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To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." Milton.

s for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, or to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. "Of their doings, God takes no account." M…

The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [R.] Caxton.

dit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. Wharton. Kent.

another leaf. Gray. Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton.

o judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. Reid. The accuracy with which the piston fits the sides. Lardner.

th a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. Milton.

A crystalline ketone, CH3COC6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.

in. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. Milton.

Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.

Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.

A grapestone.

as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton.

An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc.

Tacit concurrence in the action of another. Wharton. p. 17

his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.

Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.

Acquired. [Obs.] He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton.