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(559).-Fåte, får, fåll, fût ;-mé, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

ACCUSTOMED, âk-küs'tům,éd. a. According to custom; frequent; usual. (362). ACE, åse. s. An unit; a single point in cards or dice; a small quantity. ACERBITY, á-scr′bè-tè. s. (511). rough sour taste; applied to men, sharpness of temper.

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To ACERVATE, â-sèr'våte. v. a. (91).

To heap upon.

ACERVATION, ás-ér-và'shûn. s. (527). Heaping together.

That

ACESCENT, â-sés'sént. a. That which has a tendency to sourness or acidity. ACETOSE, âs-c-tóse'. a. (427). which has in it acids. ACETOSITY, as-e-tôs'è-tè. s. (511). The state of being acetose. ACETOUS, â-se'tus. a. (514). Sour. ACHE, ȧke. s. (355). A continued pain.

To ACHE, åke. v. n. To be in pain. TO ACHIEVE, ât-tshève'. v. a. To perform; to finish. (257).

An ACHIEVER, át-tshê'vůr. s. He that performs what he endeavours. An ACHIEVEMENT, ât-tshève'ment. s. The performance of an action; the escutcheon, or ensigns armorial. ACHOR, a'kôr. s. (166). A species of

the herpes.

ACID, âs'sid. a. Sour, sharp. ACIDITY, â-sid'dè-tè. s. (511). Sharp

pess, sourness.

ACIDNESS, as'sid-ness. s. The quality

of being acid.

ACIDULE, a-sid'dů-lè. s. (199). Medicinal springs impregnated with sharp particles.

To ACIDULATE, á-sid'dù-låte. v. a. To tinge with acids in a slight degree. (91). To ACKNOWLEDGE, ák-nôl'lědj. v. a. To own the knowledge of; to own any thing or person in a particular character; to confess, as, a fault; to own, as, a benefit. (328). ACKNOWLEDGING, âk-nôl'lêdj-ing. a.

Grateful.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT,ák-nôl'lédje-ment. s. (228). See KNOWLEDGE, Concession of the truth of any position; confession of a fault; confession of a benefit received.

ACME, ak'mè. s. The height of any thing; more especially used to denote the height of a distemper. ACOLOTHIST, á-kől'lò-thist. s. One of the lowest order in the Roman church.

ACOLYTE, ák'o-lite. s. (544). The

same as Acolothist.

The

ACONITE, ak'ko-nite. s. (155). herb wolf's-bane. In poetical language, poison in general. ACORN, á'kòrn. s.

borne by the oak.

The seed or fruit

ACOUSTICKS, á-koů'stiks. s. (513). The doctrine or theory of sounds; medicines to help the hearing.

To ACQUAINT, åk-kwánt'. v. a. To make familiar with; to inform. (202). ACQUAINTANCE, âk-kwan'tânse.

The state of being acquainted with; familiarity; knowledge; familiar knowledge; a slight or initial knowledge, short of friendship; the person with whom we are acquainted, without the intimacy of friendship.

ACQUAINTED, ák-kwan'ted. a. Fami

liar; well known.

ACQUEST, âk-kwest'. s. Acquisition; the thing gained.

To ACQUIESCE, ák-kwè-éss'. v. n. To rest in, or remain satisfied. ACQUIESCENCE, âk-kwé-èss'ènse. s. A silent a t appearance of content; satisfaction, rest, content; submission. ACQUIRABLE, åk-kwi'râ-bl. a. Attainable. (405).

To ACQUIRE, åk-kwire'. v. a. Το
gain by one's labour or power.
ACQUIRED, âk-kwi'réd. particip. a.
Gained by one's self. (362).

An AcqUIRER, ák-kwi'rür. s. (98).
The person that acquires; a gainer.
An ACQUIREMENT, âk-kwire'ment. s.

That which is acquired; gain; attainment. ACQUISITION, âk-kwé-zish'shún. S. The act of acquiring; the thing gained; acquirement.

ACQUISITIVE, âk-kwiz'zé-tiv. a. That which is acquired. (157). ACQUIST, âk-kwist'. s. Acquirement;

attainment.

