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An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]

An abstract term. The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety." J. S. Mill.

Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] Johnson.

A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Nicholson.

An idealist. Emerson.

To thrust away. [Obs.] Johnson.

Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak. 'This phrase absurd to call a vi…

The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.

altreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience.

the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. "An abusive lampoon." Johnson.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. Dunglison.

ed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

A person who accepts; a taker.

restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Ready to accept. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

ed as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson.