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ACQUAINTED-ACTION.

ACQUAINTED, [accointer, to make known, O. F.] having personal

knowledge.

FAMILIAR, familiaris, L.] intimately acquainted with; free;

unrestrained.

INTIMATE, [intimus, L.] most dear; closely united in the bonds of friendship.

Acquainted, having a slight knowledge of; familiar, by long habit; intimate, closely connected with.

ACQUIRE, [acquerir, F.] to get; to purchase; to gain any thing which is in a degree permanent.

OBTAIN, [obtenir, F.] to succeed in the pursuit of any thing. GAIN, [gagner, F.] to procure by industry.

WIN, [winan, S.] to gain by success in contest or competition. EARN, [earnian, S.] to be entitled to a reward for labor.

ATTAIN, [atteindre, F.] to compass a thing; to reach by efforts. Acquire a fortune, a title, habits; obtain an inheritance; gain in trade; win the prize; earn a good living; attain by perseverance. "Canaan he now attains."-(Milton.)

ACQUIREMENT, that which is acquired in opposition to natural talent.

ACQUISITION, any thing gained; chiefly used for external things. ATTAINMENT, that which is gained by exertion.

The acquirement of wisdom; the acquisition of wealth; the attainment of salvation.

ACRIMONY, [acrimonia, L.] severity, bitterness.
TARTNESS, [teart, S.] sharpness, acidity.

ASPERITY, [asperitas, L.] roughness, moroseness.
HARSHNESS, [harsch, G.] severity, austerity.

Acrimony of feeling; tartness of reply; asperity of temper; harshness of expression, of reproof.

ACT, [actum, L.] something done; the effect of power exerted. ACTION, performance; the state of acting.

DEED, [dad, S.] an action or thing effected.

Act is an extraordinary single exertion; action is continued exertion; deed is action completed.

Act of charity; generous action; deeds of darkness; illustrious deeds.

ACT, [ago, L.] to put in motion; to exert power.

Do, [don, S.] to execute; to cause; to transact.

Act a part; do a thing; the will acts upon the body; "In six days thou shalt do all thy work."

ACTION, the accordance of the motion of the body with the words spoken.

GESTURE, [gestus, L.] a motion of the body, or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion.

GESTICULATION, [gesticulatio, L.] representation by gestures

or postures.

POSTURE, [positura, L.] the position or carriage of the body. ATTITUDE, [attitude, F.] a posture.

Graceful action; indecent gesticulation; posture of defence; attitude of defiance. "In every gesture dignity and love."—(Milton.)

ACTION, the exertion of power or force.

AGENCY, [agens, acting, L.] the quality of moving or exerting power; the state of being in action; instrumentality. OPERATION, a laboring, or working; the process of acting. Action of light; agency of Providence; operation of nature.

ACTIVE, [activus, L.] that has the power or quality of acting. DILIGENT, [diligens, L.] careful, watchful, steady in application. INDUSTRIOUS, [industrius, L.] painstaking; regularly or habitually occupied.

ASSIDUOUS, [assiduus, L.] constant; close to the pursuit of a thing. LABORIOUS, laboriosus, L.] using exertion.

Active in schemes; diligent in business; industrious in pursuit, losing no time; assiduous in persevering to the end or completion of any thing; laborious in sparing no pains, bodily or mental, in our employment.

ACTIVE, having the power or disposition to move with speed.
BRISK, [brysg, W.] lively, sprightly, gay.

AGILE, [agilis, L.] having the faculty of moving the limbs quickly.
NIMBLE, [nem, Dan.] light and quick in motion.

QUICK, [cwic, alive, S.] swift, prompt, ready.

Active in business; brisk in play; agile in springing; nimble in dancing; quick in movement.

ACTIVE, constantly engaged in action.

Busy, [bysig, S. employed; occupied in business.

OFFICIOUS, [officiosus, L.] excessively forward in doing good offices.

Active, not lazy; busy, employed, not at leasure; officious in the concerns of others.

ACTOR, [actor, L.] he that acts or performs any thing.

AGENT, [agens, acting, L.] one that has power to act; a factor or

dealer for another.

Actor for diversion; agent for business.

ACTOR, he that personates a character.

PLAYER, plegan, to play, S.] an actor of dramatic scenes.
Actor of particular parts; player in general.

ACTUATE, [ago, to act, L.] to incite to action.

IMPEL, [impello, L.] to drive or urge forward; to press or force onward.

INDUCE, [induco, L.] to lead; to persuade; to prevail on.

Motives actuate us; passions impel; reason, inclination, and example induce.

ACUTE, [acutus, L.] sharp-pointed, sharp-witted, ingenious, penetrating.

KEEN, [cene, S.] cunning, sharp, piercing.

SHREWD, subtle, smart, witty, having nice discernment.

SHARP, [scearp, S.] shrill, severe, biting, nipping, violent, quick. An acute argument; a keen reproach; a shrewd reply.

An acute disputant or controvertist; a keen satirist; a shrewd wit.

Sharp knife; acute point of a needle; keen razor; sharp and acute pain; a keen reply.

ADD, [addo, L.] to increase; to join together in numeration.
JOIN, [jungo, L.] to knit or unite together.

UNITE, [unir, F.] to make one; to connect.

COALESCE, [coalesco, L.] to grow together; to unite in one body

or mass.

Add quantities; join houses; people unite; parties coalesce.

ADDICT, [addicto, L.] to give up one's-self wholly to a thing; to
apply one's mind altogether to it; to follow it closely.
DEVOTE, [devoveo, L.] to vow; to resolve; to dedicate.
APPLY, [applico, L.] to fix the mind; to study.

Men addict themselves to vice; devote themselves to science; apply themselves to business.

