*red*

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 ]

adj. 1. 1 (Biol.) gotten through environmental forces. Contrasted with inherited. acquired characteristics cannot be passed on noninheritable (vs. inheritable), nonheritable
Syn. -- nurtural [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

a. 1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [ Obs. ] “Admired disorder.” “ Admired Miranda.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + hungered. ] Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. abounding in fresh air.
Syn. -- airy [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. made public by radio or television. The report was aired on the seven o'clock news.
Syn. -- broadcast [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a breed of large wiry-coated terriers, bred in Yorkshire.
Syn. -- Airedale terrier [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 having cracks in a reticulated pattern, giving an appearance reminiscent of alligator hide; -- said of a surface coating, e.g., of paint, varnish, or glazing
Syn. -- cracked [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [ Sometimes spelt ancred. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ahungered; longing. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with antlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antlered stag. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. “An arboreal walk.” Pollok. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clad with armor. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Nav.) A man-of-war carrying a large coal supply, and more or less protected from the enemy's shot by iron or steel armor. There is no distinct and accepted classification distinguishing armored and protected cruisers from each other, except that the first have more or heavier armor than the second. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]

adj. 1. provided with protective covering; -- used of animals. Opposite of unarmored. [ Narrower terms: bone-covered ; scaly, scaley, scaled.
Syn. -- armored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as armor-clad; -- used of persons or things military. Opposite of unarmored. One that is aromour-clad is bulletproof. Narrower terms: lightly armored, lightly armoured; mail-clad, mailed; panzer; scaled
Syn. -- armored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose life or property is insured. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Certainly; indubitably. “The siege assuredly I'll raise.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. at (AS. æt) out + rede. ] To surpass in council. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may the olde atrenne, but hat atrede. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. (Her.) Provided with antlers, as a stag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of an azure color; sky-blue. “The azured harebell.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having balusters. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, or bearing, banners. “A bannered host.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
Syn. -- beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [ Narrower terms: buffeted; storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn. -- beaten. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat. “His beavered brow.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bicolor; bis twice + color color. ] Of two colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having two colors.
Syn. -- bicolor, bicolour, bicolored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having unusually large shoulders. big-shouldered and heavy-armed
Syn. -- broad-shouldered, square-shouldered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having two motors. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. colored with or as if with bister.
Syn. -- bistered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having black head hair; -- of people.
Syn. -- dark-haired, raven-haired. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness n. [1913 Webster]

Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. Shak. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Blood + Prov. E. bolter to mat in tufts. Cf. Balter. ] Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of cherries or tomatoes or rubies or blood.
Syn. -- red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. & a. Swollen; turgid; as, a blubbered lip. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. out of focus; not sharply defined.
Syn. -- bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, muzzy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. rose-colored.
Syn. -- blushful, rosy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Supported; upheld. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Swelled out. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of unbordered. [ Narrower terms: boxed; deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged; lined; seagirt, sea-girt ] Also See: finite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. tired of the world; bored with life.
Syn. -- world-weary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. Opposite of interested.
Syn. -- blase. [ WordNet 1.5 ]