A cat a leps i a, and Acatalepsy

[Gr.] ( Med.) Uncertainty in the prognosis or judgment of diseases. Acathar's ia, and Acatharsy, n. [Gr.] ( Med.) Omi ion of purgatives. (Surg.) Filth from a wound; impurity. A caules'cent, Acau'line, Acaulose', Acau'lous, a . [Gr. a privative, and kaulos , a stem. ( Bot . ) A term applied to plants having very short or inconspicuous stems, as the sweet violet. Acca Laurentia, the wife of Faustulus the shepherd, and the nurse of Remus and Romulus. Some say she was a courtesan, and have called her Lupa. The Romans made her a godde , and devoted a holiday to her service. Ac'cad. ( Anc. Geog.) One of the four cities which are said to have been the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom. ( Gen. x. 10.) It is supposed that the ruins called Akker koof , in Sittacene, pertain to the ancient Accad. They are situated about 9 miles W. of the Tigris, at the point where it makes its nearest approach to the Euphrates. Accatink', a post-village of Fairfax co., Virginia. Accede', v. n. [Lat. accedere, Fr. accéder .] To come over to a view or a proposal; as, to accede to a treaty, to a request. Acceleran'do. ( Mus .) Italian word, the meaning of which is: gradually increasing in quickne . Accelerate, v. a . [Fr. accelerer , from the Lat. accele rare.] To quicken the speed or proce of events, objects, or transactions.