Volume 1

A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar / by Samuel Johnson.

  • Samuel Johnson
Date:
1755
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    tions, is fitted with the moft curious mechaiiifrn. Hales Origin. 4. Compofition of a difference, reconciliation, adjuftment. AccoMpanable. adj. [from accompany.] Sociable j a word now not ufed. A fhow, as it were, of an accompanable folitarinefs, and of a civil wildnefs. Sidney, b. i. Acco'mpanier. n. f. [from accompany.] The perfon that makes part of the company ; companion. Dili. To ACC COMPANY, v. a. [accompagner, Fr.J i» 1 o be with another as a companion. Go vifit her, in her chafte bower of reft, Accompany d with angel-like delights. Spenfer, Sonnet iii. The great bufinefs of the fenfes being to make us take no¬ tice of what hurts or advantages the body, it is wifely ordered by nature, that pain fhould accojnpany the reception of feveral ideas. Locke. 2. To join with. With regard to fheep, as folly is ufually accompanied with perverfenefs, fo it is here. There is fomething fo monftrous to deal in a commodity, which we are not allowed to export; there is, I fay, fomething fo fottifh, that it wants a name, in our language, to exprefs it by. Swift's jhort View of Ireland. Accomplice, n. f. [complice, Fr. from complex, a word in the barbarous Latin, much in ufe, Complices fertce prudentius.] 1. An affociate, a partaker, ufually in an ill fenfe. There were feveral fcandalous reports induftrioufly fpread by Wood, and his accomplices, to difcourage all oppofttion againft bis infamous project. Swift. 2. A partner; or co-operator ; in a fenfe indifferent. If a tongue would be talking without a mouth, what could it have done, when it had all its organs of fpeech, and accom¬ plices of found, about it. Addifon. Spectator, N° 247. 3. It is ufed with the particle to before a thing, and with before a perfon. Childlefs Arturius, vaftly rich before. Thus by his Ioffes multiplies his ftore, Sufpected for accomplice f0 the fire, That burnt his palace but to build it higher. Dryd. Jim. Sat. Who, fhould they fteal, for want of his relief, He judg’d himfelf accomplice with the thief. Dryden's Fables. -Fo ACCOMPLISH, v. a. [accomplir, Fr. from compleo, Lat.J 1. To complete, to execute fully; as, to accompli fo a defigti. He that is far off fhall die of the peftilence, and he that is near fhall fall by the fword, and he that remaineth, and is be- fieged, fhall die by the famine. Thus will I accomplijh my fury upon them. Ezekiel, vi. 12. 2. To complete a period of time. He would accomplijh feventy years in the defolations of Je- rufalem. Daniel, ix. 2. 3. To fulfil; as, a prophecy. The vifion. Which I made known to Lucius ere the ftroke Of this yet fcarce cold battle, at this inftant Is full accomplijh'd. Shakefpeare’s Cymbeline. We fee every day thofe events exactly accomplijhcd, which our Saviour foretold at fo great a diftance. Addifon on the ChriJUan Religion. 4. To gain, to obtain. Tell him from me (as he will win my love) He bear himfelf with honourable adtion ; Such as he hath obferv’d in noble ladies Unto their lords, by them accomplijhed. Shak.Tam. of a Shrew. I’ll make my heaven in a lady’s lap. And deck my body in gay ornaments. Oh miferable thought, and more unlikely, Than to accompli fo twenty golden crowns. Shak. Henry V. 5. To adorn, or furnifh, either mind or body. From the tents The armourers accomplifnng the knights, With bufy hammers clofing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. Shakefpeare's Henry V. Accomplished, participial adj. 1. Complete in fome qualification. For who expedls, that, under a tutor, a young gentleman fhould be an accomplifed public orator or logician. Locke on Ed. 2. Elegant, finifhed in refpedt of embeliifhments ; ufed com¬ monly with refpedl to acquired qualifications, without includ¬ ing moral excellence. The next I took to wife, O that I never had ! fond wifh too late, Was in the vale of Sorec, Dalila, That fpecious monfter, my accomplijh'd fnare. Samfon Agon. AccoMpliseier. n.f. [from accomplijh.] The perfon that accomplifhes. Dibf. Accomplishment, n.f. [accomplijfement, Fr.] 1. Completion, full performance, perfection. Thereby he might evade the accomplijhment of thofe afflic¬ tions, he now but gradually endureth. Brovons Vulg. Errours. This would be the accomplijhment of their common felicity, in cafe, by their evil, either through deftiny or advice, they fullered not the occallon to be loft. Sir John Haywood. He thought it impoffible to find, in any one body, all thofe perfections which he fought for the accomplijhment of a Helena; becaufe nature, in any individual perfon, makes nothing that is perfect in all its parts. Dryden's Dufrefnoy, Prcf. 2. Completion ; as, of a prophecy. The miraculous fuccefs of the apoftles preaching, and the accomplijhment of many of their predictions, which, to thofe early chriftians, were matters of faith only, are, to us, matters of fight and experience. Atterbury's Sermons. 