ADDICE. See ADZ. AD-DIET, a. Addicted. [Not much used.] AD-DIET, v. t. [L. addico.] To apply one's self habitually; to devote time and attention by customary or constant practice; sometimes in a good sense, but more usually in a bad one. AD-DICTED, pp. Devoted by customary practice. dicted. AD-DIETING, ppr. Devoting time and attention; practicing customarily. AD-DICTION, n. 1. The act of devoting or giving up in practice; the state of being devoted. 2. Among the Romans, a making over goods to another by sale or legal sentence; also, an assignment of debtors in service to their creditors. ADDING, ppr. Joining; putting together; increasing. AD-DITA-MENT, n. [L. additamentum.] An addition, or, rather, the thing added, as furniture in a house; any material mixed with the principal ingredient in a compound. [Little used.] AD-DITION, n. [L. additio.] 1. The act of adding; opposed to subtraction or diminution. 2. Any thing added, whether material or immaterial-3. In arithmetic, the unit ing of two or more numbers in one sum.-4. In law, a title annexed to a man's name, to show his rank, occupation, or place of residence.-5. In music, a dot at the right side of a note, to lengthen its sound one half.-6. In heraldry, something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor.-7. In distilling, any thing added to the wash or liquor in a state of fermentation.-8. In popular language, an advantage; ornament; improvement.-SYN. Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct. AD-DITION-AL, a. That is added. It is used by Bacon for ADDI-TO-RY, a. That adds, or may add. ADDLE, a. [W. hadyl.] Unimpregnated; not fecundated; also, in a morbid state; putrid; applied to eggs. Hence, barren, producing nothing.--Dryden. AD'DLE, 0. 1. To make corrupt or morbid.-Scott. ADDLE-HEADED (-hed-ed), a. Having empty brains. AD-DRESS', v. t. [Fr. adresser.] 1. To make suitable dispositions for, or to enter upon; as, he now addressed himself to the business. 2. To direct words or discourse; to apply to by words. 3. To direct in writing, as a letter, or to direct and transmit. 4. To present an address, as a letter of thanks or congratulation, a petition, or a testimony of respect. 5. To court or make suit as a lover.-6. In commerce, to consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor. AD-DRESS', n. 1. A speaking to; verbal application; a formal manner of speech. 2. A written or formal application; a message of respect, congratulation, thanks, petition, &c.; as, an address of thanks. 3. Manner of speaking to another; as, a man of pleasing address. 4. Courtship; more generally in the plural, addresses. 5. Dextrous management. 6. Direction of a letter, &c., including the name, title, and place of residence of the person for whom it is intended. - SYN, Dexterity; tact; management; adroitness; skill; readiness. AD-DRESS'ED (ad-drest), pp. Spoken or applied to; directed; courted; consigned. AD-DRESSER, n. One who addresses or petitions. AD-DRESSING, ppr. Speaking or applying to; directing; courting; consigning. AD-DŪCE, v. t. [L. adduco.] To bring forward or introduce by way of proof; as, to adduce evidence; to adduce a witness.-SYN. To offer; present; allege; advance; cite; name; mention; quote. tors to the children of princes, and to young nobles. It is composed of adel, or, rather, athel, the Teutonic term for noble, illustrious, and ling, young, posterity. AD-DUCED (ad-dūste), pp. Brought forward; cited; alleged in argument. AD-DŪCENT, a. Bringing forward, or together; a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part toward another. AD-DUCER, n. One that adduces. AD-DU'CI-BLE, a. That may be adduced. AD-DUCING, ppr. Bringing forward; citing in argument. AD-DUCTION, n. The act of bringing forward. AD-DUCTIVE, a. That brings forward. AD-DUCTOR, n. [L.] A muscle which draws one part of the body toward another. AD-DULCE' (ad-duls'), v. t. [L. ad and dulcis.] To sweeten.-Bacon. ADEB, n. An Egyptian weight of 210 okes.