A-CIDI-FY-ING, ppr. Making acid; having power to change into an acid. AC-I-DIM'E-TER, n. An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. Urs. ACI-DIST, n. One who maintains, the doctrine of acids. A-CIDI-TY, n. [Fr. acidité.] The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste. ACID-NESS, n. The quality of bring sour; acidity. A-CID'U-LE, n. Medicinal springs impregnated with sharp particles. A-CID'U-LATE, v. t. [L. acidulus.] To tinge with an acid; to make acid in a moderate degree. A-CID U-LA-TED, pp. Tinged with an acid; made slightly sour. A-CIDU-LA-TING, ppr. Tinging with an acid. ACI-DULE, or A-CIDU-LUM, n. In chemistry, a compound salt, in which the alkaline base is supersaturated with acid. A-CID-U-LOUS, a. [L. acidulus.] Slightly sour; sub-acid, or having an excess of acid. AC-I-NACI-FORM, a. [L. acinaces.] In botany, formed like, or resembling a cimeter. A-CINI-FORM, a. [L. acinus, a grape-stone, and forma, shape.] Having the form of grapes; being in clusters like grapes. ACI-NOSE, a Consisting of minute granular concretions. Kirwan. ACI-NUS, n. [L.] In botany, one of the small grains, which compose the fruit of the blackberry, &c. AC I-PEN-SER, a. In ichthyology, a genus of fishes. ACK ER, n. A ripple on the surface of the water; a curl. †AC-KNOW!, (ak-no) v. t. To acknowledge; to confess. B. Jonson. AC-KNOWLEDGE, (ak-nol-edge) v. t. 1. To own, avow, or admit to be true, by a declaration of assent. 2. To own or notice with particular regard. 3. To own or confess, as implying a consciousness of guilt. 4. To own with assent; to admit or receive with approbation. 5. To own with gratitude; to own as a benefit. 6. To own or admit to belong to. 7. To receive with respect. 8. To own, avow, or assent to an act in a legal form, to give it validity. AC-KNOWLEDGED, pp. Owned; confessed; noticed with regard or gratitude; received with approbation; owned before authority. AC-KNOWLEDG-ER, n. One who acknowledges. ing. AC-KNOWLEDG-MENT, n. 1. The act of owning; confession. 2. The owning, with approbation, or in the true character. 3. Concession; admission of the truth; as of a fact, position, or principle. 4. The owning of a benefit received, accompanied with gratitude. 5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity. AC/ME, (ak'my) n. [Gr. ακμη.] The top, or highest point. ΛΕΝΕ, (ak'ny) n. [Gr.] A small, hard pimple or tubercle on the face. Quincy. AC-NESTIS, 2. A part of the spine in quadrupeds. †A-COLD', adv. Cold. Gower. ΑΘΟ-LIN, n. A bird of the partridge kind. A-COL/O-THIST, n. [Gr. ακολουθεω.] In the ancient ACO-LYTE, church, a subordinate officer. ΑΘΟ-ΝΙΤΕ, η. [L. aconitum.] The herb wolf's bane; and, in poetry, used for poison in general. A-CONTIAS, n. [Gr. ακοντιας.] 1. A species of serpent, called dart-snake. 2. A comet or meteor resembling the serpent. ↑A-COP', adv. [a and cope.] At the top. Jonson. A'CORN, n. [Sax. @cern.] The seed or fruit of the oak A'CORN, v. 1. To pick up and feed on acorns. ACORNED, a. Furnished or loaded with acorns. 'CO-KUS, n. [L.] 1. Aromatic calamus, sweet flag, or sweet rush.-2. In natural history, blue coral. AC-O-TY-LEDON. n. A plant whose seeds have no side lobes. AC-O-TY-LEDO-NOUS, a. Having no side lobes. A-COUSTIC, a. [Gr. ακουστικος.] Pertaining to the ears, to the sense of hearing, or to the doctrine of sounds. A-COUSTICS, n. 1. The science of sounds, teaching their cause, nature, and phenomena.-2. In medicine, this term is sometimes used for remedies for deafness. AC-QUAINTI, v. t. [old Fr. accointer.] 1. To make known; to make fully or intimately known; to make familiar. 2. To inform; to communicate notice to. 3. Το acquaint one's self, is to gain an intimate or particular knowledge of. AC-QUAINTANCE, n. 1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge. 2. A person or persons well known; usually, persons we have been accustomed to see and converse with; sometimes, persons more slightly known. Acquaintances, in the plural, is used as applied to individual persons known; but, more generally, acquaintance is used for one or more. Acquaintant, in a like sense, is not used. AC-QUAINTANCE-SHIP, 'n. The quality of being ac quainted. Chalmers. AC-QUAINTED, pp. Known; familiarly known; informed; having personal knowledge. AC-QUAINTING, ppr. Making known to; giving notice or information to. AC-QUEST', n. [L. acquisitus.] 