Chapter VII: Part 7

Sir W. Scott. 3. Shrillness; high pitch; Ð said of sounds. 4. (Med.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. Syn. Ð Penetration; sagacity; keenness; ingenuity; shrewdness; subtlety; sharpÐwittedness. AÏcu·tiÏfo¶liÏate (#), a. [L. acutus sharp + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having sharpÐpointed leaves. AÏcu·tiÏlo¶bate (#), a. [L. acutus sharp + E. lobe.] (Bot.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves. Ø AdÏ(#). [A Latin preposition, signifying to. See At.] As a prefix adÐ assumes the forms acÐ, afÐ, agÐ, alÐ, anÐ, apÐ, arÐ, asÐ, atÐ, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which adÐ is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes acÐ before qu, as in acquiesce. AdÏact¶ (#), v. t. [L. adactus, p. p. of adigere.] To compel; to drive. [Obs.] Fotherby. AÏdac¶tyl (#), AÏdac¶tylÏous (#),} a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? finger.] (Zo”l.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

Ad¶age (#), n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting ½I dare not¸ wait upon ½I would,¸ Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak. Syn. Ð Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom. AÏda¶giÏal (#), a. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. ½Adagial verse.¸ Barrow. Ø AÏda¶gio (#), a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow. Ø AÏda¶gio, n. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Ad¶am (#), n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. 2. (As a symbol) ½Original sin;¸ human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.

Adam's ale, water. [Colloq.] Ð Adam's apple. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. Paxton. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). 2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. Ð Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Ð Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

Ad¶aÏmant (#), n. [OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? priv. + ? to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substance of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton. 2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ½A great adamant of acquaintance.¸ Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene. Ad·aÏmanÏte¶an (#), a. [L. adamant?us.] Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton. Ad·aÏman¶tine (#), a. [L. adamantinus, Gr. ?.] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. 2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster. Ad·amÏbuÏla¶cral (#), a. [L. ad + E. ambulacral.] (Zo”l.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish. AÏdam¶ic (#), AÏdam¶icÏal (#),} a. Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

Ad¶amÏite (#), n. [From Adam.] 1. A descendant of Adam; a human being. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

Ad¶am's ap¶ple (#). See under Adam.

AÏdance¶ (#), adv. Dancing. Lowell.

AÏdan¶gle (#), adv. Dangling. Browning.

Ø Ad·anÏso¶niÏa (#), n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkeyÐbread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or creamÐofÐtartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wideÐspreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton. AÏdapt¶ (#), a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift. AÏdapt¶, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt, Adept.] To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; Ð sometimes followed by to or for.] For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay. AÏdapt·aÏbil¶iÏty (#), AÏdapt¶aÏbleÏness (#),} n. The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. ½General adaptability for every purpose.¸ Farrar. AÏdapt¶aÏble (#), a. Capable of being adapted. Ad·apÏta¶tion (#), n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.] 1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. ½Adaptation of the means to the end.¸ Erskine. 2. The result of adapting; an adapted form. AÏdapt¶aÏtive (#), a. Adaptive. Stubbs. AÏdapt¶edÏness (#), n. The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

AÏdapt¶er (#), n. 1. One who adapts. 2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter. <ÐÐ 2. any device connecting two parts of an apparatus (e.g. tubes of different diameters, or electric cords with different plug types); a device allowing an apparatus to be used for purposes other than originally intended ÐÐ>

AÏdap¶tion (#), n. Adaptation. Cheyne. AÏdapt¶ive (#), a. Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. Ð AÏdapt¶iveÏly, adv. AÏdapt¶iveÏness, n. The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. AÏdapt¶ly, adv. In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior. AÏdapt¶ness, n. Adaptedness. [R.] Ad·apÏto¶riÏal (#), a. Adaptive. [R.] Ø A¶dar (#), n. [Heb. ad„r.] The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March. Ø AÏdar¶ce (#), n. [L. adarce, adarca, Gr. ?.] A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana. Ø Ad¶aÏtis (#), n. A fine cotton cloth of India. AÏdaunt¶ (#), v. t. [OE. adaunten to overpower, OF. adonter; … (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See Daunt.] To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton. AÏdaw¶ (#), v. t. [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.] To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser. AÏdaw¶, v. t. & i. [OE. adawen to wake; pref. aÐ (cf. Goth. usÐ, Ger. erÐ) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw.] To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, he seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verify. Chaucer. AÏdays¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÐ (for on) + day; the final s was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.] By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs., except in the compound nowadays.] Fielding. Ø Ad capÏtan¶dum (#). [L., for catching.] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. Add (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.] 1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

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2. To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke. 3. To append, as a statement; to say further. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay. Syn. Ð To Add, Join, Annex, Unite, Coalesce. We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection. We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.

