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The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [R.] Caxton.

Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. How gay with all the accouterments of war!

Pertaining to accremention.

The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.

Savage fierceness; ferocity.

rforming; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Draper.

` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

oice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

The act of adoring; adoration. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. True religion . . . propose…

The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.