ACCEPTABLENESS, s. (from acceptuThe quality of being acceptable (Grew). ACCEPTABLY, ad. (from acceptable). acceptable manner (Taylor). ACCEPTANCE, s. (acceptance, Fr.) Retan with approbation (Spenser). ACCEPTANCE, in common law, denotes atscit agreement to a preceding act, which at have been defeated and avoided, were at for such acceptance had.-If a man and his wife, seised of land in the right of the re, make a joint lease, or feoffment by deed, ing rent; the man dying, and the wife ing the rent; such receipt is deemed an areptance, and shall make the lease good: that she shall be barred from bringing the *, Cui in vita. your 66 ACCEPTANCE, in commerce, is the subE, signing, and making one's self debtor the sum contained in a bill of exchange, cher obligation. If there be a right unanding between both parties, a small matmounts to an acceptance; as Leave your with me, and I will accept it;" or, "Call : to-morrow, and it shall be accepted." Tolliges as effectually by the custom of erchants, and at law, as if the party had ry signed the bill. But should a man 5. "Leave bill with me, and I will wer my accounts between the drawer me, and call to-morrow, and I will accept bill accordingly," this shall not amount mplete acceptance; for this mention of The accounts, was really intended to give him 4pportunity of examining if there were cts in his hands to answer; without which, Aps, he would not accept the same: so it ruled by Lord Chief Justice Hale. ACCEPTATION, s. (from accept). 1. Bpion, whether good or bad (Sidney). 2. d reception; acceptance (Raleigh). 3. The s of being acceptable; regard. 4. Acceptin the juridical sense (South.) 5. The aning of a word, as it is commonly received Bailey). ACCEPTER, or ACCEPTOR, s. (from C). The person that accepts. ACCEPTILATION, s. (acceptilatio, Lat.) The remission of a debt by an acquittance m the creditor, testifying the receipt of oney which has never been paid. ACCEPTION, s. (acception, Fr. from ac99, Lat.) The received sense of a word; meaning: not in use (Hammond). ACCESS, s. (accessus, Lat. acces, Fr.) 1. The way by which any thing may be apached (Hammond). 2. The means, or libry of approaching either to things or men Milton). 3. Increase; enlargement; addi(Beron). 4. The returns or fits of a dis temper. ACCESSARINESS, s. (from accessary), The state of being accessary. ACCESSARY, a. (a corruption of acces sery). That contributes to a crime without being the chief constituent of it (Clarend.). ACCESSIBLE, a. (accessibilis, Lat. accessible, Fr.) That may be approached (Addison). ACCESSION, s. (accessio, Lat. accession, Fr.) 1. Increase by something added; enlargement; augmentation (Rogers). 2. The act of coming to, or joining one's self to; as acces sion to a confederacy. 3. The act of arriving at; as the King's accession to the throne. ACCESSION, (accessio, f. from accedo, to approach). The approach or commencement of a disease. A term mostly applied to a fever which has paroxysms or exacerbations; thus the accession of fever, means the commencement or approach of the pyrexial period. · ACCESSORII OF WILLIS, (accessorii, sc. nervi, from accedo, to approach, so called from the course they take). The name given by Willis to two nerves which ascend, one on each side from the second, fourth, and fifth cervical pairs of nerves, through the great foramen of the occipital bone, and pass out again from the cranium through the foramina lacera, with the par vagum, to be distributed on the trapezius muscle. ACCESSORILY, ad. (from accessory). In the manner of an accessory. A'CCESSORY, a. Joined to another thing so as to increase it; additional (Hooker). ACCESSORY, s. (accessorius, Lat. accessoire, Fr.) Some person or thing which accedes' or is added to another more considerable person or thing. ACCESSORY, or ACCESSARY, in common law, is chiefly used for a person guilty of a felonious offence, not principally, but by participation: as, by advice, command, or concealnient. There are two kinds of accessories: before the fact, and after it. The first is he' who commands, or procures another to commit felony, and is not present himself; for if he be present, he is a