Add (#), v. i. 1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. ½I will add to your yoke.¸ 1 Kings xii. 14. 2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

Add¶aÏble (#), a. [Add, v. + Ðable.] Addible.

Ad¶dax (#), n. [Native name.](Zo”l.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus). µ It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible.

AdÏdeem¶ (#), v. t. [Pref. aÐ + deem.] To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] ½Unto him they did addeem the prise.¸ Spenser. Ø AdÏden¶dum (#), n.; pl. Addenda (#). [L., fr. addere to add.] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

Add¶er (#), n. [See Add.] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

Ad¶der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n‘dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na?r, masc., na?ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] ½The eddre seide to the woman.¸ Wyclif. (Gen. iii. 4.) 2. (Zo”l.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. µ In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, Ð sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles). Ad¶der fly/ (#). A dragon fly. Ad¶der'sÐtongue· (#), n. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray. Ad¶derÏwort· (#), n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). Add·iÏbil¶iÏty (#), n. The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke. Add¶iÏble (#), a. Capable of being added. ½Addible numbers.¸ Locke. Ad¶dice (#), n. See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon. AdÏdict¶ (#), p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] AdÏdict¶, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; Ð with to. ½They addict themselves to the civil law.¸ Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay. 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn. Syn. Ð Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. ½Addicted to staying at home.¸ J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. AdÏdict¶edÏness, n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. AdÏdic¶tion (#), n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. ½His addiction was to courses vain.¸ Shak. Ad¶diÏson's disÏease¶ (#). [Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it.] (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal. AdÏdit¶aÏment (#), n. [L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add.] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. AdÏdi¶tion (#), n. [F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add.] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; Ð opposed to subtraction or diminution. ½This endless addition or addibility of numbers.¸ Locke. 2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. 3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. 4. (Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.] 5. (Law) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title. 6. (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; Ð opposed to abatement. Vector addition (Geom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. Syn. Ð Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct. AdÏdi¶tionÏal (#), a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. AdÏdi¶tionÏal, n. Something added. [R.] Bacon. AdÏdi¶tionÏalÏly, adv. By way of addition. AdÏdi¶tionÏaÏry (#), a. Additional. [R.] Herbert. Ad·diÏti¶tious (#), a. [L. addititius, fr. addere.] Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel. Ad¶diÏtive (#), a. [L. additivus.] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; Ð opposed to subtractive. Ad¶diÏtoÏry (#), a. Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot. Ad¶dle (#), n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Ad¶dle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. Ad¶dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Addled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Addling (#).] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. ½Their eggs were addled.¸ Cowper. Ad¶dle, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. ”?lask to acquire property, akin to o?al property. Cf. Allodial.] 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser. Ad¶dleÐbrain· (#), Ad¶dleÐhead· (#), Ad¶dleÐpate (#),} n. A foolish or dullÐwitted fellow. [Colloq.] Ad¶dleÐbrained· (#), Ad¶dleÐhead·ed (#), Ad¶dleÐpa·ted (#),} a. DullÐwitted; stupid. ½The addleÐbrained Oberstein.¸ Motley. Dull and addleÐpated. Dryden. Ad¶dleÐpa·tedÏness (#), n. Stupidity. Ad¶dlings (#), n. pl. [See Addle, to earn.] Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. AdÏdoom¶ (#), v. t. [Pref. aÐ + doom.] To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser. AdÏdorsed¶ (#), a. [L. ad + dorsum, back: cf. F. adoss‚.] (Her.) Set or turned back to back. AdÏdress¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addressed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. … (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v.] 1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser. 2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor. 3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay. 4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel. 5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden. 6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate? Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift. 7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. 8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to. AdÏdress¶ (#), v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] ½Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.¸ Shak. 2. To direct speech. [Obs.] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. µ The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun. AdÏdress, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.] 1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] Jer Taylor. 2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. 3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. 4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. 5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. 6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison. 7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Syn. Ð Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness. Ad·dressÏee¶ (#), n. One to whom anything is addressed. AdÏdres¶sion (#), n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.] Chapman. AdÏduce¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adduced (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Adducing (#).] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct.] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey. Syn. Ð To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention. AdÏdu¶cent (#), a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; Ð a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. AdÏdu¶cer (#), n. One who adduces. AdÏdu¶ciÏble (#), a. Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor. AdÏduct¶ (#), v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley. AdÏduc¶tion (#), n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor. 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; Ð opposed to abduction. Dunglison. AdÏduc¶tive (#), a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. AdÏduc¶tor (#), n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; Ð opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill. AdÏdulce¶ (#), v. t. [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon. AÏdeem¶ (#), v. t. [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. Ø A·deÏlan·taÏdil¶lo (#), n. [Sp.] A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes. Ø A·deÏlanÏta¶do (#), n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott. Ø AdÏeÏlas¶ter (#), n. [Gr. ? not manifest + ? a star.] (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. Ad¶elÏing (#), n. Same as Atheling. AÏdel·oÏcoÏdon¶ic (#), a. [Gr. ? invisible + ? a bell.] (Zo”l.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; Ð opposed to phanerocodonic. AÏdel¶oÏpod (#), n. [Gr. ? invisible + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo”l.) An animal having feet that are not apparent. Ø AÏdel¶phiÏa (#), n. [Gr. ? brother.] (Bot.) A ½brotherhood,¸ or collection of stamens in a bundle; Ð used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. AÏdel¶phous (#), a. [Gr. ? brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; Ð said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray. AÏdempt¶ (#), p. p. [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.] Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