To ACQUIT, âk-kwit'. v. a. (415).

To set free; to clear from the charge of guilt, to absolve; to clear from any obligation; the man hath acquitted himself well, he discharged his duty. ACQUITMENT, åk-kwit'ment. s. The state of being acquitted, or act of acquitting. ACQUITTAL, ák-kwit'tál. S. (157).

Is a deliverance from an offence. To ACQUITTANCE, âk-kwit'tânse, v. n. To procure an acquittance; to acquit. ACQUITTANCE, âk-kwit'tanse. s. The act of discharging from a debt; a writing testifying the receipt of a debt

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no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, bull;-óll ;-pound;-thin, THIS.

ACRE, á'kůr. s. (98) (416). A quantity of land, containing in length forty perches, and four in breadth; or four thousand eight hundred and forty quare yards. ACRID, ákʼkrid. a. Of a hot biting

taste.

ACRIMONIOUS, ák-kré-mo'nẻ-ùs.

a.

Sharp, corrosive. (314). ACRIMONY, ak'kré-mo-nè. s. (557). Sharpness, corrosiveness; sharpness of temper, severity. See DOMESTIC. ACRITUDE, åk'kré-túde. s. An acrid taste; a biting heat on the palate, ACROAMATICAL, âk'kró-á-måt'tè-kál. a. (509). Of or pertaining to deep learning. ACROSPIRE, ak'kro-spire. s. (151). A shoot or sprout from the end of seeds. ACROSPIRED, âk'kro-spi-red. part. a. Having sprouts. (562). ACROSS, a-kross'. ad. Athwart; laid over something so as to cross it. An ACROSTICK, â-krôss'tik. s. A poem, in which the first letter of every line being taken, makes up the name of the person or thing on which the poem is written, To ACT, åkt. v. n. To be in action,

not to rest.

To ACT, åkt. v. a. To perforin a bor-
rowed character, as a stage player; to pro-
duce effects in some passive subject.
ACT, åkt. s. Something done, a deed;
an exploit, whether good or ill; a part of
a play, during which the action proceeds
without interruption; a decree of parlia-

ment.

ACTION, ak'shůn. s. (290).

The

ACTIVITY, âk-tiv'è-té. s. (545). The quality of being active.

ACTOR, åk'tůr. s. (93) (418). He that acts, or performs any thing; he that personates a character; a stage player. ACTRESS, âk'tress. s. She that performs any thing; a woman that plays on the stage.

ACTUAL, åk'tshù-ál. a. (461). Really
in act, not merely potential; in act; not
purely in speculation.

ACTUALITY, åk-tshù-âi'lè-tè. s. The
state of being actual.
ACTUALLY, âk'tshù-âl-lê. ad. In act,
in effect, really.

ACTUALNESS, âk'tshú-ål-ness. s. The
quality of being actual.
ACTUARY, âk'tshú-å-ré. s. The regis
ter or officer who compiles the minutes of
the proceedings of the court.

To ACTUATE, åk'tshů-åte. v. a. To
put into action.

ACTUOSE, âk-tshů-ôse'. Having the
power of action. Ash. See TUMULOSE
To ACUATE, ak'ù-åte. v. a. (91).
To sharpen.

ACULEATE, â-kú′lè-åte. a. (91). Prick-
ly; that which terminates in a sharp point.
ACUMEN, â-kú'měn. s. (503, h.) A
sharp point; figuratively; quickness of in-
tellects.

ACUMINATED, á-ku'mè-nå-têd. p. a. Ending in a point; sharp pointed. ACUTE, â-kute'. a. Sharp, opposed to blunt; ingenious, opposed to stupid; acute disease, any disease which is attended with an increased velocity of blood, and terminates in a few days; acute accent, that which raises or sharpens the voice.

quality or state of acting, opposite to rest; an act or thing done; a deed; agency, operation; the series of events represented in a fable; gesticulation; the accord-ACUTELY, â-kúte'-lè ad. ance of the motions of the body with the words spoken; a term in law. ACTIONABLE, âk'shůn-a-bl. a.

