Chapter 23

A*dieu" (#) , interj. & adv. [OE. also adew , adewe , adue , F. <?/ dieu , fr. L. ad to + deus God.] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Adieu <Xpage=21>

A*dieu" , n. ; pl. Adieus (#) . A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.

Shak.

Adight <Xpage=21>

A*dight" (#) , v. t. [ p. p. Adight .] [Pref. a- (intensive) + OE. dihten . See Dight .] To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.]

Ad infinitum <Xpage=21>

Ad in`fi*ni"tum (#) . [L., to infinity.] Without limit; endlessly.

Ad interim <Xpage=21>

Ad in"ter*im (#) [L.] Meanwhile; temporary.

Adepescent <Xpage=21>

Ad`e*pes"cent (#) , a. [L. adeps , adipis , fat + -escent .] Becoming fatty.

Adipic <Xpage=21>

A*dip"ic (#) , a. [L. adeps , adipis , fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

<-- 2. adipic acid. a dicarboxylic acid containing six carbon atoms in a linear chain -->

Adipocerate <Xpage=21>

Ad`i*poc"er*ate (#) , v. t. To convert adipocere.

Adipoceration <Xpage=21>

Ad`i*poc`er*a"tion (#) , n. The act or process of changing into adipocere.

Adipocere <Xpage=21>

Ad"i*po*cere` (#) , n. [L. adeps , adipis , fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere .] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

Adipoceriform <Xpage=21>

Ad`i*po*cer"i*form (#) , a. [ Adipocere + -form .] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor .

Adipocerous <Xpage=21>

Ad`i*poc"er*ous (#) , a. Like adipocere.

Adipose <Xpage=21>

Ad"i*pose` (?; 277) , a. [L. adeps , adipis , fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

Adipose fin (Zo\'94l.) , a soft boneless fin. -- Adipose tissue (Anat.) , that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

Adiposeness, Adiposity <Xpage=21>

Ad"i*pose`ness (#) , Ad`i*pos"i*ty (#) , n. The state of being fat; fatness.

Adipous <Xpage=21>

Ad"i*pous (#) , a. Fatty; adipose. [R.]

Adipsous <Xpage=21>

A*dip"sous (#) , a. [Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/, thirst.] Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

Adipsy <Xpage=21>

Ad"ip*sy (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ not thirsty; <?/ priv. + <?/ thirst.] (Med.) Absence of thirst.

Adit <Xpage=21>

Ad"it (#) , n. [L. aditus , fr. adire , <?/aitum , to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel .

2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]

Yourself and yours shall have Free adit . Tennyson.

Adjacence, Adjacency <Xpage=21>

Ad"ja"cence (#) , Ad*ja"cen*cy (#) , [Cf. LL. adjacentia .] 1. The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings .

2. That which is adjacent. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Adjacent <Xpage=21>

Ad*ja"cent (#) , a. [L. adjacens , -centis , p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jac<?/re to lie: cf. F. adjacent .] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway . "The adjacent forest."

B. Jonson.

Adjacent or contiguous angle . (Geom.) See Angle .

Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent , Adjoining , Contiguous . Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.

I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell.

Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.

Adjacent <Xpage=21>

Ad*ja"cent , n. That which is adjacent. [R.]

Locke.

Adjacently <Xpage=21>

Ad*ja"cent*ly , adv. So as to be adjacent.

Adject <Xpage=21>

Ad*ject" (#) , v. t. [L. adjectus , p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + ac<?/re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To add or annex; to join.

Leland.

Adjection <Xpage=21>

Ad*jec"tion (#) , n. [L. adjectio , fr. adjicere : cf. F. adjection . See Adject .] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.]

B. Jonson.

Adjectional <Xpage=21>

Ad*jec"tion*al (#) , a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.]

Earle.

Adjectitious <Xpage=21>

Ad`jec*ti"tious (#) , [L. adjectitius .] Added; additional.

Parkhurst.

Adjectival <Xpage=21>

Ad`jec*ti"val (#) , a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

W. Taylor (1797)

Adjectivally <Xpage=21>

Ad`jec*ti"val*ly , adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.

Adjective <Xpage=21>

Ad"jec*tive (#) , a. [See Adjective , n. ]

1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence .

2. Not standing by itself; dependent.

Adjective color , a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.

3. Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective ."

Macaulay.

Adjective <Xpage=21>

Ad"jec*tive , n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen ), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere : cf. F. adjectif . See Adject .] 1. (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 something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler .

2. A dependent; an accessory.

Fuller.

Adjective <Xpage=21>

Ad"jec*tive , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjectived (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving (#) .] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.]

Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke.

Adjectively <Xpage=21>

Ad"jec*tive*ly , adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively .

Adjoin <Xpage=21>

Ad*join" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjoined (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjoining .] [OE. ajoinen , OF. ajoindre , F. adjoindre , fr. L. adjungere ; ad + jungere to join. See Join , and cf. Adjunct .] To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

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Adjoin <Xpage=22>

Ad*join" (#) , v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin .

When one man's land adjoins to another's. Blackstone.

&hand; The construction with to , on , or with is obsolete or obsolescent.

