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cognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.

One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.

iable to be adjudged a bankrupt. -- Act of faith. (Ch. Hist.) See Auto-da-Fé. -- Act of God (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. -- Act of grace, an expression often use…

nd pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor.

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.

A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. Shak.

city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Heb. viii. 5.

A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

Pertaining to Æolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

The god of the winds.

The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.