v. i. [ L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down. ] To recline, as at table. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reclines at table. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To encumber. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accumulated p. pr. & vb. n. Accumulating. ] [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See Cumulate. ] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare. ] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 brought together into a group or crowd the accumulated letters in my office
Syn. -- assembled, collected, congregate, massed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation. ] 1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumulation of energy or
power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. --
An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the rules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ly, adv. -- Ac*cu"mu*la*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. Acute. ] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen. ] Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render sharp or keen. [ R. ] “To acuminate even despair.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To end in, or come to, a sharp point. “Acuminating in a cone of prelacy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., Greek white. ] Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. altus high + L. & E. cumulus. ] (Meteor.) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
Syn. -- genus Angrecum, genus Angraecum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Syn. -- genus Anthericum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. t. [ Pref. be- + scumber, scummer. ] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + acuminate. ] (Bot.) Having points in two directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point. ] (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point. ] To make sharp or pointed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cæcums, L. Cæca [ L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed. ] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. [ Also spelled cecum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cæcum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal cæca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin (C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and https://web.archive.org/web/20090312013237/http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense); . [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. The caecum, the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
Syn. -- caecum, blind gut. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Akin to circle, circus. ] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. circum + agitate. ] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages. ] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [ Obs. ] S. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + ambient. ] Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. “The circumambient heaven.” J. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See Ambulate. ] To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. A roundabout or indirect way. [ Jocular ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Circumcised p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising. ] [ L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t. ] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs circumcision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcisio. ] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Muslims, etc. Circumcision of male infants is also a common practice as a hygienic measure, to reduce incidence of infection of the penis. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcludere, -clusum, to inclose. ] Act of inclosing on all sides. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcursare, -satum, to run round about. ] The act of running about; also, rambling language. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + denudation. ] (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. Jukes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Circumduct. ] (Scots Law) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumductus, p. p. of circumducere to lead around; circum + ducere to lead. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead about; to lead astray. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumductio. ] 1. A leading about; circumlocution. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An annulling; cancellation. [ R. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a conical surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + esophagal. ] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]