n. [ F. abatture, fr. abattre. See Abate. ] Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fetus which has been aborted; same as abortion{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

v. i. To take one's self off; to decamp. [ A jocular word. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being accented. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being accentual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accentuated p. pr. & vb. n. Accentuating. ] [ LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer. ] 1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mark with the written accent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. accentuatio: cf. F. accentuation. ] Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.), pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., from acciaccare to crush. ] (Mus.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [ R. ] Caldwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to acculturation (definition 3).
Syn. -- acculturational [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. acerbitudo, fr. acerbus. ] Sourness and harshness. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Aconite. ] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strong
As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acritudo, from acer sharp. ] Acridity; pungency joined with heat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act. ] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Actual cautery. See under Cautery. --
Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to “original sin.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, “actuals, ” but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; a realist; -- opposed to idealist. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Actualities The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A making actual or really existent; giving the appearance of reality. [ R. ] Emerson.
Syn. -- realization, realisation. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. changed from potential to actual; as, saw his worst fears actualized.
Syn. -- realized [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. Actively. [ Obs. ] “Neither actually . . . nor passively.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being actual; actuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Actuaries [ L. actuarius copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act. ] 1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Actuated p. pr. & vb. n. Actuating ] [ LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare, fr. L. actus act. ] 1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition; and, on the contrary, mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To carry out in practice; to perform. [ Obs. ] “To actuate what you command.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To move; impel; incite; rouse; instigate; animate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. actuatus, p. p. of actuare. ] Put in action; actuated. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. moved to action motivated (vs. unmotivated) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. causing motion or action or change
Syn. -- activating(prenominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. LL. actuatio. ] A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who actuates, or puts into action. [ R. ] Melville. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. actuosus. ] Very active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abundant activity. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Action. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A desid. of L. agere, actum, to act. ] Tendency or impulse to act. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Acupuncture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acus needle + punctura a pricking, fr. pungere to prick: cf. F. acuponcture. ] Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.): The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes, such as to relieve pain. It was first recorded as being practised in China, and the technique is believed to be over 2, 000 years old. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

Acupuncture
(An NIH Consensus Statement prepared by a nonadvocate, non-Federal panel of experts)

November 3-5, 1997
Vol. 15, No. 5

Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States. While there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent difficulties in the use of appropriate controls, such as placebos and sham acupuncture groups. However, promising results have emerged, for example, showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in post-operative dental pain. There are other situations such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofacial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma where acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program. Further research is likely to uncover additional areas where acupuncture interventions will be useful.
taken from: https://web.archive.org/web/20011126211520/http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/107/107_intro.htm [ PJC ]

v. t. To treat with acupuncture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Accustomance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'adi`anton, maidenhair; 'a priv. + diai`nein to wet. ] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., to infinity. ] Without limit; endlessly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adjudication. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ At one's pleasure; as one wishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., let him be admitted. ] The certificate of admission given in some American colleges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of mixing; mixture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is mixed with anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of “to happen, befall.” See Advene. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Risk; danger; peril. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in great adventure of his life. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. [ 1913 Webster ]

He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adventured p. pr. & vb. n. Adventuring ] [ OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n. ] 1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet they adventured to go back. Bunyan, [ 1913 Webster ]

Discriminations might be adventured. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]