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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: accentual - accessit</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="accentual"> accentual, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of accent; formed by accent. <DD> 2. characterized by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Most English poetry is accentual; ancient Greek and Latin poetry is quantitative. (SYN) rhythmical. adv. accentually. </DL> <A NAME="accentuality"> accentuality, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being accentual. expr. accentualities, accentual characteristics. Ex. With an insight into the accentualities ... of modern Saxon (Charles Lamb). </DL> <A NAME="accentuate"> accentuate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to call special attention to; emphasize; intensify. Ex. The twinkle in her eyes accentuated her smile. <DD> 2. to pronounce with an accent; stress. <DD> 3. to mark with an accent; place an accent or accents on. <DD> 4. to increase the severity of; aggravate. Ex. The problem is accentuated by a shortage of teachers and classrooms (Atlantic). noun accentuator. </DL> <A NAME="accentuation"> accentuation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an accentuating; emphasis. <DD> 2. manner of pronunciation. <DD> 3. the marking of accent or stress in speech. </DL> <A NAME="accept"> accept, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to take or receive (what is offered or given); consent to take. Ex. I accept your gift gratefully. <DD> 2. to consent to; say yes to. Ex. She asked me to go to the party and I accepted her invitation. <DD> 3. to take as true or satisfactory; believe. Ex. The teacher won't accept your excuse. (SYN) acknowledge. <DD> 4. to receive with liking and approval. Ex. I soon accepted the new student as a friend. The design of the new car was not accepted by the public. Scholars now generally accept Einstein's theory of relativity. (SYN) approve. <DD> 5. to undertake as a responsibility. Ex. My sister accepted a position as cashier. (SYN) assume. <DD> 6. (Commerce.) to sign and agree to pay. Ex. to accept a promissory note. <DD> 7. to receive (a committee report) as satisfactory. <DD> 8. to understand; construe. Ex. Can we accept this interpretation of the manuscript as correct? <DD> 9. (Medicine.) to take into the body without rejecting. Ex. A mouse whose thymus has been removed ... will accept a skin graft from an unrelated animal, whereas normal mice invariably reject such foreign grafts (Scientific American). <DD>v.i. to say yes to an invitation; accept a suggestion or offer. Ex. I was invited and I accepted. </DL> <A NAME="acceptability"> acceptability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being satisfactory or acceptable. </DL> <A NAME="acceptable"> acceptable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. likely to be gladly received or accepted; agreeable. Ex. Flowers are an acceptable gift to a sick person. (SYN) pleasing, welcome. <DD> 2a. good enough; satisfactory. Ex. The singer gave an acceptable performance but it was not outstanding. He received an acceptable mark on the test but his sister won honors. (SYN) passable. <DD> b. capable of being tolerated; bearable. Ex. ... a defence system would work to the extent of reducing damage but not to the extent of making nuclear war acceptable (London Times). noun acceptableness. adv. acceptably. </DL> <A NAME="acceptance"> acceptance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of taking what is offered or given to one. Ex. The teacher's acceptance of the flowers they brought delighted the children. <DD> 2. favorable reception; approval. Ex. The violinist played with marked acceptance. <DD> 3. the act of taking as true and satisfactory; belief. Ex. The acceptance of the atomic theory by physicists has led to many scientific discoveries. <DD> 4. (Commerce.) <DD> a. a promise or signed agreement to pay a draft or bill of exchange when it is due. <DD> b. the draft or bill of exchange itself. <DD> c. the sum specified by it. Ex. an acceptance of $10,000. <DD> 5. the state or condition of being accepted. Ex. She was thrilled by her acceptance into the club. </DL> <A NAME="acceptancehouse"> acceptance house or accepting house, =merchant bank.