3. Embellifhment, elegance, ornament of mind or body. Young heirs, and elder brothers, from their own reflecting upon the eftates they are born to, and therefore thinking alt other accomplijhments unneceffary, are of no manner of ufe but to keep up their families. Addijon. Spectator, N° 123. 4. The a£l of obtaining anything. The means fuggefted by policy and worldly wildom, for the attainment of thofe earthly enjoyments, are unfit for that purpofe, not only upon the account of their infufficiency for, but alfo of their frequent oppofition and contrariety to, the ac¬ compli frnent of fuch ends. South's Sermons. AccoMpt. n.f. [Fr. compter and compte, anciently accompter. Skinner.] An account, a reckoning. See Account. The foul may have time to call itfelf to a juft accompt of all things paft, by means whereof repentance is perfected. Hooker, b. v. § 46. Each Chriftmas they accompts did clear ; And wound their bottom round the year. Prior. AccoMptant. n.f. [accomptant, Fr.] A reckoner, computer. See Accountant. As the accompt runs on, generally the accomptant goes back¬ ward. South's Sermons. AccoMpting-da y. The day on which the reckoning is to be fettled. To whom thou much doft owe, thou much muft pay; Think on the debt againft th’ accompiing-day. Sir J.Denham. To ACCO'RD. v. a. [derived, by fome, from corda the firing of a mufical inftrument, by others, from corda hearts; in the firft, implying harmony, in the other, unity.] To make agree; to adjuft one thing to another; with the particle to. The firft fports the fhepherds fhowed, were full of fuch leaps and gambols, as being accorded to the pipe which they bore in their mouths, even as they danced, made a right picture of their chief god Pan, and his companions the fatyrs. Sidney, b. i. Her hands accorded the lute’s mufic to the voice ; her pant¬ ing heart danced to the mufic. Sidney, b. ii. The lights and Ihades, whofe well accorded ftrife, Gives all the ftrength and colour of our life. Pope's Epiff. To Acco'rd. v. n. To agree, to fuit one with another; with the particle with. Things are often fpoke, and feldom meant; But that my heart accorcleth with my tongue. Seeing the deed is meritorious, And to preferve my fovereign from his foe. Shak. Hen. VI. Several of the main parts of Mofes’s hiftory, as concerning the flood, and the firft fathers of the feveral nations of the world” do very well accord with the moft ancient accounts of profane A m°rY- rr Tillotfon, Sermon i. Acco'rd. n. f. [accord, Fr.] 1. A compadl; an agreement. If both are fatisfy’d with this accord, Swear by the laws of knighthood on my fword. Dryd. Fab. 2. Concurrence, union of mind. J At laft fuch grace I found, and means I wrought. That I that lady to my fpoufe had won. Accord of friends, confent of parents fought. Affiance made, my happinefs begun. 'rn 1 j u r 1 Spenfer's Fairy Queen, b. \\. c. 4. They gathered themfelves together, to fight with Jofhua and Ifrael, with one accord. Aolhun u r # / yjnuci+ IX*. 2 • 3. Harmony, fymmetry, juft correfpondence of one thine with another. 6 Beauty is nothing elfe but a juft accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful conftitution. 4. Mufical note. Prcf. .1 T2 V;6 ~ °ne fteePle tw° bells of unifon, who- tliet the ftnkmg of the one would move the other, more than if it were another accord. Bacon's Natural Hi/lory, N° 2 3 r Tf JTr muft n0t blame APoll°, but his lute, If falfe accords from her falfe firings be fent. Sir Jo. Davies 5. Voluntary motion. J Ne Guyon yet fpake word, 1 ill that they came unto an iron door, Which to them open’d of its own accord. Fairy D. b. ii. <•. 7. 111 >;ou bhme any man for doing that of his own accord, which all men fhould be compelled to do, that are not willing; of themfelves. Hooker All animal fubftances, expofed to the air, turn alkaline of then own accord \ and fome vegetables, by heat, will not turn acid, but alkaline. Arbuthnot on Aliments.