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- English Word Acupuncture Definition The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
- English Word Acupuncture Definition To treat with acupuncture.
- English Word Acustumaunce Definition See Accustomance.
- English Word Acutangular Definition Acute-angled.
- English Word Acute Definition Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
- English Word Acute Definition Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; -- opposed to dull or stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
- English Word Acute Definition Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
- English Word Acute Definition High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
- English Word Acute Definition Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease.
- English Word Acute Definition To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
- English Word Acute-angled Definition Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
- English Word Acutely Definition In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
- English Word Acuteness Definition The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
- English Word Acuteness Definition The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
- English Word Acuteness Definition Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
- English Word Acuteness Definition Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
- English Word Acutifoliate Definition Having sharp-pointed leaves.
- English Word Acutilobate Definition Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
- English Word Ad captandum Definition A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
- English Word Ad hominem Definition A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
- English Word Ad infinitum Definition Without limit; endlessly.
- English Word Ad interim Definition Meanwhile; temporary.
- English Word Ad libitum Definition At one's pleasure; as one wishes.
- English Word Ad valorem Definition A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
- English Word Ad- Definition As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
- English Word Adact Definition To compel; to drive.
- English Word Adactyl Definition Alt. of Adactylous
- English Word Adactylous Definition Without fingers or without toes.
- English Word Adactylous Definition Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
- English Word Adage Definition An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.