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Acceding
- verb - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
- to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
- yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
Accruing
- verb - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
- grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
Accusing
- verb - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"
- bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
- containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
Adapting
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
Adducing
- verb - advance evidence for
- cite as an example
- citing as evidence or proof
Adhering
- verb - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules"
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan"
- stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
Adjuring
- verb - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- command solemnly
Admiring
- verb - feel admiration for
- look at with admiration
- Revere
Admixing
- unknown - Mixing (something) with something else. Eg digging is an efficient way of admixing organic matter.
Adopting
- verb - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
- take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"