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AÏdemp¶tion (?), n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier. AdenÏ or AdenoÏ. [Gr. ?, ?, gland.] Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; - used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands. Ø Ad·eÏnal¶giÏa (?), Ad¶eÏnal·gy (?), } n. [Gr. ? + ? pain.] (Med.) Pain in a gland. AÏden¶iÏform (?), a. [AdenÏ + Ïform.] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. Ø Ad·eÏni¶tis (?), n. [AdenÏ + Ïitis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison. Ad·eÏnoÏgraph¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to adenography. Ad·eÏnog¶raÏphy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Ïgraphy.] That part of anatomy which describes the glands. Ad¶eÏnoid (?), Ad·eÏnoid¶al (?) } a. Glandlike; glandular. Ad·eÏnoÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to adenology. Ad·eÏnol¶oÏgy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Ïlogy.] The part of physiology that treats of the glands. Ad·eÏnoph¶oÏrous (?), a. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? bearing.] (Bot.) Producing glands. Ad·eÏnoph¶ylÏlous (?), a. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? leaf.] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves. Ad¶eÏnose· (?; 277), a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous. Ad·eÏnoÏtom¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to adenotomy. Ad·eÏnot¶oÏmy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? a cutting, ? to cut.] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. Ad¶eÏnous (?), a. Same as Adenose. Ø Ad¶eps (?), n. [L.] Animal fat; lard. AÏdept¶ (?), n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy. AÏdept¶, a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper. AÏdep¶tion (?), n. [L. adeptio. See Adept, a.] An obtaining; attainment. [Obs.] In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory. Grafton. AÏdept¶ist, n. A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]

AÏdept¶ness, n. The quality of being adept; skill.

