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The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.

The office of an usher; usherdom.

Wheresoever. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.

a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse. Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. Shak.

Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.

abridge power or rights. "The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit." Smollett. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller.

mmate; faultless; as, absolute perfection; absolute beauty. So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. Milton.

ving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue,…

Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

l. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.

coustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very considerable branch of physics. Sir J. Herschel.

A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

fluence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.

Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel.

U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.