That which admits an action in law; punishable. (405). ACTION-TAKING, ák'shůn-tá'king. a. Litigious.

ACTIVE, ák ́tiv. a. (151). That which
has the power or quality of acting; that
which acts, opposed to passive; busy, en-
gaging in action, opposed to idle or seden-
tary; nimble, agile, quick; in grammar,
a verb active is that which signifies ac-
tion, as, I teach.

ACTIVELY, aktiv-lė. ad. Busily,
nimbly.
ACTIVENESS, aktiv-ness. 6. Quick-
ness; nimbleness.

After an

acute manner; sharply. ACUTENESS, â-kute'ness. s. Sharpness; force of intellects; violence and speedy crisis of a malady; sharpness of sound. ADACTED, â-dâk'těd. part. a. Driven by force.

ADAGE, åd'àje. s. (90). A maxim, a

proverb.

ADAGIO, â-da'jè-ó. s. A term used by musicians, to mark a slow time. ADAMANT, âd'â-mânt. s. A stone of impenetrable hardness; the diamond; the load-stone.

ADAMANTEAN, âd-a-mân-tè'ân.

Hard as adamant.

a.

ADAMANTINE, âd-a-mân'tin. a. Made

(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;—

of adamant; having the qualities of ada- | ADDLE-PATED, âd'dl-på-têd. a. mant, as hardness, indissolubility.

Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, uniformly pronounce the last syllable of this word as it is here nrarked, and W. Johnston only so as to rhyme with line. (140). ADAM'S-APPLE, åd'âmz-åp'pl. s. prominent part of the throat. To ADAPT, â-clâpt'. v. a. suit, to proportion.

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To fit, to

ADAPTATION, ad-ap-ta’shun. So

The

ing barren brains.

Hav

To ADDRESS, âd-drèss'. v. a. To pre-
pare one's self to enter upon any action;
to apply to another by words.
ADDRESS, âd-dress'. s. Verbal applica-
tion to any one; courtship; manner of ad-
dressing another, as, a man of pleasing ad-
dress; skill, dexterity; mauner of direct-
ing a letter.

person that addresses.

ADDRESSER, åd-drês'sûr. s. (98). The
To bring
ADDUCE, âd-ciùse'.
something forward in addition to some-
thing already produced.

act of fitting one thing to another; the fit-To
ness of one thing to another. (527).
The act of
ADAPTION, a-dåp'shún. s.
fitting.
To ADD, åd. v. a. To join something
to that which was before.

TO ADDECIMATE, âd-dês'sè-måte. v. a.
To take or ascertain tithes. (91).
TOADDEEM, âd-dèèm'. v. a. To esteem,

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ax, corruptly pronounced adz. To ADDICT, âd-dikt'. v. a. To devote, to dedicate: it is commonly taken in a bad sense, as, he addicted himself to vice. ADDICTEDNESS, âd-dik'têd-ness.

The state of being addicted. ADDICTION, âd-dik'shún. s.

S.

The act of devoting; the state of being devoted. An ADDITAMENT, âd-dit'å-ment. s. Addition; the thing added.

ADDITION, ad-dish'shun. s. (459).
The act of adding one thing to another;
the thing added: in arithmetic, addition
is the reduction of two or more numbers of
like kind together into one sum or total.
ADDITIONAL, åd-dish'shûn-ål. a. That
which is added.

ADDITORY, âu'dè-tò-rẻ. a. (512). That
which has the power of adding.
ADDLE, âd'di. a. (405). Originally
applied to eggs, and signifying such as pro-
duce nothing; thence transferred to brains
that produce nothing.

This word, though constantly arising in conversation, has not yet found its way into any of our Dictionaries. It is, however, legitimately formed, and has a distinct and specific signification, which distinguishes it from conduce, induce, produce, and reduce, and has therefore a just title to become a part of the language. The propriety of it is a sufficient authority. ADDUCENT, åd-dů’sént. a. A word ap plied to those muscles that draw together the parts of the body. TO ADDULSE, âd-dûlse'. v. a.

sweeten.

