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To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.

A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [Obs.] Gauden. Barrough.

h absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.

ensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

r of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. [Archaic] "The abusive prerogatives of his see." Hallam.

ts of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc.

To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton.

Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.

ansactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

nts. Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.

visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same.