-Encyc. AD-E-LAN-TADO, n. [Spanish.) A governor of a province; a lieutenant governor. ADEL-ING, n. A title of honor, given by our Saxon ances AD'E-LITE, n. Adelites or Almoganens, in Spain, were conjurers, who predicted fortunes. A-DEL'O-POD, n. [Gr. a privative, δηλος, apparent, and πους, foot.] An animal whose foot is not apparent.Morin. AD-EMPTION, n. [L. adimo.] In the civil law, the revocation of a grant, donation, or the like. AD-EN-OGRA-PHY, n. [Gr. αδην and γραφω.] That part of anatomy which treats of the glands. ADEN-OID. a. [Gr. αδην and ειδος.] In the form of a gland; glandiform. AD-EN-O-LOGIE-AL, a. Pertaining to the doctrine of the glands. AD-EN-OL/O-GY, n. [Gr. αδην and doyos.] In anatomy, the doctrine of the glands, their nature, and their uses. ADE-NOS, n. A species of cotton, from Aleppo, called also marine cotton. AD-EN-OTO-MY, n. [Gr. αδην and τομη.] In anatomy and surgery, a cutting or incision of a gland-Morin. AD-EPT, n. [L. adeptus.] One fully skilled or well versed in any art. AD-EPT, a. Well skilled; completely versed or acquainted with. Boyle. AD-EPTION, n. [L. adeptio.] An obtaining; acquirement. -Bacon. AD-EPTIST, n. An adept. ADE-QUA-CY, n. [L. adæquatus.) The state or quality of being equal to, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose.- War in Disguise. ADE-QUATE, a. Correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, adequate strength; an adequate compensation.-SYN. Equal; proportionate; sufficient; enough; commensurate. † AD'E-QUATE, v. t. To resemble exactly. Shelford. ADE-QUATE-LY, adv. In an adequate manner; in exact proportion: in a degree equal to the object, ADE-QUATE-NESS, n. The state of being adequate; just ness of proportion or representation. +AD-E-QUATION, n. Adequateness.-Bp. Barlow. AD-ES-SE-NA'RI-ANS, n. plu. [L. adesse. In church history, a sect who hold the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. AD-FECTED, a. In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity. See AFFECTED. AD-FILI-A-TED, a. Adopted as a son. See AFFILIATE. AD-FIL-I-ATION, n. [L. ad and filius.) A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former marriage are put upon the same footing with those of a succeeding one. AD FINEM. [L.] To the end. AD-HERE', v. i. [L.. adhæreo.] 1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or by natural growth. 2. To be joined, or held in contact; to cleave to. 3. Figuratively, to hold to, be at tached, or remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion. 4. To be consistent; to hold together as the parts of a system; as, "every thing adheres together." Shak.-SYN. To attach; stick; cling; hold; cleave; fix. AD-HERENCE, n. 1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering. 2. Figuratively, a being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment. AD-HEREN-CY, n. The same as adherence. AD-HERENT, a. Sticking; uniting, as glue or wax; united with. AD-HERENT, n. The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession.-SYN. Follower; partisan: upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent. AD-HERENT-LY, adv. In an adherent manner. AD-HER'ER, n. One that adheres; an adherent. AD-HE'SION (ad-he'zhun), n. [L. adhasio.] 1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and attached to. Adhesion is generally used in a literal, adherence in a metaphorical sense. 2. Sometimes, figuratively, adherence, union, or steady attachment; opinion. AD-HESIVE, a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. AD-HE'SIVE-LY, adv. In an adhesive manner. AD-HEʼSIVE-NESS, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity. AD-HIBIT, v. t. [L. adhibeo.] To use, or apply. [Rarely used.] AD-HI-BITION, n. Application; use. AD'HIL, n. A star of the sixth magnitude in Andromeda. AD HOMI-NEM. [L.) To the man; to the interests or principles of the man. AD-HOR-TATION, n. [L. adhortatio.] Advice. AD-HOR'TA-TO-RY, a. [L. Adhortor.) Advisory; containing counsel or warning. A-DI-APHO-RITE. See ADIAPHORISTS. A-DI-APHO-RISTS, n. pl. [Gr.αδιοφορος.] Moderate Lutherans; a name given in the sixteenth century to certain men that followed Melancthon. A-DI-APHO-ROUS, a. Indifferent; neutral-In medicine, A-DIEU (a-du), adv. [Fr. à dieu, to God.] Farewell; an ex- ADIN-OLE. See PETROSILEX. AD IN-QUI-RENDUM. [L.] For inquiry, a writ. AD INTER-IM. [L.] In the mean time; for the present. AD I-POC-ER-ATION, n. The act or process of being ADI-PO-CERE, n. [L. adeps and cera.] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance. ADT-POSE, a. [L. adiposus.) Fat. Adipose substance, animal fat. Adipose membrane, a cellular membrane containing the fat in its cells. ADIT, n. [L. aditus.] A horizontal or inclined entrance or AD-JACEN-CY, n. [L. adjaceo.) The state of lying close or AD-JA CENT, . That which is next to, or contiguous.