1. Acquisition; the thing gained. Bacon. 2. Conquest; a place acquired by force AC-QUI-ESCE, (ak-que-ess') v. i. [L. acquiesco.] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent. 2. To assent to, upon conviction. Acquiesced in, in a passive sense; complied with; submitted to without opposition. AC-QUI-ESCENCE, n. A quiet assent; a silent submis sion, or submission with apparent content. AC-QUI-ESCENT, a. Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit. Johnson. AC-QUI-ESCING, ppr. Quietly submitting; resting con tent. † AC-QUIET, v. t. To render quiet. Shirley. AC-QUI'RA-BLE, a. That may be acquired. AC-QUIRE', v. t. [L. acquiro.] To gain, by any means, something which is in a degree permanent, or which be comes vested or inherent in the possessor. AC-QUIRED, (ak-quird') pp. Gained, obtained, or received from art, labor, or other means, in distinction from those things which are bestowed by nature. AC-QUIRE MENT. n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. It is used in opposition to nat ural gifts. AC-QUIR ER, n. A person who acquires. AC-QUIRING, ppr. Gaining by labor, or other means, something that has a degree of permanence in the pos sessor. † AC-QUTRY, n. Acquirement. Barrow. ACQUI-SITE, a. Gained. Burton. AC-QUI-SITION, n. [L. acquisitio.] 1. The act of acquiring. 2. The thing acquired, or gained. AC-QUIS-I-TIVE, a. That is acquired; acquired; [but improper. Walton. AC-QUIS I-TIVE-LY, adv. Noting acquirement, with to or for following. Lilly. †AC-QUIST', n. See ACQUEST. Milton. AC-QUIT', v. t. [Fr. acquitter.] To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, guilt, censure, suspicion, or whatever lies upon a person as a charge or duty. † AC-QUIT/MENT, n. The act of acquitting, or state of being acquitted; now superseded by acquittal. South. AC-QUITITAL, n. A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense. AC-QUITITANCE, n. 1. A discharge or release from a debt. 2. The writing, which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. † AC-QUITITANCE, v. t. To acquit. Shak. AC-QUITTED, pp. Set free, or judicially discharged froni an accusation; released from a debt, duty, obligation, charge, or suspicion of guilt. AC-QUITTING, ppr. Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion of guilt. †A-CRASE, or † A-CRAZE, v. t. 1. To make crazy; to infatuate. 2. To impair; to destroy. ACRA-SY, n. [Gr. ακρασια.] In medical authors, an excess or predominancy of one quality above another, in mixture, or in the human constitution. Bailey. ACRE, (a'ker) n. [Sax. acer, acera, or ecer.] A quantity of land, containing 160 square rods or perches, or 4840 square yards. ACRED, (a/kerd) a. Possessing acres or landed property. Pope. AC'RID, a. [Fr. acre; L. acer.] Sharp; pungent; bitter; sharp or biting to the taste; acrimonious. AC'RID-NESS, n. A sharp, bitter, pungent quality. AC-RI-MO'NI-OUS, a. 1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony. 2. Figuratively, severe; sarcastic; applied to language or temper. AC-RI-MO'NI-OUS-LY, adv. With sharpness or bitter ness. ACURI-MO-NY, n. [L. acrimonia.] 1. Sharpness; a quality of bodies which corrodes, dissolves, or destroys others. 2. Figuratively, sharpness or severity of temper; bitter ness of expression proceeding from anger, ill-nature, or petulance. AC/RI-SY, n. [Gr. a and κρισις.] A state or condition of which no right judgment can be formed; that of which no choice is made; matter in dispute; injudiciousness [Little used.] Bailey. ACRI-TUDE, n. [See ACRID.] An acrid quality; bitterness to the taste; biting heat. A-CRO MI-ON, [Gr. ακρος and ωμος.] a. term applied to the rising of a star at sunset, or its setting at sunrise. A-CRONI-CAL-LY, adv. In an acronical manner; at the rising or setting of the sun. ACRO-SPIRE, n. [Gr. ακρος and σπειρα.] A shoot or sprout of a