Ad¶eÏquaÏcy (?), n. [See Adequate.] The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure. Ad¶eÏquate (?), a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. Syn. Ð Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable. Ad¶eÏquate (?), v. t. [See Adequate, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] Fotherby. 2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford. Ad¶eÏquateÏly (?), adv. In an adequate manner. Ad¶eÏquateÏness, n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. Ad·eÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. adaequatio.] The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow. AÏdes¶my (?), n. [Gr. ? unfettered; ? priv. + ? a fetter.] (Bot.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire. AdÏes·seÏna¶riÏan (?), n. [Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. AdÏfect¶ed (?), a. [L. adfectus or affectus. See Affect, v.] (Alg.) See Affected, 5. AdÏfil¶iÏa·ted (?), a. See Affiliated. [Obs.] AdÏfil·iÏa¶tion (?), n. See Affiliation. [Obs.] AdÏflux¶ion (?), n. See Affluxion. AdÏha¶mant (?), a. [From L. adhamare to catch; ad + hamus hook.] Clinging, as by hooks. AdÏhere¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Adhered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering (?).] [L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adh‚rer. See Aghast.] 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. 2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. 3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. ½Nor time nor place did then adhere.¸ Every thing adheres together.¸ Shak. Syn. Ð To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold AdÏher¶ence (?), n. [Cf. F. adh‚rence, LL. adhaerentia.] 1. The quality or state of adhering. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. Syn. Ð Adherence, Adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote physical union, but is applied, to mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc. Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical sense, except in the phrase ½To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party.¸ AdÏher¶enÏcy (?), n. 1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [R.] 2. That which adheres. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. AdÏher¶ent (?), a. [L. adhaerens, Ïentis, p. pr.: cf. F. adh‚rent.] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. AdÏher¶ent, n. 1. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. 2. That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton. Syn. Ð Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer. AdÏher¶entÏly, adv. In an adherent manner. AdÏher¶er (?), n. One who adheres; an adherent. AdÏhe¶sion (?), n. [L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adh‚sion.] 1. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like. 2. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey. 3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay. 4. (Physics) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. 5. (Med.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process. 6. (Bot.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. Syn. Ð Adherence; union. See Adherence. AdÏhe¶sive (?), a. [Cf. F. adh‚sif.] 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. Ð Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. - Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil. AdÏhe¶siveÏly, adv. In an adhesive manner. AdÏhe¶siveÏness, n. 1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union. 2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse. AdÏhib¶it (?), v. t. [L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to hold to; ad + habere to have.] 1. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead. 2. To use or apply; to administer. Camden. 3. To attach; to affix. Alison. Ad·hiÏbi¶tion (?), n. [L. adhibitio.] The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker. Ø Ad hom¶iÏnem (?). [L., to the man.] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. AdÏhort¶ (?), v. t. [L. adhortari. See Adhortation.] To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham. Ad·horÏta¶tion (?), n. [L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort.] Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham. AdÏhor¶taÏtoÏry (?), a. Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter. Ad·iÏaÏbat¶ic (?), a. [Gr. ? not passable; ? priv. + ? through + ? to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. - Ad·iÏaÏbat·icÏalÏly, adv. ÷ line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine. Ad·iÏacÏtin¶ic (?), a. [Pref. aÏ not + diactinic.] (Chem.) Not transmitting the actinic rays. Ø Ad·iÏan¶tum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, maidenhair; ? priv. + ? to wet.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. Ad·iÏaph¶oÏrism (?), n. Religious indifference. Ad·iÏaph¶oÏrist (?), n. [See Adiaphorous.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. Ad·iÏaph·oÏris¶tic (?), a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley. Ad·iÏaph¶oÏrite (?), n. Same as Adiaphorist. Ad·iÏaph¶oÏrous (?), a. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? different; ? through + ? to bear.] 1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor. 2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. Dunglison. Ad·iÏaph¶oÏry, n. [Gr. ?.] Indifference. [Obs.] Ad·iÏaÏther¶mic (?), a. [Gr. ? priv. + ? through + ?heat.] Not pervious to heat.

AÏdieu¶ (?), interj. & adv. [OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. ? dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God.] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

