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To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.…

Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.

An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing. Itard.

The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient the…

In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall.

To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.

The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.

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

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

ence could not guard. -- Act of grace, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. -- Act of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. Abbott. -- Act…

An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. Nichol.

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.

contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. Grove. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.…

Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to Ant: sedentary or to Ant: tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.