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According (�), adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] Shak.
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Accordingly, adv. 1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable.
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Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak.
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2. In natural sequence; consequently; so.
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Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- , , indicate a connection between two things, the latter of which is done on account of the former. Accordingly marks the connection as one of simple accordance or congruity, leading naturally to the result which followed; as, he was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card; our preparations were all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently marks a closer connection, that of logical or causal sequence; as, the papers were not ready, and consequently could not be signed.
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Accordion (�), n. [See .] (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
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Accordionist, n. A player on the accordion.
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Accordment (ăkkôrdm�nt), n. [OF. acordement. See , v.] Agreement; reconcilement. [Obs.] Gower.
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Accorporate (�), v. t. [L. accorporare; ad + corpus, corporis, body.] To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [Obs.] Milton.
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Accost (#; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accosting.] [F. accoster, LL. accostare to bring side by side; L. ad + costa rib, side. See , and cf. .] 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. [Obs.] “So much [of Lapland] as accosts the sea.” Fuller.
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2. To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] Shak.
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3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. “Him, Satan thus accosts.” Milton.
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Accost, v. i. To adjoin; to lie alongside. [Obs.] “The shores which to the sea accost.” Spenser.
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Accost, n. Address; greeting. [R.] J. Morley.
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Accostable (�), a. [Cf. F. accostable.] Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.
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Accosted, a. (Her.) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.
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Accouchement (#; 277), n. [F., fr. accoucher to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See .] Delivery in childbed
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Accoucheur (�), n. [F., fr. accoucher. See .] A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
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Accoucheuse (�), n. [F.., fem. of accoucher.] A midwife. [Recent] Dunglison.
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Account (�), n. [OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See , v. t., , n., 1.] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
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A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak.
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2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.
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3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
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4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. “A laudable account of the city of London.” Howell.
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5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
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Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.
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6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. “To stand high in your account.” Shak.
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7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. “Men of account.” Pope. “To turn to account.” Shak.
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Coloq. Account current , a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. -- Coloq. In account with , in a relation requiring an account to be kept. -- Coloq. On account of , for the sake of; by reason of; because of. -- Coloq. On one's own account , for one's own interest or behalf. -- Coloq. To make account , to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.]
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This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton.
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-- Coloq. To make account of , to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- Coloq. To take account of , or Coloq. to take into account , to take into consideration; to notice. “Of their doings, God takes no account.” Milton. -- Coloq. A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell.
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Syn. -- Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. -- , , , . These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc.
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Account (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, à (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See , v. t.]
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1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
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The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. Sir T. Browne.
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2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [R.] Clarendon.
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3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem.
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Accounting that God was able to raise him up. Heb. xi. 19.
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4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Account, v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
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2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities.
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3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty.
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Coloq. To account of , to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. “I account of her beauty.” Shak.
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Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson.
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Accountability (�), n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.
Syn. -- answerability, answerableness
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Accountable (�), a. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
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2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.]
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True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote.
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Syn. -- Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable.
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Accountable ness, n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
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Accountably, adv. In an accountable manner.
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Accountancy (�), n. The art or employment of an accountant.
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Accountant (�), n. [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.] 1. One who renders account; one accountable.
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2. A reckoner.
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3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
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Coloq. Accountatn general , the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
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Accountant, a. Accountable. [Obs.] Shak.
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Accountantship (�), n. [Accountant + -ship.] The office or employment of an accountant.
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Account book (�). A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.
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Accouple (�), v. t. [OF. acopler, F. accoupler. See .] To join; to couple. [R.]
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The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen. Hall.
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Accouplement (-kŭp'lm�nt), n. [Cf. F. accouplement.] 1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [R.] Caxton.
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2. That which couples, as a tie or brace. [R.]
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Accourage (�), v. t. [OF. acoragier; à (L. ad) + corage. See .] To encourage. [Obs.]
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Accourt (�), v. t. [Ac-, for L. . See .] To treat courteously; to court. [Obs.] Spenser.
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{ Accouter, Accoutre } (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring.] [F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. ), or perh. akin to E. guilt.] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
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Both accoutered like young men. Shak.
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For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden.
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Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth.
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accoutered, accoutred adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle
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accoutrement n. 1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of one's main clothing.
Syn. -- accessory, accouterment
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{ Accouterments, Accoutrements } (�), n. pl. [F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See .] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers.
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How gay with all the accouterments of war!
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Accoy (�), v. t. [OF. acoyer; ac-, for L. ad. See .] 1. To render quiet; to soothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.]
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Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.
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Accra n. 1. the capital city of Ghana.
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Accredit (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting.] [F. accréditer; à (L. ad) + crédit credit. See .] 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
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His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper.
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These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.
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2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
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Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.
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3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in.
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The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.
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4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one.
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Coloq. To accredit (one) Coloq. with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.
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Accreditation (�), n. The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
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Accrementitial (�), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to accremention.
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accrementition (�), n. [See , .] (Physiol.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respects like the individual from which it proceeds.
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accresce (ăkkrĕs), v. i. [L. accrescere. See .] 1. To accrue. [R.]
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2. To increase; to grow. [Obs.] Gillespie.
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accrescence (ăkkrĕss�ns), n. [LL. accrescentia.] Continuous growth; an accretion. [R.]
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The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge.
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accrescent (ăkkrĕss�nt), a. [L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See .]
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1. Growing; increasing. Shuckford.
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2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray.
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accrete (ăkkrēt), v. i. [From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.] 1. To grow together.
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2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
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accrete, v. t. To make adhere; to add. Earle.
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accrete, a. 1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter.
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2. (Bot.) Grown together. Gray.
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accretion (ăkkrēshŭn), n. [L. accretio, fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. , , .]
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1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.
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2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
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A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by accretion. Owen.
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To strip off all the subordinate parts of his narrative as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
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4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes. Dana.
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5. (Law) (a) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark. (b) Gain to an heir or legatee, by failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. Wharton. Kent.
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accretionary adj. Marked or produced by accretion.
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accretive (�), a. Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill.
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accriminate (�), v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari.] To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Accrimination (�), n. [Obs.]
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accroach (ăkkrōch), v. t. [OE. acrochen, accrochen, to obtain, OF. acrochier, F. accrocher; à (L. ad) + croc hook (E. crook).] 1. To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]
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2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
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They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. Stubbs.
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Accroachment (ăkkrōchm�nt), n. [Cf. F. accrochement.] An encroachment; usurpation. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Accrual (ăkkrṳ�l), n. Accrument. [R.]
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Accrue (ăkkrṳ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Accrued (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing.] [See , n., and cf. , .] 1. To increase; to augment.
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And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.
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2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. “Interest accrues to principal.” Abbott.
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The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.
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Accrue, n. [F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. , . See .] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [Obs.]
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Accruer (ăkkrṳẽr), n. (Law) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer.
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Accrument (ăkkrṳm�nt), n. The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase. Jer. Taylor.
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Accubation (ăkk�bāshŭn), n. [L. accubatio, for accubitio, fr. accubare to recline; ad + cubare to lie down. See .] The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
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acculturative adj. 1. of or pertaining to acculturation (definition 3).
Syn. -- acculturational
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Accumb (ăkkŭmb), v. i. [L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down.] To recline, as at table. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Accumbency (ăkkŭmb�ns�), n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [R.]
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Accumbent (-b�nt), a. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
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The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.
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2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray.
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Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.
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Accumbent, n. One who reclines at table.
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Accumber (-bẽr), v. t. To encumber. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Accumulate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accumulated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See .] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.
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Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard.
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