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To unite; to attach; to incorporate. [Obs.] Milton.

The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n. [Obs.]

The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n.

One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.

ent, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

cusing 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.

Pertaining to the accusative case.

Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age." Sir E. Dering.

In an accusative manner.

Accusatory.

By way accusation.

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.