accomplishable 
accomplishable (a-kom'plish-a-bl), a. Capable 
of being accomplished, 
accomplished (a-kom'plisht), p. a. 1. Com- 
Eleted ; effected : as, an accomplished fact. 
. Perfected ; finished ; consummate : used in 
either a good or a bad sense : as, an accom- 
jcholar ; an accomplished villain. 
Know you not the Egyptian Zabda.s? the mirror of 
accomplished knighthood the pillar of the state the 
Aurelian of the East? W. Ware, /.nu.liia, I. 69. 
3. Possessing accomplishments; having the 
attainments and graces of cultivated or fashion- 
able society. 
An accomplished and beautiful young lady. 
Thackeray, Newcomes. 
accomplisher (a-kom'plish-er), n. One who ac- 
complishes or fulfils. 
The Fates, after all, are the acconiplixhvrit of our hopes. 
Thore.au, Letters, p. 26. 
accomplishing (a-kom'plish-ing), n. That 
which is accomplished or completed. [Bare.] 
I shall simply enumerate, as ends, all that a university 
should accomplish, although these OMOMIpfUWMV may, 
strictly considered, often partake more of the character 
of means. Sir W. Hamilton. 
accomplishment (a-kom'plish-ment), . [(ac- 
complish + -ment, after F. accomplissemeiit.] 
1. The act of accomplishing or carrying into 
effect ; fulfilment ; achievement : as, the ac- 
complishment of a prophecy; the accomplish- 
ment of our desires or ends. 
I once had faith and force enough to form generous 
hopes of the world's destiny . . . and to do what in me 
lay for their accomplishment. 
llaiethorne, Blithedale Romance, ii. 
2. An acquirement ; an attainment, especially 
such as belongs to cultivated or fashionable 
society : generally in the plural. 
I was then young enough, and silly enough, to think 
gaming was one of their MBMtfiMMMfe 
Chesterfield, Letters. 
Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse. 
Wordsworth. 
= Syn. 1. Completion, fulfilment, perfection, perform- 
ance, execution, achievement. 2. Acquirement*, Acqui- 
sitions, Attainment*, etc. (see acquirement), qualifications, 
skill, graces. 
accomptt, accomptablet, accomptantt. See 
account, etc. [The spellings acaimpt, accomptable, etc., 
are artificial forms used, not prevailingly, in the sixteenth 
and seventeenth centuries. They are now obsolete, or 
nearly so, though accoinpt and accomptant may still be 
used in the formal or legal style. The pronunciation has 
always conformed to the regular spelling, accoutit, account- 
able, etc.] 
accoraget, v. t. See accourage. Spenser. 
accord (a-kord'), v. [<ME. acorden (less fre- 
quently accorden), agree, be in harmony, trans, 
bring into agreement, < OF. acorder, agree (F. 
accorder = Sp. Pr. Pg. acordar = It. accordare), 
< ML. accordare, agree, < L. ad, to, + cor (cord-) 
= E. heart. Cf. concord and discord.] I. in- 
trans. 1. To agree; be in correspondence or 
harmony. 
My heart accordeth with my tongue. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 
That mind and soul, according well, 
May make one music as before. 
Tennynon, In Memoriam (Int.). 
Their minds accorded into one strain, and made delight- 
ful music. Hawthorne, Snow Image, p. 68. 
2. To make an agreement ; come to an under- 
standing. 
We accorded before dinner. Scott, Waverley, II. xix. 
II. trans. 1. To make to agree or corre- 
spond; adapt, as one thing to another. [Rare.] 
Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
2. To bring to an agreement or a settlement ; 
settle, adjust, or compose ; reconcile : as, to 
accord controversies. 
Hulling much a-doe to accord differing Writers, and to 
pick trueth out of partiality. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
Is there no way left open to accord this difference, 
But you must make one with your swords ? 
Longfellow, Spanish Student, ii. 6. 
3. To grant ; give ; concede : as, to accord due 
praise to any one. 
His hands were thrust into his pockets ; he was whistling 
thoughtfully, and walking to and fro, a small space having 
been accorded him by the crowd, in deference to his tem- 
porary importance. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 23. 
accord (a-kord'), . [< ME. acord (less fre- 
quently accord), < OF. acorde, usually acort, 
agreement (F. accord = Sp. acorde = Pg. acor- 
do, aecordo), verbal n. of acorder, agree: see 
accord, v.~\ 1. Agreement; harmony of minds ; 
consent or concurrence of opinions or wills ; 
assent. 
These all continued with one accord in prayer and sup- 
plication. Acts i. 14. 
38 
You must buy that peace 
With full accord to all our just demands. 
