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access (iou) and bestiality (medicine)


access (iou)



access noun & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French acces or Latin accessus, from access- pa. ppl stem of accedere ACCEDE.]
A. noun.
A (sudden) coming on of illness. ME.
E. F. Benson A violent access of hay-fever.
b. spec. An ague fit. (Chiefly dial. after 16.) LME-L19.
Coming into the presence of or into contact with (foll. by to); approach, entrance. LME-E19.
Pope Safe from access of each intruding power.
Admittance (to the presence or use of). LME.
D. Halberstam The few favored reporters who gained access to him and to his inner circle. K. Amis He had access to as much drink as was good for him.
b. spec. The action of process of obtaining stored documents, data, etc. M20.
open access, random access, etc.
Being approached. LME.
Boswell Lord Chesterfield's..easiness of access.
Coming to work or business. L16-M17.
T. May The Accesse and meeting again of the Parliament.
A coming as an addition. arch. (replaced by ACCESSION). L16.
Milton I from the influence of thy looks receive Access in every virtue.
Coming towards someone or something; advance. arch. E17.
J. Healey The Sunnes accesse and departure.
A way or means of approach or entrance (lit. & fig.). E17.
R. Adams The only access to the lower city is through the Peacock Gate. W. Stevens Knowledge is..The only access to true ease.
= ACCESSION 6. M17-M18.
Charles I: Our Accesse to the Crowne.
[After French.] An outburst of anger or Other emotion. L18.
J. Heller An access of powerful fresh feelings.
Comb.: access broadcasting, access Television: undertaken by members of the public by arrangement with broadcasting companies; access course an educational course enabling those without traditional qualifications to become eligible for higher Education; access road a road giving access to a place or to another road; a slip-road; access Television: see access broadcasting above; access time Computing the time needed to retrieve stored information.
b. verb trans. Gain access to (spec. data etc. held in a computer or computer-based system, or such a system). M20.
? The mod. stressing is attested from the beginning, but stress on the 2nd syll. was prevalent 16-18.

bestiality (medicine)


bestiality
Sexual relations with an animal.

Synonym: zooerastia.

Origin: L. Bestia, beast