/acquainted-meaning

/acquainted-meaning-etymology

-) Participial adjective.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əkweɪntɪd.

-) Etymology: from ACQUAINT (verb) + suffix -ed. 

-) Word derived: acquaintedness.

-) Documented since 1200.

-) 1. Of a thing or an animated being: apprehended mentally; known from acquaintance.

-) It is obsolete or archaic. It was followed by the preposition “to”, or “unto”; as, a word acquainted to the children; a fellatrix acquainted to me.

-) 2. -) a. (Of an animated being) having acquaintance with (someone else); this is, having intercourse of speech or of treatment with someone else; personally known (to an animated being); cognizant of; more or less familiar with. -) b. (The subject: more than two animated beings) having mutual knowledge.

-) Antonyms of “acquainted”: stranger; unfamiliar; unacquainted.

-) Synonyms for “acquainted”: introducee; familiar; personally interrelated.

-) Translation: conocido, in Spanish; familiarizzato, in Italian; familiarisé, in French.

He did not even introduce me to his wife;--this courtesy devolving, per force, upon his sister Marian-- a very sweet and intelligent girl, who, in a few hurried words, made us acquainted.

Poe… The Oblong Box… 1844

I met him by hazard for a moment at Bethany; I neither asked then, nor did he impart to me, his name. How then could I tell you we were acquainted?

Disraeli… Tancred… 1847

When brought together, they acknowledged being acquainted, but each said the other was not the beloved one.

T. Carlyle… Fraser’s magazine, vol. 61… 1860

-) Particular syntax: with the preposition “with” + the noun of the person with whom one is in acquaintance:

I cannot […] remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia.

Poe… Ligeia… 1838

Residing in Paris during the spring and part of the summer of 18--, I there became acquainted with a Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin.

Poe… The Murders… 1841

The ladies of the different staterooms began to become somewhat acquainted with each other through Mrs. McGregor, who informed them of each other’s condition, and conveyed messages of politeness and good will to and fro.

J. Abbott… The Florence stories… 1866

When he came back from the Crimea, he became acquainted with me at my home in the north, and we were married within a month of first knowing each other.

T. Hardy… A Changed Man… 1913

-) 3. (Of an animated being) having acquaintance with something; this is, having experimental knowledge of something.

-) Antonyms: strange, ignorant, unknowing, uninformed; unacquainted.

-) Synonyms: knowing; informed; intellegenced; learned; understanding.

-) Translation: enterado, in Spanish; informato, in Italian; renseigné, in French.

-) Followed by the preposition “with” + the noun of the thing known through experience or instruction:

Man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness, and meditation shows him only how little he can sustain, and how little he can perform.

S. Johnson… The Western Isles of Scotland… 1775

That these lines were written in English - a language with which I had not believed their author acquainted - afforded me little matter for surprise.

Poe… The Assignation… 1834

With the rest of the adventure I believe you are as well acquainted as myself.

Poe… The Gold-Bug…1843

-) Followed by the preposition “of” + the noun of the thing known, but not necessarily with the implication of experience or instruction:

You will be acquainted of the arrangements […]

C. Fox… Memorials and correspondence… 1853

-) Followed by a clause introduced by the conjunction “that”, where it seems understood the preposition “of”:

I know my love is above.--Let her be acquainted that I am here, waiting for admission to her presence, and can take no denial.

S. Richardson… Clarissa… 1748

How else […] should Mrs Miller be acquainted that there was any connexion between him and me?

H. Fielding… Tom Jones… 1749

-) Words derived from Latin gnoscere: unacquaintance, acquaintance, acquainted, acquaint, acquaintanceship, acquaintancy, acquaintedness, quaint (adj.), quaintish, quaintlike, quaintly, quaintness, inacquaintance, cognition, cognitional, cognitive, cognitively, cognitum, cognizability, cognizable, cognisable, cognizableness, cognizably, cognizance, cognizanced, cognizant, cognisant, cognize, cognise, cognizer, cogniser, recognizable, recognition, recognitive, recognitory, recognizability, recognizably, recognizance, recognizant, recognize, recognized, recognizedly, recognizer, recognizing, recognizingly, cognomen (n.), cognomen (v.), cognominal, cognominally, cognominate, cognomination, cognominity, cognominize, cognominous, cognosce, cognoscent, cognoscibility, cognoscible, connoisseur, connoisseurship, ignore, ignoble (adj), ignoble (v.), ignobleness, ignobly, ignominious, ignominiously, ignominiousness, ignorable, ignorance, ignorant, ignorantly, ignoration, ignominy, incognito, incognizability, incognizable, incognisable, incognizance, incognizant, incognoscent, incognoscibility, incognoscible, inconnu, narrate, narratee, narration, narrative (adj. n.), narratively, narrativity, narrator, narratory, narratress, narratrix, nobilitate, nobilitated, nobilitating, nobility, noble, nobleman, noblemanly, noble-minded, noble-mindedness, nobleness, noblesse, nobly, notice (n. v.), noticeable, noticeability, noticeably, noticer, notifiable, notification, notifier, notify, notifying, noting, notion, notional, notionalist, notionally, notionary, notionate, notionless, notorious, notoriety, notorify, notoriously, notoriousness, precognition, precognitive, precognizant, precognize, prognose, prognostic, prognosticable, prognostical, prognostically, prognosticate, prognosticated, prognostication, prognosticative, prognosticator, prognosticatory; reacquaint, reacquaintance.

