accolt (akol)

t. [ OF. col, F. cou = OSp. collo, Sp. cuello = It. collo ), neck: see collar.] To embrace round the neck. Surrey. accolade (ak-o-lad' or -lad'), n. [F. accolade, an embrace, a ki (after It. accollata, prop. fem. pp. of accollare, embrace), the latter being the present method; hence, the blow itself. We felt our shoulders tingle with the accolade, and heard the clink of golden spurs at our heels. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 58. accommodation dabilis, Rules accommodable to all this variety. Watts , Logic, v. § 64. accommodable ne (a-kom'ō-da-bl-nes), n. The state or condition of being accommodable. Todd . [Rare.] accommodate (a-kom'ō-dāt), v.; pret. and pp. accommodated, ppr. accommodating. [L. accommodatus, pp. of accommodare, 'Twas his misfortune to light upon an hypothesis that could not be accommodated to the nature of things and IMG:content-0135.png:[blocks in formation] Undoubtedly the highest function of statesmanship is by degrees to accommodate the conduct of communities to ethical laws, and to subordinate the conflicting interests of the day to higher and more permanent concerns. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 165. 2. To show fitne or agreement in; reconcile, as things which are at variance or which seem inconsistent; bring into harmony or concord: as, to accommodate prophecy to events. Part know how to accommodate St. James and St. Paul better than some late reconcilers. Norris . 3. To adjust; settle: as, to accommodate dif ferences. Accolade, early 16th century (France). several staves.-3. In arch., an ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other. Such accolades are either plain or adorned with rich moldings, and are a frequent motive of decoration on the lintels of doors and windows of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, especially in secular architecture. Viollet -le- Duc. 4. In Roman and early monastic MSS., the curved stroke made by the copyist around a final word written below the line to which it belonged, in order to avoid carrying it on to the next. accolated (ak'ō-la-ted), p. a. [ GVLIEL NSEMARIAD Accolated Shilling of Will the original.) overlaps the next: as, an accolated shilling. accollé (ak-ol-a'), p. a. [ accollata, > F. and E. accolade: see accolade and accol.] In her.: (a) iam III, and Mary. (Size of Gorged; collared: applied to animals with col lars, etc., about their necks. (b) Touching by their corners, as lozenges or fusils on a shield. (c) Placed side by side, as two shields. (d) Surrounded by the collar of an order, as the shield of a knight of that order. Also spelled acollé. Têtes accollées, or accollé heads, in decorative art, profile heads shown in relief, one behind and partly concealed by another, as often in cameos and on medallions or coins where a sovereign and his wife are shown together. See cut under accolated.