n. [ Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) + E. complice. See Complice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A cooperator. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Success unto our valiant general,
And happiness to his accomplices! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. “And thou, the cursed accomplice of his treason.” Johnson. It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing. “Suspected for accomplice to the fire.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See Abettor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an accomplice. [ R. ] Sir H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of being an accomplice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accomplished p. pr. & vb. n. Accomplishing. ] [ OE. acomplissen, OF. accomplir, F. accomplir; L. ad + complere to fill up, complete. See Complete, Finish. ] 1. To complete, as time or distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke xxii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The armorers accomplishing the knights. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ the moon ] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To gain; to obtain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate; complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip; furnish. -- To Accomplish, Effect, Execute, Achieve, Perform. These words agree in the general idea of carrying out to some end proposed. To accomplish (to fill up to the measure of the intention) generally implies perseverance and skill; as, to accomplish a plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an undertaking. “Thou shalt accomplish my desire.” 1 Kings v. 9. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . expressed his desire to see a union accomplished between England and Scotland. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] To effect (to work out) is much like accomplish. It usually implies some degree of difficulty contended with; as, he effected or accomplished what he intended, his purpose, but little. “What he decreed, he effected.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] To work in close design by fraud or guile
What force effected not. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] To execute (to follow out to the end, to carry out, or into effect) implies a set mode of operation; as, to execute the laws or the orders of another; to execute a work, a purpose, design, plan, project. To perform is much like to do, though less generally applied. It conveys a notion of protracted and methodical effort; as, to perform a mission, a part, a task, a work. “Thou canst best perform that office.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The Saints, like stars, around his seat
Perform their courses still. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ] To achieve (to come to the end or arrive at one's purpose) usually implies some enterprise or undertaking of importance, difficulty, and excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complete in acquirements as the result usually of training; -- commonly in a good sense; as, an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accomplishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. accomplissement, fr. accomplir. ] 1. The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. “My new accomplishment of dancing.” Churchill. “Accomplishments befitting a station.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accomplishments have taken virtue's place,
And wisdom falls before exterior grace. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ampliatus, p. p. of ampliare to make wider, fr. amplus. See Ample. ] To enlarge. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To maintain and ampliate the external possessions of your empire. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ampliatio: cf. F. ampliation. ] 1. Enlargement; amplification. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Civil Law) A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Logic) Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received. [ 1913 Webster ]

“All bodies possess power of attraction” is an ampliative judgment; because we can think of bodies without thinking of attraction as one of their immediate primary attributes. Abp. W. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. amplificatus, p. p. of amplificare. ] To amplify. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplificatio. ] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Amplificatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who or that which amplifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amplified p. pr. & vb. n. Amplifying. ] [ F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy. ] 1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become larger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Strait was the way at first, withouten light,
But further in did further amplify. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplitudo, fr. amplus: cf. F. amplitude. See Ample. ] 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness. (a) Of extent of capacity or intellectual powers. “Amplitude of mind.” Milton. “Amplitude of comprehension.” Macaulay. (b) Of extent of means or resources. “Amplitude of reward.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) (a) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator. (b) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gun.) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physics) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (math.) An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magnetic amplitude, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the true or astronomical amplitude (see 3 above) is the “variation of the compass.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an aplite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Apply. ] Applicable; also, compliant. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of applying; application. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. subservience; compliance. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven. [ PJC ]

n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply. ] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being applicable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply. ] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. [ 1913 Webster ]

The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply. ] Applied or put to some use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. --
Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To apply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply. ] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the “moral” of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater. J. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply. ] Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

adv. By way of application. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n. That which applies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By application. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. He who, or that which, applies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Application. [ Obs. ] Marston [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. appliquer to put on. ] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an associate degree conferred for successful studies in applied science.
Syn. -- AAS [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + plicate. ] Twice folded together. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being twice folded; reduplication. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Capelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Centuplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Centuplicating. ] [ L. centuplicare. See Centuple, a. ] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another compliable mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Comply. ] 1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. [ 1913 Webster ]

What compliances will remove dissension? Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of few words and of great compliance. Clarendon.

Syn. -- Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. “The compliant boughs.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a compliant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]