principal. The second is he who receives, assists, or comforts any mau that has done murder, or felony, whereof he has knowledge. A man may also be accessory to an accessory, by aiding, receiving, &c. an accessory in felony. An accessory in felony. shall have judgment of life and member, as well as the principal, who did the felony; but not till the principal be first attainted, and convict, or outlawed thereon. Where the principal is pardoned without attainder, the accessory cannot be arraigned: it being a maxim in law, Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessorius. But if the principal be pardoned, or have his clergy after attainder, the accessory shall be arraigned, 4 and 5 W. and M. c. 4. And by stat. 1 Anne, c. 9. it is enacted, that where the principal is convicted of felony, or stands mute, or challenges above twenty of the jury, it shall be lawful to proceed against the accessory in the same manner as if the principal had been attained; and notwithstanding such principal shall be admitted to his clergy, pardoned, or delivered before attainder. In some cases also, if the principal cannot be taken, then the accessory may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor, and punished by fine, imprisonment, &c. Stat. ibid. See stat. 5 Anne, c. 31. In the lowest and highest offences there are no accessories, but all are principals: as in riots, routs, forcible entries, and other trespasses, which are the lowest offences. So also in the highest offence, which is, according to our law, high treason, there are no accessories. Cok. Littlet. 71. A'CCIDENCE, s. (a corruption of accidents, from accidentia, Lat.) The little book containing the first rudiments of grammar, and explaining the properties of the eight parts of speech. ACCIDENS, ACCIDENT, in philosophy, Per accidens, is frequently used among philosophers to denote what does not follow from the nature of a thing, but from some accidental quality thereof: in which sense it stands opposed to per se, which denotes the nature and essence of a thing. Thus, fire is said to burn per se, or considered as fire, and not per accidens; but a piece of iron, though red-hot, only burns per accidens, by a quality accidental to it, and not considered as iron. ACCIDENS, (from accido, to happen). A symptom in diseases. ACCIDENT, s. (accidens, Lat.) 1. The property or quality of any being, which may be separated from it, at least in thought (Davies). 2. In grammar, the property of a word (Holder), 3. That which happens unforeseen; casualty; chance (Hooker). ACCIDENT, in heraldry, an additional point or mark in a coat of arms, which may be either omitted or retained without altering the essence of the armour; such as, abatement, difference, and tincture. ACCIDENTAL, s. (accidental, Fr.) A property nonessential (Watts). ACCIDENTAL, a. (from accident). 1. Having the quality of an accident; non-essential (Tillotson). 2. Casual; fortuitous; happening by chance. ACCIDENTAL COLOURS, are those which depend upon the affections of the eye, in contradistinction to those which belong to the light itself. The impressions made upon the eye by looking stedfastly at a particular colour are various, according to the single colour or combination of colours in the object: and they continue for some time after the eye is with drawn, and give a false colouring to other objects. Mr. Buffon has endeavoured to trace the connections which these accidental colours have with such as are natural, in a variety of instances. The same subject has likewise been ingeniously treated by Dr. Darwin. ACCIDENTAL DIGNITIES, and DEBILI TIES, in astrology, certain casual dispositions of the planets, whereby they are supposed to be either strengthened, or weakened. ACCIDENTAL POINT, in perspective, is that point in the horizontal line where the projections of two lines parallel to each other meet the perspective plane. ACCIDENTALLY, ad. (from acciden tat). 1. After an accidental manner (Harvey). 2. Casually; fortuitously (Swift). ACCIDENTALNESS, s. (from accidental). The quality of being accidental. ACCIPIENT, s. (accipiens, Lat.) A re ceiver. ACCIPITER, (from accipio, to take or scize). 