AÏdieu¶, n.; pl. Adieus (?). A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. Shak. AÏdight¶ (?), v. t. [p. p. Adight.] [Pref. aÏ (intensive) + OE. dihten. See Dight.] To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.] Ø Ad in·fiÏni¶tum (?).[L., to infinity.] Without limit; endlessly. Ø Ad in¶terÏim (?)[L.] Meanwhile; temporary. Ad·eÏpes¶cent (?), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + Ïescent.] Becoming fatty. AÏdip¶ic (?), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; - applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid. <ÐÐ 2. adipic acid. a dicarboxylic acid containing six carbon atoms in a linear chain ÐÐ> Ad·iÏpoc¶erÏate (?), v. t. To convert adipocere. Ad·iÏpoc·erÏa¶tion (?), n. The act or process of changing into adipocere. Ad¶iÏpoÏcere· (?), n. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere.] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. Ad·iÏpoÏcer¶iÏform (?), a. [Adipocere + Ïform.] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor. Ad·iÏpoc¶erÏous (?), a. Like adipocere. Ad¶iÏpose· (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zo”l.), a soft boneless fin. Ð Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. Ad¶iÏpose·ness (?), Ad·iÏpos¶iÏty (?), } n. The state of being fat; fatness. Ad¶iÏpous (?), a. Fatty; adipose. [R.] AÏdip¶sous (?), a. [Gr. ?; ? priv. + ?, thirst.] Quenching thirst, as certain fruits. Ad¶ipÏsy (?), n. [Gr. ? not thirsty; ? priv. + ? thirst.] (Med.) Absence of thirst. Ad¶it (?), n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; - called also drift and tunnel. 2. Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. Tennyson. Ad¶ja¶cence (?), AdÏja¶cenÏcy (?), } [Cf. LL. adjacentia.] 1. The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings. 2. That which is adjacent.[R.] Sir T. Browne. AdÏja¶cent (?), a. [L. adjacens, Ïcentis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac?re to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. ½The adjacent forest.¸ B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle. Syn. - Adjoining; contiguous; near. - Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell. Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. AdÏja¶cent, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke. AdÏja¶centÏly, adv. So as to be adjacent. AdÏject¶ (?), v. t. [L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + ac?re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To add or annex; to join. Leland. AdÏjec¶tion (?), n. [L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject.] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson. AdÏjec¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle. Ad·jecÏti¶tious (?), [L. adjectitius.] Added; additional. Parkhurst. Ad·jecÏti¶val (?), a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797) Ad·jecÏti¶valÏly, adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. Ad¶jecÏtive (?), a. [See Adjective, n.] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence. 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. 3. Relating to procedure. ½The whole English law, substantive and adjective.¸ Macaulay. Ad¶jecÏtive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, ½a wise ruler,¸ wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. 2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.

Ad¶jecÏtive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjectived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving (?).] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has... adjectived all three. Tooke. Ad¶jecÏtiveÏly, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. AdÏjoin¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjoining.] [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adjunct.] To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections... should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

