accidental 
priiury \vhk-h is thr nutiiral atmnsplRTe of such reckless 
souls. 3//-.S. 'ffijjttmt, Slieridun, p. r.. 
accidentaryt (ak-si-den'ta-ri), a. [ = Sp. Pg. 
ai-i-idriiliti'io, < L. as if *accidi-Htariiin, < acci- 
dcn(t-)x: see accident.] Accidental. Holland. 
line drawn from the Vy< ; pai -ulicl to' another given right accidented (ak'si-den-ted ), l>. (I. Characterized 
by accidents or irregularities of surface ; undu- 
lating. 
I can only compare our progress to a headlong steeple- 
chase over a violently accidented ploughed field. 
O'Donovan, Merv, i. 
The Brazilian plateau consists in great part of table- 
lands, which, from the deep excavation of the innumer- 
able river-valleys, have become very much accidented, s< 
liainfin't, a secondary light which is not aecountt d~"for by 
the prevalent etIVrt, sm-b as the rays of tile sun darting 
through a cloud, or between the leaves of a thicket, or 
the eltVrts of moonlight, candle-light, or burning bodies, in 
a scene which dues not owe its chief light to such a source. 
Accidental point, in /" / v 1 -. 'bat point in which u right 
" 1 to another given right 
liin 1 nits the picture or 
plane. Thus, suppose 
Ali to be the line given 
in perspective, CFE the 
perspective plane, D the 
eye, DC the line parallel 
to AB ; then is C the ac- 
cidental point. = Syn. 
1. Accidental, Chance, 
", Fu/-t"ifii< : It,. 
Accidentil Point. 
*" 
acclimatement 
But in my deske what was there t. . 
So ravenous and vast an appetite .' 
B. Joiuon, On Vulcan. 
(a-klam'), r. [In imitation of i-lnim, 
< L. aoolamwe, cry out at, shout at, either in a 
hostile or a friendly manner, < ail, to, + rlti- 
mare, shout: see claim, (.] I. trann. 1. To ap- 
plaud; treat with words or sounds of joy or 
approval. [Rare.] 
How gladly did they spend their breath in acclaim/mi 
thee ! llji. llatt, Contemplation, iv. 25. 
2. To declare or salute by acclamation. 
While the shouting crowd 
Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett, Regicide, v. 8. 
II. intraim. To make acclamation ; shout ap- 
plause. 
_. [<L. acciden- 
tia (see accidence 2 ) + -a/.J Accidental. 
The substantial! use of them might remain, when their 
accidental abuse was removed. 
Fuller, Injured Innocence, i. 09. 
i-lili'iittil. f'<u/lii/<H'iit. The first four are the words most 
romniiinly used to express occurrence without expectation accidentialt (ak-si-den'shal), a. 
or design. AeetdattM is the most common, and expresses 
that which happens outside of the regular course of events. 
C'haiicr has utmtit the sjune force as accidental, but it is not 
used predicatively. There is a tendency to desynonymize 
accul>'ntul and fttxttal, so as to make the former apply to 
events that are of more consequence : as, an accidental 
fall ; a casual remark. As to actual connection with the 
main course of events, casual is the word most opposed to 
incidental ; the connection of what is incidental is real and 
necessary, but secondary : as, an incidental benefit or evil. 
AnAufdMtatnoiaffc is a real part of a discussion; a casual 
remark is not. Fortuitous is rather a learned word, not 
applicable in many cases where accidental or even casual 
a mountainous aspect. Science, V. r:i. acclaim (a-klam'), n. [< acclaim, i\] A shout 
acclamation. 
The herald ends : the vaulted firmament 
With loud acclaims and vast applause is rent. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., 1. 1801. 
And the roofs were starred with banners, 
And the steeples rang acclaim. Whittier, Sycamores. 
acclamatet (ak'la-mat), r. t. [<L. acclamatus, 
v.] To applaud. 
