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AccusingAccuse Ac*cuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Accusing.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call
to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. Cause.]
1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or
offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by
a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high
crime or misdemeanor.
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
accuse me. --Acts xxiv.
13.
We are accused of having persuaded Austria and
Sardinia to lay down their arms. --Macaulay.
2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.
Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else
excusing one another. --Rom. ii. 15.
3. To betray; to show. [L.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
Syn: To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict;
impeach; arraign.
Usage: To Accuse, Charge, Impeach, Arraign. These
words agree in bringing home to a person the
imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat
formal act, and is applied usually (though not
exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason.
Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a
dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it
refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with
dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a
person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign
one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To
impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in
office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both
impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar
dignity or impressiveness. Accusingly
Accusingly Ac*cus"ing*ly, adv.
In an accusing manner.
AffusingAffuse Af*fuse" ([a^]f*f[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affused
(-f[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Affusing.] [L. affusus, p. p.
of affundere to pour to; ad + fundere. See Fuse.]
To pour out or upon. [R.]
I first affused water upon the compressed beans.
--Boyle. AmusingAmuse A*muse" ([.a]*m[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amused
([.a]*m[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Amusing.] [F. amuser to
make stay, to detain, to amuse, [`a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See
Muse, v.]
1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep
thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.]
Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in
receiving their gold. --Holland.
Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could
not find the house. --Fuller.
2. To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with
pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
A group of children amusing themselves with pushing
stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as
they plunged into the lake. --Gilpin.
3. To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
He amused his followers with idle promises.
--Johnson.
Syn: To entertain; gratify; please; divert; beguile; deceive;
occupy.
Usage: To Amuse, Divert, Entertain. We are amused by
that which occupies us lightly and pleasantly. We are
entertained by that which brings our minds into
agreeable contact with others, as conversation, or a
book. We are diverted by that which turns off our
thoughts to something of livelier interest, especially
of a sportive nature, as a humorous story, or a
laughable incident.
Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the
faculties, and to banish reflection. Whatever
entertains usually awakens the understanding or
gratifies the fancy. Whatever diverts is lively
in its nature, and sometimes tumultuous in its
effects. --Crabb. AmusingAmusing A*mus"ing, a.
Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. --
A*mus"ing*ly, adv. AmusinglyAmusing A*mus"ing, a.
Giving amusement; diverting; as, an amusing story. --
A*mus"ing*ly, adv. ArousingArouse A*rouse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aroused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Arousing.] [Pref. a- + rouse.]
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in
motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one
from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother,
mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale. Carousing
Carousing Ca*rous"ing, a.
That carouses; relating to a carouse.
CarousingCarouse Ca*rouse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. &
vb. n. Carousing.]
To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a
carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak. Carousingly
Carousingly Ca*rous"ing*ly, adv.
In the manner of a carouser.
CaucusingCaucus Cau"cus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caucused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Caucusing.]
To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. CausingCause Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused; p. pr. & v. n.
Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause,
n., and cf. Acouse.]
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to
bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually
followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite
verb.
I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
--Gen. vii. 4.
Cause that it be read also in the church of the
Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16.
Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate;
induce; bring about. ChorusingChorus Cho"rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Chorusing.]
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D.
Howells. ChousingChouse Chouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chousing.] [From Turk. ch[=a][=u]sh a messenger or
interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in
1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of
[pounds]4,000.]
To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as,
to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]
The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused
your highness. --Landor. ContusingContuse Con*tuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contused; p. pr. &
vb. n. Contusing.] [L. contusus, p. p. of contundere to
beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for
stud) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter.]
1. To beat, pound, or together.
Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. --Bacon.
2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without
breaking the skin.
Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising. DiffusingDiffuse Dif*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffused; p. pr. &
vb. n. Diffusing.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to
pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See
Fuse to melt.]
To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow
on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to
spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to
diffuse information.
Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite.
--Milton.
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized
nations. --Whewell.
Syn: To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse;
publish; proclaim. DisusingDisuse Dis*use" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.]
1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
``Disuse me from . . . pain.' --Donne. DousingDouse Douse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the
fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and
noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to
dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
as, douse the topsail. Dousing-chock
Dousing-chock Dous"ing-chock`, n. (Shipbuilding)
One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in
the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.
--Ham. Nav. Encyc.
EffusingEffuse Ef*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Effusing.]
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to
shed. [R.]
With gushing blood effused. --Milton. FocusingFocus Fo"cus, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Focusing.]
To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. --R.
Hunt. FusingFuse Fuse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused (fuzd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Fusing.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast.
See Foundo to cast, and cf. Futile.]
1. To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.
2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
Whose fancy fuses old and new. --Tennyson. Fusing pointFuse Fuse, v. i.
1. To be reduced from a solid to a Quid state by heat; to be
melted; to melt.
2. To be blended, as if melted together.
Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a
substance melts; the point of fusion. housingHouseline House"line`, n. (Naut.)
A small line of three strands used for seizing; -- called
also housing. --Totten. HousingHousing Hous"ing, n. [From House. In some of its senses this
word has been confused with the following word.]
1. The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state
of dwelling in a habitation.
2. That which shelters or covers; houses, taken collectively.
--Fabyan.
3. (Arch.)
(a) The space taken out of one solid, to admit the
insertion of part of another, as the end of one timber
in the side of another.
(b) A niche for a statue.
4. (Mach.) A frame or support for holding something in place,
as journal boxes, etc.
5. (Naut.)
(a) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath
the deck or within the vessel.
(b) A covering or protection, as an awning over the deck
of a ship when laid up.
(c) A houseline. See Houseline. InfusingInfuse In*fuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infused; p. pr. & vb.
n. Infusing.] [L. infusus, p. p. of infundere to pour in or
into; pref. in- in + fundere to pour: cf. F. infuser. See
Found to cast.]
1. To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.
That strong Circean liquor cease to infuse.
--Denham.
2. To instill, as principles or qualities; to introduce.
That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the
trunks of men. --Shak.
Why should he desire to have qualities infused into
his son which himself never possessd? --Swift.
3. To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill; -- followed
by with.
Infuse his breast with magnanimity. --Shak.
Infusing him with self and vain conceit. --Shak.
4. To steep in water or other fluid without boiling, for the
propose of extracting medicinal qualities; to soak.
One scruple of dried leaves is infused in ten ounces
of warm water. --Coxe.
5. To make an infusion with, as an ingredient; to tincture;
to saturate. [R.] --Bacon. MousingMouse Mouse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mousing.]
1. To watch for and catch mice.
2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry
about, on the lookout for something. MousingMousing Mous"ing, n.
1. The act of hunting mice.
2. (Naut.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or
a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank
of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.
3. A ratchet movement in a loom.
Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its
unhooking. Mousing hookMousing Mous"ing, n.
1. The act of hunting mice.
2. (Naut.) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or
a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank
of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.
3. A ratchet movement in a loom.
Mousing hook, a hook with an attachment which prevents its
unhooking. MusingMuse Muse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Musing.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand
with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L.
morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See Morsel, and
cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]
1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
``Thereon mused he.' --Chaucer.
He mused upon some dangerous plot. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or
contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things
present; to be in a brown study. --Daniel.
3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.
Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See Ponder.
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