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See Acronyc.

A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.

to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with. Before a man can speak on any subject, it is necessary to be acquainted with it. Locke. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Isa. liii. 3.

of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

Capable of being acted. Tennyson.

arge division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

Operating in any way.

Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.

A shareholder in joint-stock company. [Obs.]

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

ddicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay.

Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.