English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Dictionary

Acclimatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Acclimatize

Acclimature (n.)

The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.

Acclive (a.)

Acclivous.

Acclivities (pl. )

of Acclivity

Acclivitous (a.)

Acclivous.

Acclivity (n.)

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

Acclivous (a.)

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

Accloy (v. t.)

To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.

Accoast (v. t. & i.)

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.

Accoil (v. t.)

To gather together; to collect.

Accoil (v. t.)

To coil together.

Accolade (n.)

A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

Accolade (n.)

A brace used to join two or more staves.

Accombination (n.)

A combining together.

Accommodable (a.)

That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree.

Accommodableness (n.)

The quality or condition of being accommodable.

Accommodate (v. t.)

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

Accommodate (v. t.)

To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.

Accommodate (v. i.)

To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted.

Accommodate (a.)

Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.