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Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. [Archaic] "The abusive prerogatives of his see." Hallam.

to accelerate our departure. Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity. -- Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. Nichol.

solar time earlier than on the day preceding. -- Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [Obs.]

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

tial; anything happening accidentally. He conceived it just that accidentals . . . should sink with the substance of the accusation. Fuller.

Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." Chaucer.

A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes.

Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

kes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, usefu…

A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

Growing; increasing. Shuckford.

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.

Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill.

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, wi…

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15.

Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.

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