Imoweth as well as you. 
Bp. Morton, Discharge of Imput., p. 186. 
acclamation (ak-la-ma'shon), n. 
tio(n-), a shouting, either m app 
could be used ; perhaps through its resemblance to fortu- ... I-TVTEI /-nn -7 
nate, it is rarely if ever used when speaking of that which aCClOiet, - [MJi., = (JK . aceide = bp. Pg. act- . if 
is unfavorable or undcsired ; thus, it would not be proper rfa = It. accidia, < ML. accidia, slothfulness, joy, hearty assent, approbation, or good will. 
to speak of & fortuitous shipwreck. It is chiefly used with indolence; also, and better, spelled acedia, q. 
the more abstract words: as, fortuitous events ; zfortui- -i ci nt ), . nfwliirpn Winlnr>e f'Jimifer 
torn resemblance. That which is contingent is dependent 7'J . ' tn ' negligence , indolence. Lliaueer. 
upon something else for its happening : as his recovery is AcClpenser. etc. bee Acipenser, etc. 
coittiiiiient upon the continuance of mild weather. See accipiter (ak-sip'i-ter), n. ; pi. accipitres (-trez). 
[L., a general name for birds of prey, espe- 
cially the common hawk (Falco palumbarius) 
and the sparrow-hawk (F. nisus), an appar. 
(irreg.) deriv. of accipere, take (hence the rare 
form acceptor, lit. the taker, seizer), but prob. 
for "dcipiter, < *dci-, *dcu- (= Gr. UKVC, ), swift, 
+ "petrum (= Gr. imp6v = E. feather), wing. Cf . 
Gr. uKi'>irTc/>of, swift-winged, applied to a hawk 
(Homer, II., xiii. 62).] 1. In ornitli.: (a) A 
bird of the order Accipitres or Raptores; an ac- 
cipitrine or raptorial bird. (6) [cap."] A genus 
occasional. 
Thy sin's not accidental, but a trade. 
Shak., M. forM.,iii. 1. 
But let it not be such as that 
You set before chance-comers. 
Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 
No casual mistress, but a wife. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam. 
Fortuitous coincidences of sound, ... in words of 
wholly independent derivation. 
Whitney, Lang, and Study of Lang., p. 387. 
By some persons religious duties appear to be regarded 
as an incidental business. J. Rogers. 
With an infinite being nothing can be contingent. 
Paley. 
II. n. 1. Anything happening, occurring, or 
appearing accidentally, or as if accidentally; 
a casualty. Specifically (a) In muJtic, a sign occurring 
in the course of a piece of music and altering the pitch of 
the note before which it is placed from the pitch indicated 
by the signature, or restoring it to the latter after it has 
undergone such alteration. There are five such signs : tin 
sharp (J), dou" ' ........ 
ural(fl). ~ 
[< L. acclama- 
L approval or in dis- 
approval, < acclamare : see acclaim.] 1 . A shout 
or other demonstration of applause, indicating 
Acclamations are expressed by hurrahs, by clapping of 
hands, and often by repeating such cries as Long live the 
queen ! Vive I'empereur 1 Er lebe Itoch ! etc. 
The hands 
Of a great multitude are upward flung 
In acclamation. Bryant, Hymn of the Sea. 
2. In deliberative assemblies, the spontaneous 
approval or adoption of a resolution or mea- 
sure by a unanimous viva voce vote, in distinc- 
tion from a formal division or ballot. 
When they [the Anglo-Saxons] consented to anything, 
it was rather in the way of acclamation than by the exer- 
cise of a deliberate voice. Burke, Abridg. of Eng. Hist, ii. 
In the Mom. Catli. Ch., a method of papal erection, said 
to be by inspiration (per inspirationem), because "all the 
cardinals, with a sudden and harmonious consent, as 
though breathed on by the Divine Spirit, proclaim some 
HIM \|(p A ics MM MMUI IUUI *"P, UleUOUOle J 1 - - r 4 1 
sharp a whole step ; the flat lowers the pitch a half step, character of a bird of prey ; hawk-like. 
