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cumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.

sing 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.

A heaping up; accumulation. [R.] Johnson.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

The act or process of achromatizing.

The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. One wise in council, one in action brave. Pope.…

That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.

In an actionable manner.

A shareholder in joint-stock company. [Obs.]

Void of action.

A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.

A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

Act of sharpening. [R.]

The act of sharpening. [Obs.]

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

See Acupuncture.

The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.