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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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Ā'di-a-thēr'mic, a. p. 19Not pervious to heat. Melloni.A·diēu’, adv. p. 19Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends.A-dieū', n. p. 19A farewell, or commendation to the care of God. “Hastening the moment of our last adieu.” Falconer.A-dip'ic, a. p. 19(Chem.) Obtained from oils and oily acids by the application of nitric acid. Gregory.Ăd/i-pŏç'e-rāte, v. t. p. 19To convert into adipocere.Ad'i-pōç'e-rā'tion, n. p. 19The act or process of being changed into adipocere.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…Ad'i-pŏç'e-roūs, a. p. 19Belonging to adipocere.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…Ăd'i-pōüs, a. p. 19Of the nature of fat; fat; fatty. Booth.Ad'ip-sy, n. p. 19(Med.) Absence of thirst. Dunglison.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.]…A-di'tion, n. p. 20The act of going to, or approaching. [Obs.] Bailey.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.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…Ad-jā'cent, n. p. 20That which adjoins or is next to another. [Rare.] Locke.Ad-jā'cent-ly, adv. p. 20So as to be adjacent.Ad-jēct', v. t. p. 20To add or put, as one thing to another. [Obs.] Leland.Ad-jēc'tion, n. p. 20The act of adding, or the thing added. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Ad'jec-ti'tious, a. p. 20Added. Parkhurst.Ăd'jee-tĭ'val or Ăd'jee-tĭv-al, a. p. 20Belonging to the adjective. [Rare.] Latham.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…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…Ad'jec-tive-ly, adv. p. 20In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively.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.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.Ad-join'ant, a. p. 20Contiguous. [Obs.] Curran.Ad-join'ing, p. a. p. 20Joining to; adjacent; contiguous. “The adjoining lane.” Dryden. Syn. — Adjacent; contiguous; near. See ADJACENT.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…Ad-journ', v. i. p. 20To 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, for repose or refreshment; as…Ad-journ'ment, n. p. 20The 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 defers business; as, during an adjournment.Ad jūdge', v. t. p. 20To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To decree by a judicial opinion or sentence; to decide; to determine; to settle; as, the case…Ad-jŭdg'ment, n. p. 20The act of adjudging; sentence.Ad-jū'di-cāte, v. t. p. 20To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court.Ad-jū'di-cāte, v. i. p. 20To try and determine upon judicially; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.Ad-jū′di-cā′tion, n. p. 20The act of adjudicating or adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining judicially; as, a ship was taken and sent into port for adjudication. 2. A judicial sentence; a judgment or decision…Ad-jū'di-cā'tor, n. p. 20One who adjudicates. Ogilvie.Ad'ju-ment, n. p. 20Help; support. [Obs.]Ad’junct, n. p. 20Something added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. “The properties and adjuncts of God’s law.” Barrow. 2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; as, an able…Ad'junct, a. p. 20Added or united. “Though that my death were adjunct to my act.” Shak. 2. (Mus.) Not forming any essential part of the harmony, as certain notes. Moore.Ad-jūnc'tion, n. p. 20The act of joining; the thing joined.Ad-jūnct'ive, a. p. 20Joining; having the quality of joining.Ad-junct'ĭve, n. p. 20One who, or that which, is joined.Ad-junct'ĭve-ly, adv. p. 20In an adjunctive manner.Ad-jŭnct'ly, adv. p. 20In an adjunctive manner; in connection with; consequently.Ăd'ju-rā'tion, n. p. 20The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall. 2. The form of oath. “Persons who . . . made use…Ad-jü'ra-to-ry, a. p. 20Containing an adjuration.Ad-jūre', v. t. p. 20To charge, bind, command, beg, or entreat solemnly and earnestly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord that…Ad-jūr'er, n. p. 20One who adjures.Ad-jŭst′, v. t. p. 20To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent, or conformable; as, to adjust a garment to the body, an event to the prediction, or things to a standard. 2. To put in order; to regulate or reduce to…Ad-jūst'a-ble, a. p. 20Capable of being adjusted.Ad-jüst'age, n. p. 20Same as ADJUSTMENT. Sylvester.Ad-jüst'er, n. p. 20One who, or that which, adjusts.Ad-jŭst'ment, n. p. 20The act of adjusting or settling; the state or condition of being adjusted or settled; regulation; settlement. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley. 2.…Ad'ju-tage, n. p. 20See AJUTAGE.Ăd'ju-tan-cy, n. p. 20The office of an adjutant. 2. Skillful arrangement in aid. It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. Burke.Ad'ju-tant, n. p. 20(Mil.) A regimental staff officer, with the rank of first lieutenant, appointed by the colonel, to assist him in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant-general (Mil.), the principal…Ad-jūte', v. t. p. 20To help. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Ad-jū'tor, n. p. 20A helper. [Rare.] Drayton.Ad-jū'to-ry, a. p. 20Serving to help or assist. [Obs.] Bailey.