>- . . ., . _ TT , -j -i . mougu meui/iieu on oy me nivme opint, proclaim some 
of birds of the family lalcomda;, embracing person pontiff with one voice, without any previous can- 
short-winged, long-tailed hawks, such as the vassiiig or negotiation whence fraud or insidious sugges- 
sparrow-hawk of Europe, Accipiter nisus, and tion could be surmii <ed." Vecchiotti, 
the sharp-shinned hawk of North America, A. 
fiiseus, with many other congeneric species. 
Brisson, 1760. See Raptores. 2. In surg., a 
bandage applied over the nose : so called from 
its resemblance to the claw of a hawk. 
Of or pertaining 
IT; having the 
Of temper most accipitral, hawkish, aquiline, not to say 
vulturish. Carlyle, Misc., IV. 245. 
That they [Hawthorne's eyes] were sometimes accipitral 
we can readily believe. Harper's Mag., LXII. 271. 
the double flat a whole step ; the natural annuls the effect 
of a previous sharp or flat occurring either in the signature 
or as an accidental. The effect of an accidental is usually 
limited to the bar in which it occurs. (6) In med., tissue 
resulting from morbid action : chiefly employed in this 
sense by French writers, but adopted by some English , . .. , 
authors, (c) In painting, a fortuitous or chance effect re- aCClpltraryt (ak-sip 1-tra-ri), n. [< ML. accipt- 
sulting from the incidence of luminous rays or accidental trarius, a falconer, < L. accipiter : see accipiter.'] 
lights upon certain objects, whereby the latter are brought A. falconer. Nathan Drake. 
adjunct or Accipitres i (ak-sip'i-trez) . pi. [L., pi. of ac- 
cipiter '.] Birds of prey; the accipitnne or rap- 
. should sink 
Fuller. 
much as you can of the essentials of any . . ... , , . ..-.., 
you consider its accidentals. Watts, Logic. Accipltrin* (ak-sip-i-tn^ne), n. pi. [NL., < Ac- 
circumstance. 
He conceived it just that accidentals 
with the substance of the accusation. 
Conceive as 
subject, before 
accidentalism (ak-si-den'tal-izm), n. 1. The 
condition or quality of being accidental ; acci- 
dental character. 2. That which is acciden- 
tal ; accidental effect ; specifically, in painting, 
the effect produced by accidental rays of light. 
Buskin. See accidental, n., 1 (c), and acciden- 
tal light, under accidental, a. 3. In med., the 
hypothesis by which disease is regarded as an 
torial birds regarded as an order, now more fre- 
quently named Raptores (which see). Linnams, 
1735. 
guch ^ as Accipitr and Atur _ (b) ni 
classification 
3. Something expressing praise or joy. Applied 
specifically (a) To forms of praise, thanksgiving, or feli- 
citation at the close of ecclesiastical gatherings. (4) To 
certain short inscriptions 
in the form of a wish or in- 
junction, found mostly on 
tombs, (c) To the responses 
of the congregation in an- 
tiphonal singing. (<<) In 
Itom. antia., to represen- 
tations in works of art, es- 
pecially on coins or med- 
als, of popular assent or 
approval, as of several 
figures (standing for the 
whole people, or a class, or 
a military division, etc.) 
greeting an official or ben- 
efactor. 
acclamatort (ak'la- 
ma-tor), n. [< L. as 
if *acclamator, < ac- 
clamare : see acclaim.] One who expresses joy 
or applause by acclamation. [Bare.] 
Acclamators who had flll'd . . . the aire with " Vive 
le Roy ! " Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 7, 1651. 
Lcclamatory (a-klam'a-to-ri), a. [< L. as if 
*acclamatorius.] Expressing joy or applause by 
acclamation. 
