ACQUIRER
ACQUI'RER, noun A person who acquires.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ACQUIRING
ACQUI'RING, participle present tense Gaining by labor or other means, something that has a degree of permanence in the possessor.
ACQUIRY
ACQUI'RY, noun Acquirement. [Not used.]
ACQUISITE
AC'QUISITE, adjective s as z. Gained. [Not used.]
ACQUISITION
ACQUISI'TION, noun [Latin acquisitio, from acquisitus, acquaesivi, which are given as the part. and preterit tense of acquiro; but quaesivi is probably from a different root.]1....
ACQUISITIVE
ACQUIS'ITIVE, adjective that is acquired; acquired; [but improper.]
ACQUISITIVELY
ACQUIS'ITIVELY, adverb Noting acquirement, with to or for following.
ACQUIST
ACQUIST', noun See Acquest. [Not used.]
ACQUIT
ACQUIT', verb transitive [Latin cedo.]To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, guilt, censure, suspicion, or whatever lies upon a person as a charge ...
ACQUITMENT
ACQUIT'MENT, noun The act of acquitting, or state of being acquitted. [This word is superseded by acquittal.]
ACQUITTAL
ACQUIT'TAL, noun A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense; as, by verdict of a jury, or sentence of a court.The acquittal of a principal operates as...
ACQUITTANCE
ACQUIT'TANCE, noun1. A discharge or release from a debt.2. The writing, which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
ACQUITTED
ACQUIT'TED, participle passive Set free, or judicially discharge from an accusation; released from a debt, duty, obligation, charge, or suspicion of guilt.
ACQUITTING
ACQUIT'TING, participle present tense Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion of guilt.
ACRASE
ACRA'SE, v.t.1. To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.]2. To impair; to destroy. [Not in use.]
ACRASY
AC'RASY, noun [Gr. from a priv. constitution or temperament.]In medical authors, an excess or predominancy of one quality above another, in mixture, or in the human constitution.
ACRAZE
ACRA'ZE,1. To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.]2. To impair; to destroy. [Not in use.]
ACRE
ACRE, noun a'ker. [Gr; Lat. ager. In these languages, the word retains its primitive sense, an open, plowed, or sowed field. In Eng. it retained its original signification, that...
ACRED
A'CRED, adjective Possessing acres or landed property.
ACRID
AC'RID, adjective [Latin accr.]Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious; as acrid salts.
ACRIDNESS
AC'RIDNESS, noun A sharp, bitter, pungent quality.
ACRIMONIOUS
ACRIMO'NIOUS, adjective1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony.2. Figuratively, sharpness or severity of temper; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger, ill...
ACRIMONIOUSLY
ACRIMO'NIOUSLY, adverb With sharpness or bitterness.
ACRISY
AC'RISY, noun [Gr. a priv., judgment.]A state or condition of which no right judgment can be formed; that of which no choice is made; matter in dispute; injudiciousness. [Little...
ACRITUDE
AC'RITUDE, noun [See Acrid.]An acrid quality; bitterness to the taste; biting heat.
ACROAMATIC
ACROAMAT'IC, adjective [Gr. to hear.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; an epithet applied to the secret doctrines of Aristotle.
ACROATIC
ACROAT'IC, adjective [Gr.]Abstruse; pertaining to deep learning; and opposed to exoteric. Aristotle's lectures were of two kinds, acroatic acroamatic, or esoteric, which were de...