ACROCERAUNIAN
ACROCERAU'NIAN, adjective [Gr. a summit, and thunder.]An epithet applied to certain mountains between Epirus and Illyricum, in the 41st degree of latitude. They project into the...
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ACROMION
ACRO'MION, noun [Gr. highest, and shoulder.]In anatomy, that part of the spine of the scapula, which receives the extreme part of the clavicle.
ACRONIC
ACRON'IC, adjective [Gr. extreme and night.]
ACRONICAL
ACRON'ICAL,In astronomy, a term applied to the rising of a star at sun set, or its setting at sun rise. This rising or setting is called acronical The word is opposed to cosmical.
ACRONICALLY
ACRON'ICALLY, adverb In an acronical manner; at the rising or setting of the sun.
ACROSPIRE
AC'ROSPIRE, noun [Gr. highest, a spire, or spiral line.]A shoot, or sprout of a seed; the plume, or plumule, so called from its spiral form.
ACROSPIRED
AC'ROSPIRED, adjective having a sprout, or having sprouted at both ends.
ACROSS
ACROSS', preposition akraus'. [a and cross. See Cross.]1. From side to side, opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over; as, a bridge is laid...
ACROSTIC
ACROS'TIC, noun [Gr extremity or beginning, order, or verse.]A composition in verse, in which the first letter of the lines, taken in order, form the name of a person, kingdom, ...
ACROSTICALLY
ACROS'TICALLY, adverb In the manner of an acrostic.
ACROTELEUTIC
ACROTELEU'TIC, noun [Gr. extreme, and end.]Among ecclesiastical writers, an appellation given to any thing added to the end of a psalm, or hymn; as a doxology.
ACROTER
AC'ROTER, noun [Gr. a summit.]In architecture, a small pedestal, usually with out a base, anciently placed at the two extremes, or in the middle of pediments or frontispieces, s...
ACROTHYMION
ACROTHYM'ION, noun [Gr. extreme, and thyme.]Among physicians, a species of wart, with a narrow basis and broad top, having the color of thyme. It is call Thymus.
ACT
ACT, verb intransitive [Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert force.]1. To exert power; as, the stomach acts upon food; the will ac...
ACTED
ACT'ED, participle passive Done; performed; represented on the stage.
ACTIAN
AC'TIAN, adjective Relating to Actium, a town and promontory of Epirus, as actian games, which were instituted by Augustus, to celebrate his navel victory over Anthony, near tha...
ACTING
ACT'ING, participle present tense Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another.ACT'ING, noun Action; act of performing a part of a play.
ACTINOLITE
AC'TINOLITE, noun [Gr. a ray, a stone.]A mineral, called, by Werner, strahlstein, ray-stone, nearly allied to hornblend. It occurs in prismatic crystals, which are long, and inc...
ACTINOLITIC
ACTINOLIT'IC, adjective Like or pertaining to actinolite.
ACTION
AC'TION, noun [Latin actio. See Act.]1. Literally, a driving; hence, the state of acting or moving; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; or action is th...
ACTIONABLE
AC'TIONABLE, adjective That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained; as, to call a man a thief is actionable
ACTIONABLY
AC'TIONABLY, adverb In a manner that subjects to legal process.
ACTIONARY
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, noun In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns actions or shares of stock.
ACTIONIST
AC'TIONARY or AC'TIONIST, noun In Europe, a proprietor of stock in a trading company; one who owns actions or shares of stock.
ACTIVE
ACT'IVE, adjective [Latin activus.]1. That has the power or quality of acting; that contains the principle of action, independent of any visible external force; as, attraction i...
ACTIVELY
ACT'IVELY, adverb in an active manner; by action; nimbly; briskly; also in an active signification, as a word is used actively
ACTIVENESS
ACT'IVENESS, noun the quality of being active; the faculty of acting; nimbleness; quickness of motion; less used than activity.