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The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition. Locke.

Capable of being accented.

The quality of being accentual.

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.

The state of being accessary.

One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. -- Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being prese…

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne.

The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.

Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. Elmes.

dental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident. This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] Coleridge.

The quality of being accidental; casualness.

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.