ACCESS • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Access

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈæksˌɛs/ Listen

noun

Access n.

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."

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."

Admission to sexual intercourse. "During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown."

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."

An onset, attack, or fit of disease. "The first access looked like an apoplexy."

A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. (A Gallicism)

See images of 'Access'

Etymology of 'Access'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Access" Quotes from Famous Books

... wounded vanity, or a sudden access of irritation against the lad, or that his eye fell upon his granddaughter standing there, so evidently incensed and resentful, he flared up the next moment, and thrusting his huge fist under the youngster's ...

— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie

... the man, Maharaj-ji, and he gained access to me with a lying tale. When I learned who he was, it was my duty to hear what he had to say, but I drove him from me when he sought to influence me by ...

— The Path to Honour • Sydney C. Grier

... coalition readily broke down, owing to the unfair superiority of the Brangwens. The Brangwens were rich. They had free access to the Marsh Farm. The school teachers were almost respectful to the girls, the vicar spoke to them on equal terms. The Brangwen girls ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

... a position astride the railway from Allenstein to Soldau, and all access to his front was barred by lakes and swamps. He was safe from frontal attack, and could reinforce each wing at pleasure. From his right ran the only two good roads in the region, and at his left was the Osterode railway. On the first day he stood on ...

— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish

... disseminated by philosophy and experience? The age is enlightened, that is to say, that knowledge, obtained and vulgarized, suffices to set right at least on practical principles. The spirit of free inquiry has dissipated the erroneous opinions which long barred the access to truth, and has undermined the ground on which fanaticism and deception had erected their throne. Reason has purified itself from the illusions of the senses and from a mendacious sophistry, and philosophy herself raises her voice and exhorts us to return to the bosom of nature, to which ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

More quotes...