1. The hawk, so named from its rapacity. Its fat was formerly esteemed in medicine as an antidote in ophthalmias (See FALco). 2. Accipiter means also a bandage for the nose, from the tightness of its grasp, or its hawk's-claw shape. ACCIPITRANA. See HIERACIUM, and SISYMBRIUM. ACCIPITRES. The first order of the Linnéan class, Birds: the ordinal character being, bill somewhat hooked downwards, the upper mandible dilated near the point, or armed with a tooth; nostrils open; legs short, and strong; feet formed for perching, having thrce toes forwards and one backwards: toes warty under the joints; claws hooked and sharp pointed: body muscular; flesh tough and not fit to be eaten; food, the carcases of other animals, which they seize and tear; nest in high places; eggs about four; female larger than the male: they live in pairs. See ZOOLOGY. ACCISMUS, denotes a feigned refusal of something which a person carnestly desires. The word is Latin, or rather Greek axxoμos; supposed to be formed from Acco, the name of a foolish old woman, famous in antiquity for an affectation of this kind. In rhetoric, it is used as a species of irony. To ACC'ITE, v. a. (accito, Lat.) To call; to summon. ACCIUS (Lucius), a Latin tragic poet, was born according to some in the year of Rome 583. He wrote several tragedies, on subjects taken from the Grecian history, and one, entitled Brutus, from the Roman. Two comedies, one named the Wedding, and the other the Merchant, are also ascribed to him. His style has been accounted too harsh, bat he is generally allowed to have been a great poet. Besides these performances, he wrote his Annals, and several poems. There was also, in the same age, an orator of the name of Accius, against whom Cicero defended Cluentius. He was a native of Pisaurum. ACCLAIM, s. (acclamo, Lat.) A shout of praise; acclamation (Milton). ACCLAMATION, a confused noise, or shout of joy, by which the public express their applause, esteem, or approbation of any thing. Acclamation, in a more proper sense, denotes a certain formula of words, uttered with extraordinary vehemence, and in a pecuhar tone, somewhat resembling a song, frequent in the ancient assemblies. Acclamations were usually accompanied with applauses, with which they are sometimes confounded, though they ought to be distinguished; as acclamation was given by the voice, applause by the hands; besides, acclamation was also bestowed on persons absent, applause only on those present. Acclamation was also given by women, whereas applause seems to have been confined to men. Acclamation, at first practised in the theatre, and passing thence to the senate, &c. was in process of time received into the acts of councils, and the ordinary assemblies of the church. The preacher, when admired, was interrupted by various expressions of approbation, as Orthodox! Third Apostle! &c. These acclamations being carried to excess, and often misplaced, were at length abrogated; though they appear to have been used as low down as the time of St. Bernard. ACCLAMATION, in rhetoric, the same as EPIPHONEMA. ACCLAMATION MEDALS, among antiquaries, such as represent people in the posture of acclamation. ACCLIVITY, s. (from acclivus, Lat.) The steepness or slope of a line inclining to the horizon, reckoned upward; as, the ascent of a hill is the acclivity, the descent is the declivity (Ray). ACCLIVOUS, a. (acclivus, Lat.) Rising with a slope. Te ACCLOY, v. a. (See CLOY). 1. To fill up, in an ill sense; to crowd; to stuff full (Spenser). 2. To fill to satiety (Ray). ACCLOYED, signifies pricked; thus, a horse's foot when pricked in shoeing, is said to be accloyed. To ACCOIL, v. n. (See COIL). To crowd; to bustle; to be in a hurry (Spenser). ACCOLA, among the Romans, signified a person who lived near some place; in which sense, it differed from incola, the inhabitant of such a place. ACCOLADE, a ceremony anciently used in the conferring of knighthood, and supposed to be the embrace, or kiss which princes anciently gave the new knight, as a token of their affection. Others will rather have it to be a blow on the chine of the neck, given on the same occasion. ACCOLEE, sometimes synonimous with ACCOLADE. It is also used in various senses in heraldry; sometimes it is applied to two things joined; at other times, to animals with crowns, or collars about their necks, as the lion in the Ogilvy's arms; and, lastly, to maces, swords, &c. placed salterwise behind the shield. ACCOLENT, s. (acçolen,, Lat.) A borderer. ACCOMMODABLE, a. (accommodalilis, Lat.) That may be fitted (Watts). To ACCOMMODATE, v. a. (accommodo, Lat.) 1. To supply with conveniencies (Shaksp.) 