 

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/accuse-meaning-etymology

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əkjuːz. 

-) Etymology: from Latin accusare “to call to account”; from ac- “to” + causa “cause, reason, account, a suit of law”.

-) Preterite tense: accused (əˈkjuːzd); preterite participle: accused.

-) Present participle: accusing. 

-) Documented since 1200.

-) Transitively: -) 1. To make the subject of an accusation; to render (someone) subject to a suit of law. Hence, to render (someone) subject to a blame; to declare (a person) as the committer of a fault or offense; to find fault with.

-) Synonyms for “accuse”: blame, censure, criminate, impeach, arraign, indict, denounce.

-) Antonyms of “accuse”: acquit, excuse, exculpate.

-) Translation: accuser, in French; acusar, in Spanish; accusare, in Italian.

Crispus received her addresses with detestation, and she, to be revenged, accused him to the emperor.

O. Goldsmith… The history of Rome… 1790

-) With the preposition “of” + a noun, or a gerund, by which the accusation is designated:

He accuses them of cowardice.

S. Williams… History of Vermont… 1809

Know, then, we are not ignorant that Damian de Lacy, accused of instigating and heading this insurrection, […] has found shelter under this roof.

Scott… The Betrothed… 1825

… you prove that the fraud he is accused of is atrocious.

J. Mill… A System of Logic… 1843

She went even so far as to accuse me, laughingly, of rashness -- of imprudence.

Poe… The Spectacles… 1844

Irascibility was his sole foible, for in fact the obstinacy of which men accused him was anything but his foible, since he justly considered it his forte.

Poe… X-ing… 1849

-) With the preposition “as” + a noun:

Mr. Jones was accused as the probable cause of this accident.

Caleb Snow… A History of Boston… 1828

-) With the preposition “to” + noun of the person who has authority to hear and try the cause:

They were well satisfied with the evidence, and forthwith accused him to the house of peers of high treason.

E. Clarendon… Rebellion… 1826

She accused them to Mrs. Benson of having purloined many articles of clothing.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 11… 1855

-) Reflexively:

… she accused herself of imprudence.

L. Hawkins… Heraline… 1821

He did not accuse himself of acting wrong in his interview with Williams.

W. Dunlap… Memoirs… 1836

-) 2. It is metaphorical: (of something) to make known; to reveal.

-) Intransitively: to utter an accusation.

-) Other words derived from Latin causa, see CAUSAL.

-) Words derived from “accuse”: accusably, accusable, accusal, accusant, accusation, accusative, accusatorial, accusatorially, accusatory, accused, accuser, accusing, accusingly, unaccusable, unaccusably, unaccused.

 

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/accurate-meaning

/accurate-meaning-etymology

-) Adjective.

-) Pronunciation and accent: ækjʊərət. 

-) Etymology: from Latin accūrātus “performed with care, studied, exact”, preterite participle of accūrāre “to take care of”; from ac- “to” + cūrāre “to care for”; from cūra “care”.

-) Documented since 1600.

-) 1. (It is obsolete) executed with care.

-) 2. (Of a personal action) correct, as the result of care; having or implying accuracy; exempt from error or inaccuracy. Hence, corresponding with truth.

-) Synonyms for “accurate”: exact, precise, correct.

-) Antonyms of “accurate”: inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, erroneous.

-) Translation: précis, in French; exacto, in Spanish; accurato, in Italian.

I cannot doubt that all this has been stated with accurate truth by the venerable lady.

Scott… The Betrothed… 1825

“A fish is an animal inhabiting the water”. This is a definition, but it is not an accurate definition […], for some insects inhabit the water.

