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The act or power of wielding. [Obs.] "Our weak wieldance." Bp. Hall.

The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.

Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles." Gibbon.

sent royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. Brande & C.

To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. To abound in, to posses in such abundance as to be characterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets…

Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.

Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. [Obs.] "Absonous to our reason." Glanvill.

e of civil rights, or of privileges or advantages; an abuse of language. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power. Madison.

In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

time or distance. That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott.

ind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. "My new accomplishment of dancing." Churchill. "Accomplishments befitting a station." Thackeray. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace. Cowper.

Reconcilable; in accordance.

. -- A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell.

A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. Dana.

Producing acidity; converting into an acid. Dana.

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Abundant activity. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.