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In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure.

In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil.

ng stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.

ive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.

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.

s; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Rom. ii. 15.

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required. -- Ac`id*i*met"ric*al, a.

ned in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

The measurement of the force of solar radiation. Maury.

sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

. At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.

Same as Admeasurement.