What is ACDA? Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit professional organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching.
Legal Definition of abscond. : to depart secretly : withdraw and hide oneself; specifically : to evade the legal process of a court by hiding within or secretly leaving its jurisdiction absconded with the funds abscond from New York abscond to Canada.
anÂ·vil (Änâ²vÄ­l) n. 1. a. A heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering. b. Something resembling an anvil, as in shape or function. 2. The fixed jaw in a set of calipers against which an object to be measured is placed.