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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. A-dĕp'tist, n.p. 19An adept.
  2. Ad'e-qua-cy, n.p. 19The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
  3. Ăd'e-quāte, a.p. 19Equal, proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, In those days Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey. Syn. — Equal; proportionate; sufficient; enough; commensurate.
  4. Ăd'e-quāte, v. t.p. 19To resemble exactly. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.
  5. Ad'e-quāte-ly, adv.p. 19In an adequate manner.
  6. Ad'e-quāte-ness, n.p. 19The state of being adequate; sufficiency; adequacy.
  7. Ăd/e-quā'tion, n.p. 19Adequateness; adequacy. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.
  8. Ăd/es-se-nā'ri-an, n.p. 19(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who hold the real presence of Christ’s body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
  9. Ad-féct'ed, a.p. 19(Alg.) Compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity; as, affected equations. See AFFECTED, No. 4.
  10. Ad-fil’i-ā’ted, a.p. 19Adopted as a son; affiliated.
  11. Ad·fil·i·ā'tion, n.p. 19Same as AFFILIATION.
  12. Ad-flŭx'ion, n.p. 19A flow, as of sap, from a drawing, not a propelling force. Dana.
  13. Ad-hēre’, v. i.p. 19To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax adheres to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. 2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to…
  14. Ad-hē'rence, n.p. 19The quality or state of adhering. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, an adherence to a party or opinions. Syn. — ADHERENCE, ADHESION. These words…
  15. Ad-hēr'en-cy, n.p. 19The state or quality of adhering; adherence. [Rare.] 2. That which adheres. [Obs.] “Vexed with its [sin’s] adherencies . . . and evil consequences.” 3. Steady attachment.
  16. Ad-hēr'ent, a.p. 19Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. 2. United with; as, “an adherent mode,” that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth. Watts.
  17. Ad-hēr'ent, n.p. 19One who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. 2. An appendage. [Obs.] Gov. of the Tongue. Syn.—Follower…
  18. Ad·hēr'ent·ly, adv.p. 19In an adherent manner.
  19. Ad-hēr'er, n.p. 19One who adheres; an adherent. Atterbury.
  20. Ad-hē’sion, n.p. 19The act or state of sticking, or being attached; the force with which distinct bodies adhere when their surfaces are brought in contact; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth…
  21. Ad-hē'sive, a.p. 19Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson.
  22. Ad-hē'sive-ly, adv.p. 19In an adhesive manner.
  23. Ad-hē′sive-ness, n.p. 19The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity; viscosity.
  24. Ad·hib'it, v. t.p. 19To use, apply, admit, or give. [Obs.] “The greatest lords . . . adhibited . . . faith to his words. Hall.”
  25. Ăd-hĭ-bĭt'ion, n.p. 19Application; use. Whitaker.
  26. Ad hŏm'i-nemp. 19A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
  27. Ad·hor·tā'tion, n.p. 19Advice; exhortation. [Rare.]
  28. Ad-hôr'ta-to-ry, a.p. 19Containing counsel or warning; advisory. Potter.
  29. Ā'dĭ-ăph'o-rĭst, n.p. 19(Eccl. Hist.) One of the moderate Lutherans, who held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.
  30. Ā′di-ăph′o-rite, n.p. 19See ADIAPHORIST.
  31. Ā´di-ăph'o-rōus, a.p. 19Indifferent or neutral. 2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good. Dunglison.
  32. Ā'di-a-thēr'mic, a.p. 19Not pervious to heat. Melloni.
  33. A·diēu’, adv.p. 19Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends.
  34. A-dieū', n.p. 19A farewell, or commendation to the care of God. “Hastening the moment of our last adieu.” Falconer.
  35. A-dip'ic, a.p. 19(Chem.) Obtained from oils and oily acids by the application of nitric acid. Gregory.
  36. Ăd/i-pŏç'e-rāte, v. t.p. 19To convert into adipocere.
  37. Ad'i-pōç'e-rā'tion, n.p. 19The act or process of being changed into adipocere.
  38. Ad'i-po-cēre', n.p. 19A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light-brown color, into which the fat and muscular fiber of dead animal bodies are converted, by long immersion in water or spirit, or by burial in moist…
  39. Ad'i-pŏç'e-roūs, a.p. 19Belonging to adipocere.
  40. Ad'i-pōse', a.p. 19Pertaining to, or consisting of, animal fat; fatty. Adipose tissue, an assemblage of minute, round vesicles, containing the fat, closely agglomerated, and imbedded in the interstices of the common…
  41. Ăd'i-pōüs, a.p. 19Of the nature of fat; fat; fatty. Booth.
  42. Ad'ip-sy, n.p. 19(Med.) Absence of thirst. Dunglison.
  43. Ad'it, n.p. 20An entrance or passage; specifically, the horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; — called also drift. 2. Admission; approach; access. [Rare.]…
  44. A-di'tion, n.p. 20The act of going to, or approaching. [Obs.] Bailey.
  45. Ad-jā'cençe or Ad-jā'cen-cy, n.p. 20The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings. 2. That which is adjacent. [Obs.] Browne.
  46. Ad-jā'cent, a.p. 20Lying near, close, or contiguous, but not actually touching; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.” B. Jonson. Syn. — Adjoining; contiguous; near. — ADJACENT, ADJOINING…
  47. Ad-jā'cent, n.p. 20That which adjoins or is next to another. [Rare.] Locke.
  48. Ad-jā'cent-ly, adv.p. 20So as to be adjacent.
  49. Ad-jēct', v. t.p. 20To add or put, as one thing to another. [Obs.] Leland.
  50. Ad-jēc'tion, n.p. 20The act of adding, or the thing added. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  51. Ad'jec-ti'tious, a.p. 20Added. Parkhurst.
  52. Ăd'jee-tĭ'val or Ăd'jee-tĭv-al, a.p. 20Belonging to the adjective. [Rare.] Latham.
  53. Ăd'jec-tive, n.p. 20(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…
  54. Ad'jec-tive, v. t.p. 20To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [Rare.] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to…
  55. Ad'jec-tive-ly, adv.p. 20In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively.
  56. Ad-join′, v. t.p. 20To join or unite to; to put to by placing in contact. See JOIN. Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined. Milton.
  57. Ad-join′, v. i.p. 20To lie or be next to, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, a farm adjoining to the highway. Blackstone. 2. To join one's self. [Obs.] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser.
  58. Ad-join'ant, a.p. 20Contiguous. [Obs.] Curran.
  59. Ad-join'ing, p. a.p. 20Joining to; adjacent; contiguous. “The adjoining lane.” Dryden. Syn. — Adjacent; contiguous; near. See ADJACENT.
  60. Ad-journ', v. t.p. 20To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis needful fitness That we adjourn…