- AD-JA CENT-LY, adv. So as to be adjacent. AD-JECTION, π. The act of adding, or thing added.- AD-JEE-TY TIOUS, a. Added.-Parkhurst. ADJECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word used with a noun 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 something else. It is called, also, an attributive or attribute. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some base or mordant to give it per maneny. ADJECTIVE-LY, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively. AD-JOIN', a. t. (Fr. adjoindre.] To join or unite to; to put to by placing in contact; to unite, by fastening together with a joint, mortise, or knot. See JOIN. AD-JOIN,.. To lie, or be next to, or in contact; to be contiguous. AD-JOIN'ANT, a. Contiguous to.-Carew. metaphysics, a quality of the body or the mind, whether nat ural or acquired.-3. In grammar, words added to illustrate or amplify the force of other words. Adjunct has been used for a colleague, but rarely. - Wotton. AD'JUNET, a. Added to, or united with; as, an adjunct pro- AD-JUNCTION, n. The act of joining; the thing joined. AD-JŪRE', v. t. [L. adjuro.] 1. To charge, bind, or command AD-JŪR'ED (ad-jard), pp. Charged on oath, or with a de- AD-JŪRER, n. One that adjures; one that exacts an oath. AD-JUSTA-BLE, a. That may or can be adjusted. AD-JUSTING, ppr. Reducing to due form; fitting; making AD-JUSTMENT, n. The act of adjusting; a reducing to just AD'JU-TANT, n. [L. adjutans.] 1. In military affairs, an of †AD-JUTE', v. t. To help.-B. Jonson. AD JOINING, ppr. or a. Joining; adjacent; contiguous; near. AD-JOURN', . i. To suspend business for a time, as from AD-JOURNED (ad-jurnd'), pp. 1. Put off, delayed, or deferred for a limited time. 2. As an adjective, existing or held by adjournment. AD-JOURNING, ppr. Deferring; suspending for a time; closing a session. AD-JOURNMENT, π. 1. The act of adjourning. 2. The putting off till another day, or time specified, or without day. 3. The time or interval during which a public body defers business; as, during an adjournment. But a suspension of business, between the forming of a house and an adjournment for refreshment, is called a recess. In Great Britain, the close of a session of parliament is called a prorogation, as the close of a parliament is a dissolution. AD-JUDGE, a. t. (Fr. adjuger.) To decide in the case of a controverted question by a judicial opinion.-SYN. To decree; award; determine; adjudicate. AD-JUDGED (ad-judjd'), pp. Determined by judicial opinion: decreed; sentenced, AD-JUDGING, ppr. Determining by judicial opinion; sentencing. AD-JŪTRIX, n. She who helps. * AD-JŪ'VANT, a. Helping; assisting. Howell. * AD-JU'VATE, v. t. To help. AD LIBI-TUM. (L.) At pleasure; without restriction. AD-MEASURED (ad-mezh'urd), pp. Measured; appor tioned. AD-MEASURE-MENT, n. 1. The measuring of dimensions by a rule. 2. The measure of a thing, or dimensions ascertained. 3. The adjustment of proportion, or ascertain ment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common... Blackstone. AD-MEASUR-ER, n. One that admeasures. AD-JUDGMENT, a. The act of judging; sentence. AD-JÜDI-CΑΤΕ, τ. i. To try and determine judicially. †AD-MINT-CLE, n. [L. adminiculum.] Help: support. AD-JUDI-CA-TED, pp. Adjudged; tried and decided. AD-JUDI-CA-TING, ppr. Adjudging; trying and determining. process of trying and determining judicially. 2. A judi ADJUMENT, n. [L. adjumentum.) Help; support. AD JUNET, n. [L. adjunctus.] 1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it; an appendage.-2. In AD-MINIS-TER, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or sup plies; to add something. 2. To perform the office of ad. ministrator. AD-MINTS-TER, v. t. [L. administro.] 1. To act as minister or chief agent in managing public affairs, under laws or a constitution of government, as a king, president, or other supreme officer. 2. To dispense; as, to administer justice or the sacrament. 3. To afford, give, or furnish; as, to administer relief. 4. To cause to swear according to law; as, to administer an oath.-SYN. To manage; conduct; minister: supply; dispense; contribute. AD-MINIS-TERED, pp. Executed; managed; governed; | AD-MISSION, n. [L. admissio.] 1. The act or practice of A-DOPT, 2.2. [L. adopto.] 1. To take a stranger into one's family, as son and heir; to take one who is not a child, and treat him as one. 2. To take or receive, as one's own, that which is not naturally so; as, to adopt a theory. 