Index of English words, starting with "ac"

(1) - Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(2) - Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

(1) - Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
(2) - Acquainted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquaint

(1) - Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(2) - Acquest (n.) Acquisition; the thing gained.

(1) - Acquiesce (v. i.) To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
(2) - Acquiesce (v. i.) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.

(1) - Acquiescence (n.) Tacit concurrence in the action of another.
(2) - Acquiescence (n.) Submission to an injury by the party injured.
(3) - Acquiescence (n.) A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.