ACULEIFORMA*cu"le*i*form, a.
Defn: Like a prickle.
ACULEOLATEA*cu"le*o*late, a. Etym: [L. aculeolus little needle.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having small prickles or sharp points. Gray.
ACULEOUSA*cu"le*ous, a.
Defn: Aculeate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ACULEUSA*cu"le*us, n.; pl. Aculei. Etym: [L., dim. of acus needle.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.Lindley.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sting.
ACUMENA*cu"men, n. Etym: [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. Acute.]
Defn: Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden.
Syn.— Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
ACUMINATE A*cu"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. acuminatus, p. p. of acuminare to sharpen, fr. acumen. See Acumen.]
Defn: Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
ACUMINATEA*cu"mi*nate, v. t.
Defn: To render sharp or keen. [R.] "To acuminate even despair."Cowper.
ACUMINATEA*cu"mi*nate, v. i.
Defn: To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy." Milton.
ACUMINATIONA*cu`mi*na"tion, n.
Defn: A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.Bp. Pearson.
ACUMINOSEA*cu"mi*nose`, a.
Defn: Terminating in a flat, narrow end. Lindley.
ACUMINOUSA*cu"mi*nous, a.
Defn: Characterized by acumen; keen. Highmore.
ACUPRESSURE Ac`u*pres"sure, n. Etym: [L. acus needle + premere, pressum, to press.] (Surg.)
Defn: A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.
ACUPUNCTURATIONAc`u*punc`tu*ra"tion, n.
Defn: See Acupuncture.
ACUPUNCTURE Ac`u*punc"ture, n. Etym: [L. acus needle + punctura a pricking, fr. pungere to prick: cf. F. acuponcture.]
Defn: Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):
Defn: The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.
ACUPUNCTUREAc`u*punc"ture, v. t.
Defn: To treat with acupuncture.
ACUSTUMAUNCEA*cus"tum*aunce, n.
Defn: See Accustomance. [Obs.]
ACUTANGULARA*cut"an`gu*lar, a.
Defn: Acute-angled.
ACUTE A*cute", a. Etym: [L. acutus, p. p. of acuere to sharpen, fr. a root ak to be sharp. Cf. Ague, Cute, Edge.]
1. Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; — opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
2. Having nice discernment; perceiving or using minute distinctions; penetrating; clever; shrewd; — opposed to Ant: dull or Ant: stupid; as, an acute observer; acute remarks, or reasoning.
3. Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.
4. High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; — opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent.
5. (Med.)
Defn: Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; — opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease. Acute angle (Geom.), an angle less than a right angle.
Syn. — Subtile; ingenious; sharp; keen; penetrating; sagacious; sharp- witted; shrewd; discerning; discriminating. See Subtile.
ACUTEA*cute", v. t.
Defn: To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much. [R.] Walker.
ACUTE-ANGLEDA*cute"-*an`gled, a.
Defn: Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
ACUTELYA*cute"ly, adv.
Defn: In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
ACUTENESSA*cute"ness, n.
1. The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
2. The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; — applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott.
3. Shrillness; high pitch; — said of sounds.
4. (Med.)
Defn: Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
Syn. — Penetration; sagacity; keenness; ingenuity; shrewdness; subtlety; sharp-wittedness.
ACUTIFOLIATEA*cu`ti*fo"li*ate, a. Etym: [L. acutus sharp + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having sharp-pointed leaves.
ACUTILOBATEA*cu`ti*lo"bate, a. Etym: [L. acutus sharp + E. lobe.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having acute lobes, as some leaves.
ACUTORSIONAc`u*tor"sion, n. [L. acus needle + torsion.] (Med.)
Defn: The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
ACYCLICA*cyc"lic, a. [Pref. a- not + cyclic.]
Defn: Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as: (a) (Bot.)
Defn: Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle. (b) (Org. Chem.) Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic.
ACYLAc"yl, n. [Acid + -yl.] (Org. Chem.)
Defn: An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.
