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

ficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a pecul…

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

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

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not re…

tinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor.

The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

coceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden.

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to Ant: dull or Ant: stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.

The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness…

One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.