Accretion

1. n. Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
2. n. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
3. n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
4. n. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
5. n. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
6. n. The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

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Accretive

1. a. Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.

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Accriminate

1. v. t. To accuse of a crime.

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Accouchement

1. n. Delivery in childbed

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Accoucheur

1. n. A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.

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Accoucheuse

1. n. A midwife.

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Account

1. n. Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit.
2. n. A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
3. n. A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one’s account at the bank.
4. n. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of these phenomena. Hence, the word is often used simply for reason, ground, consideration, motive, etc.; as, on no account, on every account, on all accounts.
5. n. A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle.
6. n. A statement and explanation or vindication of one’s conduct with reference to judgment thereon.
7. n. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.

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Accounted

1. imp. & p. p. of Account

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Accounting

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Account

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Accountability

1. n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

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