Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ad-jū'to-ry, a. p. 20Serving to help or assist. [Obs.] Bailey.Ad-jū'trix, n. p. 20A female assistant. [Obs.] Bailey.Ad-jū'vant, a. p. 20Helping; helpful; assisting. “Adjuvant causes.” Howell.Ad-jū'vant, n. p. 20An assistant. “A careful adjuvant.” Yelverton. 2. Assistance; help; aid. Bp. Wilkins. 3. (Med.) A substance added to a prescription, to aid the operation of the principal ingredient or basis. Cyc.…Ad'le-gā'tion, n. p. 20A right claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations relating to the common interest of the empire. Encyc.…Ad'lo-cū'tion, n. p. 20See ALLOCUTION.Ad-mār'gīn-āte, v. t. p. 20To write or place in the margin. [Rare.] Receive candidly the few hints which I have admarginated for your assistance. Coleridge.Ad-mēas'ure, v. t. p. 20To measure; to ascertain the dimensions, size, or capacity of; to measure. 2. To apportion; to assign to each claimant his right in; as, to admeasure dower or common of pasture. Blackstone.Ad-mēns'ure-ment, n. p. 20The act or process of ascertaining the dimensions of any thing; mensuration, measurement; as, the admeasurement of a ship, or a cask. 2. The measure of a thing, or the dimensions ascertained. 3.…Ad-mēas'ur-er, n. p. 20One who admeasures.Ad-mēn'su-rā'tion, n. p. 20Same as ADMEASUREMENT, but not much used. Burrows.Ad-mĭn'ĭ-cle, n. p. 20Help or support. [Obs.] Bailey. 2. (Law.) Imperfect proof. In Scotch and French law, any writing or deed referred to by a party as evidence. Bouvier.Ăd'mi-nic'u-lar, a. p. 21Supplying help; helpful. “Adminicular assistance.” Trans. of Rabelais.Ad·min'is·ter, v. t. p. 21To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution or application of; as, to administer the government. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best…Ad-min'is-ter, v. i. p. 21To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to add something. “A fountain . . . which . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place.” Spectator. 2. (Law.) To perform the office of…Ad-mĭn'is-tē'ri-al, a. p. 21Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.Ad-min'is-tra-ble, a. p. 21Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.Ad-min'is-trāte, v. t. p. 21To administer. [Obs.]Ăd'min-is-trā'tion, n. p. 21The act of administering; government of public affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. The energy of the Protector’s administration in no wise relaxed. Macaulay.…Ad·min'is-trā/tive, a. p. 21Administering; administrating. “Administrative energy.”Ad′/min-is-trā′/tor, n. p. 21One who administers, or who directs, manages, distributes, or dispenses laws and rites, either in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs. 2. (Law.) A man who manages or settles the…Ăd-min-is-trā'tor-ship, n. p. 21The office of an administrator.Ăd/min·is·trā′/trix, n. p. 21A woman who administers, especially one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted.Ăd'mi-ra-bĭl'i-ty or Ăd'mi-ra-ble-ness, n. p. 21The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration. [Rare.]Ăd'mi-ra-ble, a. p. 21Worthy of admiration; having qualities to excite wonder, particularly wonder united with approbation, esteem, or reverence; — used of persons or things. “An admirable machine.” Macaulay. It seemeth…Ăd'mi-ral, n. p. 21A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander in chief of a fleet or navy. Johnson. In Great Britain, there are three classes of admirals, called, from the colors of the flags they bear…Ăd'mi-ral-shĭp, n. p. 21The office or power of an admiral.Ăd'mi-ral-ty, n. p. 21The power, or officers, appointed for the management of naval affairs. 2. The building where the lords of the admiralty transact business. Courts of admiralty, courts having cognizance of questions…Ad-mīr'ançe, n. p. 21Admiration. [Obs.] With great admirance inwardly was moved. Spenser.Ăd'mi-rā'tion, n. p. 21Wonder; especially, in present usage, wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love, or veneration; a compound emotion excited by something novel, rare, great, or excellent.…Ad-mīre', v. t. p. 21To regard with wonder or surprise; especially wonder mingled with approbation, esteem, reverence, or affection. The undaunted fiend what this might be admired. Milton. When he shall come to be…Ad-mīre', v. i. p. 21To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise;— sometimes with at. To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller.Ad-mīr'er, n. p. 21One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.Ad-mir'ing-ly, adv. p. 21With admiration; in the manner of an admirer.Ad-mis'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 21The quality of being admissible; as, the admissibility of evidence.Ad-mīs'si-ble, a. p. 21Capable or worthy of being admitted, allowed, or conceded; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. Hale.Ad-mis'si-bly, adv. p. 21In an admissible manner; so as to be admitted.Ad-mĭs'sion, n. p. 21The 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…Ad-mĭs'so-ry, a. p. 21Gaining or granting admission.Ad-mĭt', v. t. p. 21To suffer to enter; to grant entrance to, whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or consideration; as, to admit a student into college; to admit a serious thought into the mind. 2. To…Ad-mĭt'ta-ble, a. p. 21Capable of being admitted or allowed. Browne.Ad-mit'tance, n. p. 21The act of admitting; allowance or permission to enter. Hooker. 2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; and hence, actual entrance; as, “Ambassadors do crave admittance to your…Ad·mit·ti·tūr, n. p. 21In the older American colleges, the certificate given to a student upon entering;—so called from the word with which it began. Hall.Ad·mit'ter, n. p. 21One who admits.Ad-mix', v. t. p. 21To mingle with something else; to mix.Ad-mix'tion, n. p. 21A mingling of bodies; a union by mixing different substances together. It differs from composition, since it does not alter the nature of the substances mixed. Glanville.Ad-mixt'ure, n. p. 21The act of mixing; mixture. Ray. 2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.Ad-mŏn’ish, v. t. p. 21To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently, or with mildness. Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2 Thess. iii. 15. 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or…Ad-mŏn'ish-er, n. p. 21One who admonishes, reproves, or counsels.Ad-mŏn'ish-ment, n. p. 21Admonition. [Rare.] Shak.Ăd'mo-nĭ'tion, n. p. 21Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; instruction in duties; caution; direction. “Admonition given in a perfunctory manner.” Macaulay. Syn.—Reprehension; reproof…Ăd'mo-nĭ'tion-er, n. p. 21A dispenser of admonitions. Hales.Ad-mŏn'i-tĭve, a. p. 21Containing admonition. Barrow.Ad-mŏn'i-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 21By admonition.Ad-mŏn'i-tor, n. p. 21An admonisher; a monitor. Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone.Ad-mŏn'i-to-ry, a. p. 21Containing admonition; admonishing. Hooker.Ad-môr'ti-zā'tion, n. p. 21(Law.) The reducing of lands or tenements to mort-main. See MORTMAIN.Ad-move', v. t. p. 21To move to; to bring to another. [Rare.] Browne.Ad-năs'cent, a. p. 21Growing to or on something else. Evelyn.Ăd'nāte, a. p. 22(Bot.) Growing close to a stem. “An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.” Gray.