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defame; to traduce; to calumniate. I. Taylor. Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. Addison.

ted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.

o endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.

Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud. J. Baillie.

To coat or impregnate with zinc.

An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

n such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

sure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

To acetify. [R.]

The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

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.

. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

y of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.