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ke a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.

out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

ith shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.

To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.

or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. Woodward.

acteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.

the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) Accelera…

side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.

To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser.

indication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.

s by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

gislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on 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.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.