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A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

hievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay.

cknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay.

persons with whom one is acquainted. Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. Macaulay.

The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.

event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

an's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.

urther. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay.

im to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay.

or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay.

n a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

dhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay.

Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.

rs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.

ement. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

ellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.