Acquirement, n. 1. Acquiring, gathering, gaining, mastery.
2. Accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, stock of knowledge, mental resources.
Acquisition, n. Acquirement.
Acquisitive, n. Acquiring, disposed to acquire.
Acquisitiveness, n. Love of acquiring, desire to acquire.
Acquit, v. a. Discharge (from an accusation), clear, release, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.
Acquit one's self, Act, behave, conduct one's self, bear one's self, demean one's self.
Acquittal, n. Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, exoneration, clearance, absolution, acquittance.
Acquittance, n. 1. Discharge, acquittal.
2. Receipt, receipt in full.
Acrid, a. 1. Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant, caustic, corrosive.
2. Severe, harsh, acrimonious.
Acridity, n. Acridness.
Acridness, n. 1. Sharpness, pungency, poignancy, acridity.
2. Severity, harshness, hardness.
Acrimonious, a. [Rare.] 1. Corrosive, caustic, sharp.
2. Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
Acrimony, n. 1. Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity.
2. Severity, harshness, sourness, tartness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.
Acroamatic, a. Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
Acroamatical, a. Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.
Acroatic, a. Esoteric, acroamatic.
Acrobat, n. Rope-dancer.
Acrospire, n. Shoot, sprout, plumule.
Across, prep. Athwart, over, from one side of to the other.
Act, v. n. 1. Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a purpose, be in action.
2. Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.
3. Operate, have influence.
Act, v. a. 1. Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.
2. Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part of.
Act, n. 1. Deed (viewed as a single exertion of power), action, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement, turn.
2. Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.
3. Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.
Acting, n. 1. Deed, performance, action.
2. Personation, representation, simulation.