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Show CAC ARNCK No man Mving has made more accurate tri als than Reaumure, that brighteft ornament o Colfon France "‘1‘ 3. Determinate ; precifely fixed bodies hav mor accurate influences upon thefe things below tha Thofe conceiv the celeftia indeed they have but in grofs Bacon A'CcURATELY. adv. [from accurate.] I an accurate manner; exatly, withou ertour, nicely The fine of incidence is either accurately, o nearly, in a given ratio to the fine of refracJequton t all thefe diftances motions and quan of matter, fhould be fo accurately an harmonioufly adjufted in this great variety of ou fyftem, is above the fortuitous hits of blind materia caufes, and muft certainly flow from that eterna fountain of wifdom Bentley A'ccurRaTENESS. 7 /i [from accurate. Exatnefs, nicety But fometim after, fufpe@ing that in makin this obfervation T had not determined the diameter of the fphere with fufficient accuratenefs, 1 repeated the experiment Neawton T Accuresw%. [See €ursn] T doom to mifery ; to invoke mifery upo any one As if it were an unlucky comet, or as if Go had fo accurfed it, that it fhould never fhine t give light in things concerning our duty any wa Hocker towards him When Hildebrand accyrfed and calt down fro A fwift bleflin fay foon return to this our fuffering country Shake[peare's Macbeth Under a hand accurs'd The chief part of the mifery of wicked men and thofe accurféd ipirits, the devils, is this, tha they are of a difpofition contrary to God. Tillot/on © They like the feed fro which they fprung accuzft Againft the gods immortal hatred nurft Dryden Accu'saBiE. adj. [from the verb accyfe. , That which may be cenfured ; blameable ; culpable There would be a manifeft defeét, and Nature' improvifion were jultly accrjable5 if animals, f fubje unto difeafes from bilious caufes, thoul want a proper conveyance for choler Brown's Vulgar Errours Accusa'rion. 7 [ [from accufe. 1. The aét of accufing Thus they in mutaal accafation {pen The fruitlefs hours, but neither felf-condemning . And of their vain conteft appear'd no end. Milton 2. The charge brought againft any on by the accufer You rea Thefe accufations, and thefe grievous crime Committed by your perfon, and your followers : A . adj. [accu/ativus Lat. term of grammar, fignifying the rela tio of th noun on which the aétio implied in the verb terminates Accu'saTorY. adj. [from accufe.] Tha which produceth or containeth an accu{ation In a charge of adultery, the accufer ought t fet forth, in the accufatory libel, fome certain an definite time Ayliffe 7o ACCU'SE. w. a. [accufo, Lat. i. To charge with a crime. It require the particle of before the fubject of ac . cufation He ftripp'd the bears-foot of its leafy growth And, calling weftern winds, accus'd the fpring o Dryden's Virgil floth The profeffors are accufed of all the ill praltice which may feem to be the ill confequences of thei Addifon principles z. It fometimes admits the particle for Never fend up a leg of a fowl at fupper, whil there is a cat or dog in the houfe, that can be accufed for running away with it: But, if ther happen to be neither, you muft lay it upon the rats or a ftrange greyhound Savift 3. To blame or cenfure, in oppofition t applaufe or juftification t 2. That which deferves the curfe; execrable ; hateful; deteftable; and, b confequence, wicked ; malignant 2 Accu'saTive Your valour would your {loth too much accufe And therefore, like themfelves, they princes choofe Dryden's Tyrannick Love That the beft things corrupted are and worft Denbam judgment on the guilty perfon Ayliffe's Parergon his throne Henry IV. there were none {o hardy a to defend their lord Sir Walter Raleigh's Efjays " *Tis the moft certain fign the world's accurf? competent judge, in order to infliét fom Their confcience bearing witnefs, and thei thoughts the mean while accufing or elfe excufin one another Rom. ii. 15 Accu'rRsED. part. adj 1. That which is curfed or doome mifery AC Shakefpeare accufation, in the very natare of the thing fiill fuppofing, and being founded upon fome law for where there is no law, there can be no tranfgreflion 5 and where there can be no tranfgreffion I am fure there ought to be no accufation South [In the fenfe of the courts.] A declaration of fome crime preferred before 4 3 Accu'ser #. [ [from accufe. He tha brings a charge againft another ‘There are fome