AD-Ad-. Etym: [A Latin preposition, signifying to. See At.]
Defn: As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- 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 ac- before qu, as in acquiesce.
ADACTAd*act", v. t. Etym: [L. adactus, p. p. of adigere.]
Defn: To compel; to drive. [Obs.] Fotherby.
ADACTYL; ADACTYLOUS A*dac"tyl, A*dac"tyl*ous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
ADAGE Ad"age, n. Etym: [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.]
Defn: An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; aproverb.Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' theadage. Shak.
Syn.— Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. SeeAxiom.
ADAGIALA*da"gi*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. "Adagial verse." Barrow.
ADAGIO A*da"gio, a. & adv. Etym: [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.)
Defn: Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
ADAGIOA*da"gio, n.
Defn: A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
ADAMAd"am, n.
1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
2. (As a symbol)
Defn: "Original sin;" human frailty.And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] — 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. — Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). — Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.
ADAMANT Ad"a*mant, n. Etym: [OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 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 minerology 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.] "A great adamant of acquaintance." Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene.
ADAMANTEANAd`a*man*te"an, a. Etym: [L. adamanteus.]
Defn: Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.
ADAMANTINEAd`a*man"tine, a. Etym: [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.)
Defn: Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
ADAMBULACRALAd`am*bu*la"cral, a. Etym: [L. ad + E. ambulacral.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.
ADAMIC; ADAMICALA*dam"ic, A*dam"ic*al, a.
Defn: 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.
ADAMITEAd"am*ite, n. Etym: [From Adam.]
1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.
ADAM'S APPLEAd"am's ap"ple.
Defn: See under Adam.
ADANCEA*dance", adv.
Defn: Dancing. Lowell.
ADANGLEA*dan"gle, adv.
Defn: Dangling. Browning.
ADANSONIAAd`an*so"ni*a, n. Etym: [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading 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.
ADAPTA*dapt", a.
Defn: Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.
ADAPTA*dapt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.]Etym: [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt,Adept.]
Defn: To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as tofit for a new use; — 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.
ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTABLENESSA*dapt`a*bil"i*ty, A*dapt"a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.
ADAPTABLEA*dapt"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being adapted.
ADAPTATIONAd`ap*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.]
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
ADAPTATIVEA*dapt"a*tive, a.
Defn: Adaptive. Stubbs.
ADAPTEDNESSA*dapt"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.
ADAPTERA*dapt"er, n.
1. One who adapts.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: A connecting tube; an adopter.
ADAPTIONA*dap"tion, n.
Defn: Adaptation. Cheyne.
ADAPTIVEA*dapt"ive, a.
Defn: Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. — A*dapt"ive*ly, adv.
ADAPTIVENESSA*dapt"ive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
ADAPTLYA*dapt"ly, adv.
Defn: In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior.
ADAPTNESSA*dapt"ness, n.
Defn: Adaptedness. [R.]
ADAPTORIALAd`ap*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Adaptive. [R.]
ADARA"dar, n. Etym: [Heb. adär.]
Defn: The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.
ADARCEA*dar"ce, n. Etym: [L. adarce, adarca, Gr.
Defn: 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.
ADATISAd"a*tis, n.
Defn: A fine cotton cloth of India.
ADAUNT A*daunt", v. t. Etym: [OE. adaunten to overpower, OF. adonter; à (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See Daunt.]
Defn: To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton.
ADAW A*daw", v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.]
Defn: To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.]The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.
ADAWA*daw", v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. adawen to wake; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw.]
Defn: To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.]A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keepUpon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily.Chaucer.
ADAYS A*days", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- (for on) + day; the final s was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.]
Defn: By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.
AD CAPTANDUMAd cap*tan"dum. Etym: [L., for catching.]
Defn: A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
ADD Add, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] Etym: [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.
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. — 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.
ADDAdd, v. i.
1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your yoke." 1 Kings xii. 14.
2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
ADDABLEAdd"a*ble, a. Etym: [Add, v. + -able.]
Defn: Addible.
