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To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.

A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.

To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.

Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

Perception; insight; acuteness. [Obs.] Methinks a man Of your sagacity and clear nostril should Have made another choice. B. Jonson.

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. Was she the God, that her thou didst obey Milton.

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

A triangle having three acute angles.

Having acute angles. Barlow.

Excessive acuteness of sight.

Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. -- Pen and ink, or pen-and-ink, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. -- Pen feather. A pin feather. [Obs.] -- Pen name. See under Name. -- Sea pen (Zoöl.), a pennatula. [Usually written sea-pen.]

Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.

Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. Walpole.