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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accelerated p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating. ] [ L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity. ] 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity. --
Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 caused to move faster
Syn. -- speeded up [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. 1 caused to be completed in a shorter than normal time period; speeded up, as of an academic course; He took an accelerated curriculum, and graduated in three years. Opposite of delayed.
Syn. -- expedited [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ L. accorporare; ad + corpus, corporis, body. ] To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr. accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure. ] 1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correct; exact; just; nice; particular. -- Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise. We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aceric. ] (Chem.) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acerose; needle-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into adipocere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. administratus, p. p. of administrare. ] To administer. [ R. ] Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adulterated p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating ] [ L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love. Cf. Advoutry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To defile by adultery. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To commit adultery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Tainted with adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*dul"ter*ate*ly, adv. -- A*dul"ter*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; -- said of substances or foods used ususally of articles of commerce, dulted with less costly materials so as to enhance profit; -- usually imlying that the dilution is surreptitious and unethical
Syn. -- adulterate, debased [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overshadow; to shade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aërated p. pr. & vb. n. Aërating ] [ Cf. F. aérer. See Air, v. t. ] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)
Syn. -- activate [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification; -- of a liquid [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Physiol.) supplied with oxygen by respiration; -- used of tissues or especially blood
Syn. -- oxygenated [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 supplied with carbon dioxide
Syn. -- charged [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. aggeratus, p. p. of aggerare. See Agger. ] To heap up. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglomerated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating ] [ L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate. ] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect in a mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A collection or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. clustered together but not coherent. an agglomerated flower head
Syn. -- agglomerate, agglomerative, aggregate, clustered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ It. aggratare, fr. L. ad + gratus pleasing. See Grate, a. ] To please. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Each one sought his lady to aggrate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. allatrare. See Latrate. ] To bark as a dog. [ Obs. ] Stubbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ameliorated p. pr. & vb. n. Ameliorating. ] [ L. ad + meliorare to make better: cf. F. améliorer. See Meliorate. ] To make better; to improve; to meliorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow better; to meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anchor-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. annumeratus, p. p. of annumerare. See Numerate. ] To add on; to count in. [ Obs. ] Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arbitrated p. pr. & vb. n. Arbitrating ] [ L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter. ] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To decide, or determine generally. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To decide; to determine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Asperating. ] [ L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper rough. ] To make rough or uneven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The asperated part of its surface. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aspirated p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating ] [ L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire. ] To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mark of aspiration (&asper_;) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. aspiratus, p. p. ] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asseverated p. pr. & vb. n. Asseverating ] [ L. asseveratus, p. p. of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus. See Severe. ] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. attemperatus, p. p. of attemperare. See Attemper. ] Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hope must be . . . attemperate to the promise. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attemper. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ It. atterrare (cf. LL. atterrare to cast to earth); L. ad + terra earth, land. ] To fill up with alluvial earth. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur. ] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [ Obs. ] C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an augur. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auratus, p. p. of aurare to gild, fr. aurum gold: cf. F. aurate. ] (Chem.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Aurate. ] 1. Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Combined with auric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ears. See Aurited. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating. ] [ See 2nd rate, v. t.. ] To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]