Part 773

<blockquote>Fit <b>audience</b> find, though few. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He drew his <b>audience</b> upward to the sky. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Court of audience</col>, or <col>Audience court</col></mcol> <fld>(Eng.)</fld>, <cd>a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York.</cd> <i>Mozley & W.</i> -- <mcol><col>In general</col> (or <col>open</col>) <col>audience</col></mcol>, <cd>publicly.</cd> -- <col>To give audience</col>, <cd>to listen; to admit to an interview.</cd></cs>

<h1>Audient</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>audiens</ets>, <tt>p. pr.</tt> of <ets>audire</ets>. See <wf>Audible</wf>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Listening; paying attention; <as>as, <ex>audient</ex> souls</as>.</def>

<i>Mrs. Browning.</i>

<h1>Audient</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shelton.</i>

<h1>Audiometer</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au`di*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>audire</ets> to hear + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Acous.)</fld> <def>An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.</def>

<h1>Audiphone</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*phone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>audire</ets> to hear + Gr. <?/ sound.]</ety> <def>An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.</def>

<h1>Audit</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"dit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auditus</ets> a hearing, fr. <ets>audire</ets>. See <wf>Audible</wf>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An audience; a hearing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He appeals to a high <b>audit</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An examination in general; a judicial examination.</def>

<note>Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.</def>

<blockquote>Yet I can make my <b>audit</b> up. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A general receptacle or receiver.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It [a little brook] paid to its common <b>audit</b> no more than the revenues of a little cloud. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Audit ale</col>, <cd>a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Audit house</col>, <col>Audit room</col></mcol>, <cd>an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.</cd></cs>

<h1>Audit</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"dit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Audited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Auditing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; <as>as, to <ex>audit</ex> the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court</as>.</def>

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<hw>Au"dit</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To settle or adjust an account.</def>

<blockquote>Let Hocus <b>audit</b>; he knows how the money was disbursed. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>