Acclamation. 
Bronze Coin of Hadrian, British 
Museum. (Size of the original.) 
trim. 
[<NL. Accipitri- 
na!, < L. accipiter : see accipiter.] Of or per- 
taining to (a) the Accipitres or raptorial birds, 
as 4rrin cmain. 
Other acclearmentt (a-kler'ment) * [Irreg. < ac- + 
r + -ment : see clear.] A clearing; ashow- 
* P** m exculpation. [Bar*.] 
The acclearment is fair, and the proof nothing. 
~ . Hacket, Life of Abp. Williams, i. 148. 
i ii frt i at -,,-, K j n -r- I'dil-ll-lllti L'V VW-7 lllf J-l \j\jlU t/l-l t O \Ji i Oi \3 L\Ji I<11 UUUBi 
accidental modification of health, byd. *oc. Lex. O r(fc) the hawks proper, of the subfamily ^m>- acclimatation (a-kli-ma-ta'shon), n. [< F. oc- 
accidentalist(ak-si-den tal-ist),i. In med., one itrina; . hawk-like T^ rapacious : as, the accimtrine climatation, < acclimate,; acclimate: see accli- 
who tavors accidentalism. 8yd. Soc. Lex. order of birds mate.] Acclimatization: chiefly used in tran- 
accidentality (ak"si-den-tari-ti), n. The state s,ppi Hmlla /..I, si^'miisl TNT, < fir h 
or quality of being accidental'; accidental char- ^K"fon of indifference, Joyless, : 
acter. 
I wish in short to connect by a moral copula natural 
history with political history, or, in other words, to make 
history scientific, and science historical to take from 
history its accidentality, and from science its fatalism 
<!< riilye, Table-Talk. 
accidentally (ak-si-den'tal-i), adv. In an acci- 
dental manner; by chance; casually; fortui- 
tously; not essentially or intrinsically. 
I conelucle choler accidentally bitter and acrimonious, 
but not in itsrlf. Harvey, Consumpti.ii:. 
Despite the comparatively lukcwanu piety of the age, 
the M(MT;UI pil^rimaiif is rdi-iuns essentially. <u'ci<ti'i<f<i//>i 
an affair of c<mniu-iv<-. Ji. /'. Hitrton, El-Medinah, p. 40i 
mate.] Acclimatization: chiefly i 
scription from the French : as, the Acclimata- 
tion Society of Nantes. 
affect indifference, <amu, a bugbear.] Tnrlict' acclimate (a-Wmat), v . t. pret. and pp. oc- 
climated, ppr. acclimating. [< F. acclimatcr, ac- 
climate, < ac- (L. ad, to) + climat, climate; cf. 
Pg. acclimar, acclimate, < a-c- + clima, climate : 
a feigned refusal; an ironical dissimulation. 
Smart. 
accitet (ak-sif), v. t. [<L. aceitus, pp. of acci- 
.ccitet (,aK-sit ;, v. t. \\ L>. accirux, im. ot acct- * e- * ""' > "; 
re, summon, <ad, to, + cire, orig. go (=Gr.icietv, see cZimate..] To habituate to a foreign ch- 
go), but mixed with its causative eiere, cause 
to go, summon : see cite and excite.] 1 . To call ; 
cite; summon. 
He by the senate is accited home. 
Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 
2. To excite; prompt; move. 
What ficcftesyour most worshipful thought to think so? 
mate ; acclimatize : more especially (of per- 
sons), to adapt to new climates: as, to accli- 
mate settlers; to acclimate one's self. 
The native inhabitants and acclimated Europeans. 
J. Crawfurd, Commixture of Races. 
acclimatement (a-kli'mat-ment), n. [< F. <- 
cliniatenicMt, acclimation, < a'ccli mater : see ac- 
Shak., > Hen. IV., ii. 2. climate,"] Acclimation. [Rare.] 
