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Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.

A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. The fox roams far abroad. Prior.

Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Absolution day (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.

read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.

In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

my figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a wr…

tion or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

ote (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation…

Delivery in childbed

credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.

es, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid. The accuracy wi…

A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

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.

Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.

Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.

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