</DL> <A NAME="acceptancerate"> acceptance rate,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Commerce.) the rate of interest demanded or paid on an acceptance. </DL> <A NAME="acceptancy"> acceptancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> willingness to receive; receptiveness. </DL> <A NAME="acceptant"> acceptant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. receptive. <DD>noun a person who accepts. </DL> <A NAME="acceptation"> acceptation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the usual meaning; the generally accepted meaning. Ex. It is more important to know the acceptation of a word than its derivation. <DD> 2. favorable reception; approval. Ex. That hypothesis will have a better claim to acceptation (J. A. Brown). <DD> 3. a taking as true and satisfactory; belief. </DL> <A NAME="accepted"> accepted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> conventional; approved. adv. acceptedly. noun acceptedness. </DL> <A NAME="accepter"> accepter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who accepts something offered or given. </DL> <A NAME="acceptive"> acceptive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. suitable for acceptance; acceptable. <DD> 2. ready to accept. Ex. ... reverently acceptive of every Victorian formula (Edmund Gosse). </DL> <A NAME="acceptor"> acceptor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who accepts; accepter. <DD> 2. a person who signs a draft or bill of exchange and agrees to pay it. <DD> 3. (Chemistry.) an atom sharing two electrons in a bond with another atom but contributing neither electron. <DD> 4. (Radio.) a circuit that allows ready reception of a particular frequency and no other. </DL> <A NAME="access"> access, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the right or privilege to approach, enter, or use; admittance. Ex. All children have access to the library during the afternoon. (SYN) admission. <DD> 2. approach to places, persons, or things. Ex. Access to mountain towns is often difficult because of poor roads. Have you access to people who can help you get work? (SYN) accessibility. <DD> 3. a way or means of approach; entrance. Ex. A ladder provided the only access to the attic. (Figurative.) A minister must try every access to the conscience. <DD> 4. an attack (of disease). Ex. the access of her asthma in the spring. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) an outburst, as of anger. <DD> 6. increase; accession. <DD> 7. the act of coming toward; approach. Ex. the access of winter. (SYN) onset. <DD> 8. =access time. <DD>v.t. 1. to obtain access to; reach. Ex. The pallets run ... in open, parallel passageways, which can only be accessed from each end (New Scientist). <DD> 2. to retrieve (data) from a computer. Ex. ... the ability of a program to access a remote data set as if it were local with no special planning (David J. Farber). </DL> <A NAME="accessary"> accessary, noun, pl. -ries, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) =accessory. </DL> <A NAME="accessibility"> accessibility, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition of being easy to reach or get at. <DD> 2. openness to influence. </DL> <A NAME="accessible"> accessible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. easy to get at; easy to reach or enter. Ex. tools readily accessible on an open rack. A telephone should be put where it will be accessible. (SYN) convenient. <DD> 2. that can be entered or reached. Ex. This rocky island is accessible only by helicopter. (SYN) approachable. <DD> 3. that can be obtained. Ex. Not many facts about the kidnapping were accessible. (SYN) available. expr. accessible to, capable of being influenced by; susceptible to. Ex. An open-minded person is accessible to reason. noun accessibleness. adv. accessibly. </DL> <A NAME="accession"> accession, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the act of attaining to a right, office, or station; attainment. Ex. The king's death was followed by the prince's accession to the throne. <DD> 2a. an increase; addition. Ex. The accession of 40 new pupils overcrowded the school. <DD> b. that which is added. Ex. There are many new novels in the accessions to the library. <DD> 3. agreement; assent; adherence (to a plan or view). Ex. We got her accession to the plan. <DD> 4. the action of coming near; approach; access. <DD> 5. (Law.) an addition to property by natural growth or artificial improvement. <DD>v.t. (Especially U.S.) to record (additions to a library) by entering the titles and authors in a file, list, or register. </DL> <A NAME="accessional"> accessional, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or due to accession; giving increase or enlargement; additional. </DL> <A NAME="accessionbook"> accession book,<DL COMPACT><DD> a blank book in which the titles of books, periodicals, or pamphlets received by a library are entered, with all necessary details. </DL> <A NAME="accessionnumber"> accession number,<DL COMPACT><DD> the number given to a book, periodical, or pamphlet when it is entered in an accession book. </DL> <A NAME="accessit"> accessit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a certificate or prize awarded to a student of second (or lower) merit in British and French schools. </DL> <A HREF="accessor.dic">NEXT</A>