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Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.

bove a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

ation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

ion. [Obs.] An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller.

entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. [Obs.] What abridgment have you for this evening What mask What music Shak.

s, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. "The cause of your abrupt departure." Shak.

To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun. If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. Addison.

The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.

imal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.

hich comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hat…

The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

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

To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity. -- Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.

A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

nctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.

is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.