2. To adapt; to it (Locke). 3. To reconcile; to adjust what seems inconsistent or at variance (Norris). ACCOMMODATE, a. (accommodatus, Lat.) Suitable; fit (Tillotson). ACCOMMODATELY, ad. Suitably; fitly. ACCOMMODATION, s. (from accommodate). 1. Provision of conveniencies. 2. In the plural, conveniencies; things requisite to ease or refreshment (Clarendon). 3. Adaptation; fitness (Hale). 4. Composition of a difference; reconciliation. To know a thing by accommodation, is to know it by the idea of a similar thing referred thereto. A prophecy of Scripture is said to be fulfilled various ways; properly, as when a thing foretold comes to pass; and improperly, or by way of accommodation, when an event happens to any place or people, like to what fell out some time before to another. The primitive church accommodated multitudes of Jewish, and even heathen ceremonies and practices, to Christian purposes; but the Jews had before done the same by the Gentiles: some will even have circumcision, the tabernacle, brazen serpent, &c. to have been originally of Egyptian use, and only accommodated by Moses to the purposes of Judaism. Some modern theological, or anti-theological writers, have carried this principle of accommodation to a very great extent indeed. They have stripped the Bible of almost every thing which characterises it as a system of revealed religion, and have thus acconimodated it to the views of Deists in general. ACCOMPANABLE, a. (from accompa ny). Sociable: not used (Sidney). ACCOMPANIER, s. (from accompany). The person that makes part of the company; a companion. ACCOMPANIMENT, in music, those instrumental parts in a composition which do not include the principal or principals; but which are added to relieve them; to supply the necessary chasms, fill up the harmony, decorate and heighten the general effect. ACCOMPANIMENT, in heraldry, any thing added to a shield by way of ornament, as the belt, mantling, supporters, &c. ACCOMPANIST, or ACCOMPANIER, in music, the performer who takes the accompa nying part, Rosseau has very admirably enunierated the qualifications of an accompanier. "Whoever," says he, "undertakes to accompany a song or solo, should be a consummate inusician, well skilled in harmony, and the construction of the several parts; should have a nice and cultivated ear, a hand prepared for all difficulties of execution in the bass, and modulation into different keys, with a sound judgment and good taste. It is the business of the acconipanier on the organ, harpsichord, or piano-forte, to give the pitch to the several instruments, and the time of the whole band; to have always under his hand the note which the singer is about to deliver, in order to correct, if false, and enforce, if feeble; and, at the beginning of an air or movement, to mark with energy and precision the several portions of the bar, that the orchestra, if a quick air, may proportion the rapidity to the abilities of the singer; and, whether quick or slow, indicate such a specific motion as suits the genius of the composition, and the design of the composer. But, above all, whoever is accompany ing another to whom the principal melody is assigned, should remember, that he is a servant, an humble attendant on a temporary superior, and should suppress all ambition of shining at the expence of the voice or instrument which he accompanies." To ACCOMPANY, v. a. (accompagner, Fr.) To be with another as a companion (Swift). To ACCOMPANY, v. n. To associate with; to become a companion to (Bacon). ACCOMPLICE, s. (complice, Fr. from complex, Lat.) 1. An associate; a partaker (Swift). 