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acclimation (ak-li-ma'shgn), n. [< acclimate + accoastt (a-kost'), v. i. [A diff. spelling of 
-ion. Cf.Pg.accliniii< l -(iii,<.(icclimar,&cclim&te.] urcoxt in its orig. sense 'come alongside of; 
The process of acclimating, or the state of being OF. acoster, touch, graze : see accost and coast. ] 
To fly near the earth. [Rare.] 
N'e is there hauke which mantleth her on pearch, 
Whether high towi-ing or (ti'dxtxli/i't low. 
Speiuer, if. Q., VI. ii. 32. 
accoilt (a-koil'), r. /. [< OF. acoillir, gather, 
assemble (F. accueillir, receive), < ML. <<///- 
gere, < L. ad, to, + colligerc, gather : see coil 1 , 
cuin, and collect.] To gather together ; crowd. 
About the caudron many Cookes aceayld. 
Spenser, f. Q., II. IK. 30. 
accoil (a-koil'), . [<OF. acoil, F. accta-il ; 
from the verb.] Welcome; reception. Southcy. 
(3T. E. D.) 
accolt (a-kol'), v. t. [< ME. acolen, < OF. acolcr 
(F. accoler), embrace, = Sp. acolar, arrange 
two coats of arms under the same crown, 
shield, etc., = It. accollare, embrace, mod. 
join, yoke, < ML. *accollare, embrace, < L. ad, 
to, + cotlum (>OF. col, F. c0w = OSp. collo, Sp. 
cucllo = It. collo), neck : see collar.'] To em- 
brace round the neck. Surrey. 
accolade (ak-o-lad' or -lad'), n. [< F. accolade, 
acclimated ; acclimatization. 
acclimatisation, acclimatise, etc. See accli- 
matization, etc. 
acclimatizable (a-kli'ma-ti-za-bl), a. Capable 
of being acclimatized ; suitable for acclimatiz- 
ing: as, aeclimuti:ublc animals. Also spelled 
ncrlimatisablc. 
acclimatization (a-kli*ma-ti-za'shon), n. The 
act or process of acclimatizing, or state of be- 
ing acclimatized; the modification of physical 
constitution which enables a race or an in- 
dividual to live in health in a foreign climate. 
Some writers use this word with regard to hrute animals 
and plants only, using acclimation when speaking of man. 
Also spelled acclimatisation. 
Acclimatisation is the process of adaptation by which 
animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of sur- 
viving and nourishing in countries remote from their ori- 
ginal habitats, or under meteorological conditions different 
from those which they have usually to endure, and which 
are at first injurious to them. 
A. R. Wallace, Encyc. Brit., I. 84. 
acclimatize (a-kli'ma-tiz), f. t. ; pret. and pp. 
acclimatized, ppr. acclimatizing. [< ac- (< L. ad, 
to) -t- climate + -ize ; after acclimate from F.j 
To accustom or habituate to a foreign climate ; 
adapt for existence in a foreign climate : 
especially used of adapting a race or stock for 
permanent existence and propagation : as, to 
acclimatize plants or animals. Also spelled 
acclimatise. 
Young soldiers, not yet acclimatized, die rapidly here. 
London Time*. 
A domesticated animal or a cultivated plant need not 
necessarily be acclimatized ; that is, it need not be capa- 
ble of enduring the severity of the seasons without pro- 
tection. The canary-bird is domesticated but not accli- 
matised, and many of our most extensively cultivated 
plants are in the same category. 
A. R. Wallace, Encyc. Brit., I. 84. 
acclimatizer (a-kli'ma-tl-zer), n. One who in- 
troduces and acclimatizes foreign species. Also 
spelled acclimatise!: 
Some of these [birds] . . . cannot fail to become per- 
manent settlers equally with those for the transportation 
of which the would-be acclimatize might find themselves 
excused. Encyc. Brit., III. 736. 
acclimature (a-kll'ma-tur), . The act of ac- 
climating, or the state of being acclimated. 
[Rare.] 
acclinal (a-kli'nal), a. [<L. acctinis, leaning 
on or against ; (A. acclindre, lean ou or against, 
< ad, to, upon, + "clinare = E. lean'i : see in- 
cline."] In geol. , leaning against, as one stratum 
of rock against another, both being turned up 
at an angle: nearly equivalent to overlying. 
[Rare.] 
acclinate (ak'li-nat), a. [<L. acclinatus, pp. 
of acclinarc (see acclinal')'. on the model of de- 
clinate: see decline.'] In zool., bending or 
sloping upward : the opposite of declinate. 
accliyet (a-kliv'), a. [=Pg. It. aecKve, <L. 
acclivis, also less frequently acclivus, steep, 
< ad, to, + clivus, a hill, prop, sloping, from 
same root as "clinarc = E. leanl : see acclinal.] 
