Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ACCOSTED

ACCOST'ED, participle passive Address; first spoken to. In heraldry, being side by side.

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ACCOSTING

ACCOST'ING, participle present tense Addressing by first speaking to.

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ACCOUCHEUR

ACCOUCHEUR, noun accoshare. A man who assists women in childbirth.

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ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT', noun1. A sum stated on paper; a registry of a debt or credit; of debts and credits, or charges; an entry in a book or on paper of things bought or sold, of payments, s...

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ACCOUNTABILITY

ACCOUNTABIL'ITY, noun1. The state of being liable to answer for one's conduct; liability to give account, and to receive reward or punishment for actions.The awful idea of accou...

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ACCOUNTABLE

ACCOUNT'ABLE, adjective1. Liable to be called to account; answerable to a superior.Every man is accountable to God for his conduct.2. Subject to pay, or make good, in case of lo...

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ACCOUNTABLENESS

ACCOUNT'ABLENESS, noun Liableness to answer or to give account; the state of being answerable, or liable to the payment of money or damages.

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ACCOUNTANT

ACCOUNT'ANT, noun One skilled in mercantile accounts; more generally, a person who keeps accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of the accounts. In Great Britain...

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ACCOUNTBOOK

ACCOUNT'BOOK, noun A book in which accounts are kept.

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ACCOUNTED

ACCOUNT'ED, participle passive Esteemed; deemed; considered; regarded; valued.Accounted for, explained.

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ACCOUNTING

ACCOUNT'ING, participle present tense Deeming; esteeming; reckoning; rendering an account.Accounting for, rendering an account; assigning the reasons; unfolding the causes.ACCOU...

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ACCOUPLE

ACCOUPLE, verb transitive accup'ple. To couple; to join or link together. [See Couple.]

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ACCOUPLEMENT

ACCOUPLEMENT, noun accup'plement. A coupling, a connecting in pairs; junction. [Little used.]

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ACCOURAGE

ACCOUR'AGE, verb transitive accur'age. [See Courage.] To encourage. [Not used.]

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ACCOURT

ACCOURT, verb transitive [See Court.] To entertain with courtesy. [Not used.]

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ACCOUTER

ACCOUTER, verb transitive acoot'erIn a general sense, to dress; to equip, but appropriately, to array in a military dress; to put on, or to furnish with a military dress and arm...

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ACCOUTERED

ACCOUT'ERED, participle passive Dressed in arms; equipped.

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ACCOUTERING

ACCOUT'ERING, participle present tense Equipping with military habiliments.

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ACCOUTERMENTS

ACCOUT'ERMENTS, nounplural1. Dress; equipage; furniture for the body; appropriately, military dress and arms; equipage for military service.2. In common usage, an old or unusual...

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ACCOY

ACCOY', verb transitive To render quiet or diffident; to soothe; to caress. [Obs.]

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ACCREDIT

ACCRED'IT, verb transitive [Latin ad and credo, to believe, or give faith to. See Credit.]To give credit, authority, or reputation; to accredit an envoy, is to receive him in hi...

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ACCREDITATION

ACCREDITA'TION, noun That which gives title to credit. [Little used.]

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ACCREDITED

ACCRED'ITED, participle passive Allowed; received with reputation; authorized in a public character.

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ACCREDITING

ACCRED'ITING, participle present tense Giving authority or reputation.

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ACCRESCENT

ACCRES'CENT, adjective [See Accretion.] Increasing.

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ACCRETION

ACCRE'TION, noun [Lat. accretio, increase; accres'co, to increase, literally, to grow to; ad and cresco; Eng. accrue; See Increase, Accrue, Grow.]1. A growing to; an increase by...

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ACCRETIVE

ACCRE'TIVE, adjective Increasing by growth; growing; adding to be growth; as the accretive motion of plants.