Part 93

<hw>Ac*cost"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To adjoin; to lie alongside.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The shores which to the sea <i>accost</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Accost</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cost"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Address; greeting.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Morley.</i>

<h1>Accostable</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cost"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>accostable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Approachable; affable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Accosted</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cost"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.</def>

<h1>Accouchement</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*couche"ment</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets> to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. <ets>acouchier</ets> orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. <ets>ad + collocare</ets> to lay, put, place. See <er>Collate</er>.]</ety> <def>Delivery in childbed</def>

<h1>Accoucheur</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cou*cheur"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets>. See <er>Accouchement</er>.]</ety> <def>A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.</def>

<h1>Accoucheuse</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cou*cheuse"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.., fem. of <ets>accoucher</ets>.]</ety> <def>A midwife.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Account</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*count"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>acount</ets>, <ets>account</ets>, <ets>accompt</ets>, OF. <ets>acont</ets>, fr. <ets>aconter</ets>. See <er>Account</er>, <ets>v. t</ets>., <er>Count</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; <as>as, the Julian <ex>account</ex> of time</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A beggarly <b>account</b> of empty boxes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; <as>as, to keep one's <ex>account</ex> at the bank</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; <as>as, no satisfactory <ex>account</ex> has been given of these phenomena</as>. Hence, the word is often used simply for <i>reason</i>, <i>ground</i>, <i>consideration</i>, <i>motive</i>, etc.; <as>as, on no <ex>account</ex>, on every <ex>account</ex>, on all <ex>accounts</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; <as>as, an <ex>account</ex> of a battle</as>.</def> "A laudable <i>account</i> of the city of London."

<i>Howell.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.</def>

<blockquote>Give an <b>account</b> of thy stewardship. <i>Luke xvi. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.</def> "To stand high in your <i>account</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>