Το

ADEMPTION, â-dem'shůn. ́s. (412).

Privation.

ADENOGRAPHY, âd-dé-nôg'grâ-fè. s.
A treatise of the glands. (518).
ADEPT, â-dept'. s. He that is com-
pletely skilled in all the secrets of his art.

ADEQUATE, âd'è-kwåte. a. (91).

Equal to, proportionate.
ADEQUATELY, âd'è-kwåte-lè. ad.

In

an adequate manner; with exactness of proportion.

ADEQUATENESS, âd'è-kwate-ness. s. The state of being adequate; exactness of proportion.

To ADHERE, âd-hére'. v. n. To stick
to; to remain firmly fixed to a party, or
opinion.

ADHERENCE, âd-he'rênse. s. The qua-
lity of adhering; tenacity; fixedness of
mind, attachment, steadiness.
ADHERENCY, âd-he'rên-se. s. (182).
The same with adherence.
ADHERENT, âd-héʼrént. a.
to; united with.
ADHERENT, âd-hé'rent. S.
lower, a partisan.

Sticking

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ADHESIVE, âd-hé'siv. s. (158) (428).
Sticki g, tenacious.
To ADHIBIT, åd-hib'bit. v.
apply; to make use of.

To

ADHIBITION, âd-he-bish'shům. s. Application, use. (507). ADJACENCY, ad-ja'sên-sé. s. (182). The state of lying close to another thing. ADJACENT, âd-ja'sént. a. Lying close, bordering upon something. ADJACENT, ad-ja'sent. s. That which

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ADJECTIVE, âd'jek-tiv. s. (512).

a.

A

word added to a noun, to signify the addi

tion or separation of some quality, circumstance, or manner of being; as, good, bad. ADJECTIVELY, âd'jék-tiv-lé. ad. Af

ter the manner of an adjective.

ADIEU, a-da'. ad. (284) Farewell.
TO ADJOIN, âd-jỏin'. v. a. (299).
To join to; to unite to; to put to.
To ADJOIN, âd-jỏîn'. v. n.

contiguous to.

To be

TO ADJOURN, âd-jårn'. v. a. (314).
To put off to another day, naming the time.
ADJOURNMENT, âd-jůrn'mênt. s. A
putting off till another day.
ADIPOUS, ad'dé-pûs. a. (314). Fat.
ADIT, áit. S. A passage under

ground.

ADITION, âd-ish'shin. s. (459). The act of going to another. To ADJUDGE, âd-jůdje'. v. a.

Το give the thing controverted to one of the parties; to sentence to a punishment; simply, to judge, to decree. ADJUDICATION, âd-jú-dè-kâ'shůn. S. The act of granting something to a litigant. TO ADJUDICATE, âd-jù'dè-kåte. v. a. To adjudge.

To ADJUGATE, âd'jů-gåte. v. a. (91).
To yoke to.
ADJUMENT, âd'ju-ment. s. Help.
ADJUNCT, âd'junkt. s. Something

adherent or united to another.

ADJUNCT, âd'junkt. a. Immediately joined.

The

ADJUNCTION, âd-jůnk'shůn. s. act of adjoining; the thing adjoined. ADJUNCTIVE, åd-jůnk'tiv. s. (158). He that joins; that which is joined. ADJURATION, âd-ju-rá'shůn. s. The act of proposing an oath to another; the form of oath proposed to another. To ADJURE, âd-jùre'. v. a.

To impose an oath upon another, prescribing the form. To regu

To ADJUST, âd-jůst. v. a.

late, to put in order; to make conformable. ADJUSTMENT, âd-justment. s. Regulation, the act of putting in method; the state of being put in method. ADJUTANCY, âd'jù-tân-se. military office of an adjutant; rangement. Mason.

ADJUTANT, âd'ju-tânt. s.

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(503, k.)

A petty officer, whose duty is to assist the major, by distributing pay, and overseeing punishment.

TO ADJUTE, âd-jute'. v. a. To help,

to concur.