2. A partner, or co-operator (Addison). The word is generally applicable to criminals, and is synonimous with Accessory. By the law of Scotland, the accomplice can only be prosecuted after the conviction of the principal offender. To ACCOMPLISH, v. a. (accomplir, Fr. from compleo, Lat.) 1. To complete; to execute fully (Ezekiel). 2. To complete a period of time (Daniel). 3. To fulfil, as a prophecy (Addison). 4. To gain; to obtain (Shaskp.) 5. To adorn, or furnish, either mind or body (Shaksp.) ACCOMPLISHED, p. a. 1. Complete in some qualification (Locke). 2. Elegant; finished in respect of embellishments (Milton). ACCOMPLISHER, s. (from accomplish). The person that accomplishes. ACCOMPLISHMENT, s. (accomplissement, Fr.) 1. Completion; full performance; perfection (Hayward). 2. Completion, as of a prophecy (Atterb.) 3. Embellishment; elegance; ornament of mind or body (Addison). 4. The act of obtaining any thing (South). ACCOMPT, s. (compte, Fr.) An account; a reckoning (Hooker). ACCOMPTANT, s. (accomptant, Fr.) A reckoner; a computer (South). A'CCOPUM, axonov, from a priv. and κόπος pain). A topical medicine, used by the ancients both externally as an ointment, or charge, and internally as an electuary. It is compounded of a great number of hot penetrating ingredients, many of which are not now to be procured; and all of which may be answered by more simple preparations. To ACCORD, v. a. (derived, by some, from chorda, the string of a musical instrument; by others, from corda, hearts). 1. To make agree; to adjust one thing to another (Pope). 2. To bring to agreement (Hale). To ACCORD, v. n. To agree; to suit one with another (Tillotson). ACCORD, S. (accord, Fr.) 1. A compact; an agreement (Dryden). 2. Concurrence; union of mind (Spenser). 3. Harmony; symmetry (Dryden). 4. Own accord; voluntary motion (Spenser). ACCORD, in law, a verbal agreement between two or more, where any one is injured by a trespass, or other offence committed, to make satisfaction to the injured party; who, after the accord is performed, will be barred in law from bringing any new action against the aggressor for the same trespass. ACCORD, in music. (See CONCORD). The term accord is also sometimes used to describe the state of an instrument, whose sounds have the proper relative proportion to each other. ACCORDANCE, s. (from accord). 1. Agreement with a person (Fairfax). 2. Conformity to something (Hammond). ACCORDANT, a. (accordant, Fr.) Willing; in a good humour (Shaksp.) ACCORDING, prep. (from accord). 1. In a manner suitable to; agreeably to; in proportion (Hooker). 2. With regard to (Holder). ACCORDINGLY, ad. (from accord). Agreeably; suitably; conformably (Shaksp.) To To ACCOST, v. a. (accoster, Fr.) speak to first; to address; to salute (Milion). ACCOSTABLE, a. (from accost). Easy of access; familiar: not in use (Wotton). ACCOUCHEUR, or ACCOUCHEUSE, Fr. A man or woman practising midwifery. ACCOUCHEMENT, Fr. The act of deli very. ACCOUNT, s. (from the old French accompt). 1. A computation of debts or expences (Shaksp.) 2. The state or result of a computation. 3. Value, or estimation (Hooker). 4. Profit; advantage (Addison). 5. Distinction; dignity; rank (Pope). 6. Regard; consideration: sake (Locke). 7. A narrative; relation. 8. The review or examination of an affair taken by authority (Matt.). 9. The relation and reasons of a transaction given to a person in authority (Shaksp.). 10. Explanation; assignment of causes (Locke). 11. An opinion previously established (Bacon). 12. The reasons of any thing collected (Addison). ACCOUNT is taken sometimes in a particular sense, for the computation of time; thus we say, the Julian Account, the Gregorian Account, &c. in which sense it is equivalent to style. ACCOUNT, or ACCOUNTS, is also used, collectively, for the several books or registers which merchants keep of their affairs and negociations. (See BOOK-KEEPING.) There are divers kinds of accounts among merchants, as personal, real, imaginary, general, particular accounts, &c. ACCOUNT, v. a. (See ACCOUNT). 1. Testeem; to think; to hold in opinion (Deut.) To reckon; to compute (Holder). 3. To sin to (Clarendon). 