Part 88

<h1>Accompletive</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*com"ple*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ad + complere</ets>, <ets>completum</ets>, to fill up.]</ety> <def>Tending to accomplish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Accomplice</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*com"plice</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ac- (perh. for the article a or for L. ad) + E. complice. See <er>Complice</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A cooperator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his <b>accomplices</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.</def> "And thou, the cursed <i>accomplice</i> of his treason." <i>Johnson</i>. <note>It is followed by <i>with</i> or <i>of</i> before a person and by <i>in</i> (or sometimes <i>of</i>) before the crime; <as>as, A was an <ex>accomplice</ex> with B in the murder of C</as>. Dryden uses it with <i>to</i> before a thing. "Suspected for <i>accomplice</i> to the fire."

<i>Dryden.</i> </note>

<syn>Syn. -- Abettor; accessory; assistant; associate; confederate; coadjutor; ally; promoter. See <er>Abettor</er>.</syn>

<h1>Accompliceship</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*com"plice*ship</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being an accomplice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Accomplicity</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac`com*plic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or state of being an accomplice.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Accomplish</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*com"plish</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Accomplished</er> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Accomplishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>acomplissen</ets>, OF. <ets>accomplir</ets>, F. <ets>accomplir</ets>; L. <ets>ad + complere</ets> to fill up, complete. See <er>Complete</er>, <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To complete, as time or distance.</def>

<blockquote>That He would <b>accomplish</b> seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. <i>Dan. ix. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He had <b>accomplished</b> half a league or more. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; <as>as, to <ex>accomplish</ex> a design, an object, a promise</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This that is written must yet be <b>accomplished</b> in me. <i>Luke xxii. 37.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.</def>

<blockquote>The armorers <b>accomplishing</b> the knights. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It [the moon] is fully <b>accomplished</b> for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. <i>Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These qualities . . . go to <b>accomplish</b> a perfect woman. <i>Cowden Clarke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To gain; to obtain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To do; perform; fulfill; realize; effect; effectuate; complete; consummate; execute; achieve; perfect; equip; furnish.</syn> -- <usage>To <er>Accomplish</er>, <er>Effect</er>, <er>Execute</er>, <er>Achieve</er>, <er>Perform</er>. These words agree in the general idea of carrying out to some end proposed. To <i>accomplish</i> (to fill up to the measure of the intention) generally implies perseverance and skill; as, to <i>accomplish</i> a plan proposed by one's self, an object, a design, an undertaking. "Thou shalt <i>accomplish</i> my desire."

<i>1 Kings v. 9.</i>