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Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke.

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.

Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.

That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. An abstract of every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heav…

Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Gray.

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. He conceived it just that accidentals . . . should sink with the substance of the accusation. Fuller.

To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser.

One who accords, assents, or concedes. [R.]

Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.] Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon.

Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

elations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.

Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.

To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.

Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

Affected; conceited. [Obs.] Shak.

Anew; again; once more; newly. They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6.