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ocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) Acceleration of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now short…

The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

de of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone.

See Afforcement. [Obs.]

United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.

Enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

Same as Amercement. Mozley & W.

One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual.

A body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the Blue Ribbon Army.