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Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.

To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. Nichol. p. 8

Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] Johnson.

To thrust away. [Obs.] Johnson.

absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. "An abusive lampoon." Johnson.

To cohabit with. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason." Johnson.

Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

To cohabit. [Obs.] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.

A heaping up; accumulation. [R.] Johnson.

y of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson.

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

One who attends; an assistant. "With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes." Motley.

or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

point of (doing). "In act to shoot." Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. John viii. 4. Act of attainder. (Law) See Attainder. -- Act of bankruptcy (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-Fé. -- Act of God (Law), an inevita…

used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.

A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.