a. Capable of being abated;
a. Capable of being abdicated. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. ] (Zool.) A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. abeel (abeel-boom), OF. abel, aubel, fr. a dim. of L. albus white. ] The white poplar (Populus alba). [ 1913 Webster ]
Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Detestable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Able for, is Scotticism. “Hardly able for such a march.” Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Able, a. ] [ Obs. ]
[ F. -able, L. -abilis. ] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense;
The form
☞ It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able instead of -ible. “Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex -able only.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. “Able-bodied vagrant.” Froude. --
v. t. [ L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate. ] To send abroad. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ablegatio. ] The act of sending abroad. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having much intellectual power. --
n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a., comp. of Able. --
a. [ Cf. F. abolissable. ] Capable of being abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being abrogated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be absolved. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. absorbable. ] Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be abused. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, a nettle. ] A group of Cœlenterata, including the Medusæ or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called
a. [ Acaleph + -oid. ] (Zool.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephæ or jellyfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acatalecticus, Gr. &unr_;, not defective at the end;
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. a- not + caulescent. ] (Bot.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Accelerated motion (Mech.),
Accelerating force,
adj.
n. [ L. acceleratio: cf. F. accélération. ] The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action;
A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Acceleration of the moon,
Acceleration and
retardation of the tides
Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars,
Acceleration of the planets,
a. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.;
a. Accelerative. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Accelerate + -graph. ] (Mil.) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Accelerate + -meter. ] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without accent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being accented. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare. ] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome;
n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede. ]
The best information . . . at present accessible. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acclimated. [ 1913 Webster ]