seed. Mortimer. ACRO-SPIRED, a. Having a sprout, or having sprouted at both ends. Mortimer. A-CROSS, prep. 1. From side to side, opposed to along, A-CROS TIC, n. [Gr. ακρα and στιχος.] A composition in ACRO-TER, n. [Gr. ακροτηρ.] In architecture, a small AC-RO-THYMΙ-ΟΝ, π. [Gr. ακρος and θυμος.] Among physicians, a species of wart, with a narrow basis and broad top, having the color of thyme. It is called thymus. ΑΕΤ, τ. ί. [Gr. αγω, L. ago.] 1. To exert power; as, the stomach acts upon food. 2. To be in action or motion; to move. 3. To behave, demean, or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices. To act up to, is to equal in action; to fulfil, or perform a correspondent action. ΑΕΤ, τ. 1. 1. To perform; to represent a character on the stage. 2. To feign or counterfeit. [Improper.] Dryden. 3. To put in motion; to actuate; to regulate movements. [Obs.] Locke. ACT, n. 1. The exertion of power; the effect, of which power exerted is the cause. 2. That whien is done; a deed, exploit, or achievement, whether good or ill. 3. Action; performance; production of effects; as, an act of charity. 4. A state of reality or real existence, as opposed to a possibility. 5. In general, act denotes action completed; but, preceded by in, it denotes incomplete action. 6. A part or division of a play, to be performed without interruption; after which the action is suspended to give respite to the performers. 7. The result of public deliberation, or the decision of a prince, legislative body, council, court of justice, or magistrate; a decree, edict, law, judgment, resolve, award, determination; as, an act of parliament.-Act, in English universities, is a thesis maintained in public, by a candidate for a degree. Act of faith, auto da fe, in Catholic countries, is a solemn day held by the Inquisition, for the punishment of here tics. ACTED, pp. Done; performed; represented on the stage. ACTI-AN, a. Relating to Actium. ACTING, ppr. Doing; performing; behaving; representing the character of another. ACTING, n. Action; act of performing a part of a play. sition of the several parts of the body, by which they seem to be actuated by passions 11. Battle; fight; engagement between troops in wa., whether on land or water. ACTION-A-BLE, a. That will bear a suit, or for which an action at law may be sustained. ACTION-A-BLY, adv. In a manner that subjects to legal process. ACTION-A-RY, or ACTION-IST, n. In Europe, a propri- †AC-TI-TATION, n. Action quick and frequent. ACTIVE-NESS, n. The quality of being active; the facul † ACTLESS, a. Without spirit; insipid. ACTRESS, n. A female who acts or performs, and espe- ACT'U-AL, a. [Fr. actuel.] 1. Real or effective, or that ACT-U-ALI-TÝ, n. Reality. Haweis. ACT'U-A-TED, pp. Put in action; incited to action. tion. ACT-U-A'TION, u. The state of being put in action; ef fectual operation. Glanville. † ACT'U-OSE, a. Having strong powers of action. ACU-ATE, v. t. [L. acuo.] To sharpen; to make pungent AC-U-ITION, n. The sharpening of medicines o in crease their effect.. †A-CUI-TY, n. Sharpness. Perkins. A-CU'LL-I, n. [L.] In botany and zoology, prickles of ACU-LON, n. [Gr. ακυλος.] The fruit or acorn of the A-CU MI-NATE, a. [L. acuminatus.] Ending in a sharp A-CU-MI-NA-TED, a. Sharpened to a point. AC-U-PUNCTURE, n. [L. acus and punctura.] Among the part affected with a needle. AC-TINO-LITE, n. [Gr. ακτιν and λιθος.] A mineral, ACU-RU, n. In India, a fragrant aloe-wood. A-CUTELY, adv. Sharply; keenly; with nice discrimina- || AD-DICTED, pp. Devoted by customary practice tion. A-COTE/NESS, n. 1. Sharpness. 2. The faculty of nice discernment or perception; applied to the senses, or the understanding. 3. Sharpness, or elevation of sound. 4. Violence of a disease. A-CU-TIATOR, n. In the middle ages, a person whose office was to sharpen instruments. AD. A Latin preposition, signifying to. Ad hominem, to the mon, in logic, an argument, adapted to touch the prejudices of the person addressed. Ad inquirendum, in law, a judicial writ, commanding inquiry to be made. Ad libituin, [L.] at pleasure.