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Show AC A L. 1 kdaow, Sir, T am no flatterer; he that be guiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave which, for my part, I will not be Shake[peare's King Lear 2. The found given to the {yllable pro "nounced ~Your accent is fomething finer than you coul purchafe in fo removed a dwelling Shakefpeare's As you like i 3. In grammar, the marks made upon fyllables, to regulate their pronunciation Accent, as in the Greek names and ufage, feem have regarded the tune of the voice; the acut ¢ raifing the voice in fome certain fyllables t her, i.e. more acute pitch or tone, and th deprefiing it lower, and both having fome em, i.e. more vigorous pronunciation. Holder oetically, language or words How many ages henc Shall this our lofty fcene be acted o'er In ftates unborn, and accents yet unknown Shakefpeare's Fulius Cafar ‘Winds on your wings to heav'n her accents bear Such words as heav'n alone is fit to hear Dyyd. Virg. Paft. 3 5. A modification of the voice, exprefliv of the paflions or fentiments The tender accent of a woman's cr ‘Will pafs unheard, will unregarded die ‘When the rough feaman's louder fhouts prevail When fairoccafion thews the {pringing gale Prior To A'CCENT. w. a. [from accentus, Lat formerly elevated at the fecond fyllable now at the firft 1. To pronounce to fpeak words wit particular regard to the grammatica marks or rules Having got fomebody to mark the laft fyllabl T To place the proper accents over th vowels Accentua'rTioN. n f. [from accentuate. 1. The a&t of placing the accent in pronunciatien 2. Marking the accent in writing Zo ACCE'PT. @.a. [accipio, Lat. accepter Br. 1. To take with pleafure; to receiv kindly ; to admit with approbation but fa nothing of the probability that France would eve accept them Saift 3. In the language of the Bible Acce'pravce. [inlaw.] The receivin of a rent, whereby the giver binds him to accep perfons, is to at with perfonal and partial regard felf, for ever, to allow a former aé don by another, whether it be in itfelf & ooo He will furely reprove you, if ye do fecretly ac cept perfons or not Fob, xiii. 10 4 It is fometimes ufed wit Coavel AcCePTA'TION the parti 7. /. [from accept. 1. Reception, whether good or bad cle o "Thi large fenfe feems now wholly out of ufe I will appeafe him with the prefent that goet before me, and afterward I will fee his face ; peradventure he will accept of me. Genefis, xxxii. 20 Yet poorfoul do fufpect negle& knows he no other, but that yea an dete him For every day, he finds one way or other to fet fort himfelf unto me; but all are rewarded with lik coldnefs of acceptation Sidney, b. ii AccepraBr'Lity. n/, The quality o being acceptable See AccrpTaBLE He hath given us his natural blood to be fhed for the remiffion of our fins, and for the obtainin the grace and acceprability of repentance Taylor's Worthy Communicant What is new finds better acceptation, than wha is good or great Denban's Sophy 2. Good reception acceptance Cain, envious of the acceptarion of his brother' prayer and facrifice, flew him; mdking himfel the firft manflayer, and his brother the firft martyr Raleigh's Hiftory of the World, b. i Accr'PTABLE. adj. [acceptable, Fr. fro the Latin.] It 1s pronounced by fom with the accent on the firft {yllable, a by Milton ; by others, with the accen on the fecond, which is more analogical 1. That which is likely to be accepted grateful; pleafing. It is ufed with th particle 7o before the perfon accepting 3. The flate of being acceptable ; regard Some things although not fo required of necef fity, that, to leave them undone, excludeth fro falvation, are, notwithftanding, of fo great dig nity and accepration with God, that mo&t ampl reward in heaven is laid up for them. Hooker, &. ii They have thofe enjoyments only as the confequences of the ftate of efteem and acceptation the This woman, whom thou mad'ft to be my help And gav'ft me as thy perfect gift, fo good So fit, fo acceptable acceptance of it, not only falf are in with their parents and governours fo divine Locke on Educaticn § 53 Thereupon the ear]l of Lauderdale made a difcourfe upon the feveral queftions, and what ac O my unhappy lines ! you that befor to their demands under ic commo but‘udl‘ous: for, according to this, pleafure an fenfuality pafs for terms equivalent; and therefor he, who takes it in this fenfe, alters the fubjet o the difcourfe S u h A dwell upon their zeal and patience in endeavourin to work the French u pleafure, is an affertion moft Certdinly true, though 2 Addifon on Ttaly Have ferv'd my youth to vent fome wanton cries And, now