3. To select and take. afforded, given; dispensed. AD-MIN-IS-TERI-AL, a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. AD-MINIS-TER-ING, ppr. Executing; carrying into effect; giving; dispensing. AD-MINIS-TRA-BLE, a. Capable of administration. AD-MINIS-TRATE, in the place of administer, has been used, but is not well authorized. AD-MIN-IS-TRATION, n. 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the conducting of any office or employment. 2. The executive part of government, consisting in the exercise of the constitutional and legal powers, the general superintendence of national affairs, and the enforcement of laws. 3. The persons, collectively, who are intrusted with the execution of laws, and the superintendence of public affairs. 4. The carrying into effect, or giving forth; as, the administration of justice, of alms, &c. 5. The management of the estate of an intestate person, under a commission from the proper authority. 6. The power, office, or commission of an administrator. Blackstone.-SYN Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution. AD-MINIS-TRA-TIVE, a. That administers, or by which one administers. AD-MIN-IS-TRATOR, n. 1. A man who, by virtue of a commission from the proper authority, has the charge of the goods and estate of one dying without a will. 2. One who administers, or who directs, manages, distributes, or dispenses laws and rights.-3. In Scots law, a tutor, curator, or guardian. AD-MIN-IS-TRATOR-SHIP, n. The office of an adminis trator. AD-MIN-IS-TRATRIX, n. A female who administers upon the estate of an intestate; also, a female who administers government. AD-MI-RA-BILT-TY, n. The quality of being admirable. ADMI-RA-BLE, a. [L. admirabilis.] To be admired; worthy of admiration; having qualities to excite wonder, with approbation, esteem, or reverence; used of persons or things.SYN. Wonderful; excellent; surprising; astonishing. AD'MI-RA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration. ADMI-RA-BLY, air. In a manner to excite wonder, mingled with approbation, esteem, or veneration. ADMI-RAL, n. (in the Latin of the middle ages, amira, amiras, admiralis. A marine commander-in-chief; the commander of a fleet or navy. 1. The lord high admiral, in Great Britain, is an officer who superintends all maritime affairs, and has the government of the navy. 2. The admiral of the fleet, the highest officer under the admiralty. 3. The vice admiral is an officer next in rank and command to the admiral. 4. The rear admiral is next in rank to the vice admiral. 5. The commander of any single fleet, or, in general, any flag officer. 6. The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.-7. In zoology, a species of shell-fish. AD'MI-RAL-SHIP, n. The office or power of an admiral. [Little used.) ADMI-RAL-TY, n. 1. In Great Britain, the office of lord high admiral. This office is discharged by one person, or by commissioners, called lords of the admiral'y. The admiralty court, or court of admiralty, is the supreme court for the trial of maritime causes. In general, a court of admiralty is a court for the trial of causes arising on the high seas, as prizecauses and the like. 2. The building where the lords of the admiralty transact business. AD-MI-RATION, n. Wonder mingled with pleasing emotions, as approbation, esteem, love, or veneration; a compound emotion excited by something novel, rare, great, or excellent. Dryden.-SYN. Wonder; astonishment; amazement; surprise. AD-MIRE', v. t. [L. admiror.] 1. To regard with wonder or surprise, mingled with approbation, esteem, reverence, or affection. 2. To regard with affection; a familiar term for to love greatly.-SYN. To esteem; approve; delight in. [It is an error to follow this word by an infinitive; as, "I admire to see a man consistent."] AD-MIRE, v. i. To wonder; to be affected with slight surprise.-Ray. AD-MIR'ED (ad-mird), pp. Regarded with wonder mingled with pleasurable sensations. AD-MIRER, n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. AD-MIRING, ppr. Regarding with wonder, united with love or esteem. AD-MIS'SI-BLY, adv. So as to be admitted. admitting; the state of being admitted. 2. Admittance; power or permission to enter; entrance; access; power to approach; as, admission into the palace. 3. Allowance; grant of an argument or position not fully proved; as, the admissions of the opposing party. SYN. Admittance; access; entrance; initiation; concession. AD-MIT. v. t. [L. admitto.] 