ADDAXAd"dax, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).
Note: 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.
ADDEEMAd*deem", v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + deem.]
Defn: To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.
ADDENDUMAd*den"dum, n.; pl. Addenda. Etym: [L., fr. addere to add.]
Defn: A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle(Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spurwheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth.Rankine.
ADDERAdd"er, n. Etym: [See Add.]
Defn: One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
ADDER Ad"der, n. Etym: [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. nædre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. nathr, masc., nathra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman." Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
2. (Zoöl.) (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.
Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, — sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles).
ADDER FLYAd"der fly.
Defn: A dragon fly.
ADDER'S-TONGUE Ad"der's-tongue`, 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.
ADDERWORTAd"der*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).
ADDIBILITYAdd`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke.
ADDIBLEAdd"i*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being added. "Addible numbers." Locke.
ADDICEAd"dice, n.
Defn: See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon.
ADDICTAd*dict", p. p.
Defn: Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]
ADDICTAd*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.]Etym: [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicereto say. See Diction.]
1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; — with to. "They 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. — 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. "Addicted 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.
ADDICTEDNESSAd*dict"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
ADDICTIONAd*dic"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.]
Defn: The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.
ADDISON'S DISEASEAd"di*son's dis*ease". Etym: [Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., ofLondon, who first described it.] (Med.)
Defn: 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.
ADDITAMENT Ad*dit"a*ment, n. Etym: [L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add.]
Defn: An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.
ADDITIONAd*di"tion, n. Etym: [F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add.]
1. The act of adding two or more things together; — opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke.
2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
3. (Math.)
Defn: That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.]
5. (Law)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; — 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.— Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct.
ADDITIONALAd*di"tion*al, a.
Defn: Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.
ADDITIONALAd*di"tion*al, n.
Defn: Something added. [R.] Bacon.
ADDITIONALLYAd*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of addition.
ADDITIONARYAd*di"tion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Additional. [R.] Herbert.
ADDITITIOUSAd`di*ti"tious, a. Etym: [L. addititius, fr. addere.]
Defn: Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.
ADDITIVEAd"di*tive, a. Etym: [L. additivus.] (Math.)
Defn: Proper to be added; positive; — opposed to subtractive.
ADDITORYAd"di*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot.
ADDLEAd"dle, n. Etym: [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.]
1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.]
2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
ADDLEAd"dle, a.
Defn: Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.
ADDLEAd"dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Addled; p. pr. & vb. n. Addling.]
Defn: To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. "Their eggs were addled." Cowper.
ADDLEAd"dle, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob.fr. Icel. ö\'eblask to acquire property, akin to othal 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.
ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATEAd"dle-brain`, Ad"dle-head`, Ad"dle-pate, n.
Defn: A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]
ADDLE-BRAINED; ADDLE-HEADED; ADDLE-PATEDAd"dle-brained`, Ad"dle-head`ed, Ad"dle-pa`ted, a.
Defn: Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley.Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.
ADDLE-PATEDNESSAd"dle-pa`ted*ness, n.
Defn: Stupidity.
ADDLINGSAd"dlings, n. pl. Etym: [See Addle, to earn.]
Defn: Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
ADDOOMAd*doom", v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + doom.]
Defn: To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.
ADDORSEDAd*dorsed", a. Etym: [L. ad + dorsum, back: cf. F. adossé.] (Her.)
Defn: Set or turned back to back.
ADDRESS Ad*dress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] Etym: [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. à (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.)
Defn: 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.
ADDRESSAd*dress", v. i.
1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] "Let us address to tend on Hector's heels." Shak.
2. To direct speech. [Obs.] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden.
Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.
ADDRESSAd*dress, n. Etym: [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. — Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.
ADDRESSEEAd`dress*ee", n.
Defn: One to whom anything is addressed.
ADDRESSIONAd*dres"sion, n.
Defn: The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.]Chapman.
ADDUCEAd*duce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Adducing.]Etym: [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere tolead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct.]