congeal'd with grief, can fcarceimplore | ACCE'PTABLENESS 7. [from acceprtrength to accent, Here my Albertus lies ! Wotton able.] The quality of being acceptable To write or note the accents It will thereby take away the acceptabienefs of tha conjuncion. Grew's Cofmologia Sacra, b.iis" c. 2 ACCE'NTUATE. w.a. [accentuer, Fr. to regulate her pronunciawords) let her read daily i underftanding them in LaLocke on Education, § 177 2. In poetry; to pronounce or utter in general 2 our negociators at the treaty of Gertruydenburgh : ThaF Pleafure is man's chiefett good, beciuf indeed it is the perception of good that is properl 4. Acceptance in the juridical fenfe. Thi fenfe occurs rarely where it is long, in words above two {yl- fables (which is enoug tion, and accenting th the gofpels, and avoi tin, if the can 4 His promife Palamon accepts, but pray' To keep it better than the firft he made Dryden's Fables Thofe who have defended the proceedings o "I'hat from her hand I could expeét no ill Paradife Lo}, b. ii I do not feec any other method left for men & that fun&@ion to take, in order to reform th world, than by ufing all honeft arts to make themfelves acceptable to the laity Savift After he had made a peace fo acceptable to th church, and fo honourable to himfelf, he died wit an extraordinary reputation of fanétity but one A L It is diftinguifhe fro receive as fpe cific from general; noting a particula manner of receiving Neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for nought T have no pleafure in you, faith the Lord of hofts neither will I accept an offering at your hand Malachi, i 10 God is no refpeéter of perfons nation h that fearet him but in ever and worketh righ teoufnefs, is accepred with him. Aés, x. 34, 35 You have been gracioufly pleafed toaccepr thi tender of my duty Dryden's Dedication to bis Fables Charm by accepting, by fubmitting fway Vet have your humour moft when you obey. Pope 2. It isufed in a kind of juridical {enfe as, to accept terms, accept a treaty They flaughter'd many of the gentry, for who Sidney Acce'pTaBLY a I pleafe adv wit 5. The meaning of a word, as it is commonly received ceptation thefe words and expreflions had Clarendon, b.viil All matter is either fluld or folid, in a larg acceptation of the words, that they mwy comprehend even all the middle degrees between extrem [from acceptable. the particl a f manner acceptabl As, inorder to the paffing away a thing by gift there is required a furrender of all right on his par that gives; fo-there is required alfo an accepratio on his part to whom it is given South's Sermons z0 t fixednefs and coherency, and the moft rapid in- teftine motion of the particles of bodies. Bent/,Serm For th accent, fee ACCEPTABLE Acce'pTER. 7./, [from accepr.] The perfon that accepts Accepriva‘tion. nf[acceptilatio, Lat. A term of the civil law, importing th Do not omit thy prayers, for want ofa good ora tory 3 for he that prayeth upo care not wha he fuffers God' account fo he be the friend o Chrift; nor where nor when he prays, fo he ma do it frequently, fervently, and acceptably. Taylor If you can teach them to love and refpeét othe people, they will, as your age requires it, fin ways to exprefs it acceprably to every one Locke on Education remiflion of a debt by an acquittanc from the creditor, teftifying the receip of money which has never been paid § 145 That this hath been efteeme By that acceptance of his fovereignty, they alf accepted of his laws; why then fhould any othe laws now be ufed amongft them per acception of this word evidence tion Spenfer's State of Ireland If he tells us his noble deeds, we muft alfo tel Paradife Lo acceptation i now commonly ufed th I fhall teftif by on [In {fome of its fenfes 1. The ‘way by whic approached i acces, Fr. any thing may b The accefs of the town was only by a neck o Bacon land There remained very advantageous acceffes fo OnS 2. The meaning of a word as it is receive or underftood #. / from. acceffio, Lat b. viile I 435 South's Ser the due and pro- feems. derived from' acceffiis 5 in others Some men cannot be fools with fo good acceptanc as others fro which gave me the firft hint of this noHammond on Fundamentals ACCE'SS him our noble acceptance of them Shake[peare's Coriolanus Thus Timbolden'd fpake, and freedom us' and acceprance found [acception, Fr acceptio, Liat.] The received fenfe of Not in ufe word ; the meaning Accr'PTANCE. 7 f. [acceptance, Fr. 1. Reception with approbation Permiflive #n./ Acce'prioN temptation wor cations b to enter and invad men y flender, little kn mortality, or any thing beyon t fo‘rgifi of 1m this life, and n affuranc |