Shale., Hen. V., v. 2. 
2. A union of different sounds which is agree- 
able to the ear ; concord ; harmony. 
Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. 
Sir J. Dane*, Immortal, of Soul, ii. 1. 
3. Agreement ; just correspondence of things ; 
harmony of relation : as, the accord of light and 
shade in painting. 
Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual 
harmony of the members, animated by a healthful consti- 
tution. Dryden, tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Fainting, Pref. 
4. Will ; voluntary or spontaneous impulse or 
act ; unaided action or operation : preceded by 
own. 
Being more forward, of his oum accord he went unto 
you. 2 Cor. viii. 17. 
Now of my ouil accord such other trial 
I mean to show you of my strength. 
Hilton, 8. A., 1. 1643. 
5. Adjustment of a difference ; reconciliation : 
as, the mediator of an accord. 
If both are satisfied with this accord, 
Swear by the laws of knighthood on my sword. 
Dryden, Fables. 
Specifically, in /"". an agreement which is made between 
parties for the settlement of a liability or controversy, and 
which, when executed, that is, carried into effect, is 
termed an accord and satisfaction, and bars or terminates 
a suit ; a private extra-judicial agreement or arrangement. 
6. In music, same as chord. 7. Milit., the con- 
ditions under which a fortress or command of 
troops is surrendered. TO be at accord, to be in 
agreement. Chaucer. To fall Of accord t, to come into 
agreement. Chaucer. 
accordablet (a-kor'da-bl), a. [<ME. acordable, 
<OF. *acordable. F. accordable, <OF. acorder: 
see accord. Cf. Sp.acordablemente, adv.] Capa- 
ble of being harmonized or reconciled ; conso- 
nant; agreeable. 
accordance (a-kdr'dans), ii. [< ME. acordance, 
acordaunce, ^ OF. acordance, later accordance 
(= Pr. acordansa), < acordant, etc.: see accor- 
dant.] 1. The state of being in accord ; agree- 
ment with a person ; conformity to a thing ; 
harmony. 
Their voices are in admirable accordance with the tran- 
quil solitude of a summer afternoon. 
Htafthome, Old Manse. 
There is a remarkable accordance in the power of diges- 
tion between the gastric juice of animals with its pepsin 
and hydrochloric acid, and the secretion of Drosera with 
its ferment and acid belonging to the acetic series. 
Dancin, Insectiv. IMants, vi. 
2. The act of according, granting, or giving. 
= Syn. 1. Harmony, unison, coincidence, 
accordancy (a-kor'dan-si), . Same as accor- 
dance, but less used." 
accordant (a-kor'daut), a. [<ME. acordant, 
acordaunt, <OF. acordant, F. accordant, agree- 
ing with, < ML. accordan(t-)s, ppr. of accordare, 
agree : see accord, v.] Corresponding ; con- 
formable ; consonant ; agreeable ; of the same 
mind ; harmonious : sometimes followed by to, 
but more commonly by with : as, this was not 
accordant to his tastes, or with his principles. 
If he found her accordant. Sliak., Much Ado, i. 2. 
Music and meaning floated together, accordant as swan 
and shadow. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 32t>. 
In the neighboring hall a strain of music, proceeding 
From the accordant strings of Michael's melodious fiddle. 
Longfellote, Evangeline, ii. ::. 
accordantly (a-k6r'dant-li), adv. In an accor- 
dant manner; in accordance or agreement. 
accorder (a-kor'der), . One who accords or 
agrees ; one who grants or bestows. [Rare.] 
according (a-kor'ding), p. a. 1. Agreeing; 
harmonious. 
Th' according music of a well-mixed state. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iii. 294. 
2. Suitable ; agreeable ; in accordance ; in pro- 
portion : followed by to. 
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Up. Sprat. 
according (a-kor'ding), adv. In accordance 
(with) ; agreeably (to) : used with to : as, he 
acted according to his judgment : often ap- 
plied to persons, but referring elliptically to 
their statements or opinions. Often abbrevi- 
ated to ace. 
According to him, every person was to be bought. 
Macaulay, Hist. Kiu.. i. 
For no delicious morsel pass'd her throat ; 
According to her cloth she cut her coat. 
Dryden, Cock and Fox, 1. 20. 
According as, agreeably, conformably, or proportionately 
as. 
A man may, with prudence and a good conscience, ap- 
prove of the professed principles of one party more than 
the other, according as he thinks they best promote the 
good of church and state. 
Swi,ft, Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, i. 
account 
accordingly (a-kur'ding-li), adv. 1. Agreeably; 
suitably; in a manner conformable : as, those 
who live in faith and good works will be re- 
warded accordingly. 
