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Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.

rticle; an atom; a jot. I 'll not wag an ace further. Dryden. To bate an ace, to make the least abatement. [Obs.] -- Within an ace of, very near; on the point of. W. Irving.

A Christian sect without a leader.

Without a leader or chief.

Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.

two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. Watts.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

Scimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.

The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. I. Taylor.

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

One who acquits or releases.

Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.

Having a cleavage parallel with the base.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

ilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison.

Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

ng in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.