Accent, in muſic, is a certain modulation of ſounds to expreſs a paſſion, whether by the voice or inſtruments. See Music.
ACCENTER, in muſic, one of the three fingers in a trio, viz. the perſon who ſings the higheſt part. See Trio.
Acceptance, in Scots law, denotes either a perſon's adhibiting his ſubſcription to a bill or draught, by which he ſubjects himſelf to the payment of it; or accepting or agreeing to offers made in bargaining, by which the bargain is cloncluded.
Acceptance, in the church of Rome, is put for receiving the Pope's conſtitutions.
Acceptance, in commerce, in the ſubſcribing, ſigning, and making one's ſelf debtor for the ſum contained in a bill of exchanged in a bill of exchange, or other obligation. See Bills.
ACCEPTATION, in grammar, the ſenſe or meaning wherein any word is taken.
ACCEPTER, or Acceptor, the perſon who accepts a bill of exchange, &c.
ACCEPTION, the ſame with acceptation.
ACCEPTILATION, among civilians, an acquittance or diſcharge given by the creditor to the debtor without the payment of any value.
ACCESS, the approach of one perſon or thing to another. It is alſo uſed by phyſicians for the beginning of a paroxiſm.
ACCESSARY, or Accessory, in law. See Accessory.
ACCESSIBLE, ſomething that may be approached, or that acceſs may be had to. Thus we ſay, Such a place is acceſſible on one ſide, &c.
ACCESSION, in Scots law, is a method of acquiring property, by which, in things that have a cloſe connexion or dependence upon one another, the property of the principal thing draws after it the property of the acceſſory. Thus, the owner of a cow becomes likewiſe the owner of the calf. See Law, title, Diviſion of rights. It ſometimes likewiſe ſignifies conſent or acquieſcence.
Accession, among phyſicians, is uſed for a paroxyſm of a diſeaſe; among politicians, it ſignifies a prince's ſucceeding to the government upon the death of his predeceſſor.
ACCESSORY, in Scots law, is the ſubject acquired by acceſſion; or, in crimes, it ſignifies the perſon by whoſe aſſiſtance, advice, or command, the crime was committed: In this latter ſenſe, it is the ſame with accomplice, art and part, &c. See Law, title, Crimes.
Accessory nerve. See Anatomy, Part V.
ACCIB, a name given by ſome authors to lead.
ACCIDENT, in a general ſenſe, denotes any caſual event.
Accident, in logic, ſignifies ſecondary qualities, or ſuch as do not eſſentially belong to any ſubject.
Accident, in grammar. See Grammar.
Accident, in heraldry, an additional point or mark in a coat of arms, which may be either omitted or retained without altering the eſſence of the armour; ſuch as, abatements, differences, and tincture.
Accident, among phyſicians, an obſolete term for a ſymptom.
ACCIDENTS, in aſtrology, the moſt remarkable occurrences in a man's life.
Abſolute Accident, in the Romiſh church, an accident which may poſſibly ſubſiſt, at leaſt miraculouſly, without a ſubject; which is unintellible jargon.
Accidental, ſomething that happens by accident, or a mode that is not eſſential to its ſubject.
Accidental point, in perſpective. See Perspective.
Accidental dignities and debilities, in aſtrology, certain caſual diſpoſitions of the planets, whereby they are ſuppoſed to be either ſtrengthened or weakened.
ACCIPENSER, in ichthyology, a genus of fiſhes belonging to the Amphibia Nantes of Linnæus. The accipenſer has a ſingle linear noſtril: the mouth is in the under part of the head, and contains no teeth; the cirri are below the ſnout, and before the mouth. There are four ſpecies of this genus, viz. I. The ſturio, or ſturgeon, with 4 cirri, and 11 ſquamious protuberances on the back. It inhabits the European ſeas. This fiſh was ſo greatly eſteemed in the time of Severus, that he ordered it to be carried to his feaſts by ſervants crowned with garlands, and trumpet playing before. See plate 1. fig. 5. 2. The ruthenus has 4 cirri, and 15 ſquamons protuberances. It is a native of Ruſſia. 3. The huſo has 4 cirri; the body is naked, i. e. has no prickles or protuberances. The ſkin of the huſo is ſo tough and ſtrong, that it is employed for ropes in carts and other wheel-carriages. Iſinglaſs is alſo made of the ſkin of this fiſh, and its eggs are ſometimes made into pickles. It inhabits the Danube, and the rivers of Ruſſia. plate 1. fig. 6. 4. The plecoſtomus, which is diſtinguiſhed from the other three by having only a cirri. It is a native of Surinam. The whole four ſpecies are viviparous.
ACCIPENSIUS. See Accipenser.
ACCIPITER, the name of Linnæus's firſt order of birds. The birds belonging to this order have crooked beaks. This order comprehends only four genera, viz. The vultur, falco, ſtrix, and lanius. See Vultur, &c.
ACCIPITRINA, an obſolete name of the hierachium of hawkweed. See Hierachium.
ACCISMUS, in antiquity, ſignifies a feigned refuſal of what one earneſtly deſires.
Accismus, in rhetoric, is accounted a ſpecies of irony. See Irony.
ACCLAMATION, any expreſſion of joy, or applauſe, whereby the public teſtifies its approbation.
Acclamation is alſo uſed, in a bad ſenſe, for expreſſions of deteſtation.
Acclamation, in rhetoric, a figure, the ſame with Epiphonema, which ſee.
Acclamation medals, among antiquaries, ſuch as repreſent the people expreſſing their joy in the poſture of acclamation.
ACCLIVUS, in anatomy, a ſynonime of the obliquuus aſcendens muſcle. See Anatomy, Part II.
ACCLIVITY, the riſe or aſcent of a hill, in oppoſition to the declivity or deſcent of it. Some wri-
