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Accentuate
- verb - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Acceptable
- adjective - adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking"
- judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"
- meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
- worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"
Acceptably
- adverb - in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays tennis tolerably"
Acceptance
- noun - (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
- banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
- the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"
- the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
Acceptedly
- - In a accepted manner; admittedly.
Accoutered
- verb - provide with military equipment
- provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip"
Accoutring
- verb - provide with military equipment
Accretions
- noun - (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
- (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- Any gradual increase in size as through growth or external addition.
- something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"