4. To hold in esteem (Äron.). To ACCOUNT, v. n. 1. To reckon (Holder). To give an account; to assign the causes b. 3. To make up the reckoning; to asser for practices (Dryden). ACCOUNTABLE, a. (from account). Of ham an account may be required; who must swer for (Oldham). ACCOUNTANT, a. (from account). Accountable to; responsible for (Shaksp.). ACCOUNTANT, s. (See AccoMPTANT). A computer; a man skilled or employed in arounts (Brown). ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, an officer in the Court of Chancery who receives all monies ged in the court, and conveys the same to the Bank of England. ACCOUNT-BOOK, s. A book containaccounts (Swift) To ACCOUPLE, v. a. (accoupler, Fr.) Trin; to link together (Bacon). T ACCOURT, v. a. To entertain with ship, or courtesy (Spenser). T ACCOUTRE, v. a. (accoutrer, Fr.) dress; to equip (Dryden). ACCOUTREMENT, s. (accoutrement, F) Dress; equipage; trappings; ornaments Skrp.). ACCRETION, s. (accretio, Lat.) The . of growing to another, so as to increase it Bacon). ACCRETION, among civilians, the property aired in a vague or unoccupied thing, by is adhering to or following another already sccupied; thus, if a legacy be left to two per, one of whom dies before the testator, the kacy devolves to the survivor by right of accretion. ACCRETIVE, a. (from accretion). Grow that which by growth is added (Glanv.). To ACCRO ACH, v. a. (accrocher, Fr.) To draw to one, as with a hook. ACCROCHE, in heraldry, denotes a thing being hooked with another. To ACCRUE, v. n. (from the participle , Fr.) 1. To accede to; to be added to (Hooker). 2. To be added, as an advantage er improvement (South). 3. In a commercial sense, to be produced, or to rise, as profit (Addison). ACCUBATION, (from ad, to; and cubo, I lie down). A posture of the body, between sitting and lying. Accubation, or accubitus, was the table-posture of the Greeks and Romans. There were usually three persons on each bed; to crowd more, was esteemed sordid. la eating, they lay down on their left sides, with their heads resting on the pillows, or rather on their elbows. One lay at the head of the bed, with his feet extended behind the back of the second; another lay with the back ACCUMBENT, a. (accumbens, Lat.) Leaning (Arbuthnot). To ACCUMULATE, v. a. (from accumulo, Lat.) To pile up; to heap together (Shaksp.). CUMULATION, s. (from accumulate). 1. The act of accumulating (Shaksp.)2. The state of being accumulated (Arbuth.). ACCUMULATIVE, a. (from accumu late). 1. That does accumulate. 2. That is accumulated (Go. of Tongue). ACCUMULATOR, s. (from accumulate). He that accumulates; a gatherer or heaper together (Decay of Piety). ACCURACY, s. (accuratio, Lat.) Exactness; nicety (Delany. Arbuth.). A'CCURATE, a. (accuratus, Lat.) 1. Exact, as opposed to negligence or ignorance. 2. Exact; without defect or failure (Colson). 3. Determinate; precisely fixed (Bacon). ACCURATELY, ad. (from accurate). Exactly; without error; nicely (Newton). ACCURATENESS, s. (from accurate). Exactness; nicety (Newton). To ACCU'RSE, v. a. (See CURSE). To doom to miscry (Hooker). ACCU'RSED, part. a. 1. That is cursed or doomed to misery (Denham). 2. Execrable; hateful; detestable (Shaksp.). ACCU'SABLE, a. (from accuse). That may be censured; blamable; culpable (Brown). ACCUSATION, s. (from accuse). 1. The act of accusing (Milton). 2. The charge brought against any one (Shaksp.).-Nothing, according to Machiavel, tends more to the preservation of a state, than frequent accusations of persons trusted with the administration of public affairs. This, accordingly, was strictly observed by the Romans, in the instances of Camillus, accused of corruption by Manlius Capitolinus, &c. By the Roman law, there was no public accuser for public crimes; every private person, whether interested in the crime or not, might accuse and prosecute the accused to punishment, or absolution. The ancient Roman lawyers distinguished between postulatio, delatio, and accusatio: for first, leave was desired to bring a charge against one, which was called postulare; then he against whom the charge was laid, was brought before the judge, which was called deferre, or nominis delatio; lastly, the charge was drawn up, and presented, which was properly the accusa |