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The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin.

tutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. "My new accomplishment of dancing." Churchill. "Accomplishments befitting a station." Thackeray. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, And wisdom falls before exterior grace. Cowper.

s 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.

The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. Sir G. C. Lewis. He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Southey.

The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

ion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

To be wont. [Obs.] Carew.

head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear. Grew.

A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. Arbuthnot.

paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

e who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.

Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love. Shak. I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. Shak.

A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. Double acrostic, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.

gnate 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 in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not…

ot, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review.

Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to Ant: dull or Ant: stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.

To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.…