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61. accept ppl. & adj.

13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; accept to (of), pleasing to; accept time, appropriate or suitable time; accept in (someone's) sight; (b) received, obtained; accept of, taken from; (c) received……

62. acceptāble adj.

40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of things, actions, ideas, etc.: agreeable, pleasing -- often with to, tofore, unto; acceptable in the sight of, pleasing in the sight of, agreeable to (sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable; time……

63. acceptāciǒun n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The act of accepting (an office) or approving (a privilege, etc.); (b) acceptance or approval (of sth.) as true or just or satisfactory; (c) acceptacioun of persones, favoritism, partiality. …

64. accepten v.

55 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To receive graciously, be favorably inclined toward, approve; give favorable hearing to (an opinion, a poem, a story, etc.); accepten ded, be satisfied with (someone's) good intentions; (b) ppl. a……

65. acceptǒur of persones phr.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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One who shows favoritism, a respecter of persons. …

66. acces(se n.

Additional spellings: accesse
52 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Any attack of illness characterized by fever, but esp. of malarial fever or ague; acces ill, sharp acces, ague; fervent acces, hard acces, hot acces, etc.; (b) an attack of fever; esp. one of the……

67. accessī̆ble adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Capable of being approached, accessible. …

68. accidence n.

8 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Phil. A non-essential or incidental characteristic, a temporary and variable property of a thing; bi accidence, through a secondary means, indirectly; of accidence, without affecting or involving……

69. accident n.

52 quotations in 4 senses
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Something that happens or occurs; a fortuitous happening. …

70. accident adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Non-essential, incidental; (b) out of the normal course of nature, pathological. …

71. acciǒun n.

60 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Something done, an act, a deed; accioun of penitence (penaunce), an act of penance; (b) the operation or effect (of heat or fire); the activity or function (of a bodily organ); accioun visif……

72. accīten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To summon (sb.). …

73. accomplēt ppl.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Performed, carried out. …

74. accǒunt(e n.

Additional spellings: accounte
67 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A computation, enumeration, or count; -- often pl.; (b) the method or art of computing; -- pl. …

75. accurrent ppl.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Flowing into (a sea). …

76. ac(c)ūsāciǒun, -tiọ̄n n.

Additional spellings: accusacioun, acusation, accusation
16 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …

77. accūsant ppl. as n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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One who charges another with false notions, a critic. …

78. ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.

Additional spellings: accusatif
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas). …

79. ac(c)ūsatōrie adj. & n.

Additional spellings: accusatorie
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Self-accusing; (b) a confessional. …

80. ac(c)ūsāto(u)r n.

Additional spellings: accusatour, accusator, acusatour
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An accuser; (b) a plaintiff. …

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