C. True… The elements of logic… 1840

The want of an accurate knowledge of distant countries.

Buckingham… America… 1841

It was not until after an extensive and accurate acquaintance with the details of chemical phenomena, that it was found possible to frame a rational definition of chemistry.

J. Mill… A System of Logic… 1843

We also measured the thickness of every book-cover, with the most accurate admeasurement.

Poe… The Purloined Letter… 1844

We obtain also a more just and accurate idea of the extent and dimensions of this immense building.

S. Haight… Over the ocean… 1846

-) 2. (Of a person, his memory, etc.) doing something with accuracy; performing an action correctly or without error because of his care.

Carilis was not quite accurate in her conclusions.

L. Hawkins… Heraline… 1821

As I wish to be extremely accurate in this part of my chronicle, I beg that this Jacob Van Tassel of the Roost may not be confounded with another Jacob Van Tassel.

Irving… Miscellanies… 1835

Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad—that the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain.

Stoker… Dracula… 1897

If my memory is accurate, I. W. remained with I. M. Hellman.

H. Newmark… Southern California… 1916

Somewhat less than six years after my arrival (or, to be accurate, on the fifteenth day of August, 1859 […]), I entered the family of Uncle Sam.

H. Newmark… Southern California… 1916

-) Words derived from “accurate”: accurately, accurateness, inaccurate, inaccurateness, inaccurately.

-) Words derived from Latin cura, see PROCUREMENT.

 

 

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/accost-meaning

/accost-meaning-etymology

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əkɒst.

-) Etymology: from French accoster, from Late Latin accostare “to be side to side”, from Latin ad- to + costa “rib, side”.

-) Preterite tense: accosted.

-) Preterite participle: accosted. Present participle: accosting.

-) Documented since 1500.

-) Intransitively: (it is obsolete) to sail along the coast or side of; to go or remain alongside of.

-) Transitively: -) 1. (It is archaic) to go close to.

-) Synonyms: approach. 

-) 2. To draw near to and speak to (someone).

-) Synonyms for “accost”: address, greet.

[A gentleman] who was accosted by the Dodger as Tom Chitling.  

Dickens… Oliver… 1838

Somebody had accosted him in the street, mistaking him for no less a personage than Doctor Dubble L. Dee, the lecturer upon quack physics.

Poe… Three Sundays… 1841

Had the lady been alone, I should undoubtedly have entered her box and accosted her at all hazards.

Poe… The Spectacles… 1844

In an instant afterward, this man came forth, accosted my companion by name, shook him cordially by the hand, and begged him to alight.

Poe… The System… 1845

One evening coming out of my hotel, an elderly man exceedingly well dressed, accosted me in Italian

Walter… My secret life… 1888

[A man] accosted us in Spanish.

The Knickerbocker, vol. 50

One morning, he and his sticks were sunning themselves in the porch at Ashlydyat, when a stranger approached and accosted him.

H. Wood… The Shadow… 1907

-) Particularly: to draw near to and speak to (someone), for prostitution.

-) Words derived from “accost”: accostable, accosting.

-) Words derived from Latin costa, see CUTLET.

 

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/accomplish-meaning

/accomplish-meaning-etymology

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əkʌmplɪʃ, əkɒmplɪʃ. 

-) Preterite tense: accomplished (əkʌmplɪʃt). Preterite participle: accomplished.

-) Present participle: accomplishing.

-) Etymology: from Old French acompliss-, stem of acomplir (now French accomplir), from Latin ad- to + complere “to fill up, complete”, from com- (intensive prefix) + plere “to fill”.

-) Documented since 1300.

-) Transitively: -) 1. To cause the accomplishment of (something that was potential, purposed, feared, etc.); to cause to become fully actual; to do to completion.

-) Synonyms for “accomplish”: achieve, perfom, effect, cause, fulfil, realize, consummate, complete, effectuate.

-) Translation: accomplir, in French; cumplir, in Spanish; compiere, in Italian.

It is possible, however, that some one may, at length, have accomplished what others have hitherto vainly attempted.

J. Scott… The London Magazine… 1820

What shall we think of a machine which can not only accomplish all this, but actually print off its elaborate results, when obtained, without the slightest intervention of the intellect of man?

Poe… Maelzel’s Chess-Player… 1836

The scarabaeus hung quite clear of any branches, and, if allowed to fall, would have fallen at our feet. Legrand immediately took the scythe, and cleared with it a circular space, three or four yards in diameter, just beneath the insect, and, having accomplished this, ordered Jupiter to let go the string and come down from the tree.

