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, b-sknd′. v. a. 1em

, b-scn′dr. s. 1em

, b′snse. s. 1em

, b′snt. a. (492) 1em

, b-snt′. v. a. 1em

, b-sn-t′. s. 1em

, b-sn′th--td. p. 1em

, b-sst′. v. n. 1em

, b-zlv′. v. a. (448) 1em

, b′s-lte. a. (448) 1em

, b′s-lte-l. ad. 1em

, b′s-lte-nss. s. 1em

, b-s-l′shn. s. 1em

, b-sl′-tr-r. a. 1em

, b′s-nnt. a. (544) 1em

, b′s-ns. a. 1em

, b-srb′. v. a. 1em

, b-sr′bnt. s. 1em

, b-srpt′. p. 1em

, b-srp′shn. s. 1em

, b-stne′. v. n. 1em

, b-st′m-s. a. 1em

, b-st′m-s-l. ad. 1em

, b-st′m-s-nss s. (534) 1em

, b-stn′shn. s. 1em

, b-strje′. v. a. 1em

, b-str′jnt. a. 1em

, b-strse′. v. a. 1em

, b-str′shn. s. 1em

, b-str′sv. a. (428) 1em

, b′st-nnse. s. 1em

, b′st-nnt. a. 1em

, b-strkt′. v. a. 1em

, b-strkt′. a. 1em

, b′strkt. s. (492) 1em

, b-strk′td. p. a. 1em

, b-strk′td-l. ad. 1em

, b-strk′shn. s. 1em

, b-strk′tv. a. 1em

, b-strkt′l. ad. 1em

, b-strse′. a. (427) 1em

, b-strse′l. ad. 1em

, b-strse′nss. s. 1em

, b-str′s-t. s. (511) 1em

, b-sme′. v. a. 1em

, b-srd′. a. 1em

, b-sr′d-t. s. (511) 1em

, b-srd′l. ad. 1em

, b-srd′nss. s. 1em

, -bn′dnse. s. 1em

, -bn′dnt. a. 1em

, -bn′dnt-l. ad. 1em

, -bze′. v. a. (437) 1em

, -bse′. s. (437) 1em

, -b′zr. s. 1em

, -b′sv. a. (428) 1em

, -b′sv-l. ad. 1em

, -bt′. v. n. obsolete. 1em

, -bt′mnt. s. 1em

, -bss′. s. 1em

, -k′sh-. s. (505) 1em

, k--d′m-l. a. 1em

, k--d′m-n. s. 1em

, k--dm′m-kl. a. 1em

, k--dm′k. s. (508) 1em

, k-k-dm′k. a. 1em

, k-k-d-msh′n. s. 1em

, -cd′d-mst, or, k′-dm-st. s. 1em

, -kd′d-m, or, k′-dm-. s. An assembly or society of men, uniting for the promotion of some art; the place where sciences are taught; a place of education, in contradistinction to the universities or public schools.

☞ Dr. Johnson tells us, that this word was anciently and properly accented on the first syllable, though now frequently on the second. That it was accented on the first syllable till within these few years, is pretty generally remembered; and if Shakespeare did not, by poetical license, violate the accentuation of his time, it was certainly pronounced so two centuries ago, as appears by Dr. Johnston′s quotation of him:

Our court shall be a little academy, Still and contemplative in living arts." Love′s Labour′s Lost.

And in Ben Johnson′s New Inn we find the same accentuation:

"Every house became An academy of honour, and those parts We see departed."

But the accentuation of this word formerly, on the first syllable, is so generally acknowledged, as not to stand in need of poetic authority. The question is, whether this accentuation, or that which places the stress on the second syllable, is the most proper? To wave, therefore, the authority of custom, which precludes all reasoning on language, and reduces the dispute to a mere matter of fact, it may be presumed, that whatever is agreeable to the most general