perfons forbidden to be accufers on the fcore of their fex, as women; others, o their age, as pupils and infants ; others, upon th account of fome crimes committed by them ; an others, on the fcore of fome filthy lucre they propofe to gain thereby; others, on the fcore of thei conditions, as libertines againft their patrons ; an others, through a fufpicion of calumny, as havin once already given falfe evidence; and, laftly others on account of their poverty, as not bein worth more than fifty aurei Ayliffe's Parergon -That good man, who drank the pois'nou draught With mind ferene, and could not with to.fe His vile accufer drink as deep.as he Diyden If the perfon accufed maketh his innocenc plainly to appear upon his trial, the accufer is immediately put to an ignominious death ; and, ou of his goods and lands, the innocent perfon i quadruply recompenfed Gulliver's Trawels Zo ACCU'STOM. w. a. [accoditumer, Fr.] To habituate, to enure, with the par It is ufed chiefly of perfons ticle 0 How fhall we breathe in other ai Lefs pure, accufton'd to immortal fruits It ha fom bee advantag to accuffo Milton one' felf 70 books of the fame edition Waits's Improvement of the Mind 7o Accu'stom. w. n. 'To be wont to d any thing. Obfolete A boat over-freighted funk, and all drowned faving one woman, that-in her firft popping u again, which mof living things accuffom, got hol Careav of the boat Accu'sTOMAELE. adj. [from accuffom. Of long cuftom or habit; habitual cuftomary Animals even of the fame original, extra&ion and fpecies, may be diverfified by accuffonrable re fidence in ope climate, from what they are in another Hale's Origin <of Mankind Accu'stomaBLY adv cuftom Accordin t Touching the king's fines accuffomably paid fo the purchafing of writs original, T find no certai beginning of them, and do therefore think tha _they grew up with the chancery Bacon's Alienation Accu'sToMANCE. 7. /. [accodtumance, Fr. Cuftom, habit, ufe Through accuffomance and negligence, and peyhaps fome other caufes, we neither feel it in ou own bodies, nor take notice of it in others. Boyle Accu'stomariLy adv. In a cuftomar manner ; according to commo or cuf tomary praétice G on, rhetorick, and expofe the peculiar emi nency which you accuflomarily marfhal before logi to public view Cleaveland Accu'stomaRrY. adj. [from accuffom. Ufual, pratifed ; according to cuttom Accu'sToMED. adj. [from accuffom.] According to cuftom ; frequent ; ufual Loo cuftome hands ter of a Ace o i 4 how fhe rubs her hands.-It is an zcaion with her, to feem thus wathing he I have known her continue in this a quarShakefpeare's Macbeth hour n f. [A4s not only fignified a piec money, but any integer, from whenc derived the word ace, or unit. Thu fignified the whole inheritance. 4r buthnot on Coins. 1. An unit; a fingle point on cards o dice When lots are fhuffled together in a lap, urn, o pitcher or if a ma blindfold cafts a die, wha reafon in the world can he have to prefume, tha he fhall draw a white ftone rather than a black, o South throw an ace rather than a fife 2. A fmall quantity ; a particle ; an atom He will not bate an ace of abfolute certainty but however doubtful or improbable the thing is coming from him it muft go for an indifputabl Gowernment of the Tongue truth T'll not wag an ace farther: the whole worl Dryden's Spanifb Friar thall net bribe me to it Ace'pPHALOUS.ad]. [o'ms'?d?\@g Gr.] With out a head Dia Ace'rB. adj. [acerbus, Lat.] Acid, wit an addition of roughnefs, as moft fruit Quincy are before they are ripe Ace'rirTY. 2. /. [acerbitas, Lat. 1. A rough four tafte 2. Applied to men fRarpnefs of temper feverity True it is, that the talents for criticifm, namely fmartnefs, quick cenfure, vivacity of remark, in deed all but acerbity, feem rather the gifts of yout than of old age Pope 7o ACE'RVATE To heap up Acgrva'rion «. a [acerwo Lat. Dis . /[ [from acervate.] Th act of heaping together Ace'rvose. adj. Full of heaps Dig Acs'scenT. adj. [acefeens, Lat.] Tha which has a tendency to fournefs or aci dity The fame perfons, perhaps, had enjoyed thei health as well with a mixture of animal diet, qua lified with a fufficient quantity of acefcents; as bread, vinegar, and fermented liquors Arbuthnot on Aliments Acero'st. adj. That which has in it an Di& thing four Acero'siry. n /. [from acetofe.] Th ftate of being acetofe, or of containin Dis fournefs Ack'rovs a [fro acetum Vinegar Lat. |