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A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." Boyle. "A liquid of an acetous kind." Bp. Lowth.

nuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow.

A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.

furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with. Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. Locke. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isa. liii. 3.

pposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.

e from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

reeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.

Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

Dancing. Lowell.

uitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.…

The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.

genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]