v. t. [ L. aberuncare, for aberruncare. See Averruncate. ] To weed out. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A weeding machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abjunctus, p. p. of abjungere; ab + jungere to join. ] Exceptional. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Abounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abounding. ] [ OE. abounden, F. abonder, fr. L. abundare to overflow, abound; ab + unda wave. Cf. Undulate. ] 1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

To abound in, to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by. --
To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 same as abundant abounding confidence
Syn. -- galore(postnominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. abrenuntiare; ab + renuntiare. See Renounce. ] To renounce. [ Obs. ] “They abrenounce and cast them off.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. abrenuntiatio. See Abrenounce. ] Absolute renunciation or repudiation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An abrenunciation of that truth which he so long had professed, and still believed. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Eth. and Ar., our father. ] The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. (h)abundaunce, abundance, F. abondance, L. abundantia, fr. abundare. See Abound. ] An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Exuberance; plenteousness; plenty; copiousness; overflow; riches; affluence; wealth. -- Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc. Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound. ] Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. “Abundant in goodness and truth.” Exod. xxxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. acount, account, accompt, OF. acont, fr. aconter. See Account, v. t., Count, n., 1. ] 1. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

A beggarly account of empty boxes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. “A laudable account of the city of London.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment. “To stand high in your account.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. “Men of account.” Pope. “To turn to account.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Account current, a running or continued account between two or more parties, or a statement of the particulars of such an account. --
In account with, in a relation requiring an account to be kept. --
On account of, for the sake of; by reason of; because of. --
On one's own account, for one's own interest or behalf. --
To make account, to have an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] This other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] --
To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. --
To take account of, or
to take into account, to take into consideration; to notice. “Of their doings, God takes no account.” Milton. --
A writ of account (Law), a writ which the plaintiff brings demanding that the defendant shall render his just account, or show good cause to the contrary; -- called also an action of account. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Narrative; narration; relation; recital; description; explanation; rehearsal. -- Account, Narrative, Narration, Recital. These words are applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events. Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; as, an account of a battle, of a shipwreck, etc. A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; as, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, etc. Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great. Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accounting. ] [ OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter, à (L. ad) + conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to count, L. computare. See Count, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are accounted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to assign; -- with to. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accounting that God was able to raise him up. Heb. xi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To recount; to relate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render an account; to answer in judgment; -- with for; as, we must account for the use of our opportunities. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give a satisfactory reason; to tell the cause of; to explain; -- with for; as, idleness accounts for poverty. [ 1913 Webster ]

To account of, to esteem; to prize; to value. Now used only in the passive. “I account of her beauty.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.
Syn. -- answerability, answerableness [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amenable; responsible; liable; answerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accountable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr. ] 1. One who renders account; one accountable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reckoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accountatn general, the head or superintending accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accountable. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Accountant + -ship. ] The office or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acroceraunius, fr. Gr. &unr_; high, n. pl. &unr_; heights + &unr_; thunderbolt. ] Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of “thunder-smitten” peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley. [ 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 ]

v. t. [ OE. adaunten to overpower, OF. adonter; à (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See Daunt. ] To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin. ] Conjoined; attending; consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of “History.” [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [ R. ] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct. ] The act of joining; the thing joined or added. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct. ] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, is joined. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adjunctive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ad- + noun. ] (Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adunatio; ad + unus one. ] A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aduncitas. See Aduncous. ] Curvature inwards; hookedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aduncus; ad + uncus hooked, hook. ] Curved inwards; hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + gun. ] A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft. Now usually referred to an anitaircraft cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + flaunt. ] In a flaunting state or position. Copley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
Syn. -- painted wolf, African hunting dog. [ PJC ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + ground. ] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + hungered. ] Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger. The common BB gun is a type of air gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. ala wing + truncus trunk. ] (Zool.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]