Usage and Pronunciation of accerse

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Overview Meanings Pronunciation Usage Practice

accerse

/əkˈsɜːrs/
Verb Archaic term

Basic definition:To summon or call to appear

Etymology:From Latin "accersere" meaning "to summon"

📚 Core Meanings

Legal summons

To officially call someone to appear in court

The judge accersed the witness to testify.
The judge summoned the witness to testify.
Legal term

Formal request

To formally call for someone's presence

The king accersed his advisors.
The king called for his advisors.
Formal usage

Command appearance

To demand someone's attendance

The general accersed his officers.
The general commanded the presence of his officers.
Military usage

"accerse" is an archaic term primarily found in historical and legal documents. While rarely used in modern English, it appears in classical literature and legal history.

🔄 Usage Comparison

English Examples

The court accersed the defendant.

She was accersed to appear before the council.

This ancient document accerses witnesses to testify.

Modern Equivalent

The court summoned the defendant.

She was called to appear before the council.

This ancient document demands witnesses to testify.

🔊 Pronunciation Guide

British Pronunciation

/əkˈsɜːrs/

uhk-SURS (stress on "surs")

American Pronunciation

/əkˈsɝːrs/

uhk-SURS (stress on "surs")

Pronunciation Tips:

Common Mistakes

  • Pronouncing as "a-SER-see" (should be /əkˈsɜːrs/)
  • Placing stress on first syllable
  • Omitting the /k/ sound in "cc"

🎯 Common Collocations

Accerse + authority

Official summons

accerse by the court
summoned by the court
Legal context

Be + accersed

Passive form

was accersed to appear
was summoned to appear
Formal usage

Accerse + witness

Legal testimony

accerse witnesses
call witnesses
Court usage

Grammar Notes

Present: accerse
Past: accersed
Participle: accersed

⚠️ Common Confusions

Do not confuse:

Accerse means to accuse someone. (Incorrect)

Correct:Accerse means to summon someone.

Accerse is commonly used in modern English. (Incorrect)

Correct:Accerse is an archaic term rarely used today.

✍️ Practice Exercises

Translation Practice

1. The judge accersed three witnesses.
2. This ancient law accerses all nobles to council.
3. Historians found documents that accerse soldiers to battle.

1. The judge summoned three witnesses.

2. This ancient law calls all nobles to council.

3. Historians found documents that command soldiers to battle.

Pronunciation Practice

Repeat these sentences:

• Accerse was commonly used in legal documents. [əkˈsɜːrs]
• The king accersed his advisors. [əkˈsɜːrst]
• This manuscript accerses witnesses. [əkˈsɜːrsɪz]

Correction Exercise

Find and correct errors:

1. Accerse means to praise someone.
2. Pronounced [ˈækərs]
3. We accerse people in everyday conversation.

1. Accerse means to summon someone.

2. Pronounced [əkˈsɜːrs] (stress on second syllable)

3. Accerse is not used in everyday conversation.