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An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet, and small canine teeth.

Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

f States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.

Any species of Zeuglodonta.

Same as Phocodontia.

A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they. "So would I a done" "A brushes his hat." Shak.

To abandon. [Obs.] Enforced the kingdom to aband. Spenser.

To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] Donne.

to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

In an able manner; with great ability; as, ably done, planned, said.

To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.

to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.

report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." Howell.

Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.

Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett.

Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] Farindon.

the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses:

An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor. The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1 Sam. ii. 3.

ry. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."