-Ad valorem, according to the value, in commerce and finance. AD-ACT', v. t. [L. adago.] To drive; to compel. A-DAGI-O, n. [It.] In music, a slow movement.-As an AD'AM'S AP-PLE. A species of citron, [see CITRON; also AD'AM'S NEE-DLE. The popular name of the plant yucca. AD-A-MAN-TE'AN, a. Hard as adamant. Milton. AD'AM-IC, a. Pertaining to Adam. AD-DICT ED-NESS, n. The quality or state of being ed dicted. AD-DIETING, ppr. Devoting time and attention; practicing customarily. AD-DICTION, n. 1. The act of devoting or giving up in ADDING, ppr. Joining; putting together; increasing. AD-DITION, n. [L. additio.] 1. The act of adding, op AD-DI"TION-AL, a. That is added It is used by Bacon AD'AM-ITES. In church history, a sect of visionaries, who AD'DLE-HEAD-ED, a. Having empty brains. pretended to establish a state of innocence, and, like Adam, went naked. AD-AM-ITIC, a. Like the Adamites. Taylor. A-DAPT, v. t. [Sp. adaptar; L. ad and apto.] To make uses. A-DAP-TA-BILI-TY, n. The quality of adaptation. A-DAPT'ED, pp. Suited; made suitable; fitted. A DAPTER. See ADOРТЕЙ. A-DAPTING, ppr. Suiting; making fit. A'DAR, n. A Hebrew month, answering to the latter part A-DARICE, n. [Gr. αδαρκης.] Α saltish concretion on reeds A-DAR ME, n. A Spanish weight, the sixteenth of an ounce. AD'A-TIS, n. A muslin or species of cotton cloth from India. †A-DAUNT', v. t. To subdue. A-DAWI, v. t. To daunt; to subject. Spenser. A-DAYS', adv. On or in days; as in the phrase, now adays. ADD, v. t. [L. addo.] 1. To set or put together, join, or unite, as one thing or sum to another, in an aggregate. 2. To unite in idea or consideration; to subjoin. 3. To increase number. 4. To augment. †AD-COR/PO-RATE, v. t. To unite one body with another. ADD/A-BLE, a. That may be added. AD-DECI-MATE, v. t. [L. ad and decimus.] To take, or to ascertain tithes. ADD'ED, pp. Joined in place, in sum, in mass or aggregate, in number, in idea, or consideration; united; put together. AD-DEEM', v. t. To award; to sentence. [Little used.] ADDER, n. [Sax. aetter or aettor.] A venomous serpent or AD-DIET', a. Addicted. [Not much used.] AD-DICT', 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 ADDLE-PA-TED, ADD'LINGS, n. plu. Earnings; wages received for work AD-DOOM, v. t. See Doom. To adjudge. AL-DRESS, v. t. [Fr. adresser.] 1. To prepare; to make AD-DRESS', n. 1. A speaking to; verbal application; a AD-DRESS/ED, (ad-drest') pp. Spoken or applied to; di- AD-DUCE, v. t. [L. adduco.] 1. To bring forward, present, AD-DUCENT, a. Bringing forward, or together; a word towards another. sweeten. Bacon. AD'EB, n. An Egyptian weight of 210 okes. Encyc. ADE-LING, n. A title of honor, given by our Saxon ances AD'E-LITE, n. Adelites or Almoganens, in Spain, were A-DEMPTION, n. [L. adimo.] In the civil law, the revoca AD'E-NOID, a. [Gr. αδην and είδος.] In the form of a ment. Bacon. ADE-QUA-CY, n. [L. adequatus.] The state or quality of being equal to, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose. War in Disguise. ADE-QUATE, a. Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient. †ADE-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; justness of proportion or representation. ↑AD-E-QUATION, n. Adequateness. Bp. Barlow. †AD-ES-POTIC, 4. Not absolute; not despotic. AD-ES-SE-NARI-ANS, n. [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. Bailey. 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-HERE', v. i. [L. adhærco.] 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 attached, 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. Shak. AD-HERENT, n. The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or parti san a believer in a particular faith or church. AD-HE/RENT-LY, ado. In an adherent manner. AD-HERER, R. One that adheres; an adherent. AD-HE'SION, (ad-he-zhun) n. [L. adhesio.] 