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The top or highest point; the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

rness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

ion, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote.

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

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

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.

to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.

Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

enture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor.

Advowson. [Obs.] The donations or advocations of church livings. Sanderson.

words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.

A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

idity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.