Whenever you are to do a thing, tlmugh it ran m v, r ! 
known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act 
were all the world looking at you, and act .<<. /,,;///. 
Je/mun, Correspondent, l.'isii. 
2. 'In assent or compliance ; acquiescently. 
rpmi tills tilt- Sultan was directed to place himself by a 
huge tub of water; which he did n.vi inl'mnlii. 
Addition, Spectator, No. 94. 
= Syn. 2. Therefore, Wherefore, Aecordimjly, etc. See 
tl/rfi'tnl'i'. 
accordion (a-kor'di-on), n. [Also spelled ac- 
cordeon, < F. accordcon, < accorder, be in har- 
mony, accord.] A small keyed wind-instru- 
ment, opening and shutting like a bellows, and 
having its tones generated by the play of wind 
thus produced upon metallic reeds. It is con- 
structed on the same principle as the concertina and the 
harmonium, but is much inferior to them. 
accordionist (a-kor'di-on-ist), n. A player on 
the accordion. 
accorporatet (a-kor'po-rat), v. t. [<L. accor- 
poratus, pp. of accorporare, < ad, to, + corpo- 
rare, form into a body: see corporate.] To 
incorporate; unite. 
Custom, being but a mere face, as echo is a mere voice, 
rest* not in her unaccomplishment, until by secretinclina- 
tion she accorporate herself with errour. 
Milton, Pref. to Doct. of Divorce, 
accorporationt (a-kor-po-ra'shon), n. Incor- 
poration. 
accost (a-kosf), ' [<F. accoster, <OF. acos- 
ter, come alongside of, approach, touch, = Sp. 
Pg. acostar^lt. accostare, < ML. accostare, set 
one's self alongside of, < L. ad, to, + costa, a 
rib, a side : see coast, accoast, and costal.] I. 
trans. If. To come side by side or face to face 
with ; draw near ; approach ; make up to. 
Accost (her), Sir Andrew, accost. What's that? Accost 
is, front her, board her, woo her, assail her. 
Shak., T. N., i. 3. 
2. To speak to ; address. 
With taunts the distant giant I accost. 
Pope, Odyssey, x. 
Being shown into the common room, I was accosted by 
a very well-dressed gentleman. Goldsmith, Vicar, xviii. 
3f. To border on ; adjoin. 
Lapland hath since been often surrounded (so much as 
accosts the sea) by the English. 
Fuller, Worthies, Derbyshire. 
H.t in trans. To adjoin; be adjacent. 
The shores which to the sea accoste. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. xi. 42. 
accost (a-kosf), . The act of accosting ; ad- 
dress; salutation. 
He revealed himself in his accost. 
Arch. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continent*, p. 101. 
accostable (a-kos'ta-bl), a. [<F. accostablc, 
< accoster, approach: see accost, r.] Capable 
of being accosted ; easy of access ; affable. 
The French are a free, dcbonnair, accostable people. 
Howell, Letters, ii. 12. 
accosted (a-kos'ted), /;.. In 7i?r. : (a) Placed 
on either or on each side of a principal charge : 
as, a bend accosted by two 
bendlets. (6) Placed side by 
side, as two beasts, whether 
facing in the same direction 
or not. 
accouche (a-kosh'), v. i. [< F. 
accoucher, tr. deliver, intr. be 
delivered, give birth, < OF. 
acoucher, lay one's self down 
in bed > < ?- ( L - rf )> to > + - 
cher, earlier colcher, colder, F. 
coucher, lay one's self down, lie down: see 
couch, t'.] To act as an accoucheur or a mid- 
wife. N. E. D. 
accouchement (a-kosh'mori), . [P., < accou- 
cher: see accouche.] Delivery in childbed ; par- 
turition. 
accoucheur (a-ko-sher'), n. [F., a man-midwife, 
< accoucher: see accouche.] A man-midwife; 
a medical practitioner who attends women in 
childbirth. Accoucheur-toad. See nurse-frog. 
accoucheuse (a-ko-shez'), n. [F., fern, of ac- 
coucheur.] A midwife. 
account (a-kounf), '. [< ME. acounten, acun- 
ten, < OF. acunter, aconter = Pr. OSp. OPg. 
acontar = It. accontare (later OF. also acorn li- 
ter, mod. F. accomptcr, late ME. acompten, mod. 
E. accompt, q. v., after L.), < ML. "accomputare, 
< L. ad, to, + computare, count, compute : see 
count 1 and compute. "\ I. trans. 1. To count or 
reckon as; deem; consider; think; hold to be. 
The opinion of more worlds than one has in ancient 
times been accounted a herusv. 
Sp. Wilkins, Math. Works, i. 
