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To convert into acid or vinegar.

An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.

The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure.

llation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Sour like vinegar; acetous.

with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. Acetous acid, a name formerly given to vinegar.

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. He was stern and his face as acid as ever. A. Trollope.

To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.

e act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.

lso by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.

To perform on the stage; to represent a character. To show the world how Garrick did not act. Cowper. To act as or for, to do the work of; to serve as. -- To act on, to regulate one's conduct according to. -- To act up to, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice; as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advant…

eom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC.

To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles.

it; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S.…

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic] Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller.

Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.