Part 72

<h1>Acates</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*cates"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Cates</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Acaudate</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*cau"date</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-<ets> not + <ets>caudate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tailless.</def>

<h1>Acaulescent</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac`au*les"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-<ets> not + <ets>caulescent</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Acauline</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>A*cau"line</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-<ets> not + <ets>cauline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Acaulescent</er>.</def>

<h1>Acaulose, Acaulous</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw><hw>A*cau"lose</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*cau"lous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ stalk or L. <ets>caulis</ets> stalk. See <er>Cole</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Acaulescent</er>.</def>

<h1>Accadian</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*ca"di*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From the city <ets>Accad</ets>. See Gen. x. 10.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ac*ca"di*an</wf>, <tt>n.</tt>, Ac"cad <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Sayce.</i>

<h1>Accede</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cede"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Acceded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Acceding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>accedere</ets> to approach, accede; <ets>ad + cedere</ets> to move, yield: cf. F. <ets>acc</ets>\'82<ets>dere</ets>. See <er>Cede</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to <i>recede</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Gale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.</def>

<blockquote>Edward IV., who had <b>acceded</b> to the throne in the year 1461. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If Frederick had <b>acceded to the supreme power</b>. <i>Morley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; <as>as, he <ex>acceded</ex> to my request</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards <b>acceded</b>. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.</syn>

<h1>Accedence</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*ced"ence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of acceding.</def>

<h1>Acceder</h1> <Xpage=10>