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A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading. [Obs.]

Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.

Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything. [R.] Fuller.

The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.

On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth.

Primarily.

An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak.

A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

is now shorter than in ancient times. -- Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of the tides, under Priming. -- Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about…

One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.

anying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak. Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.

An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason." Johnson.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law)

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with. Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. Locke. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isa. liii. 3.