a. Capable of being abdicated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abdicans, p. pr. of abdicare. ] Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]
Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abdicates. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
☞ The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II., to abandon without a formal surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cross-bearers abdicated their service. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]
He abdicates all right to be his own governor. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
The understanding abdicates its functions. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]
Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication. ] The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power;
a. [ L. abdicativus. ] Causing, or implying, abdication. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who abdicates. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. abditivus, fr. abdere to hide. ] Having the quality of hiding. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. abditorium. ] A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. abjudicatus, p. p. of abjudicare; ab + judicare. See Judge, and cf. Abjudge. ] To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Rejection by judicial sentence. [ R. ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. “Able-bodied vagrant.” Froude. --
n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n.;
His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. “Acadian farmers.” Longfellow. --
Acadian epoch (Geol.),
Acadian owl (Zool.),
a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ From the city Accad. See Gen. x. 10. ] Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. accide, accidie, LL. accidia, acedia, fr. Gr. &unr_;;
p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. “This according voice of national wisdom.” Burke. “Mind and soul according well.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ According to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
According as,
Is all things well,
According as I gave directions? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. Ex. xii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Accord. ] (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A player on the accordion. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]
He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
To accredit (one)
with (something)
n. The act of accrediting;
n.
n. (Med.) A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
n.
a. (Min.)
a. [ L. acidus sour + -ferous. ] Containing or yielding an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. acidification. ] The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His thin existence all acidified into rage. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acidus acid + -meter. ] (Chem.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acidus acid + -metry. ] (Chem.) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. --
n. [ L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid. ] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste;
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