AÏcid¶iÏty (#), n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidit‚. See Acid.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
Ac¶idÏly (#), adv. Sourly; tartly.
Ac¶idÏness (#), n. Acidity; sourness.
AÏcid¶uÏlate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidulated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Acidulating (#).] [Cf. F. aciduler. See Acidulous.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Arbuthnot.
AÏcid¶uÏlent (#), a. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. ½With anxious, acidulent face.¸
Carlyle.
AÏcid¶uÏlous (#), a. [L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid.] Slightly sour; subÐacid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.
E. Burke.
Acidulous mineral waters, such as contain carbonic anhydride.
Ac·iÏerÏage (#), n. [F. aci‚rage, fr. acier steel.] The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
Ac¶iÏform (#), a. [L. acus needle + Ïform.] Shaped like a needle.
Ac¶iÏna¶ceous (#), a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone.] (Bot.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
Ø AÏcin¶aÏces (#), n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber.
Ac·iÏnac¶iÏform (#), a. [L. acinaces a short sword + Ïform: cf. F. acinaciforme.] (Bot.) ScimeterÐshaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
Ø Ac·iÏne¶siÏa (#), n. (Med.) Same as Akinesia.
Ø Ac·iÏne¶t‘ (#), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? immovable.] (Zo”l.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See Suctoria.
Ac·iÏnet¶iÏform (#), a. [Acinet‘ + Ïform.] (Zo”l.) Resembling the Acinet‘.
AÏcin¶iÏform (#), a. [L. acinus a grape, grapestone + Ïform: cf. F. acinoforme.] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
2. Full of small kernels like a grape.
Ac¶iÏnose· (#), Ac¶iÏnous (#) } a. [L. acinosus, fr. acinus grapestone.] Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
Kirwan.
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Ø Ac¶iÏnus (#), n.; pl. Acini (#). [L., grape, grapestone.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone.
2. (Anat.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
Quain.
Ø Ac·iÏpen¶ser (#), n. [L., the name of a fish.] (Zo”l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon.
Ac¶iÏur·gy (#), n. [Gr. ? a point + ? work.] Operative surgery.
AcÏknow¶ (#), v. t. [Pref. aÏ + know; AS. oncn¾wan.] 1. To recognize. [Obs.] ½You will not be acknown, sir.¸
B. Jonson.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]
We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault. This man will now acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault.
Sir T. More.
AcÏknowl¶edge (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acknowledged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Acknowledging (#).] [Prob. fr. pref. aÏ + the verb knowledge. See Knowledge, and ci. Acknow.] 1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
I acknowledge my transgressions.
Ps. li. 3.
For ends generally acknowledged to be good.
Macaulay.
2. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him.
Prov. iii. 6.
By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee.
Shak.
3. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.
They his gifts acknowledged none.
Milton.
4. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
Syn. Ð To avow; proclaim; recognize; own; admit; allow; concede; confess. Ð Acknowledge, Recognize. Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledge his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance. Recognize supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually recognize the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. See also Confess.
AcÏknowl¶edgedÏly (#), adv. Confessedly.
AcÏknowl¶edgÏer (#), n. One who acknowledges.
AcÏknowl¶edgÏment (#), n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. ½An acknowledgment of fault.¸
Froude.
2. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip.
Hooker.
3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
Shak.
4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.
Smollett.
5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.
Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.
Cowell.
Syn. Ð Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.
AÏclin¶ic (#), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? to incline.] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; Ð said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
Prof. August.
Ac¶me (#), n. [Gr. ? point, top.] 1. The top or highest point; the culmination.
The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
Pope.
The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.