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The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

A player on the accordion.

One who acknowledges no head or superior. Dr. Gauden.

The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. Nichol.

See Acolythist.

An acolyte. [Obs.]

A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.

One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.

Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

Acquired. [Obs.] He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton.

In the way of acquisition.

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

One who acquires.

Acquisition; gain. Milton.

Undecided character of a disease. [Obs.]

Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

Lack or defect of pulsation.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.