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The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. The professed end [of logic] is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, wi…

rement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.

Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; hence, bad enough to be under the curse; execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -- as, an accursed deed. Shak. -- Ac*curs"ed*ly, adv. -- Ac*curs"ed*ness, n.

A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.

To curl; to adorn with curls.

An apparatus in which the images of extermal objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the oulines may be traced.

A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

To tame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of taming. [Obs.] Ray.

The act of running about; also, rambling language. [Obs.] Barrow.

See Chiaroscuro.