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Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Archaic. [R.] -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [Archaic] Bacon. Saying so, he abased his lance. Shelton.

To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic] And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. Tennyson.

Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. [Archaic] "The abusive prerogatives of his see." Hallam.

Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [Archaic] Tillotson.

To approach; to make up to. [Archaic] Shak.

Usual; customary. [Archaic] Featley.

Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] Shak.

Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic] Harvey.

rs; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] Bacon.

To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic] That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no greater than our necessity. Jer. Taylor. Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and facility of acting things expedient for us to do. Barrow. Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act extortion and the worst of cri…

To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel.

A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic] Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller.

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." Spenser.

To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak.

Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [Archaic] Bp. King.

en followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.