Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages)

by Noah Webster

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.

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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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4. (Law) (a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. (b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
÷ with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.
Syn. - Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution.
AdÏmin¶isÏtra·tive (?), a. [L. administrativus: cf. F. administratif.] Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. - AdÏmin¶isÏtra·tiveÏly, adv.
AdÏmin·isÏtra¶tor (?), n. [L.] 1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
2. (Law) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.
AdÏmin·isÏtra¶torÏship, n. The position or office of an administrator.
AdÏmin·isÏtra¶trix (?), n. [NL.] A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.
Ad·miÏraÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. [L. admirabilitac.] Admirableness. [R.]
Johnson.
Ad¶miÏraÏble (?), a. [L. admirabilis: cf. F. admirable.] 1. Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.]
In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; - used of persons or things. ½An admirable machine.¸ ½Admirable fortitude.¸
Macaulay.
Syn. - Wonderful; marvelous; surprising; excellent; delightful; praiseworthy.
Ad¶miÏraÏbleÏness, n. The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
Ad¶miÏraÏbly, adv. In an admirable manner.
Ad¶miÏral (?), n. [OE. amiral, admiral, OF. amiral, ultimately fr. Ar. amÆrÏalÏbahr commander of the sea; Ar. amÆr is commander, al is the Ar. article, and amÆrÏal, heard in different titles, was taken as one word. Early forms of the word show confusion with L. admirabilis admirable, fr. admirari to admire. It is said to have been introduced into Europe by the Genoese or Venetians, in the 12th or 13th century. Cf. Ameer, Emir.] 1. A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.
2.The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides.
E. Everett.
3. (Zo”l.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
÷ shell (Zo”l.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis).
Lord High ÷, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Britain.
Ad¶miÏralÏship, n. The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.
Ad¶miÏralÏty (?), n.; pl. Admiralties (?). [F. amiraut‚, for an older amiralt‚, office of admiral, fr. LL. admiralitas. See Admiral.] 1. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
Prescott.
2. The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
3.The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
µ In England, admiralty jurisdiction was formerly vested in the High Court of Admiralty, which was held before the Lord High Admiral, or his deputy, styled the Judge of the Admiralty; but admiralty jurisdiction is now vested in the probate, divorce, and admiralty division of the High Justice. In America, there are no admiralty courts distinct from others, but admiralty jurisdiction is vested in the district courts of the United States, subject to revision by the circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. Admiralty jurisprudence has cognizance of maritime contracts and torts, collisions at sea, cases of prize in war, etc., and in America, admiralty jurisdiction is extended to such matters, arising out of the navigation of any of the public waters, as the Great Lakes and rivers.
4. The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
5. The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
AdÏmir¶ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. admirance.] Admiration. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Ad·miÏra¶tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. admiratio. See Admire.] 1. Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.]
Season your admiration for a while.
Shak.
2.Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
3. Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration.
Shak.
Note of ~, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.
Syn. - Wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence; worship.
AdÏmi¶aÏtive (?), a. Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.]
Earle.
AdÏmire¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Admiring (?).] [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. ? to smile, Skr. smi, and E. smile.] 1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
Fuller.
2. To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed.
Pope.
µ Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his conduct.
Syn. - To esteem; approve; delight in.
AdÏmire¶, v. i.To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; - sometimes with at.
To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself.
Fuller.
AdÏmired¶ (?), a. 1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an admired poem.
2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] ½Admired disorder.¸ ½ Admired Miranda.¸
Shak.
AdÏmir¶er (?), n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.
Cowper.
AdÏmir¶ing, a. Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. - AdÏmir¶ingÏly, adv.
Shak.
AdÏmis·siÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. [Cf. F. admissibilit‚.] The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.
AdÏmis¶siÏble (?), a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis. See Admit.] Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. - AdÏmis¶siÏbleÏness, n. Ð AdÏmis¶siÏbly, adv.
AdÏmis¶sion (?), n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.] 1. The act or practice of admitting.
2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.
What numbers groan for sad admission there!
Young.
3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something ?serted; acknowledgment; concession.
The too easy admission of doctrines.
Macaulay.
4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence.
6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
Shipley.
Syn. - Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance.
AdÏmis¶sive (?), a.Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.]
Lamb.
AdÏmis¶soÏry (?), a. Pertaining to admission.
AdÏmit¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Admitting.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere, admissum; ad + mittere to send: cf. F. admettre, OF. admettre, OF. ametre. See Missile.] 1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.
