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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Accrediting. ] [ F. accréditer; à (L. ad) + crédit credit. See Credit. ] 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. [ 1913 Webster ]

His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. [ 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 ]

4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. [ 1913 Webster ]

To accredit (one)
with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to accremention. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See accresce, Increment. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. accrescere. See Accrue. ] 1. To accrue. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To increase; to grow. [ Obs. ] Gillespie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. accrescentia. ] Continuous growth; an accretion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never contradicted hearsy. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to grow. See Crescent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Growing; increasing. Shuckford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Grown together. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase. ] 1. To grow together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make adhere; to add. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accretio, fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by accretion. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

To strip off all the subordinate parts of his narrative as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Marked or produced by accretion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari. ] To accuse of a crime. [ Obs. ] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. Stubbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. accrochement. ] An encroachment; usurpation. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accrument. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Accrued p. pr. & vb. n. Accruing. ] [ See Accrue, n., and cf. Accresce, Accrete. ] 1. To increase; to augment. [ 1913 Webster ]

And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. accrû, OF. acreü, p. p. of accroitre, OF. acroistre to increase; L. ad + crescere to increase. Cf. Accretion, Crew. See Crescent. ] Something that accrues; advantage accruing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The act of accruing; accretion; as, title by accruer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; skull. ] 1. (Physiol.) Partial or total absence of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Zool.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting a skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; border. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ n. [ Gr. akrasia. ] Excess; intemperance. [ Obs. except in Med. ] Farindon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ Pref. a- + crase; or cf. F. écraser to crush. See Crase, Craze. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To craze. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. aker, AS. æcer; akin to OS. accar, OHG. achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. åker, Dan. ager, Goth. akrs, L. ager, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. ajra. √2, 206. ] 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4, 840 square yards, or 43, 560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I., Edward III., and Henry VIII. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broad acres, many acres, much landed estate. [ Rhetorical ] --
God's acre, God's field; the churchyard. [ 1913 Webster ]

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls
The burial ground, God's acre. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acer sharp; prob. assimilated in form to acid. See Eager. ] 1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acrid poison, a poison which irritates, corrodes, or burns the parts to which it is applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; extreme bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Syn. -- acridness [ 1913 Webster ]

2. having an acrid smell.
Syn. -- pungency [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a strong soft crease-resistant fabric. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [ Archaic ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Acrimonies [ L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie. ] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acrimony, Asperity, Harshness, Tartness. These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ LL. acrisia, Gr. 'akrisi`a; 'a priv. + kri`nein to separate, to decide. ] 1. Inability to judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; indiscernible; 'a priv. + &unr_; to distinguish. ] (Zool.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Acrita. -- n. An individual of the Acrita. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Acritan. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; critical. ] (Med.) Having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess. [ R. ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; undistinguishable; 'a priv. + &unr_; to separate, distinguish + &unr_; color. ] Color blindness; achromatopsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acritudo, from acer sharp. ] Acridity; pungency joined with heat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acritas, fr. acer sharp: cf. F. âcreté. ] Sharpness; keenness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to hear. ] Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound. [ 1913 Webster ]