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An Australian tree (Pittosporum bicolor); also, its wood, used in making waddies.

The water moccasin.

rticle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.…

oveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.

Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield.

n shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison.

ation; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. Ancient coins as abridgments of history. Addison.

d); as, absence of mind. "Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind." Addison. To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. Landor.

he reflexive pronoun. If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. Addison.

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid.

ir worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.

Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.] I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton.

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak. Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton.…

Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Additional.

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

ommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.