Chapter Abuttal to Acerbity of A by Soule's Synonymes

Accredit, v. a. Credit, give trust or confidence to, give credit or honor to, receive as an envoy, receive as commissioned, empowered, or authorized, authorize, empower, commission, depute, send with credentials.

Accretion, n.

1. Growth (by accession of parts), accumulation, increase by adhesion.

2. (Med.) Growing together, adhesion.

3. (Law.) Gradual accumulation (of soil, as at the mouth of a river).

Accrue, v. n. Result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow, ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in, accumulate (intrans.).

Accumbent, a. Leaning, reclining.

Accumulate, v. a.

1. Pile, amass, aggregate, collect, collect together, gather up, pile up, heap up, bring together, heap together, scrape together.

2. Store, garner, husband, treasure up, garner up, lay up, lay by, lay in, set by. See hoard.

Accumulate, v. n. Increase, grow, be accumulated, be heaped up, accrue.

Accumulation, n. Collection, pile, heap, aggregation, mass, accretion, amount accrued, store, hoard, hoarding.

Accuracy, n. Accurateness, exactness, exactitude, correctness, precision, niceness, nicety, truth, accurateness, fidelity, faithfulness, carefulness, correctness, closeness, strictness.

Accurate, a. Exact, correct, precise, true, truthful, faithful, strict, close, rigorous, severe, just, nice, unerring.

Accurateness, n. See accuracy.

Accursed, a.

1. Cursed, unsanctified, unholy, diabolic, devilish, hellish, infernal, doomed, damned.

2. Detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, odious, horrid, horrible, damnable, revolting. See abominable.

Accusation, n. Crimination, impeachment, arraignment, indictment, charge. See accuse.

Accuse, v. a. Charge, impeach, arraign, indict, criminate, incriminate, inculpate, tax, inform against, call to account, take to task, blame, censure.

Accuser, n. Informer, informant, plaintiff, complainant, prosecutor.

Accustom, v. a. Habituate, inure, use, harden, familiarize, train, discipline, drill, break in. See addict.