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To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier.

A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.] God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth.

the perspective plane; so called to distinguish it from the principal point, or point of view, where a line drawn from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets this plane. -- Accidental lights (Paint.), secondary lights; effects of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting th…

concord; as, the accord of tones. Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. Sir J. Davies.

ess dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank.

) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier.

eliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.

not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic] Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller.

The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.

ve as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope.

g 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

A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.

; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Bouvier. Burrill.

ssert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.

cientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

ly in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.