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ces; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of accommodation." Macaulay.

oble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.

Agreement; harmony; conformity. "In strict accordance with the law." Macaulay.

Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay.

us achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

l, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. Sir W. Jones.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

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

To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.

is [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.

say further. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay.

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

ted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay.

kill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay.

ars on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

to adhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay.