Ablepsy :: Ablepsy (n.) Blindness.

Abreption :: Abreption (n.) A snatching away.

Acaleph :: Acaleph (n.) Alt. of Acalepha.

Acalephae :: Acalephae (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles..

Acalephan :: Acalephan (n.) One of the Acalephae.

Acalephans :: Acalephans (pl. ) of Acalepha.

Acalephoid :: Acalephoid (a.) Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae or jellyfishes.

Acalephs :: Acalephs (pl. ) of Acalepha.

Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..

Acataleptic :: Acataleptic (a.) Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of..

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse..

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?.

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange..

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) 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.].

Accept :: Accept (a.) Accepted.

Acceptability :: Acceptability (n.) The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

Acceptable :: Acceptable (a.) 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 :: Acceptableness (n.) The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability..

Acceptably :: Acceptably (adv.) In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) 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..

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) State of being accepted; acceptableness.

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) 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..

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) The bill itself when accepted.

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) 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..

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law..

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) Meaning; acceptation.

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