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To mark with the written accent.

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.

A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

panied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.

sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.

According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer.

Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley.

Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder- smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley.

A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

g; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to Ant: dull or Ant: stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

f the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.

y; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

iguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

ers adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.