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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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ACCUSE n. 5 definitions

Accusation. [Obs.] Shak.

Charged with offense; as, an accused person.

Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

ACCUSINGLY adv.

In an accusing manner.

ACCUSTOM v. 4 definitions

To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; - - with to. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

ACCUSTOMABLE a.

Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.

ACCUSTOMABLY adv.

According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer.

ACCUSTOMANCE n.

Custom; habitual use. [Obs.] Boyle.

ACCUSTOMARILY adv.

Customarily. [Obs.]

Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.

ACCUSTOMED a. 2 definitions

Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." Shak.

ACCUSTOMEDNESS n.

Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.

ACEPHALOUS a. 6 definitions

Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

ACEROUS a. 3 definitions

Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

ACETABULIFEROUS a.

Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.

ACETOUS a. 2 definitions

Having a sour taste; sour; acid. "An acetous spirit." Boyle. "A liquid of an acetous kind." Bp. Lowth.

ACHLAMYDEOUS a.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.