountable.-a reckoner.-one who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.-accountable.
accountantship
the office or employment of an accountant.
accounted
of account
accounting
of account
accouple
to join; to couple.
accouplement
the act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union.-that which couples, as a tie or brace.
accourage
to encourage.
accourt
to treat courteously; to court.
accouter
alt. of accoutre
accoutered
of accoutre
accoutering
of accoutre
accouterments
alt. of accoutrements
accoutre
to furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
accoutred
of accoutre
accoutrements
dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers.
accoutring
of accoutre
accoy
to render quiet; to soothe.-to subdue; to tame; to daunt.
accredit
to put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.-to send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.-to believe; to credit; to put trust in.-to credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
accreditation
the act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
accredited
of accredit
accrediting
of accredit
accrementitial
pertaining to accremention.
accrementition
the process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.