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The act or state of being an accomplice. [R.]

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. "The awful idea of accountability." R. Hall.

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

Pertaining to accremention.

ion of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.

Sourness and harshness. [Obs.] Bailey.

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

The quality of being acetous; sourness.

Achromatism.

Needle ore. Brande & C.

The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.

Of the nature of aconite.

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

Same as Aconitine.

Of or pertaining to aconite.

An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.

The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak.

The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.

Acquired. [Obs.] Burton.