acies

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noun

The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.

OriginLatin aciēs ← Proto-Italic *akēō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti →
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Meanings

nounacies (plural acies)
  1. obsoleteThe 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)

  2. obsoletebiologyThe edge or angle of certain stems.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Latinaciēs
  6. Englishacies

Borrowed from Latin aciēs (“edge, sharpness”).

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APA

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MLA

“acies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acies. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acies,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acies.

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