Poe… The Gold-Bug… 1843

All was now confusion and despair--but an effort was made to lighten the ship by throwing overboard as much of her cargo as could be reached, and by cutting away the two masts that remained. This we at last accomplished--but we were still unable to do any thing at the pumps.

Poe… The Oblong Box… 1844

I seized a salt-cellar which lay within reach, and hurled it at the head of the intruder. Either he dodged, however, or my aim was inaccurate; for all I accomplished was the demolition of the crystal which protected the dial of the clock upon the mantelpiece.

Poe… The Angel… 1844

Scarcely was this portion of the lesson accomplished, when steps were heard ascending the stairs.

G. Reynolds… The Mysteries… 1844

… his fears in this respect were not accomplished.

G. Reynolds… The Mysteries… 1844

You can never accomplish your schemes through my agency!

G. Reynolds… The Mysteries… 1844

He felt certain that his wishes would be accomplished.

G. Reynolds… The Mysteries… 1844

-) Reflexively:

A revolution takes place in society only when a moral revolution has previously accomplished itself in the minds of men.

The Westminster Review

-) 2. To execute or do (a work) to completion; to finish; to complete.

How that work was accomplished it is useless to inquire.

Wilkie Collins… Basil… 1852

… a still more ambitious work was accomplished by John Minsheu in the production of a polyglot dictionary of English with ten other languages…

J. Murray… The evolution of English lexicography… 1900

-) 3. -) a. In an time calculation: to get the grade of completeness of (an age). -) b. In an distance calculation: to get the grade of completeness of (distance gone); to reach completely.

-) Synonym: to complete.

Before we had accomplished half our journey, though it was but fifteen mile, I resolved we should go straight on to the village for the night, and take a fresh day to examine the land.

J. Galt… Lawrie Todd… 1830

… having accomplished three miles of the retreat, the party arrived at the main road that extended between Innis's camp and Blackstock's.

 J. Kennedy… Horse-Shoe Robinson… 1852

-) 4. To make complete with a contributory adjunct, an accessory, etc.; to equip completely; to improve into something complete or perfect.

-) 5. To improve (someone) completely; to make (a person) acquire a complete ability, quality, etc.

The son of a cheesemonger is sent to a little academy to accomplish him for a gentleman.

B. Dawson… Philologia Anglicana… 1806

She did not wish, she said, to be a thing to be looked at, therefore she pursued other studies than those which are sometimes considered to accomplish a lady; and when she returned from school, she could keep her father's books.

The Universalist… vol. 11… 1842

-) Reflexively:

… there are not many who show any very extraordinary zeal to accomplish themselves in the principles and practice of composition.

The Edinburgh Review… 1802-1929

… to accomplish myself in the knowledge of men.

Colburn's New Monthly Magazine… 1845

… if she would only consent to remain at the institution another year, at her own cost, until she had accomplished herself on the piano and harp […] that she should then come to her to share her home and fortune.

E. Southworth… Retribution… 1849

Thus was my resolve renewed to accomplish myself as a gymnast, and, above all, to develop my physical strength.

Atlantic Monthly, vol. 9… 1862

-) In preterite participle:

Well-educated and accomplished herself, she was able to do this with success.

T. Arthur… Madeline… 1845

-) Words derived from “accomplish”: accomplishable, accomplisher, accomplishing, accomplishment, unaccomplishable, unaccomplished, unaccomplishment.

-) Words derived from Latin plere, see COMPLETIVE.

 

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/accede-meaning

/accede-meaning-etymology

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: æksiːd. 

-) Preterite tense: acceded. Preterite participle: acceded.

-) Present participle: acceding.

-) Etymology: from Latin accēdĕre “to approach, accede”, from ac- “to” + cēdĕre “to move on, go, come”. The French accéder, Italian accedere and Spanish acceder are from the same origin.

-) Documented since 1600.

-) Intransitively: -) 1. To come to a place; to come forward; to approach.

-) It is rarely found.

-) Antonym for “accede”: to recede. 

[The balls] acceded a little, and when he removed the heated iron, they returned to their place again.

The Philosophical Transactions, vol. XI… 1676

-) 2. To assume an office, after progression; to make accession.

-) With preposition “to” + noun.

-) 3. To make accession; to become a participator, accessary or party; to associate with another or others in a league, confederacy, etc. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal, request, etc.

-) With preposition “to” + noun.

-) Translation: accéder, in French; acceder, in Spanish; accedere, in Italian.