Defn: To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, orconsideration 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. — To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention.
ADDUCENTAd*du"cent, a. Etym: [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Bringing together or towards a given point; — a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
ADDUCERAd*du"cer, n.
Defn: One who adduces.
ADDUCIBLEAd*du"ci*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.
ADDUCTAd*duct", v. t. Etym: [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.](Physiol.)
Defn: To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.
ADDUCTIONAd*duc"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; — opposed to abduction. Dunglison.
ADDUCTIVEAd*duc"tive, a.
Defn: Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
ADDUCTORAd*duc"tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.)
Defn: 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; — 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.
ADDULCEAd*dulce", v. t. Etym: [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.]
Defn: To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon.
ADEEMA*deem", v. t. Etym: [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law)
Defn: To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.
ADELANTADILLOA`de*lan`ta*dil"lo, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
ADELANTADO A`de*lan*ta"do, n. Etym: [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.]
Defn: A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.
ADELASTERAd*e*las"ter, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
ADELINGAd"el*ing, n.
Defn: Same as Atheling.
ADELOCODONICA*del`o*co*don"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; — opposed to phanerocodonic.
ADELOPODA*del"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal having feet that are not apparent.
ADELPHIAA*del"phi*a, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; — used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
ADELPHOUSA*del"phous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having coalescent or clustered filaments; — said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.
ADEMPTA*dempt", p. p. Etym: [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.]
Defn: Takes away. [Obs.]Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt.Latimn.
ADEMPTION A*demp"tion, n. Etym: [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law)
Defn: The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.
ADEN-; ADENO-Aden- or Adeno-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; — used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
ADENALGIA; ADENALGYAd`e*nal"gi*a, Ad"e*nal`gy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: (Med.) Pain in a gland.
ADENIFORMA*den"i*form, a. Etym: [Aden- + -form.]
Defn: Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.
ADENITISAd`e*ni"tis, n. Etym: [Aden- + -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.
ADENOGRAPHICAd`e*no*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to adenography.
ADENOGRAPHYAd`e*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Adeno- + -graphy.]
Defn: That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
ADENOID; ADENOIDALAd"e*noid, Ad`e*noid"al a.
Defn: Glandlike; glandular.
ADENOLOGICALAd`e*no*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to adenology.
ADENOLOGYAd`e*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Adeno- + -logy.]
Defn: The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
ADENOMAAd`e*no"ma, n.; L. pl. -mata (#). [NL.; adeno- + -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. — Ad`e*nom"a*tous, a.
ADENOPATHYAd"e*nop"a*thy, n. [Adeno- + Gr. suffering, to suffer.] (Med.)
Defn: Disease of a gland.
ADENOPHOROUSAd`e*noph"o*rous, a. Etym: [Adeno- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Producing glands.
ADENOPHYLLOUSAd`e*noph"yl*lous, a. Etym: [Adeno- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having glands on the leaves.
ADENOSCLEROSISAd"e*no*scle*ro"sis, n. [NL.; adeno- + sclerosis.] (Med.)
Defn: The hardening of a gland.
ADENOSEAd"e*nose`, a.
Defn: Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
ADENOTOMICAd`e*no*tom"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to adenotomy.
ADENOTOMYAd`e*not"o*my, n. Etym: [Adeno- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
ADENOUSAd"e*nous, a.
Defn: Same as Adenose.
ADEN ULCER A"den ul"cer. [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.)
Defn: A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.
ADEPSAd"eps, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Animal fat; lard.
ADEPT A*dept", n. Etym: [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), adipsci to arrive ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.]
Defn: One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
ADEPTA*dept", a.
Defn: Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.
ADEPTIONA*dep"tion, n. Etym: [L. adeptio. See Adept, a.]
Defn: An obtaining; attainment. [Obs.] In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory. Grafton.
ADEPTISTA*dept"ist, n.
Defn: A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]
ADEPTNESSA*dept"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being adept; skill.
ADEQUACYAd"e*qua*cy, n. Etym: [See Adequate.]