1. To suffer to enter; to grant entrance; whether into a place, or an office, or into the mind, or consideration; as, to admit the thought. 2. Το give right of entrance; as, "This ticket admits the bearer." 3. To allow; to receive as true; as, I admit the fact. 4. To be capable of; as, it admits of doubt.-SYN. To allow; permit; grant; concede; suffer; tolerate. AD-MITTA-BLE, a. That may be admitted or allowed. AD-MITTANCE, n. 1. The act of admitting; allowance. 2. Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; actual entrance. 3. Concession; admission; allowance, [not used.] 4. Shakspeare uses the word for the custom or prerogative of being admitted. AD-MITTED. pp. Permitted to enter or approach; allowed; granted; conceded. AD-MITTER, n. He that admits. AD-MITTING, ppr. Permitting to enter or approach; allowing; conceding. AD-MIX', v. t. To mingle with something else. See Mrx. AD-MIX'TION (ad-mix'chun), n. [L. admixtio.] A mingling of bodies without chemical change; a union by mixing different substances together. AD-MIXTURE, n. The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture, or the state of being mixed. AD-MONISH, v. t. [L. admonco.] 1. To warn of a fault; to reprove with mildness. 2. To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise. 3. To instruct or direct.. 4. In ecclesiastical affairs, to reprove a member of the church, either publicly or privately; the first step in church discipline. AD-MONISHED (isht), pp. Reproved; advised; warned; instructed. AD-MONISH-ER, n. One who reproves or counsels. AD-MONISH-ING, ppr. Reproving; warning; counseling; directing. AD-MONISH-MENT, n. Admonition.-Shak. AD-MO-NITION, n. 1. Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution: direction.-2. In church discipline, a reproof, either public or private, designed to reclaim an offender. AD-MO-NI"TION-ER, n. A dispenser of admonitions.- AD-MONT-TIVE, a. Containing admonition.-Barrow. AD-MORT-I-ZATION, n. The reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain. AD-MOVE', v. 1. [L. admoveo.] To move to; to bring one thing to another. Brown, [little used.] AD-MUR-MUR-ATION, n. The act of murmuring to an other. AD-NASCENT, a. Growing to or on something else. AD-NA'TA, n. [L. ad and natus.] 1. In anatomy, one of the coats of the eye. 2. Such parts growing on animal or vegetable bodies as are usual and natural; and such, also, as are accidental, as the misletoe. 3. Offsets of plants germinating under ground. ADNATE, a. [L. ad and natus.] In botany, pressing close to the stem, or growing to it. ADNOUN, n. In grammar, an adjective or attribute. [Little used.) AD-NUBI-LA-TED, a. Clouded; obscured. A-Dö', n. [qu. a and do.) Bustle: trouble; labor; difficulty; as, to make a great ado about trifles. AD-O-LESCENCE, n. [L. adolescens.) The state of growing, applied to the young of the human race; youth, or the period of life between childhod and manhood. AD-O-LESCENT, a. Growing; advancing from childhood to manhood. AD-O-NE'AN, a. Pertaining to Adonis.-Faber. A-DONIC, a. Adonic verse, a short verse, in which the death of Adonis was bewailed. A-DONIЄ, π. An Adonic verse. A-DONIS, n. In mythology, the favorite of Venus, said to be the son of Cinyras, king of Cyprus. A-DONIS, n. In bo'any, bird's eye, or pheasant's eye. A-DONISTS, n. pl. Among critics, a sect or party who main tain that the Hebrew points ordinarily annexed to the consonants of the word Jehovah are not the natural points belonging to that word, and that they do not express the true pronunciation of it. A-DOORS' (a-dorz), adv. At doors; at the door. A-DOPTED, pp. or a. Taken as one's own; received as son ADOPTED-LY, ade. In the manner of something adopted. A-DOPTING, ppr. Taking a stranger as a son; taking as A-DOPTION, n. [L. adoptio.] 1. The act of adopting, or the state of being adopted; the taking and treating of a stranger as one's own child. 2. The receiving as one's own what is new or not natural. AD-STRICTO-RY, { AD-STRINGENT, See ASTRINGENT. AD-U-LATION, n. [L. adulatio.] Servile flattery; praise in A-DOPTION-IST, n. One who maintains that Christ was the Son of God by adoption only. -Murdock. A-DOPTIVE, a. [L. adoptivus.] That adopts; as, an adopt- A-DULTER-ATE, v. t. [L.adultero.] To make impure by an ive father; or that is adopted; as, an adoptive son. A-DULT, n. A person grown to full size and strength, or to A-DOPTIVE, 2. A person or thing adopted. admixture of baser materials. Boyle.