ADJUTOR, âd-jù'tůr. s. (98) (166).

A helper.

ADJUTORY, âd′jù-tůr-rẻ. a. (512)s
That which helps. (557).
ADJUVANT, âd'jù-vânt. a. Helpful,

useful.

Το

TO ADJUVATE, âd'jù-våte. v. a. help, to further. (503, k.) ADMEASUREMENT, âd-mêzh'ure-ment. s. The act or practice of measuring according to rule. ADMENSURATION,

&d-men-shu-ra shûn. s. (452). The act of measuring to each his part. ADMINICLE, ad-min'è-kl. s. (405). Help, support.

ADMINICULAR, âd-mê-nik'ů-lár.
That which gives help. (418).

a

TO ADMINISTER, âd-min'nis-tûr. v. a. To give; to afford; to supply; to act as the minister or agent in any employment or office; to perform the office of an administrator. (98).

To ADMINISTRATE, åd-min'nis-tråte. v. a. (91). The same as administer. ADMINISTRATION,âd'min-nis-trå'shůn. s. (527). The act of administering or conducting any employment; the active or executive part of government; those to whom the care of public affairs is committed.

ADMINISTRATIVE, âd-min'nis-trå-tiv. a. (157). That which administers.

(559).—Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mé, mêt ;-pine, pin ;— ADMINISTRATOR, åd'min-nis-trå'tår. ADMITTANCE, åd-mit'tanse. s.

8. (98) (527). He that has the goods of a man dying intestate committed to his charge, and is accountable for the same; he that officiates in divine rites; he that conducts the government.

ADMINISTRATRIX, ád'min-nis-tra'triks. s. (527). She who administers in consequence of a will. ADMINISTRATORSHIP, âd'min-nls-trå’tür-ship. s. The office of admini

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act of admitting; permission to enter; the
power or right of entering; custom; con-
cession of a position.

To ADMIX, åd-miks'. v. a. To min-
gle with something else.
ADMIXTION, ád-miks'tshůn. sS. The
union of one body with another.
ADMIXTURE, âd-miks'tshůre. s. (461).
The body mingled with another.
To ADMONISH, åd-mon'nish. v. a.
To warn of a fault, to reprove gently.
ADMONISHER, åd-môn'nish-ůr. s. The
person that puts another in mind of his
faults or duty.
ADMONISHMENT,

âd-môn'nish-mênt.

8. Admonition, notice of faults or duties. The ADMONITION, âd-mo-nish'ůn. s. hint of a fault or duty; counsel; gentle reproof. ADMONITIONER, âd-mỏ-nish'ün-úr. s. A general adviser. A ludicrous term. ADMONITORY, âd-môn ́nè-tür-rè. That which admonishes. See DOMESTIC. To ADMOVE, åd-mỏỏve'. v. a. bring one thing to another. ADMURMURATION,

shůn. s.

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ád-můr-mu-rá'. The act of murmuring to

another.
ADO, ádôó'. S.

Trouble, difficulty;

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bustle, tumult, business; more tumult and show of business than the affair is worth. ADOLESCENCE, âd-o-lês'sense. ADOLESCENCY, ád-ó-lès'sén-sẻ. The age succeeding childhood, and suc ceeded by puberty. (510).

To ADOPT, á-dôpt'. v. a. To take a son by choice; to make him a son who is not so by birth; to place any person or thing in a nearer relation to something else.

ADOPTEDLY, â-dop'ted-lé. ad. After

He

the manner of something adopted. ADOPTER, 4-dôp'tår. s. (98). that gives some one by choice the rights ADOPTION, â-dop'shin. s. (459). The act of adopting; the state of being adopted.

of a son.

He

ADOPTIVE, â-dop'iv. a. (157).
that is adopted by another; he that adopts
another.

ADORABLE, â-do'rå-bl. a (405). That
which ought to be adored.
ADORABLENESS,

â-dő'râ-bl-nêss. Worthiness of divine honours. ADORABLY, á-do'rá-blé. ad. manner worthy of adoration.

S.

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