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Something cleansing. The strong abstersive of some heroic magistrate. Milton.

from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.

Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris.

Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.

In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.

, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.

In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.

A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

nate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. Hume.

The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor.…

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a wr…

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, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

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…

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.

The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. Johnson.