-SYN. To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate. A-DORA-BLE, a. That ought to be adored; worthy of di-A-DULTER-ATE, v. i. To commit adultery. vine honors. A-DOR'A-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. A-DULTER-ATE, a. Tainted with adultery; debased by foreign mixture. A-DULTER-A-TED, pp. or a. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value. A-DORA-BLY, ade. In a manner worthy of adoration. AD-O-RATION, R. 1. The act of paying honors to a divine | A-DULTER-ATE-LY, adv. In an adulterate manner. being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. 2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound reverence. A-DÖRE, .. [L. adoro.] 1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a god, or as divine.-Dryden. 2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem, affection, and respect.Tatler. 3. To gild or adorn.-Spenser, (obs.] A-DOR'ED (a-dörd), pp. or a, Worshiped as divine; highly reverenced; grealy beloved. A-DORE MENT, . Adoration.-Brown. A-DÖRER, n. One who worships or honors as divine; in A-DORING-LY, ade. With adoration. A-DULTER-ATE-NESS, n. The quality or state of being debased or corrupted. A-DULTER-A-TING, ppr. Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting. A-DUL-TER-A'TION, n. The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased by foreign ad mixture. A-DULTER-ER, n. [L. adulter.] 1. A man guilty of adul tery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife.-2. In Scripture, an idolater.Ezek., xxii. 3. An apostate from the true faith; a very wicked person.--Jer., ix. 4. One devoted to earthly things. -James, iv. A-DULTER-ESS, n. A married woman guilty of inconti nence. A-DULTER-INE, a. Proceeding from adulterous commerce; A-DORN', .. [L. adorno.] 1. To make beautiful; to add to A-DULTER-INE, n. In the civil law, a child issuing from an els. 3. To make pleasing, or more pleasing. 4. To dis play the beauty or excellence of; as, "to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior."-SYN. To deck; decorate; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace; garnish; dignify; exalt: honor. A-DORN, Ornament.-Spenser. A-DORN', a, Adorned; decorated.-Milton. A-DORNED (a-dornd'), pp. Decked; decorated; embel lished. A-DORNER, One who adorns. A-DULTER-OUS, a. 1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery.-2. In Scripture, idolatrous; very wicked. Matt., xii. A-DULTER-OUS-LY, adv. In an adulterous manner. Jer., iii. A-DORNING, ppr. Ornamenting; decorating; displaying A-DULTNESS, n. The state of being adult. beauty. A-DORNING, . Ornament; decoration. A-DORNING-LY, ado. By adorning. 1A-DORN MENT, 2. Ornament.-Raleigh. A-DOWN, prep. (a and down.] From a higher to a lower A-DOWN, ade. Down; on the ground; at the bottom. AD REF-ER-ENDUM. [L.] For further consideration. A-DRI-ATIE, A. The Venetian Gulf. A-DRIFT, a. or adv. [Sax. adrifan.) Driven; floating; impelled or moving without direction. AD-RO-GATION, n. [L. ad and rogo.] A species of adoption in ancient Rome. A-DROIT, a. (Fr.) Active in the use of the hands, and, figuratively, in the exercise of the mental faculties; ready in invention or execution. -SYN. Dextrous; skillful; ingenious; expert; ready. A-DROIT LY, adv. With dexterity; in a ready, skillful man- A-DROITNESS, 2. Dexterity; readiness in the use of the ADSCRIPT, n. [L.] One held to service, as attached to some AD-UM-BRATION, n. 1. The act of making a shadow or AD-U-NATION, n. The state of being united; union.- AD-UN'CI-TY, n. [L. aduncitas.) Hookedness; a bending in AD-UNCOUS, a. [L. aduncus.) Hooked; bent, or made in + AD-UNQUE' (ad-unk'), a. A-DUSTED, a. Become hot and dry; burned; scorched. to AD VA-LOREM. [L.) According to the value. An ad va lorem duty is a certain per centage on the value or price. AD-VÄNCE, v. t. (Fr. avancer.] The leading idea is, to bring forward; as, to advance the standards of an army; to advance arguments; hence, to bring or raise to a higher point. 1. In value, to raise; as, to advance prices. 2. In office, to promote; as, to advance to the bench. 3. In progress, accelerate; as, to advance the growth of any thing. 4. In improvement, to carry forward; as, to advance the interests of the country. 