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.]