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Access   /ˈæksˌɛs/   Listen
noun
Access  n.  
1.
A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. "I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me."
2.
The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. "All access was thronged."
3.
Admission to sexual intercourse. "During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown."
4.
Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. (In this sense accession is more generally used.) "I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue."
5.
An onset, attack, or fit of disease. "The first access looked like an apoplexy."
6.
A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. (A Gallicism)






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"Access" Quotes from Famous Books



... 230.).—Mr. Partrige's reference to Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials is quite unintelligible to those who have not access to the Oxford reprint of that work. The reprint (I wish that in all other reprints a similar course was adopted) gives the paging of the original folio edition. I submit, therefore, that Mr. Partrige should have stated that the note he has made ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 48, Saturday, September 28, 1850 • Various

... upon his solemn oath to observe all the above articles, the said man-mountain shall have a daily allowance of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1724 of our subjects, with free access to our royal person, and other marks of our favour. Given at our palace at Belfaborac, the twelfth day of the ninety-first moon of ...
— Gulliver's Travels - into several remote nations of the world • Jonathan Swift

... the neighbouring bush in vain; then bethinking her that Matt Quintal, who was fond of dangerous places, might have clambered down to the rocks to bathe, she made the best of her way to the beach, at a place which, being somewhat difficult of access from above, was seldom visited by any save ...
— The Lonely Island - The Refuge of the Mutineers • R.M. Ballantyne

... that it is for the national interest that people should have access to treasuries of art or knowledge, and therefore it is worth the nation's while to pay for placing the means of doing so at their disposal; granted, but is not a good bed one of the great ends of knowledge, ...
— Selections from Previous Works - and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals • Samuel Butler

... of thirty or so, who lived in a small high room of the hotel, taught vocal music in an academy, and had nothing to do on Saturdays and Sundays—this was Saturday. Through the doctor, who was her doctor, too, she had found access to Fannie's bedside and even into her grateful regard. Her soft, well-trained voice was of the kind that rests the sick and weary. The nurse, she said, was getting a little sleep on the lounge in Mrs. Ravenel's room. "Satisfactory?" Yes, admirable every way, ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable


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