<p. 22> AdÏjoin¶ (?), v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. When one man's land adjoins to another's. Blackstone. µ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. 2. To join one's self. [Obs.] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser. AdÏjoin¶ant (?), a. Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew. AdÏjoin¶ing, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. ½The adjoining fane.¸ Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. Syn. Ð Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent. Ad¶joint (?), n. An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.] AdÏjourn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjourned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjourning (?).] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal, Journey.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; - commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak. Syn. - To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. - To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted. AdÏjourn¶, v. i.To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day. AdÏjourn¶al (?), n. Adjournment; postponement. [R.] ½An adjournal of the Diet.¸ Sir W. Scott. AdÏjourn¶ment (?), n. [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn.] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day. 2.The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business. AdÏjudge¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging (?).] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate.] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term. 3. To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton. 4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles. Syn. - To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign. AdÏjudg¶er (?), n. One who adjudges. AdÏjudg¶ment (?), n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple. AdÏju¶diÏcate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating (?)] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. AdÏju¶diÏcate, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. AdÏju·diÏca¶tion (?), n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication.] 1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially. 2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. ½An adjudication in favor of natural rights.¸ Burke. 3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. Abbott. 4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt. AdÏju¶diÏcaÏtive (?), a. Adjudicating. AdÏju¶diÏca·tor (?), n. One who adjudicates. AdÏju¶diÏcaÏture (?), n. Adjudication. Ad¶juÏgate (?), v. t. [L. adjugatus, p. p. of adjugare; ad + jugum a yoke.] To yoke to. [Obs.] Ad¶juÏment (?), n. [L. adjumentum, for adjuvamentum, fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.] Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.] Waterhouse. Ad¶junct· (?), a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. ÷ notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. Ad¶junct·, n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak. 2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. Wotton. 3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of ½History.¸ 4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. 5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. AdÏjunc¶tion (?), n. [L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct.] The act of joining; the thing joined or added. AdÏjunc¶tive (?), a. [L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct.] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct. AdÏjunc¶tive, n. One who, or that which, is joined. AdÏjunc¶tiveÏly, adv. In an adjunctive manner. AdÏjunct¶ly (?), adv. By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with. Ad·juÏra¶tion (?), n. [L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure.] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall. 2. The form of oath or appeal. Persons who... made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison. AdÏju¶raÏtoÏry (?), a. [L. adjuratorius.] Containing an adjuration. AdÏjure¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring (?). [L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury.] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest... said... I adjure thee by the living God, that tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall. AdÏjur¶er (?), n. One who adjures. AdÏjust¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjusting.] [OF. ajuster, ajoster (whence F. ajouter to add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to adjust. See Just, v. t. and cf. Adjute.] 1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard. 2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. Adjusting the orthography. Johnson. 3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted. 4. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope. Syn. - To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle. AdÏjust¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being adjusted. AdÏjust¶age (?), n. [Cf. Ajutage.] Adjustment. [R.] AdÏjust¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, adjusts. AdÏjust¶ive (?), a. Tending to adjust. [R.] AdÏjust¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust.] 1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley. 2. (Law) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham. 3. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment. Syn. - Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition. Ad¶juÏtage (?), n. Same as Ajutage. Ad¶juÏtanÏcy (?), n. [See Adjutant.] 1. The office of an adjutant. 2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance. It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. Burke. Ad¶juÏtant (?), n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. ÷ general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo”l.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; - called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. Ad¶juÏta·tor (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) A corruption of Agitator. AdÏjute¶ (?), v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L. adjutare.] To add. [Obs.] AdÏju¶tor (?), n. [L., fr. adjuvare. See Aid.] A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton. AdÏju¶toÏry (?), a. [L. adjutorius.] Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.] AdÏju¶trix (?), n. [L. See Adjutor.] A female helper or assistant. [R.] Ad¶juÏvant (?), a. [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See Aid.] Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] ½Adjuvant causes.¸ Howell. Ad¶juÏvant, n. 1. An assistant. [R.] Yelverton. 2. (Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Ad·leÏga¶tion (?), n. [L. adlegatio, allegatio, a sending away; fr. adlegare, allegare, to send away with a commission; ad in addition + legare to send as ambassador. Cf. Allegation.] A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.

Ø Ad lib¶iÏtum (?). At one's pleasure; as one wishes. Ad·loÏcu¶tion (?), n. See Allocution. [Obs.] AdÏmar¶ginÏate (?), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + margin.] To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge. AdÏmax¶ilÏlaÏry (?), a. [Pref. adÏ + maxillary.] (Anat.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone. AdÏmeas¶ure (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.] 1. To measure. 2. (Law) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. AdÏmeas¶ureÏment (?), n. [Cf. OF. amesurement, and E. Measure.] 1. The act or process of ascertaining the dimensions of anything; mensuration; measurement; as, the admeasurement of a ship or of a cask. ½ Admeasurement by acre.¸ 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. 3. (Law) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff. AdÏmeas¶urÏer (?), n. One who admeasures. AdÏmen·suÏra¶tion (?), n. [LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration.] Same as Admeasurement. AdÏmin¶iÏcle (?), n. [L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending Ïculym.] 1. Help or support; an auxiliary. Grote. 2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof. In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlar (?), a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlaÏry (?), a. Adminicular. AdÏmin¶isÏter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.] 1.To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope. 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay. 3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay. 4. To tender, as an oath. Swear... to keep the oath that we administer. Shak. 5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. Syn. - To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish. AdÏmin¶isÏter, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain... administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator. 2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. AdÏmin¶isÏter, n. Administrator. [Obs.] Bacon. AdÏmin·isÏte¶riÏal (?), a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. AdÏmin¶isÏtraÏble (?), a. Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law. AdÏmin¶isÏtrant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of administrer. See Administer.] Executive; acting; managing affairs. - n. One who administers. AdÏmin¶isÏtrate (?), v. t. [L. administratus, p. p. of administrare.] To administer. [R.] Milman. AdÏmin·isÏtra¶tion (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.] 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay. 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson. 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

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