ADDRESS, [adresse, F.] application or dedication to a person. SPEECH, [spæc, S.] language, discourse.

HARANGUE, [hringan, to sound, S.] speech made before a popular assembly or an army.

ORATION, [oratio, L.] a discourse or speech pronounced in public, generally on some special occasion.

A public address, a parliamentary speech; an election harangue; a funeral

oration.

ADDRESS, name and place of residence of a person.

DIRECTION, [directio, L.] order, command, prescription, guidance. SUPERSCRIPTION, [super, above, scriptio, writing, L.] that which is written outside or above something else.

Direction to a place; direction of a letter; address on a card, &c.; a suitable address; superscription on a pillar, tomb, &c.; superscription at the head of any other writing, as superscription of a letter, deed, &c.

ADDRESS, [adresser, F.] to make application to; to present a petition; to direct a letter to.

APPLY, to have recourse to.

Address the king, and apply for redress.

ADDRESS, to make application to; to direct one's discourse to. AccoST, [accoster, F.] to approach; to draw near to; come up to; to speak to first.

SALUTE, [saluto, L.] to greet; to address with kindness; to show respect and civility, either in words or ceremonies.

We address persons in general; accost a stranger; salute a friend.

ADHERE, [adhæreo, L.] to be joined to, or take part with.
ATTACH, Tattacher, F.] to unite closely; to tie, to bind.
STICK, [stican, S.] to unite itself by its tenacity or penetrating

power.

CLEAVE, [cleofian, S.] to adhere with strong attachment; to hold to. Fix, [figo, L.] to make fast, firm, or stable.

"clods

FASTEN, [fæstnian, S.] to link together; to secure. Adhere to religion; be attached to friends.-Wax sticks to paper; cleave fast together;" iron adheres to a magnet.-Friends cleave to one another; men adhere to their parties, principles, &c.-Fix in the ground; fasten with nails, screws; fastened by a rope, chain; stuck to a wall: a plaster sticks.

ADHESION, [adhæsio, L.] the state of sticking to by growth, cement, wax, &c.

ADHERENCE, the act of adhering to the interest or opinions of others; steady attachment.

Adhesion of parts; adherence to the point; adherence to a party.

ADJACENT, [adjacens, L.] neighboring; lying near to; bordering upon.

ADJOINING, [from ad, to, L. and join.] lying close in contact. CONTIGUOUS, [contiguus, L.] that touches, or is next; meeting or joining at the surface or border.

Adjacent town; adjoining field; contiguous house.

ADJUST, [ad, to, and justus, exact, L.] to settle or state an account; to put in order.

RECONCILE, [reconcilio, to call back together, L.] to make those friends again who are at variance. Adjust affairs; reconcile enemies, &c.

ADMINISTRATION, [administro, to serve, L.] the act of conducting or superintending any office or affair.

MANAGEMENT, [ménage, household, F.] the manner of carrying on. CONDUCT, [conduco, to lead, L.] a guiding or management of an affair for one's self.

GOVERNMENT, [ gouvernement, F.] the form or manner of regulating public affairs.

DIRECTION, [directio, L.] the act of guiding.

Administration of justice; management of public concerns; conduct of business; government of the country; direction of affairs.

ADMIT, [admitto, L.] to suffer to pass, to give entrance.
ALLOW, [allouer, O. F.] to give or grant; to sanction.
PERMIT, permitto, L.] to give leave; not to prohibit.
SUFFER, [Souffrir, F.] to bear; not to hinder.

TOLERATE, [tolero, L.] to bear with; to connive at; not to restrain.

Admit, not prevent; allow, not oppose; permit, not refuse; suffer, not remove; we tolerate what we object to from motives of discretion.

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ADMIT-ADULATION.

ADMIT, to allow the force of.

ALLOW, to approve of; to consent to.

GRANT, [granter, N.] to give, bestow; to admit as true what is not proved.

We admit the force of an argument; allow that credit is due to an oppoand grant his professions of sincerity.

nent;

ADMIT, to suffer to enter.

RECEIVE, [recipio, L.] to welcome; to entertain.

Admitted as a member : received as a friend.

ADMITTANCE, permission to enter; power of entering.
ADMISSION, [admissio, L.] the act or practice of admitting.
ACCESS, [accessus, L.] means of approach.

Admittance to a place; access to a person. "To crave admission to your happy land."

ADMONISH, [admoneo, L.] to warn ; to caution; to put in mind of; to reprove.

ADVISE, [aviser, F.] to counsel; to give information; to offer an opinion worthy to be followed.

Admonish for what is past; advise with respect to the future.

"Admonish him as a brother." (2 Thess. iii.) "With the well advised is wisdom." (Prov. xiii.)

ADMONITION, reproof.

WARNING, [from warn,] caution against faults; previous notice of danger.

CAUTION, [cautio, L.] advice; injunction.

Give admonitions to the young; warnings to the unwise; cautions to the inexperienced and unwary.

ADORE, [adoro, L.] to regard with the utmost esteem, affection, and respect.

REVERENCE, [revereor, L.] to honor, love, and respect.

VENERATE, [veneror, L.] to regard with respect mingled with awe. WORSHIP, [weorthscypa, S.] to perform religious service; to pay divine honors to.

We adore, reverence, and venerate the Supreme Being with the heart and affections; we worship him with the outward form.-We may adore at all times; we worship periodically.

ADORN, [adorno, L.] to render lovely; to set off to advantage. DECORATE, [decoro, L.] to adorn with external ornaments. EMBELLISH, [embellir, F.] to add grace, beauty, or elegance to a person or thing.

BEAUTIFY, to make beautiful; to grace.

Adorned with jewels; decorated with flowers; embellished and beautified with ornaments.-Adorned with virtue; embellished with the arts.

ADULATION, [adulatio, L.] excessive praise.