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The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory. Acoustic duct, the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. -- Acoustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient the…

In relation to sound or to hearing. Tyndall.

ur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

e processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.

ressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.

Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. "A murmur heard aërially." Tennyson.

e way of descent; to trace origin to. How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes H. Spencer.

An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. [Obs.] Hearne.

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." Jer. Taylor.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

g Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.

row, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

(Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.) Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] "On me is not along thin evil fare." Chaucer. "And all this is long of you." Shak. "This increase of price is all along of the foreigners." London Punch.…

y up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.

A pastoral sweetheart. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Milton.

To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.

ingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.