Defn: The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
ADEQUATE Ad"e*quate, a. Etym: [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal.]
Defn: Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent;fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequatedefinition.Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.
Syn. — Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
ADEQUATEAd"e*quate, v. t. Etym: [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.
ADEQUATELYAd"e*quate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an adequate manner.
ADEQUATENESSAd"e*quate*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
ADEQUATIONAd`e*qua"tion, n. Etym: [L. adaequatio.]
Defn: The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.
ADESMYA*des"my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.
ADESSENARIAN Ad*es`se*na"ri*an, n. Etym: [Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
ADFECTEDAd*fect"ed, a. Etym: [L. adfectus or affectus. See Affect, v.] (Alg.)
Defn: See Affected, 5.
ADFILIATEDAd*fil"i*a`ted, a.
Defn: See Affiliated. [Obs.]
ADFILIATIONAd*fil`i*a"tion, n.
Defn: See Affiliation. [Obs.]
ADFLUXIONAd*flux"ion, n.
Defn: See Affluxion.
ADHAMANTAd*ha"mant, a. Etym: [From L. adhamare to catch; ad + hamus hook.]
Defn: Clinging, as by hooks.
ADHEREAd*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Adhered; p. pr. & vb. n. Adhering.]Etym: [L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer.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. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.
Syn.— To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold
ADHERENCEAd*her"ence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. adhérence, 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. — 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 "To give in one's adhesion to a cause or a party."
ADHERENCYAd*her"en*cy, n.
1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [R.]
2. That which adheres. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
ADHERENTAd*her"ent, a. Etym: [L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adhérent.]
1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope.
2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
ADHERENTAd*her"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. — Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.
ADHERENTLYAd*her"ent*ly, adv.
Defn: In an adherent manner.
ADHERERAd*her"er, n.
Defn: One who adheres; an adherent.
ADHESIONAd*he"sion, n. Etym: [L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adhésion.]
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)
Defn: The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. SeeCohesion.
5. (Med.)
Defn: Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
Syn.— Adherence; union. See Adherence.
ADHESIVEAd*he"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. adhésif.]
1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. — 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.
ADHESIVELYAd*he"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an adhesive manner.
ADHESIVENESSAd*he"sive*ness, n.
1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
2. (Phren.)
Defn: Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
ADHIBIT Ad*hib"it, v. t. Etym: [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.
ADHIBITIONAd`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. adhibitio.]
Defn: The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker.
AD HOMINEMAd hom"i*nem. Etym: [L., to the man.]
Defn: ` phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
ADHORTAd*hort", v. t. Etym: [L. adhortari. See Adhortation.]
Defn: To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham.
ADHORTATION Ad`hor*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort.]
Defn: Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.
ADHORTATORYAd*hor"ta*to*ry, a.
Defn: Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.]Potter.
ADIABATICAd`i*a*bat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Physics)
Defn: Not giving out or receiving heat. — Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic 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.
ADIACTINICAd`i*ac*tin"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. a- not + diactinic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Not transmitting the actinic rays.
ADIANTUMAd`i*an"tum, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair.Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
ADIAPHORISMAd`i*aph"o*rism, n.
Defn: Religious indifference.
ADIAPHORISTAd`i*aph"o*rist, n. Etym: [See Adiaphorous.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: 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.
ADIAPHORISTICAd`i*aph`o*ris"tic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.Shipley.
ADIAPHORITEAd`i*aph"o*rite, n.
Defn: Same as Adiaphorist.
ADIAPHOROUSAd`i*aph"o*rous, a. Etym: [Gr.
1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.Dunglison.
ADIAPHORYAd`i*aph"o*ry, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Indifference. [Obs.]
ADIATHERMICAd`i*a*ther"mic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Not pervious to heat.
ADIEU A*dieu", interj. & adv. Etym: [OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God.]
Defn: Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
ADIEUA*dieu", n.; pl. Adieus.
Defn: A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. Shak.
