Acceptilation
Ac‐cep′ti‐la″tion (�), n. [L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to carry: cf....
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Acception
Ac‐cep″tion (�), n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning.Here the word “baron” is not to be taken in that restrictive sense ...
Acceptive
Ac‐cept″ive (�), a. 1. Fit for acceptance.2. Ready to accept. B. Jonson.
Acceptor
Ac‐cept″or (#; 277), n. One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.), one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
Access
Ac‐cess″ (#; 277), n. [F. accès, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.] 1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.I...
Accessarily
Ac‐ces″sa‐ri‐ly (�), adv. In the manner of an accessary.
Accessariness
Ac‐ces″sa‐ri‐ness, n. The state of being accessary.
Accessary
Ac‐ces″sa‐ry (#; 277), a. Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.To both the...
Accessary (2)
Ac‐ces″sa‐ry (277), n.; pl.Accessaries (�). [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of...
Accessibility
Ac‐cess′i‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. [L. accessibilitas: cf. F. accessibilité.] The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.
Accessible
Ac‐cess″i‐ble (�), a. [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.] 1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessi...
Accessibly
Ac‐cess″i‐bly (�), adv. In an accessible manner.
Accession
Ac‐ces″sion (�), n. [L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See Accede.] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.2...
Accessional
Ac‐ces″sion‐al (�), a. Pertaining to accession; additional. Sir T. Browne.
Accessive
Ac‐ces″sive (�), a. Additional.
Accessorial
Ac′ces‐so″ri‐al (�), a. Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
Accessorily
Ac‐ces″so‐ri‐ly (�), adv. In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
Accessoriness
Ac‐ces″so‐ri‐ness, n. The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
Accessory
Ac‐ces″so‐ry (#; 277), a. [L. accessorius. See Access, and cf. Accessary.] Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subo...
Accessory (2)
Ac‐ces″so‐ry, n.; pl.Accessories (�). 1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. “The aspect and accessories of a den of...
Acciaccatura
‖Ac‐ciac′ca‐tu″ra (�), n. [It., from acciaccare to crush.] (Mus.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; — used especially in organ music. Now ...
Accidence
Ac″ci‐dence (�), n. [A corruption of Eng. accidents, pl. of accident. See Accident, 2.] 1. The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.2. The rudime...
Accident
Ac″ci‐dent (�), n. [F. accident, fr. L. accidens, -dentis, p. pr. of accidere to happen; ad + cadere to fall. See Cadence, Case.] 1. Literally, a befalling; an event that takes ...
Accidental
Ac′ci‐den″tal (�), a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuit...
Accidental (2)
Ac′ci‐den″tal (�), n. 1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.He conceived it just that accidentals... should sink with the substan...
Accidentalism
Ac′ci‐den″tal‐ism (�), n. Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.
Accidentality
Ac′ci‐den‐tal″i‐ty (�), n. The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. Coleridge.