n. See Abnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Would not the fool abet the stealth,
Who rashly thus exposed his wealth? Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. abet, fr. abeter. ] Act of abetting; aid. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of abetting;
n. Abetment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. abies, abietis, a fir tree. ] A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products;
a. Of or pertaining to abietin;
n. (Chem.) A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata). Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis.
‖n. [ Heb. ] The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Accelerate + -meter. ] An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ad + complere, completum, to fill up. ] Tending to accomplish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
v. i. [ From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase. ]
v. t. To make adhere; to add. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. accretio, fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue. ] [ 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 ]
adj. Marked or produced by accretion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped;
‖n. [ L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Acetic + alcohol. ] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Acetyl + amide. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Acetyl + anilide. ] (Med., Chem.) An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group (
a. [ L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] Used in salads;
n. [ L. acetaria salad plants. ] An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical;
a. Combined with acetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] (Chem.)
n. The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To turn acid. Encyc. Dom. Econ. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acetum vinegar + -meter: cf. F. acétimètre. ] An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To acetify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Acetic + -ol as in alcohol. ] (Chem.)
n. Same as Acetimeter. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]