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A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell.

To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

Capable of being acclimated.

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

Capable of being acclimatized.

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

abituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [R.] Caldwell.

A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.

To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions." Sir M. Hale.

mstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.)

An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. "And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason." Johnson.

The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.

The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]