Part 119

<blockquote>Immediately upon the <b>acknowledgment</b> of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.</def>

<i>Smollett.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; <as>as, the <ex>acknowledgment</ex> of a deed before a proper officer</as>. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.</def>

<cs><col>Acknowledgment money</col>, <cd>in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords.</cd>

<i>Cowell.</i> </cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance.</syn>

<h1>Aclinic</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*clin"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ to incline.]</ety> <fld>(Physics.)</fld> <def>Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The <i>aclinic line</i> is also termed the <i>magnetic equator</i>.</def>

<i>Prof. August.</i>

<h1>Acme</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"me</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ point, top.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The top or highest point; the culmination.</def>

<blockquote>The very <b>acme</b> and pitch of life for epic poetry. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The moment when a certain power reaches the <b>acme</b> of its supremacy. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The crisis or height of a disease.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Mature age; full bloom of life.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Acne</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"ne</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., prob. a corruption of Gr. <?/]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.</def>

<h1>Acnodal</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac*no"dal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to acnodes.</def>

<h1>Acnode</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>Ac"node</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acus</ets> needle + E. <ets>node</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose co\'94rdinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.</def>

<h1>Acock</h1> <Xpage=16>

<hw>A*cock"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>cock</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a cocked or turned up fashion.</def>

<h1>Acockbill</h1> <Xpage=16>