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Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy. P. Cyc.

Any one of several kinds of orchids. [Obs.]

ccusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

Pertaining to the accusative case.

Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age." Sir E. Dering.

In an accusative manner.

Accusatory.

By way accusation.

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.

A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

Pertaining to Alsatia.

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Having a handle. Johnson.

A turning from with dislike; aversion. [Obs.or Archaic] Some men have a natural aversation to some vices or virtues, and a natural affection to others. Jer. Taylor.

p, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. -- Bo"dhi*sat`ship, n.

An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.

Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]

The act of annulling. A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley. Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.