Accentless Ac"cent`less adjective Without accent.

Accentor Ac·cen"tor noun [ Latin ad . + cantor singer, canere to sing.] 1. (Mus.) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. [ Obsolete] 2. (Zoology) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

Accentuable Ac·cen"tu·a·ble adjective Capable of being accented.

Accentual Ac·cen"tu·al adjective Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

Accentuality Ac·cen`tu·al"i·ty noun The quality of being accentual.

Accentually Ac·cen"tu·al·ly adverb In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Accentuate Ac·cen"tu·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Accentuated ; present participle & verbal noun Accentuating .] [ Late Latin accentuatus , past participle of accentuare , from Latin accentus : confer French accentuer .] 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents. 2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated .
London Times.

3. To mark with the written accent.

Accentuation Ac·cen`tu·a"tion noun [ Late Latin accentuatio : confer French accentuation .] Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.) , pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Accept Ac·cept" (ăk*sĕpt") transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Accepted ; present participle & verbal noun Accepting .] [ French accepter , Latin acceptare , freq. of accipere ; ad + capere to take; akin to English heave .] 1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of .

If you accept them, then their worth is great.
Shak.

To accept of ransom for my son.
Milton.

She accepted of a treat.
Addison.

2. To receive with favor; to approve.

The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
Ps. xx. 3.

Peradventure he will accept of me.
Gen. xxxii. 20.

3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse. 4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted ? 5. (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [ This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law) , to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law) , to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been. -- To accept the person (Eccl.) , to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person ." Gal. ii. 6. Syn. -- To receive; take; admit. See Receive .

Accept Ac·cept" adjective Accepted. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Acceptability Ac·cept`a·bil"i·ty noun [ Late Latin acceptabilitas .] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. " Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.

Acceptable Ac·cept"a·ble (-sĕpt"ȧ*b'l; 277) adjective [ French acceptable , Latin acceptabilis , from acceptare .] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

Acceptableness Ac·cept"a·ble·ness (ăk*sĕpt"ȧ*b'l*nĕs) noun The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Acceptably Ac·cept"a·bly adverb In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Acceptance Ac·cept"ance noun 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.

They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
Isa. lx. 7.

2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance ." Shak. 3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted. 4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. 5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. » What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. Mozley & W. » In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. Acceptance of a bill of exchange , check , draft , or order , is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods , under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [ Obsolete] Acceptance of persons , partiality, favoritism. See under Accept .

Acceptancy Ac·cept"an·cy noun Acceptance. [ R.]

Here's a proof of gift,
But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy .
Mrs. Browning.

Acceptant Ac·cept"ant adjective Accepting; receiving.

Acceptant Ac·cept"ant noun An accepter. Chapman.

Acceptation Ac`cep·ta"tion noun 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [ Obsolete]

This is saying worthy of all acceptation .
1 Tim. i. 15.

Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God.
Hooker.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation .

My words, in common acceptation ,
Could never give this provocation.
Gay.

Acceptedly Ac·cept"ed·ly adverb In a accepted manner; admittedly.

Accepter Ac·cept"er noun 1. A person who accepts; a taker. 2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [ Obsolete]

God is no accepter of persons.
Chillingworth.

3. (Law) An acceptor.

Acceptilation Ac·cep`ti·la"tion noun [ Latin acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, from past participle of accipere (cf. Accept ) + latio a carrying, from latus , past participle of ferre to carry: confer French acceptilation .] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

Acception Ac·cep"tion noun [ Latin acceptio a receiving, accepting: confer French acception .] Acceptation; the received meaning. [ Obsolete]

Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.
Fuller.

Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.) , favoritism; partiality. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

Acceptive Ac·cept"ive adjective 1. Fit for acceptance. 2. Ready to accept. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Acceptor Ac·cept"or (#; 277) noun [ Latin ] One who accepts ; specifically (Law & Com.) , one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Access Ac·cess" (#; 277) noun [ French accès , Latin accessus , from accedere . See Accede .] 1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

I did repel his letters, and denied
His access to me.
Shak.

2. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. "All access was thronged." Milton. 3. Admission to sexual intercourse.

During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown.
Blackstone.

4. Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [ In this sense accession is more generally used.]

I, from the influence of thy looks, receive
Access in every virtue.
Milton.

5. An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

The first access looked like an apoplexy.
Burnet.

6. A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [ A Gallicism]

Accessarily Ac·ces"sa·ri·ly adverb In the manner of an accessary.

Accessariness Ac·ces"sa·ri·ness noun The state of being accessary.

Accessary Ac·ces"sa·ry (#; 277) adjective Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory .

To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary .
Shak.

Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning.
Milton.

Accessary Ac·ces"sa·ry -277 noun ; plural Accessaries [ Confer Accessory and Late Latin accessarius .] (Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission o