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Results from The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce):

ACCIDENT, n. An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACCORD, n. Harmony.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. "My accountability, bear in mind," Said the Grand Vizier: "Yes, yes," Said the Shah: "I do -- 'tis the only kind Of ability you possess." Joram Tate: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ACTUALLY, adv. Perhaps; possibly.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

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