-) Synonyms: consent, concur, comply, acquiesce.

-) Antonyms of “accede”: disagree, dissent.

It was among the first states that acceded to the union.

Melish… United States of America… 1806-1812

This was not acceded to on the part of the poet, without considerable reluctance; but the gentleman's pressing solicitations prevailed on him to consent.

The miscellaneous works of… Goldsmith… 1809

As this time, the father of […] Frediani, wishing to settle the differences that so long had disturbed the two families, proposed a marriage between a daughter of Luc' Antonio and his grandson. This proposal was acceded to.

J. Scott… The London Magazine… 1820

… a foreigner called at Markham Place and requested a few moment's private conversation with our hero.

The request was immediately acceded to; and the foreigner was shown into the library.

 G. Reynolds… The mysteries of London… 1844

Markham cordially acceded to this suggestion.

G. Reynolds… The mysteries of London… 1844

Both would have been in direct contradiction of the treaty of Fontainbleau, to which Britain had acceded, though she was not of the contracting parties.

Scott… Napoleon… 1876

-) English words derived from “accede”: access, accessarily, accessariness, accessary, accessibility, accessible, accessibly, accessibleness, accession, accessional, accessorial, accessorily, accessoriness, accessorize, accessory, unaccessory, accidence, accede, acceding.

-) Words derived from Latin cēdĕre: see INTERCEDE.

 

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/abut-meaning

/abut-meaning-etymology

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation and accent: əbʌt.

-) Etymology: from Old French abouter “to border on”, from a- (to) + buter “to push, strike”. The word was perhaps confused with Old French abuter “to put end to end, to come to an end, to aim”, from a- (to) + but “end, thing aimed at, purpose”.

-) Preterite tense: abutted. Preterite participle: abutted.

-) Present participle: abutting.

-) Documented since 1200.

-) Intransitively: a. (Of a land, estate, region, or the like) to be contiguous with another, along a border. 

-) Synonyms for “abut”: march with; border on; skirt; end at.

-) b. (Of two or more substances, estructures, etc) to be contiguous with a projecting part or end, as strata do when it is supported by another.

-) Translation: aboutir, in French; colindar, in Spanish; confinare, in Italian.

These glaciers […] were detached, not running in continuous curves along the coast, but abutting from opening valleys.

E. Kane…. Grinnell Expedition… 1915

-)With the preposition “on”, “upon”, “into”, or “against” + noun of what is contiguous:

To apply the arches to their piers, and to one another, they should abut upon one another.

A. Jamieson… A Dictionary of Mechanical Science… 1827

The passages wound through the walls of the modern part of the palace and abutted in effect at the old Owl Tower, as it was called, on the outer wall.

Thackeray… Barry Lyndon… 1844

Nevertheless, the houses in Guildford Place were near; and their back premises abutted against the outer aide of the wall along which he was now proceeding.

G. Reynolds… The mysteries of London… 1844

It was a steep rocky cliff, abutting far into the stream.  

Poe… Morning… 1844

Within this same crater, strata of coarse tuff, chiefly composed of fragments of lava, abut, like a consolidated talus, against the inside walls.

Darwin… Volcanic Islands… 1844

Philadelphia goes early to bed, and the streets were lonely and silent, but much better lighted than the portion of the town abutting upon the Delaware.

A. Mackay… The Western World… 1849

This afternoon a carrier’s cart with two men made a call at the empty house whose grounds abut on ours.

Bram Stoker… Dracula… 1897

-) Transitively: -) 1. To adjoin with an end; to border on.

[Blofield] is situated to the N. E. of Henstead, and, abutting the city of Norwich on its western extremity, comprehends an area of about twelve miles in length.

J. Dugdale… The New British Traveller… 1819

The said river wall is intended to be constructed as nearly as possible parrallel throughout with the raised land abutting the shore.

The London Gazette, Part 2… 1829

… other similar laths are then to be nailed throughout the whole length of the joists with their ends abutting each other.

The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, vol. 23, 1835

… the argillaceous summits of the southern part are abutted by limestone.

G. Long… The geography of Great Britain… 1850

When two arches were placed abutting each other.

W. Bland… Experimental Essays… 1862

-) 2. To cause to abut or end against; to support by abutment; as, to abut a timber against a post.

To take and assess the value of such portion of the land in a like case, upon which a mill dam has been abutted with the consent of the owner. 

The Statutes of the State of Indiana… 1852

-) Words derived from “abut”: abutter, abutting, abutment, abuttal.

 

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