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Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] Thackeray.

Possessed of wit; witty. [R.] R. North.

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off t…

A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6).

ere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

mmonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield.

A collegian. [R.] Chesterfield.

equest. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

racter; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. Of moving accidents by flood and field. Shak. Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. Trench.

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.…

Savage fierceness; ferocity.

Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.

To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. Carlyle.

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not re…

Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.]

By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.