acies
acies noun: the full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
Noun
acies (plural acies)
- The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
- 1658: And therefore providence hath arched and paved the great house of the world, with colours of mediocrity, that is, blew and green, above and below the sight, moderately terminating the acies of the eye. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 204)
- The edge or angle of certain stems.
acies meaning in Tamil and Kannada
acies in Tamil
- விளிம்பு
acies in Kannada
- ಏಣು, ಅಂಚು, ಅರುಗು
Forms of acies
| plural | acies |
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Origin of acies
Borrowed from Latin aciēs (“edge, sharpness”).
Questions about acies
- What does acies mean?
- Acies means the full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
- What is acies in Tamil?
- Acies in Tamil is விளிம்பு. See Acies meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is acies?
- Acies is a noun.
- What is the plural of acies?
- The plural of acies is acies.
Words near acies in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acies (page history and authors); acies (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acies (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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