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One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.

Unchangeableness. [Obs.] Kenrick.

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services. I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. Shak.

The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.

Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution. "Interchangeable warrants." Bacon.

Mutual transfer; exchange. [Obs.] Shak.

Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

To change again, or change back.

To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).

A central office in which the wires of telephones may be connected to permit conversation.

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amountin…

To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier.

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.

one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

or, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.

An accommodation bill or note. Accommodation bill, or note (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 st…

A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.

e property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to Ant: passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

similating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.