Part 75

<hw>Ac"cent`less</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without accent.</def>

<h1>Accentor</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen"tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ad</ets>. + <ets>cantor</ets> singer, <ets>canere</ets> to sing.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.</def>

<h1>Accentuable</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen"tu*a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being accented.</def>

<h1>Accentual</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen"tu*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.</def>

<h1>Accentuality</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen`tu*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being accentual.</def>

<h1>Accentually</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen"tu*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.</def>

<h1>Accentuate</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen"tu*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accentuated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Accentuating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>accentuatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>accentuare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>accentus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>accentuer</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pronounce with an accent or with accents.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.</def>

<blockquote>In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more <b>accentuated</b>. <i>London Times.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To mark with the written accent.</def>

<h1>Accentuation</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cen`tu*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>accentuatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>accentuation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of accentuating; applications of accent</def>. Specifically <fld>(Eccles. Mus.)</fld>, <def>pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.</def>

<h1>Accept</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accepted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Accepting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>accepter</ets>, L. <ets>acceptare</ets>, freq. of <ets>accipere</ets>; <ets>ad + capere</ets> to take; akin to E. <ets>heave</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); <as>as, to <ex>accept</ex> a gift</as>; -- often followed by <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>If you <b>accept</b> them, then their worth is great. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>accept</b> of ransom for my son. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>She <b>accepted</b> of a treat. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To receive with favor; to approve.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord <b>accept</b> thy burnt sacrifice.

<i>Ps. xx. 3.</i>