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To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.

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

The state of being absent; withdrawal. [R.] Barrow.

Full of abuse; abusive. [R.] "Abuseful names." Bp. Barlow.

In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. Blackstone. With one accord, with unanimity. They rushed with one accord into the theater. Acts xix. 29.

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain. Barrow.

Purchase; bargaining. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capable of being achieved. Barrow.

of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

wledge, skill, good or bad habits. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.

Acquirement. [Obs.] Barrow.

A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak.

oth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of crimes. Cowper.

A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley.

Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. "Adagial verse." Barrow.

The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.