ADIGHT A*dight", v. t. [p. p. Adight.] Etym: [Pref. a- (intensive) + OE. dihten. See Dight.]
Defn: To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.]
AD INFINITUMAd in`fi*ni"tum. Etym: [L., to infinity.]
Defn: Without limit; endlessly.
AD INTERIMAd in"ter*imEtym: [L.]
Defn: Meanwhile; temporary.
ADIOSA`dios", interj. [Sp., fr. L. ad to + deus god. Cf. Adieu.]
Defn: Adieu; farewell; good-by; — chiefly used among Spanish- speaking people.
This word is often pronounced å*de"os, but the Spanish accent,though weak, is on the final syllable.
ADIPESCENTAd`i*pes"cent, a. Etym: [L. adeps, adipis, fat + -escent.]
Defn: Becoming fatty.
ADIPICA*dip"ic, a. Etym: [L. adeps, adipis, fat.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; — applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
ADIPOCERATEAd`i*poc"er*ate, v. t.
Defn: To convert adipocere.
ADIPOCERATIONAd`i*poc`er*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act or process of changing into adipocere.
ADIPOCERE Ad"i*po*cere`, n. Etym: [L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere.]
Defn: 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.
ADIPOCERIFORMAd`i*po*cer"i*form, a. Etym: [Adipocere + -form.]
Defn: Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.
ADIPOCEROUSAd`i*poc"er*ous, a.
Defn: Like adipocere.
ADIPOGENOUSAd`i*pog"e*nous, a. [See Adipose; -genous.] (Med.)
Defn: Producing fat.
ADIPOLYSISAd`i*pol"y*sis, n. [NL.; L. adeps, adipis, fat + Gr. a loosing.](Physiol.)
Defn: The digestion of fats.
ADIPOLYTICAd`i*po*lyt"ic, a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + Gr. to loose.] (Chem.)
Defn: Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action.
ADIPOMAAd`i*po"ma, n.; L. pl. -mata (#). [NL. See Adipose; -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. —Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.
ADIPOSEAd"i*pose`, a. Etym: [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty. Adipose fin (Zoöl.), asoft boneless fin.— Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms orcontains fat.
ADIPOSENESS; ADIPOSITYAd"i*pose`ness, Ad`i*pos"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state of being fat; fatness.
ADIPOUSAd"i*pous, a.
Defn: Fatty; adipose. [R.]
ADIPSOUSA*dip"sous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.
ADIPSYAd"ip*sy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Absence of thirst.
ADITAd"it, n. Etym: [L. aditus, fr. adire, , 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.
ADJACENCE; ADJACENCYAd"ja"cence, Ad*ja"cen*cy,Etym: [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.
ADJACENT Ad*ja"cent, a. Etym: [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac to lie: cf. F. adjacent.]
Defn: Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The 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.
ADJACENTAd*ja"cent, n.
Defn: That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke.
ADJACENTLYAd*ja"cent*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to be adjacent.
ADJECT Ad*ject", v. t. Etym: [L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + ac to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
Defn: To add or annex; to join. Leland.
ADJECTIONAd*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection.See Adject.]
Defn: The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B.Jonson.
ADJECTIONALAd*jec"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.]Earle.
ADJECTITIOUSAd`jec*ti"tious, Etym: [L. adjectitius.]
Defn: Added; additional. Parkhurst.
ADJECTIVALAd`jec*ti"val, a.
Defn: Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)
ADJECTIVALLYAd`jec*ti"val*ly, adv.
Defn: As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.
ADJECTIVEAd"jec*tive, a. Etym: [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. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.
ADJECTIVE Ad"jec*tive, n. Etym: [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject.]
1. (Gram.)
Defn: 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, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.
ADJECTIVEAd"jec*tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjectived; p. pr. & vb. n.Adjectiving.]
Defn: 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.
ADJECTIVELYAd"jec*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
ADJOINAd*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjoining.]Etym: [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad+ jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adjunct.]
Defn: To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contactwith; to attach; to append.Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note.Watts.