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-HESIVE-LY, adv. In an adhesive manner. AD-HE/SIVE-NESS, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity. AD-HIBIT, v. t. [L. adhibeo.] To use, or apply. [Rarely used.1 AD-HI-BITION, n. Application; use. AD-I-APHO-RA-CY, n. Indifference. AD-I-APH O-RISTS, n. [Gr. αδιαφορος.] Moderate Lutherans; a name given, in the sixteenth century, to certain men that followed Melancthon. AD-I-APH'O-ROUS, a. Indifferent; neutral. A-DIEU, n. A farewell, or commendation to the care of God. AD-I-POCE-RATE, v. t. To convert into adipocere. AD-I-POC-E-RATION, n. The act or process of being changed into adipocere. AD-I-PO-CERE, n [L. adeps and cera.] A soft, unctuous or waxy substance. ADI-POSE, a. [L. adiposus.] Fat; as, the adipose memADI-POUS, brane. ADIT, n. [L. aditus.] An entrance or passage; a term in mining, used to denote the opening. AD-ITION, #. The act of going to another. AD-JA CEN-CY, n. [L. adjaceo.) The state of lying close or contiguous; a bordering upon, or lying next to. AD-JACENT, 4. Lying near, close, or contiguous; bordering upon. AD-JACENT, n. That which is next to, or contiguous. Locke. [Little used.] AD-JECT, v. 1. [L. adjicio.] To add or put, as one thing to another. Macknight. AD-JECTION, n. 'The act of adding, or thing added. Brown. Little used.] AD-JEE-TITIOUS, a. Added. Parkhurst. AD JEE-TIVE, n. In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or something at tributed 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. ADJEC-TIVE-LY, adv. In the manner of an adjective as, a word is used adjectively. AD-JOIN', v. 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, v. i. To lie or be next to, or in contact; to be contiguous. † AD-JOIN'ANT, a. Contiguous to. Carew. AD-JOINED, (ad-joind') pp. Joined to; united AD-JOINING, ppr. Joining to; adjacent; contiguous. AD-JOURN, (ad-jurn') v. t. [Fr. ajourner.] Literally, to put off, or defer to another day; but now used to denote a formal intermission of business, a putting off to any future meeting of the same body, and appropriately used of public bodies, or private commissioners, intrusted with business. AD-JOURN', v. i. To suspend business for a time; as from one day to another, or for a longer period. AD-JOURN'ED, (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-JOURN'MENT, n. 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. Great Britain, the close of a session of parliament is called a prorogation; as the close of a parliament is a dissolution. AD-JUDGE, v. t. Fr. adjuger.] To decide, or determine, in the case of a controverted question; to decree by a ju dicial opinion. AD-JUDGED, (ad-judjd') pp. Determined by judicial opinion; decreed; sentenced. AD-JUDGING, ppr. Determining by judicial opinion; sen tencing. AD-JUDGMENT, n. The act of judging; sentence. mining. AD-JU-DI-CA TION, n. 1. The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining judicially. 2. A judicial sentence; judgment or decision of a court. †AD JU-GATE, v. t. To yoke to. ADJU-MENT, n. [L. adjumentum.] Help; support. ADJUNET, n. [L. adjunctus.] 1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it.-2. In metaphysics, a quality of the body or the mind, whether natural 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. Wotten. ADJUNCT, a. Added to or united with; as, an adjunct professor. AD-JUNCTION, n. The act of joining; the thing joined. AD-JÜRE', v. t. [L. adjuro.] 1. To charge, bind, or command on oath, or under the penalty of a curse. 2. Το charge earnestly and solemnly, on pain of God's wrath. 3. To conjure; to charge, urge, or summon with solemnity. Milton. AD-JURED, (ad-jurd') pp. Charged on oath, or with a denunciation of God's wrath; solemnly urged. AD-JURIER, n. One that adjures; one that exacts an oath. AD-JURING, ppr. Charging on oath, or on the penalty, of a curse; beseeching with solemnity. AD-JUST', v. t. [Sp. ajustar.] 1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent, or conformable. Swift 2. Το put in order; to regulate or reduce to system. 