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Letter A - page 4



Accustomary \Ac*cus"tom*a*ry\, a. Usual; customary. [Archaic] --Featley. [1913 Webster] more...
Accustomed \Ac*cus"tomed\, a. 1. Familiar through use; usual; customary. "An accustomed action." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] "A well accustomed shop." --Smollett. [1913 Webster] Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; more...
Accustomedness \Ac*cus"tomed*ness\, n. Habituation. [1913 Webster] Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. --Bp. Pearce. [1913 Webster] more...
Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom.] To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to. [1913 Webster] I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to more...
ace \ace\ adj. 1. of the highest quality an ace reporter Syn: A-one, first-class, first-rate, super, tip-top, topnotch(predicate) [WordNet 1.5] ace \ace\ v. to get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam. [Colloq.] [PJC] Ace \Ace\ ([=a]s), n.; pl. Aces ([=a]"s[e^]z). [OE. as, F. as, fr. L. as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. As.] [1913 Webster] 1. A unit; a single point or spot on a more...
acedia \acedia\ n. 1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). Syn: sloth, laziness [WordNet 1.5] more...
Aceldama \A*cel"da*ma\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Syr. [=o]k[=e]l dam[=o] the field of blood.] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. [1913 Webster] The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. --De more...