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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·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.Ad'nōm'i-nal, a. p. 22(Gram.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival. Gibbs.Ăd'nōun, n. p. 22(Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [Rare.]Ad-nū'bi-lā'ted, a. p. 22Clouded; obscured.A-do', n. p. 22Bustle; trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles; to persuade one with much ado. Let’s follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.A·dō'be, n. p. 22An unburnt brick dried in the sun.Ăd'o-lĕs'cence or Ăd'o-lĕs'cen-cy, n. p. 22The state of growing, applied to the young of the human race; youth, or the period of life between puberty and that at which the body acquires its full development, including the years between the…Ăd'o-lēs'cent, a. p. 22Growing; advancing from childhood to manhood. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper.Ăd'o-nē'an, a. p. 22Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. “Fair Adonean Venus.” Faber.A-dōn'ic, a. p. 22Of, or relating to, Adonis, famed for his beauty. Adonic verse, a short verse, in which the death of Adonis was bewailed. It consists of a dactyl and spondee.A-dŏn'ic, n. p. 22An Adonic verse. Among the Anglo-Saxons, a poetic verse consisting of one long, two short, and two long syllables. Henry's Brit.A-dō'nis, n. p. 22(Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceæ, containing the bird’s eye, or pheasant’s eye (Adonis autumnalis). Baird.Ăd'o-nīze, v. t. p. 22To make beautiful; to beautify. [Obs.] I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonizing myself. Smollett.A-dōors’, adv. p. 22At or by the door. I took him in adoors, A straggling beggar outcast from his shores. Vicar’s Virgil, 1630.