3. Te make accurate; to settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result. AD-JUST'ED, pp. Made exact or conformable; reduced to a right form or standard; settled. AD JUSTER, n. A person who adjusts; that which regulates. AD-JUSTING, ppr. Reducing to due form; fitting; making exact or correspondent; settling. AD-JUST MENT, n. The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fi. or conformable; settlement. AL JU-TAN-CY, n. The office of an adjutant; skilful arIngement. Burke. AL-JU-TANT, n. [L. adjutans.] In military affairs, an officer whose business is to assist the major by receiving and communicating orders. Adjutant-general, in an army, is the chief adjutant. ↑AD-JŪTE, v. t. To help. B. Jonson. AP JOTOR, n Ahper. [Little used.] ADJU-TO-RY, a. Helping. AD-JUTRIA, n. She who helps. AD-JOVANT, a. Helping; assisting. Howell. ADJUVATE, v. t. To help. AD-LE-GATION, n. [L. ad and legatio.] In the public law of the German emvire, a right claimed by the s'ates, of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor, in public treaties. AD-LO-CO-TION, n. See ALLOCUTION. AD-MEASURE, (ad-mezh'ur) v. t. 1. To measure or ascertain dimensions, size, or capacity; used for measure. 2. To apportion; to assign to each claimant his right. AD-MEASURED, (ad-mezh'urd) pp. Measured; apportioned. 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 ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture hel I in common. Blackstone. AD-MEAS/UR-ER, n. One that admeasures. AJ-METI-ATE, v. t. To measure. AD-MINIS-TER, v. t. [L. administro.] 1. To act as minister or chief agent, in managing public affairs, under laws cr 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 give, as an oath; to cause to swear according to law. AD-MINIS-TER, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to add something. 2. To perform the office of administrator. AD-MINIS-TERED, pp. Executed; managed; governed; afforded; d; 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; direction; management; 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. Dispensation; distribution; exhibition; as, the administration of justice. 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. 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 rites.-3. In Scots law, a tutor, curator, or guardian. AD MIN-IS-TRA TOR-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-BIL/I-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. ADMI-RA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being admirable; the power of exciting admiration. AD/MI-RA-BLY, adv. 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 ADMI-RAL-SHIP, n. The office or power of an admiral. [Little used.] ADMI-RAL-TY, n. In Great Britain, the office of lord high admiral. This office is discharged by one person, or by commissioners, called lords of the admiralty. 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 prize-causes and the like. 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. †AD-MIRA-TIVE, n. A note of admiration, thus, ! 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. AD-MIRE/. i. Το wonder; to be affected with slight sur prise Ray. AD-MIR'ED, (ad-mird) pp. Regarded with wonder, min. gled with pleasurable sensations. AD-MIR'ER, n. One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. AD-MIRING, ppr. Regarding with wonder, united with love or esteem. AD-MIRING-LY, adv. With admiration; in the manner of an admirer AD-MISS-I-BIL/I-TY, n. The quality of being admissible. Chase. AD-MISSI-BLE, a. That may be admitted, allowed, or conceded. AD-MISSION, n. [L. admissio.] 1. The act or practice of admitting; the state of being admitted. 2. Admittance; power or permission to enter; entrance; access; power to approach. 3. Allowance; grant of an argument or position not fully proved. 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. 2. To give right of entrance. 3. To allow; to receive as true. 4. To permit, grant, or allow, or to be capable of. AD-MIT'TA-BLÉ, 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; al lowing; conceding. AD-MIX, v. t. To mingle with something else. See MIx AD-MIX'TION, (ad-mix/chun) n. [L. admixtio.] A min gling of bodies; a union by mixing different substances together. AD-MIXTURE, n. The substance mingled with another; sometimes the act of mixture. 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. AD-MONISHED, pp. Reproved; advised; warned; in structed. |