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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accompanied p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying [ OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company. ] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Persian dames, . . .
In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cohabit with. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attend; escort; go with. -- To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To associate in a company; to keep company. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men say that they will drive away one another, . . . and not accompany together. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cohabit (with). [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano).
Syn. -- accompanist [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night. ] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`nyktos; 'a`kros + ny`x, nykto`s, night. ] (Astron.) Acronycal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + &unr_; sound. ] The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Agonies [ L. agonia, Gr. &unr_;, orig. a contest, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. agonie. See Agon. ] 1. Violent contest or striving. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

With cries and agonies of wild delight. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The last struggle of life; death struggle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Anguish; torment; throe; distress; pangs; suffering. -- Agony, Anguish, Pang. These words agree in expressing extreme pain of body or mind. Agony denotes acute and permanent pain, usually of the whole system., and often producing contortions. Anguish denotes severe pressure, and, considered as bodily suffering, is more commonly local (as anguish of a wound), thus differing from agony. A pang is a paroxysm of excruciating pain. It is severe and transient. The agonies or pangs of remorse; the anguish of a wounded conscience. “Oh, sharp convulsive pangs of agonizing pride!” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish. ] 1. Maintenance; means of living. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. [ From the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania. ] (Geol.) Pertaining to or designating a subdivision of the Pennsylvanian coal measure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. allonyme, fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; name. ] 1. The name of another person assumed by the author of a work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A work published under the name of some one other than the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Published under the name of some one other than the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amphictyonies [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sexual propagation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin unknown. ] (Iron Work) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Anemone. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; angel + &unr_; to appear. ] The actual appearance of an angel to man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. anonyme. See Anonymous. ] 1. One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for “pseudonym.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A notion which has no name, or which can not be expressed by a single English word. [ R. ] J. R. Seeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He rigorously insisted upon the rights of anonymity. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; without name; 'an priv. + &unr_;, Eol. for &unr_; name. See Name. ] Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an anonymous manner; without a name. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being anonymous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` + &unr_; contest: cf. F. (16th century) antagonie. See Antagonism. ] Contest; opposition; antagonism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; birth. ] The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antimonium, of unknown origin. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiphonies [ See Antiphon. ] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a word used in substitution for another; &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, a word. ] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [ R. ] C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To any extent; in any degree; at all. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are not to go loose any longer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before you go any farther. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & pron. [ OE. æni&yogh_;, æni, eni, ani, oni, AS. &aemacr_;nig, fr. ān one. It is akin to OS. ēnig, OHG. einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See One. ] 1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. Matt. xi. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? “Who will show us any good?” Ps. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, . . . and it shall be given him. Jas. i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. Acts ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

At any rate,
In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person of consideration or standing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [ Commonly written as two words. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [ Colloq. or Lowx ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. “Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.” De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything but, not at all or in any respect. “The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.” Hawthorne. --
Anything like, in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any measure; anywise; at all. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Anywise; at all. Tennyson. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To or towards any place. [ Archaic ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any wise or way; at all. “Anywise essential.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. aphonia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; voiceless; 'a priv. + &unr_; voice: cf. F. aphonie. ] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Archegonium. ] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. asthenia, Gr. 'asqe`nia; 'a priv. + sqe`nos strength. ] (Med.) Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an abnormal loss of strength.
Syn. -- asthenia [ WordNet 1.5 ]