Rising; steep. [Rare.] 
The way easily ascending, hardly so acclice &s a desk. 
Aubrey, Letters, II. 231. 
acclivitous (a-kliv'i-tus), a. Rising with a 
slope ; acclivous. Is. Taylor. 
acclivity (a-kliv'i-ti), n. ; pi. acclivities (-tiz). 
[< L. acclivita(t-)s, an acclivity, < acclivis, slop- 
ing: see decline.] 1. An upward slope or in- 
clination of the earth, as the side of a nill : op- 
posed to declivity, or a slope considered as de- 
scending. 
Far up the green acclivity I met a man and two young 
'own. 
<. Century, XXVII. 420. 
an embrace, a kiss (after It. accollata, prop, 
fern. pp. of accollare, embrace), < accoler, OF. 
acoler : see accolt] 1 . A ceremony used in con- 
ferring knighthood, anciently consisting in an 
embrace, afterward in giving the candidate a 
blow upon the shoulder with the flat of a sword, 
the latter being the present method; hence, 
the blow itself. 
We felt our shoulders tingle with the accolade, and 
heard the clink of golden spurs at our heels. 
Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 58. 
2. In music, a brace or couplet connecting 
women making their way slowly down. 
The.T 
2. Specifically, in fort., the talus of a rampart. 
acclivous (a-kli'vus), a. [< L. acclivus, less 
frequent form of acclivis, sloping: see acclitc.] 
Rising, as the slope of a hill : the opposite of 
declivous. 
accloyt (a-kloi'), v. t. [< ME. admen, acloyen, 
var. of encloyen, < OF. encloyer, earlier encloer 
(F. enclotter), < ML. inclavare, drive in a nail, 
< L. in, in, T clavare, nail, < clavus, a nail : see 
cloyl and clove*.'] 1. To prick with a nail in 
shoeing: used by farriers. Skeat. 2. To in- 
jure; harm; impair. 
And whoso doth, ful fonle hymself acloyith. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 517. 
3. To cloy ; encumber ; embarrass with super- 
fluity; obstruct. 
[Filth] with uncomely weedes the gentle wave accloyes. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vu. 15. 
Accolade, early i6th century (France). 
several staves. 3. In arch., an ornament 
composed of two ogee curves meeting in the 
middle, each concave toward its outer extrem- 
ity and convex toward the point at which it 
meets the other. Such accolades are either plain or 
adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive 
of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the 
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular 
architecture. Viollet-le-Duc. 
4. In Roman and early monastic MSS., the 
curved stroke made by the copyist around a 
final word written below the line to which it 
belonged, in order to avoid carrying it on to 
the next. 
accolated (ak'o-la-ted), p. a. [< ML. accol(l)atus, 
pp. of accol(l)are, embrace : see accol.] In 
numis., containing two or 
more profile heads so ar- 
ranged that one partially 
overlaps the next : as, an 
accolated shilling. 
accol!6 (ak-ol-a'), p. a. 
[<AF. accotti, F. aceoU, 
pp. of accoler = It. accol- 
lare, > accollata, > F. and 
E. accolade : see accolade 
__ s _ and accol.] In her. : (a) 
iamiii. and"Mary!" (size of Gorged; collared: ap- 
plied to animals with col- 
lars, etc., about their necks. (6) Touching by 
their corners, as lozenges or fusils on a shield, 
(c) Placed side by side, as two shields, (d) 
Surrounded by the collar of an order, as the 
shield of a knight of that order. Also spelled 
acolle.T6tes accolUes, or accolU heads, in decora- 
tine art, profile heads shown in relief, one behind and 
partly concealed by another, as often in cameos and on 
medallions or coins where a sovereign and his wife are 
shown together. See cut under accolated. 
accombination (a-kom-bi-na'shon), n. The act 
of combining together. Quarterly Her. 
accommodable (a-kom'o-da-bl), a. [<F. ac- 
c<iimndaljle = Sp. acomodable = Pg. accon/iiio- 
davel = It. aceomodabile, < L. as if *acconimo- 
Accolated Shilling of Will- 
accommodation 
dfibilix, < iiccdiiinioiliire, accommodate : see ac- 
commodate, r.] Capable of being accommo- 
dated, or made suitable ; adaptable. [Rare.] 
Uulfs (!<-<-iuuin>"liti>le tn all this vari.-ty. 
H'n'ttn, Logic, v. 64. 
accommodableness (ii-kom'o-da-bl-nes), . The 
state or condition of being accommodable. 
