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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ad-deem’, v. t. p. 18To award; to sentence. [Rare.] “Unto him they did addeem the prize.” Spenser.Ad-dĕn'dum, n. p. 18A thing to be added; an appendix. Addendum circle (Mech.), the distance or space between the pitch line of a gear and the circle touching the ends of the teeth. Rankine.Ăd'der, n. p. 18(Zoöl.) A venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common adder is the Vipera berus. Baird. 2. A serpent in general. Milton. 3. (Ichth.) The same as SEA-ADDER.Ad'der-fly, n. p. 18The dragon-fly.Ad'der's-grāss, n. p. 18A plant about which serpents lurk.Ad'der's-tōngue, n. p. 18A genus of ferns, whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue; Ophioglossum. London.Ad'der's-wōrt, n. p. 18Snakeweed (Polygonum bis-torta); — so named from its supposed virtue in curing the bite of serpents.Ăd'di-bil'i-ty, n. p. 18State or quality of being addible; possibility of being added. Locke.Ăd'di·ble, a. p. 18Capable of being added. “Addible numbers.” Locke.Ad'dĭce, n. p. 18See ADZE.Ad-dict', a. p. 18Addicted. [Obs.] Shak.Ad-dict', v. t. p. 18To apply habitually; to devote; to accustom; to habituate. “Addicted to commerce.” “They addict themselves to the civil law.” Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind…Ad-diet'ed-ness, n. p. 18The quality or state of being addicted. “Addictedness . . . to the study of Scripture.” Doyle.Ad·dic'tion, n. p. 18The state of being addicted. [Obs.] “His addiction was to courses vain.” Shak.Ad-dit'a-ment, n. p. 18An addition, or thing added. [Rare.] My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.Ad-di'tion, n. p. 18The act of adding two or more things together; —opposed to subtraction or diminution. “This endless addition or addibility of numbers.” Locke. 2. Any thing added; increase. “Unworthy of such…Ad-di'tion-al, a. p. 18Added; adscitious.Ad-di'tion-al, n. p. 18Something added; an addition, or additament. [Obs.] Howell.Ad-di'tion-al-ly, adv. p. 18By way of addition.Ad-di'tion-a-ry, a. p. 18Additional. [Rare.] Herbert.Ad·di·ti'tious, a. p. 18Added without good authority. Knowles.Ăd'di-tīve, a. p. 18Capable of being added, or to be added. Davies.Ăd'di-to-ry, a. p. 18Adding, or capable of adding. [Obs. or rare.] Arbuthnot.Ăd'dle, a. p. 18Having lost the power of development, by becoming diseased, as eggs; putrid; corrupt. Hence, producing nothing; unfruitful or barren, as brains. Dryden.Ăd'dle, v. t. p. 18To make addle; to make corrupt or morbid. “Themselves were chilled, their eggs were addled.” Cowper.Ăd'dle, v. i. p. 18To earn by labor; as, to addle up a little money. Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; as, a tree will not addle when embraced by ivy. Tusser.Ăd'dle, n. p. 18Laborers' wages. Halliwell. 2. The lees of wine. Ash.Ad-dōom', v. t. p. 18To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.Ad-dôrsed', a. p. 18(Her.) Having the backs turned to each other; as any two animals, or other bearings, on coats of arms.Ad-drĕss', v. t. p. 18To prepare or make ready. 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.…Ad-drĕss’,, n. p. 19A formal application or discourse, either written or verbal. 2. A speech, message of respect, congratulation, thanks, petition, and the like; as, an address of thanks; an officer is removable upon…Ad-drĕss'er, n. p. 19One who addresses or petitions.Ad-drēs′ion, n. p. 19The act of addressing or directing one's course; and hence, haste; speed. [Obs.] To Pylos first be thy addression then. Chapman.Ad-dūce', v. t. p. 19To bring forward, present, or offer; to introduce; to advance; to cite. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey. Syn.—To offer; present; allege; advance; cite…Ad-dū'cent, a. p. 19Bringing forward or together;—a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. See ADDUCTOR.Ad-dū'cer, n. p. 19One who adduces.Ad-dū'ci-ble, a. p. 19Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. L. Taylor.Ad-dŭc'tion, n. p. 19The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. L. Taylor. 2. (Anat.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn toward its axis. Dunglison.Ad-dūc'tive, a. p. 19Adducing, or bringing forward.Ad-dūc'tor, n. p. 19(Anat.) A muscle which draws one part of the body toward another; as, the adductor oculi, which turns the eye toward the nose; the adductor pollicis manus, which draws the thumb toward the fingers.Ad-dūl'ce, v. t. p. 19To sweeten. [Obs.] Bacon.Ăd'ĕb, n. p. 19An Egyptian weight of about two drams less than the English pound.Ăd'e-lan-tā'do, n. p. 19A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.Ād'el-ing, n. p. 19A title of honor, given by the Anglo-Saxons to the children of princes, and to young nobles.Āl'e-lite, n. p. 19One of a class of Moorish conjurers who predicted the fortunes of individuals by the flight and singing of birds, and other accidental circumstances. Ed. Encyc.A-dĕl'phi-ă, n. p. 19(Bot.) A collection of stamens into a bundle. Wright.A-dĕl'phous, a. p. 19(Bot.) United in pairs or bundles by filaments; as, adelphous stamens. Gray.A-dĕmpt', a. p. 19Taken away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of any thing being added or adempt. Latimer.A-dĕmp'tion, n. p. 19(Law.) The revocation or taking away of a grant, donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.Aden p. 19A prefix to words relating to the structure, diseases, &c., of the glands; as, adenal'gia, pain seated in a gland; adenītis, glandular inflammation, &c. Dunglison.A-dĕn’i-fōrm, a. p. 19Resembling a gland; gland-like; adenoid. Dunglison.Ăd'en-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 19That part of anatomy which treats of the glands.Ăd'en-oid, a. p. 19Resembling a gland; glandiform.Ăd'e·nō·lōg'ie·al, a. p. 19Pertaining to adenology, or the doctrine of the glands.Ăd/en-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 19(Anat.) The doctrine of the glands, their nature and their uses.Ăd/en-ŏph'y/l-lōŭs or Ăd/en-o-phyl'lōus, a. p. 19(Bot.) Having glands on the margin of the leaves. Henslow.Ad'e-nōse, a. p. 19Resembling or shaped like a gland. Buchanan.Ad'en-ōt'o-my, n. p. 19(Anat.) A cutting or incision of a gland.Ăd'e-noŭs, a. p. 19Same as ADENOSE.Ăd'eps, n. p. 19Animal fat; lard. Dunglison.