a. That may be abused. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abuse. [ Obs. ] Whately (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accusabilis: cf. F. accusable. ] Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accusation. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accusans, p. pr. of accusare: cf. F. accusant. ] An accuser. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. acusation, F. accusation, L. accusatio, fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

We come not by the way of accusation
To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] set up over his head his accusation. Matt. xxvii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Impeachment; crimination; censure; charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. accusatif, L. accusativus (in sense 2), fr. accusare. See Accuse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Producing accusations; accusatory. “This hath been a very accusative age.” Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) The accusative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an accusative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In relation to the accusative case in grammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accusatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accusatorius, fr. accusare. ] Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. amusable. ] Capable of being amused. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds. ] 1. The shot of an arquebus. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) (a) The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta). (b) The bladder ketmie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt. ] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.

Syn. -- Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being caused. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. causalis. See Cause. ] Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A causal word or form of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Causalities /plu>. 1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

The causality of the divine mind. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in the law of universal causation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause. ] 1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a causative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cause. ] One who causes. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being confused. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) See Cognizance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) See Cognizant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [ Obs. ] Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) See Cognizant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. Croisade, Crosado, and see Cross. ] 1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Portuguese coin. See Crusado. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crusaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusading. ] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. “Cease crusading against sense.” M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azure-eyed and golden-haired,
Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3. ] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [ Written also cruade. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Espousal. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. espousailles, pl., F. épousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal, Spousal. ] 1. The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The open espousal of his cause. Lord Orford. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse. ] That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation. ] Excuse; apology. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [ Obs. ] Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]