2. To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket one into a playhouse.
3. To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.
4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as, the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt.
5. To be capable of; to permit; as, the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense, of may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.
Hume.
AdÏmit¶taÏble (?), a. Admissible.
Sir T. Browne.
AdÏmit¶tance (?), n. 1. The act of admitting.
2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception.
To gain admittance into the house.
South.
He desires admittance to the king.
Dryden.
To give admittance to a thought of fear.
Shak.
3. Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
4. Admissibility. [Obs. & R.]
Shak.
5. (Eng. Law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
Bouvier.
Syn. - Admission; access; entrance; initiation. - Admittance, Admission. These words are, to some extent, in a state of transition and change. Admittance is now chiefly confined to its primary sense of access into some locality or building. Thus we see on the doors of factories, shops, etc. ½No admittance.¸ Its secondary or moral sense, as ½admittance to the church,¸ is almost entirely laid aside. Admission has taken to itself the secondary or figurative senses; as, admission to the rights of citizenship; admission to the church; the admissions made by one of the parties in a dispute. And even when used in its primary sense, it is not identical with admittance. Thus, we speak of admission into a country, territory, and other larger localities, etc., where admittance could not be used. So, when we speak of admission to a concert or other public assembly, the meaning is not perhaps exactly that of admittance, viz., access within the walls of the building, but rather a reception into the audience, or access to the performances. But the lines of distinction on this subject are one definitely drawn.
Ø Ad·mitÏta¶tur (?), n. [L., let him be admitted.] The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
AdÏmit¶ted (?), a. Received as true or valid; acknowledged. - AdÏmit¶tedÏly, adv. Confessedly.
AdÏmit¶ter (?), n. One who admits.
AdÏmix¶ (?), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + mix: cf. L. admixtus, p. p. of admiscere. See Mix.] To mingle with something else; to mix. [R.]
AdÏmix¶tion (?; 106), n. [L. admixtio.] A mingling of different things; admixture.
Glanvill.
AdÏmix¶ture (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]
1. The act of mixing; mixture.
2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.
3. That which is mixed with anything.
AdÏmon¶ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admonished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Admonishing.] [OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See Monition.] 1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. ½Admonish him as a brother.¸
2 Thess. iii. 15.
2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; - followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.
Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.
Col. iii. 16.
I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold
The danger, and the lurking enemy.
Milton.
3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.
Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle.
Heb. viii. 5.
AdÏmon¶ishÏer (?), n. One who admonishes.
AdÏmon¶ishÏment (?), n. [Cf. OF. amonestement, admonestement.] Admonition. [R.]
Shak.
Ad·moÏni¶tion (?), n. [OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See Admonish.] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Syn. - Admonition, Reprehension, Reproof. Admonition is prospective, and relates to moral delinquencies; its object is to prevent further transgression. Reprehension and reproof are retrospective, the former being milder than the latter. A person of any age or station may be liable to reprehension in case of wrong conduct; but reproof is the act of a superior. It is authoritative fault-finding or censure addressed to children or to inferiors.
Ad·moÏni¶tionÏer (?), n. Admonisher. [Obs.]
AdÏmon¶iÏtive (?), a. Admonitory. [R.] Barrow. Ð AdÏmon¶iÏtiveÏly, adv.
AdÏmon¶iÏtor (?), n. [L.] Admonisher; monitor.
Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor.
Shenstone.
AdÏmon·iÏto¶riÏal (?), a. Admonitory. [R.] ½An admonitorial tone.¸
Dickens.
AdÏmon¶iÏtoÏry (?), a. [LL. admonitorius.] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. - AdÏmon¶iÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv.
AdÏmon¶iÏtrix (?), n. [L.] A female admonitor.
AdÏmor·tiÏza¶tion (?), n. [LL. admortizatio. Cf. Amortization.] (Law) The reducing or lands or tenements to mortmain. See Mortmain.
AdÏmove¶ (?), v. t. [L. admovere. See Move.] To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
AdÏnas¶cent (?), a. [L. adnascens, p. pr. of adnasci to be born, grow.] Growing to or on something else. ½An adnascent plant.¸
Evelyn.
Ad¶nate (?), a. [L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.] 1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally.
2. (Bot.) Growing together; - said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.
Gray.
3. (Zo”l.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; - a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
AdÏna¶tion (?), n. (Bot.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
AdÏnom¶iÏnal (?), a. [L. ad + nomen noun.] (Gram.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. Ð AdÏnom¶iÏnalÏly, adv.
Ad¶noun· (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + noun.] (Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [R.]
Coleridge.
AdÏnu¶biÏla·ted (?), a. [L. adnubilatus, p. p. of adnubilare.] Clouded; obscured. [R.]
AÏdo¶ (?), (1) v. inf., (2) n. [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair.] 1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing . ½What is here ado?¸
J. Newton.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.
With much ado, he partly kept awake.
Dryden.
Let's follow to see the end of this ado.
Shak.
Ø AÏdo¶be (?), n. [Sp.] An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
Ad·oÏles¶cence (?), n. [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
Ad·oÏles¶cenÏcy (?), n. The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.