5. In money concerns it denotes to pay in advance, or beforehand. SYN. To bring forward; allege; adduce; assign; raise; promote; elevate; exalt; improve; heighten; accelerate. B AD-VANCE', v. i. 1. To move or go forward; to proceed. | AD-VENTURE, v. i. To dare; to try the chance. 2. To improve or make progress; to grow better, greater, AD-VENTURED, pp. Put to hazard; ventured; risked. wiser, or older. 3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. AD-VANCE', n. 1. A moving forward or toward the front. 2. Gradual progression; improvement; as, an advance in religion or knowledge. 3. Advancement; promotion; preferment. 4. First hint by way of invitation; first step toward an agreement.-5. In trade, additional price; profit. 6. A giving beforehand; a furnishing of something, on contract, before an equivalent is received. 7. A furnishing of money or goods for others, in expectation of reimbursement; or the property so furnished. In advance, in front; before; also beforehand; before an equivalent is received. AD-VANCE-GUARD, (n. 1. The vanguard or first line of AD-VANCED-GUÄRD, S an army. 2. A small party in advance of the main body of an army. AD-VANCED (ad-vänst), pp. Moved forward; promoted; improved; furnished beforehand; situated in front, or be fore the rest; also, old, having reached the decline of life. AD-VANCEMENT, n. 1. The act of moving forward or proceeding. 2. The state of being advanced in rank or excellence; the act of promoting. 3. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. 4. Provision made by a parent for a child. 5. The payment of money in advance; money advanced.SYN. Progress; progression; improvement; proficiency; promotion; exaltation; elevation; preferment; enhance ment. AD-VANCER, n. One who advances; a promoter. AD-VÄNCING, ppr. Moving forward; proceeding; promoting; raising to higher rank or excellence; improving; supplying beforehand, as on loan, or as stock in trade. AD-VANCIVE, a. Tending to advance or promote. AD-VÄNTAGE, n. [Fr. avantage.] 1. Any state, condition, or circumstance favorable to success, prosperity, interest, or reputation. 2. Benefit; gain; profit. 3. Means to an end; opportunity; convenience for obtaining benefit; as, to operate at an advantage. 4. Favorable state or circumstances. 5. Superiority, or prevalence over; with of or over. 6. Superiority, or that which gives it. 7. Interest; increase; overplus; as, "and with advantage means to pay thy love."-Shaks., [obs.] 8. Additional circumstance to give preponderation. AD-VANTAGE, v. 1. 1. To benefit; to yield profit or gain. 2. To promote; to advance the interest of. AD-VANTAGE-A-BLE, a. Profitable; convenient; gainful. [Little used.] AD-VANTAGED, pp. Benefited; promoted.-Burke. AD-VANTAGE-GROUND, n. Ground that gives advantage or superiority; a state that gives superior advantages for annoyance or resistance. AD-VAN-TAGEOUS, a. Being of advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity to gain benefit with to.-SYN. Opportune; convenient; profitable; beneficial; useful; gainful. AD-VAN-TAGEOUS-LY, adv. In an advantageous manner; AD-VÄNTAG-ING, ppr. Profiting; benefiting. AD-VENE', v. i. [L. advenio.] To accede or come to; to be added to. (Little used.) AD-VE'NI-ENT, a. Advening; coming from outward causes. ADVENT, n. [L. adventus.) A coming; appropriately, the coming of our Savior; and in the calendar it includes four Sabbaths before Christmas, beginning on St. Andrew's Day, or on the Sabbath next before or after it, intended as a season of devotion. AD-VENTURE-FUL, a. Given to adventure; full of enter prise.-Bentham. AD-VENTUR-ER, n. 1. One who hazards or puts some thing at risk. 2. One who seeks occasions of chance, or attempts extraordinary enterprises. AD-VENTURE-SOME, a. Bold; daring; incurring hazard AD-VENTURE-SOME-NESS, n. The quality of being bola and venturesome. AD-VENTUR-ING, ppr. Putting to risk; hazarding. AD-VENTUR-OUS, a. [Fr. adventureuz.] 1. Inclined or will. ing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger. 2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; as, an adventurous deed. SYN. Bold; enterprising; daring; courageous; rash; foolhardy. AD-VENTUR-OUS-LY, adv. Boldly; daringly; in a manner to incur hazard. AD-VENTUR-OUS-NESS, n. The act or quality of being adventurous. ADVERB, n. [L. adverbium.] In grammar, a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or another adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well. AD-VERBI-AL, a. Pertaining to an adverb. AD-VERBI-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of an adverb. AD-VERSA-BLE, a. Contrary to; opposite to. AD-VER-SA'RI-A, n. [L. from adversus.] 