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nge of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in th…

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

on with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, absolute motion; absolute time or space.

Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden.

Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning. Profound and abstruse topics. Milman.

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor.…

Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. Lev. xxv. 5. Of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii. 17.

these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.

ion of energy or power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules.

which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.

o be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

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

ers of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.] Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope.

Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to Ant: passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly 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 mi…