a. That may be abused. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Abuse. [ Obs. ] Whately (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. accusabilis: cf. F. accusable. ] Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Accusation. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. accusans, p. pr. of accusare: cf. F. accusant. ] An accuser. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. acusation, F. accusation, L. accusatio, fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ They ] set up over his head his accusation. Matt. xxvii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Gram.) The accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
a. Accusatory. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By way accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. accusatorius, fr. accusare. ] Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation;
a. [ Cf. F. amusable. ] Capable of being amused. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds. ]
. (Bot.)
n. [ See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt. ] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.
a. Capable of being caused. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. causalis. See Cause. ] Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative. [ 1913 Webster ]
Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A causal word or form of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]
Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The causality of the divine mind. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. [ 1913 Webster ]
The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Law of universal causation,
n. One who believes in the law of universal causation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause. ]
Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a causative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cause. ] One who causes. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) See Cognizance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) See Cognizant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [ Obs. ] Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Law) See Cognizant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. Croisade, Crosado, and see Cross. ]
v. i.
n. One engaged in a crusade;
Azure-eyed and golden-haired,
Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a crusade;
n. [ Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3. ] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.
n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Espousal. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. espousailles, pl., F. épousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal, Spousal. ]
The open espousal of his cause. Lord Orford. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. [ L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse. ] That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable;
The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation. ] Excuse; apology. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [ Obs. ] Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]