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A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion. Dunglison.

stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

n from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

e of the appetite or passions. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

ncrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction an…

profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

To endure; to abide. [Obs.] But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser.

eld by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

ittle above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

Acceptance. [R.] Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning.

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.…

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.

A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.

flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

r a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. -- Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a…

nser. All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. South.

icable. [R.] True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote.

ing, or (something) as belonging to some one. To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying.

esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.

reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. The Roman.. accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot.