Ac·etÏan¶iÏlide (#), n. [Acetyl + anilide.] (Med.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; Ð called also antifebrine.
Ac·eÏta¶riÏous (#), a. [L. acetaria, n. pl., salad, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
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Ac¶eÏtaÏry (#), n. [L. acetaria salad plants.] An acid pulp in certain fruits, as the pear.
Grew.
Ac¶eÏtate (#), n. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
Ac¶eÏta·ted (#), a. Combined with acetic acid.
AÏce¶tic (#; 277), a. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) (a) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation. (b) Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
AÏcet·iÏfiÏca¶tion (#), n. The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
AÏcet¶iÏfi·er (#), n. An apparatus for hastening acetification.
Knight.
AÏcet¶iÏfy (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acetified (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Acetifying (#).] [L. acetum vinegar + Ïfly.] To convert into acid or vinegar.
AÏcet¶iÏfy, v. i. To turn acid.
Encyc. Dom. Econ.
Ac·eÏtim¶eÏter (#), n. [L. acetum vinegar + Ïmeter: cf. F. ac‚timŠtre.] An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid.
Ac·eÏtim¶eÏtry (#), n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it.
Ure.
Ac¶eÏtin (#), n. (Chem.) A combination of acetic acid with glycerin.
Brande & C.
Ac¶eÏtize (#), v. i. To acetify. [R.]
Ac·eÏtom¶eÏter (#), n. Same as Acetimeter.
Brande & C.
Ac¶eÏtone (#), n. [See Acetic.] (Chem.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, Ð obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime. µ The term in also applied to a number of bodies of similar constitution, more frequently called ketones. See Ketone.
Ac·eÏton¶ic (#), a. Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.
Ac¶eÏtose (#), a. Sour like vinegar; acetous.
Ac·eÏtos¶iÏty (#), n. [LL. acetositas. See Acetous.] The quality of being acetous; sourness.
AÏce¶tous (#; 277), a. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] 1. Having a sour taste; sour; acid. ½An acetous spirit.¸ Boyle. ½A liquid of an acetous kind.¸
Bp. Lowth.
2. Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
Acetous acid, a name formerly given to vinegar<—which contains acetic acid—>.
Ac¶eÏtyl (#), n. [L. acetum vinegar + Gr. ? substance. See Ïyl.] (Chem.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.
AÏcet¶yÏlene (#), n. (Chem.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
Watts.
Ach, Ache } (#), n. [F. ache, L. apium parsley.] A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.]
Holland.
AÏch‘¶an (#), AÏcha¶ian (#) } a. [L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. Ð n. A native of Achaia; a Greek.
Ø AÏchar¶neÏment (#), n. [F.] Savage fierceness; ferocity.
Ach¶ate (#), n. An agate. [Obs.] Evelyn. AÏchate¶ (#), n. [F. achat purchase. See Cates.] 1. Purchase; bargaining. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. pl. Provisions. Same as Cates. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ø Ach·aÏti¶na (#), n. [NL., from Gr. ? agate.] (Zo”l.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.
AÏchaÏtour¶ (#), n. [See Cater.] Purveyor; acater. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ache (#), n. [OE. ache, AS. ‘ce, ece, fr. acan to ache. See Ache, v. i.] Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. ½Such an ache in my bones.½
Shak.
µ Often used in composition, as, a headache, an earache, a toothache.
Ache (#), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ached (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Aching (#).] [OE. aken, AS. acan, both strong verbs, AS. acan, imp. ?c, p. p. acen, to ache; perh. orig. to drive, and akin to agent.] To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed. ½My old bones ache.¸
Shak.
The sins that in your conscience ache.
Keble.
AÏche¶an (#), a & n. See Ach‘an, Achaian.
AÏchene¶ (#), AÏche¶niÏum (#) } n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; Ð called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and ach‘nium.]
AÏche¶niÏal (#), a. Pertaining to an achene.
Ach¶eÏron (#), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Shak.
Ach·eÏron¶tic (#), a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
AÏchiev¶aÏble (#), a. Capable of being achieved.
Barrow.
AÏchiev¶ance (#), n. [Cf. OF. achevance.] Achievement. [Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.
AÏchieve¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Achieved (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Achieving (#).] [OE. acheven, OF. achever, achiever, F. achever, to finish; ? (L. ad) + OF. chief, F. chef, end, head, fr. L. caput head. See Chief.] 1. To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; Ð as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it.
I. Taylor.
2. To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness.
Shak.
Thou hast achieved our liberty.
Milton.
[Obs., with a material thing as the aim.]
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
Prior.
He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description.
Shak.
3. To finish; to kill. [Obs.]