'/'odd. [Rare.] 
accommodate (a-kom'o-dat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
accommodated, ppr. accommodating. [< L. ac- 
commodates, pp. of accommodare, < ad, to, + 
commodore, fit, < commodus, fit : see commodious 
and mode 1 .] I. trim*. 1. To make suitable, 
correspondent, or consistent ; fit ; adapt : as, to 
accommodate ourselves to circumstances; to 
accommodate the choice of subjects to the oc- 
casion ; to accommodate a Latin word, in form 
or use, to English analogies. 
'Twas his misfortune to light upon an hypothesis that 
could not he accommodated to the nature of things and 
human affairs. Locke. 
Undoubtedly the highest function of statesmanship is 
by degrees to accommodate the conduct of communities to 
ethical laws, and to subordinate the conflicting interests 
of the day to higher and more permanent concerns. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 165. 
2. To show fitness or agreement in ; reconcile, 
as things which are at variance or which seem 
inconsistent ; bring into harmony or concord : 
as, to accommodate prophecy to events. 
Part know how to accommodate St. James and St. Paul 
better than some late reconcilers. Korrijt. 
3. To adjust; settle: as, to accommodate dif- 
ferences. 
sir Lucius shall explain himself and I dare say mat- 
ters may be accommodated. Sheridan, The Rivals, iv. 3. 
4. To supply or furnish ; provide with certain 
conveniences; give accommodation to: as, 
my house can accommodate a large number of 
guests : followed by u-ith when what is supplied 
is expressly mentioned : as, to accommodate a 
man icitli apartments ; to accommodate a friend 
with money. 
Better accommodated! it is good; yea, indeed, is it: 
good phrases are surely, and ever were, very eommend- 
able. Accommodated! it comes of accotnmodo: very 
good ; a good phrase. Shalt., 2 Hen. IV., iii. 2. 
5. To suit ; serve ; convenience ; oblige ; do a 
kindness or favor to : as. he is always delighted 
to accommodate a friend. 
The Indians were much given to long talks, and the 
Dutch to long silence in this particular, therefore, they 
accommodated each other completely. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 101. 
= Syn. 1. To suit, adapt, flt, conform, adjust, reconcile. 
4. To furnish, supply, provide for. 5. To serve, oblige, 
assist, aid. 
II. intrans. To be conformable ; specifically, 
in pltygiol., to be in or come to adjustment. 
See accommodation, 4 (6). 
Their motor seem regulated by their retinal functions, 
so that, according to Ludwig, if the retinte are extirpated, 
the eyes often cease to rotate, then to accommodate, then 
to wink together. J/i<(, IX. 94. 
accommodate (a-kom'o-dat), a. [<L. accom- 
modatus, pp., adapted: see accommodate, p.] 
Suitable ; fit ; adapted ; accommodated. 
Means accommodate to the end. Sir R. L'Estrange. 
Accommodate distribution, in logic, the acceptation 
of a term to include everything it naturally denotes except 
the subject of the sentence : as, Samson was stronger than 
any man (that is, than any other man). 
accommodated (a-kom'o-da-ted), p. a. Made 
fit ; made suitable ; adapted ; modified. 
We sometimes use the term [religion] in an accommodated 
sense, i. e., to express the spiritual results with which reli- 
gion is fraught, rather than the mere carnal embodiment 
it first of all offers to such results. 
//. James, Subs, and Shad., p. 5. 
accommodatelyt (a-kom'o-dat-li), adv. Suit- 
ably; fitly. 
Of all these [causes] Moses . . . held flt to give an ac- 
count aceomiHotlately to the capacity of the people. 
Dr. II. More, Def. of Lit. Cabbala, p. 3. 
accommodatenesst (a-kom'o-dat-nes), . Fit- 
ness. 
Aptness and accommodateness to the great purpose of 
men's salvation. IlaUywell, Saving of Souls, p. 80. 
accommodating (a-kom'o-da-ting), p. a. Oblig- 
ing ; yielding to the desires of others ; disposed 
to comply and to oblige another : as, an accom- 
modating man; an accommodating disposition. 
accommodatingly (a-kom'o-da-ting-li), adv. 
In an accommodating manner ; obligingly. 
accommodation (a-kom-o-da'shon), . [< L. 
accommodatio(n-), < accommodare, adapt: see 
accommodate, r.] 1. The act of accommodating: 
as (a) Adjustment ; adaptation ; especially, the adapta- 
tion or application of one thing to another by analogy, 
as the words of a prophecy to a subsequent event. 
The law of adaptation which we thus discern and trace 
alike in every instance of organic development and fuuc- 
