Accouplement

Act of coupling; a junction. Accoutre, and Accou'ter, v. a. [Fr. accoutrer.] To provide with dre , trappings, ornaments, equipments; as, "he was accoutred as a young man." Accoutrements, and Accouterments. [Fr. Accurse', v. a. [See CURSE.] To doom to misery; to invoke misery upon any one; as, "Accurst I am, while God rejects my cry." Accursed', p. a. Doomed to misery. Accu's able, a. [Fr.] That may be accused or censured; blamable; - followed by of. Accusation, n. [Fr. from Lat. ad, to, and causare, to plead.] The act of accusing; blame; censure. ( Law .) The formal charging of any person with a crime or misdemeanor, so that he may be brought to justice and punishment. A neglect to accuse may in some cases be considered a misdemeanor, or misprision. It is a rule that no man is bound to accuse himself, or to testify against himself in a criminal case. Accu's ative, a . Producing accusation; accusatory. ( Gram .) The fourth case of Greek and Latin nouns. That inflexion of the noun which expre es the pa ing over of an action from one substance to another; consequently follows verbs active in all languages. In English it survives only in pronouns; and is used after all prepositions without distinction. Accu's atively, adv . In an accusative manner. Acc us a to/rial, a. Accusatory. Accu's atory, a. Relative to, or containing, an accusation.