Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ACCUSED

ACCU'SED, participle passive Charged with a crime, by a legal process; charged with an offense; blamed.

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ACCUSER

ACCU'SER, noun One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for some offense, in the name of the government, before a tribunal that has cogniz...

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ACCUSING

ACCU'SING, participle present tense Charging with a crime; blaming.

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ACCUSTOM

ACCUS'TOM, verb transitiveTo make familiar by use; to form a habit by practice; to habituate or inure; as to accustom one's self to a spare diet.ACCUS'TOM, verb intransitive1. T...

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ACCUSTOMABLE

ACCUS'TOMABLE, adjective Of long custom; habitual; customary. [Little used.]

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ACCUSTOMABLY

ACCUS'TOMABLY, adverb According to custom or habit. [Little used.]

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ACCUSTOMANCE

ACCUS'TOMANCE, noun custom; habitual use or practice. [Not used.]

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ACCUSTOMARILY

ACCUS'TOMARILY, adverb According to custom or common practice. [See Customarily.] [Little used.]

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ACCUSTOMARY

ACCUS'TOMARY, adjective Usual; customary [See Customary.] [Little used.]

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ACCUSTOMED

ACCUS'TOMED, participle passive1. Being familiar by use; habituated; inured.2.adjective Usual; often practiced; as in their accustomed manner.

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ACCUSTOMING

ACCUS'TOMING, participle present tense Making familiar by practice; inuring.

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ACE

ACE, noun [Latin as, a unit or pound; G. ass.]1. A unit; a single point on a card or die; or the card or die so marked.2. A very small quantity; a particle; an atom; a trifle; a...

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ACEETATE

ACE'ETATE, noun [See Acid.] In chimistry, a neutral salt formed by the union of the acetic acid, or radical vinegar, with any salifiable base, as with earths, metals, and alkali...

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ACELDAMA

ACEL'DAMA, nounA field said to have laid south of Jerusalem, the same as the potters field, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore cal...

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ACEPHALOUS

ACEPH'ALOUS, adjective [Gr. a priv., a head.]Without a head, headless. In history, the term Acephali, or Acephalites was given to several sects who refused to follow some noted ...

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ACEPHALUS

ACEPH'ALUS, noun an obsolete name of the taenia or tape worm, which was formerly supposed to have no head; an error now exploded. the term is also used to express a verse defect...

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ACERB

ACERB', adjective [Latin acerbus; G. herbe, harsh, sour, tart, bitter, rough, whence herbst autumn, herbstzeit, harvest time. See Harvest.]Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste; ...

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ACERBITY

ACERB'ITY, noun1. A sourness, with roughness, or astringency.2. Figuratively, harshness or severity of temper in man.

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ACERIC

ACER'IC, adjective [Latin acer, a maple tree.]Pertaining to the maple; obtained from the maple, as aceric acid.

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ACEROUS

AC'EROUS, adjective [Latin acerosus, chaffy, from acus, chaff or a point.]1. In botany, chaffy; resembling chaff.2. An acerous or acerose leaf is one which is linear and permane...

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ACESCENCY

ACES'CENCY, noun [Latin acescens, turning sour, from acesco. See Acid.]A turning sour by spontaneous decomposition; a state of becoming sour, tart, or acid, and hence a being mo...

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ACESCENT

ACES'CENT, adjective Turning sour; becoming tart or acid by spontaneous decomposition. Hence slightly sour; but the latter sense is usually expressed by acidulous or subacid.

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ACESTE

ACES'TE, noun In entomology, a species of papilio or butterfly, with subdentated wings, found in India.

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ACESTIS

ACES'TIS, noun A factitious sort of chrysocolla, made of Cyprian verdigris, urine, and niter.

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ACETABULUM

ACETAB'ULUM, noun [Latin from acetum, vinegar. See Acid.] Among the Romans a vinegar cruse or like vessel, and a measure of about one eighth of a pint.1. In anatomy, the cavity ...

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ACETARY

AC'ETARY, noun [See Acid.] an acid pulpy substance in certain fruits, as the pear, inclosed in a congeries of small calculous bodies, towards the base of the fruit.

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ACETATED

AC'ETATED, adjective [See Acid.] Combined with acetic acid, or radical vinegar.