1. Among the ancients, a book of accounts. 2. A common-place book. 3. A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, &c., such as one makes in a common-place book. AD-VER-SĀ'RI-OUS, a. Adversary.-Southey. [Bad.] AD'VER-SA-RY, n. 1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart. 2. One who is arrayed against another, as in a suit at law, or in single combat; an opposing litigant. -SYN. Antagonist; opponent; opposer; foe; enemy. AD'VER-SA-RY, a. Opposed; opposite to; adverse. AD-VERSA-TIVE, a. Noting some difference, contrariety, or opposition. AD-VERSA-TIVE, n. A word denoting contrariety or opposition. AD'VERSE, a. [L. adversus.] 1. Acting in a contrary direo tion; conflicting; counteracting. 2. Figuratively, oppos ing desire; contrary to the wishes or to supposed good; hence, unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; pernicious; unprosperous.-SYN. Opposite; contrary; inimical; hostile; repugnant; wayward. +AD-VERSE' (ad-vers), v. 1. To oppose. Gower AD'VERSE-LY, adv. In an adverse manner; oppositely: unfortunately; unprosperously; in a manner contrary to desire or success. AD'VERSE-NESS, n. Opposition; unprosperousness. AD-VERST-TY, n. An event, or series of events, which op. pose success or desire; state of unhappiness.-SYN. Calamity: misfortune; affliction; distress; misery. AD-VERT, v. i. [L. adverto.] To turn the mind or attention to; with to. SYN. To attend; regard; notice; refer to. AD-VERT, v. t. To regard; to advise. AD VERTED, pp. AD-VERTENCE, AD-VERTEN-CY, heedfulness. Attended to; regarded; with to. n. A direction of the mind to; attention; notice; regard; consideration; AD-VERTENT, a. Attentive; heedful. AD-VERTENT-LY, adv. In an advertent manner. AD-VERTING, ppr. Attending to; regarding; observing. AD-VER-TISE, v. t. [Fr. avertir.] 1. To give notice, advice, or intelligence to, whether of a past or present event, or of something future. 2. To publish a notice of; to pub lish a written or printed account of. SYN. To apprise; inform; make known; announce; proclaim; promulgate; publish. AD-VEN-TITIOUS-LY, adv. Accidentally. † AD-VENTΊΝΕ, α. Adventitious. --Bacon. AD-VEN-TITIOUS, a. [L. adventitius.) Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign. tious. AD-VER-TIS'ED (ad-ver-tizd), pp. Informed; warned; used of persons: published; made known; used of things. *AD-VERTISE-MENT, n. Especial notice given in the newspapers, &c.; information; admonition; notice given. AD-VER-TISER, n. One who advertises. This title is oft en given to public prints. lishing notice. 2. a. Having or furnishing advertisements; as, advertising customers. AD-VICE, n. [Fr. avis.] 1. An opinion recommended or offered as worthy to be followed. 2. Prudence; deliberate consideration; as, to act upon advice. Shaks. 3. Intelligence; commonly in the plural; as, advices have just been received.-SYN. Counsel; admonition; deliberation consultation; information; notice. AD-VENTIVE, a. Accidental; adventitious. AD-VENTIVE, n. The thing or person that comes from AD-VER-TISING, ppr. 1. Informing: giving notice; pubwithout-Bacon [little used.] AD-VENT-U-AL, a. Relating to the season of advent. AD-VENTURE, n. [Fr. aventure.] 1. Hazard; risk: chance; that of which one has no direction; as, at all adventures. 2. An enterprise of hazard; a bold undertaking. 3. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event, more or less important; as, the adventures of one's life. 4. A small amount of property which sailors are permitted to take with them for trading in foreign ports, commonly called a venture. 5. A bill of adventure is a writing or receipt giv. en by one who ships goods, not on his own account, but at the risk of the owner, binding himself to account for the proceeds of said goods. SYN. Incident; occurrence; event; contingency. AD-VENTURE, v. t. To risk or hazard; to put in the power of unforeseen events. AD-VICE'-BOAT, n. A vessel employed to carry dispatches or information. AD-VIGIL-ATE, v. t. To watch. AD-VISA-BLE, a. [See ADVISE.] 1. Proper to be advised; proper to be done or practiced. 2. Open to advice. South. SYN. Prudent; expedient; proper; desirable. AD-VIS A-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being advisable or expedient. |