2. To join one's self. [Obs.]

She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser.

Adjoinant <Xpage=22>

Ad*join"ant (#) , a. Contiguous. [Obs.]

Carew.

Adjoining <Xpage=22>

Ad*join"ing , a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room . "The adjoining fane."

Dryden.

Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak.

Syn. -- Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent .

Adjoint <Xpage=22>

Ad"joint (#) , n. An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]

Adjourn <Xpage=22>

Ad*journ (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjourned (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjourning (#) .] [OE. ajornen , OF. ajoiner , ajurner , F. ajourner ; OF. a (L. ad ) + jor , jur , jorn , F. jour , day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal , Journey .] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.

It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow.

'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak.

Syn. -- To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. -- To Adjourn , Prorogue , Dissolve . These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn , both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die . To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.

Adjourn <Xpage=22>

Ad*journ" , v. i. To 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, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

Adjournal <Xpage=22>

Ad*journ"al (#) , n. Adjournment; postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet."

Sir W. Scott.

Adjournment <Xpage=22>

Ad*journ"ment (#) , n. [Cf. f. adjournement , OF. ajornement . See Adjourn .] 1. The 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 adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Adjudge <Xpage=22>

Ad*judge" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjudged (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging (#) .] [OE. ajugen , OF. ajugier , fr. L. adjudicare ; ad + judicare to judge. See J udge, and cf. Adjudicate .] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor .

2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term .

3. To sentence; to condemn.

Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.

4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.

He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles.

Syn. -- To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.

Adjudger <Xpage=22>

Ad*judg"er (#) , n. One who adjudges.

Adjudgment <Xpage=22>

Ad*judg"ment (#) , n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication.

Sir W. Temple.

Adjudicate <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"di*cate (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjudicated (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating (#) ] [L. adjudicatus , p. p. of adjudicare . See Adjudge .] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

Adjudicate <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"di*cate , v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case .

Adjudication <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju`di*ca"tion (#) , n. [L. adjudicatio : cf. F. adjudication .] 1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights."

Burke.

3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.

Abbott.

4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Adjudicative <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"di*ca*tive (#) , a. Adjudicating.

Adjudicator <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"di*ca`tor (#) , n. One who adjudicates.

Adjudicature <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"di*ca*ture (#) , n. Adjudication.

Adjugate <Xpage=22>

Ad"ju*gate (#) , v. t. [L. adjugatus , p. p. of adjugare ; ad + jugum a yoke.] To yoke to. [Obs.]

Adjument <Xpage=22>

Ad"ju*ment (#) , n. [L. adjumentum , for adjuvamentum , fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.] Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.]

Waterhouse.

Adjunct <Xpage=22>

Ad"junct` (#) , a. [L. adjunctus , p. p. of adjungere . See Adjoin .] Conjoined; attending; consequent.

Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak.

Adjunct notes (Mus.) , short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.

Adjunct <Xpage=22>

Ad"junct` , n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

Wotton.

3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution , where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History ."

4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color , in the body, judgment in the mind .

5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys , under Attendant , a .

Adjunction <Xpage=22>

Ad*junc"tion (#) , n. [L. adjunctio , fr. adjungere : cf. F. adjonction , and see Adjunct .] The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

Adjunctive <Xpage=22>

Ad*junc"tive (#) , a. [L. adjunctivus , fr. adjungere . See Adjunct .] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

Adjunctive <Xpage=22>

Ad*junc"tive , n. One who, or that which, is joined.

Adjunctively <Xpage=22>

Ad*junc"tive*ly , adv. In an adjunctive manner.

Adjunctly <Xpage=22>

Ad*junct"ly (#) , adv. By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.

Adjuration <Xpage=22>

Ad`ju*ra"tion (#) , n. [L. adjuratio , fr. adjurare : cf. F. adjuration . See Adjure .] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.

2. The form of oath or appeal.

Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations . Addison.

Adjuratory <Xpage=22>

Ad*ju"ra*to*ry (#) , a. [L. adjuratorius .] Containing an adjuration.

Adjure <Xpage=22>

Ad*jure" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjured (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring (#) ] . [L. adjurare , adjurdium , to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer . See Jury .] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.

Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26.

The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63.

The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

Adjurer <Xpage=22>

Ad*jur"er (#) , n. One who adjures.

Adjust <Xpage=22>

Ad*just" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjusted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjusting .] [OF. ajuster , ajoster (whence F. ajouter to add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to adjust. See Just , v. t. and cf. Adjute .] 1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard .

2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.

Adjusting the orthography. Johnson.

3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted .

4. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope .

Syn. -- To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle.

Adjustable <Xpage=22>

Ad*just"a*ble (#) , a. Capable of being adjusted.

Adjustage <Xpage=22>

Ad*just"age (#) , n. [Cf. Ajutage .] Adjustment. [R.]

Adjuster <Xpage=22>

Ad*just"er (#) , n. One who, or that which, adjusts.

Adjustive <Xpage=22>

Ad*just"ive (#) , a. Tending to adjust. [R.]

Adjustment <Xpage=22>

Ad*just"ment (#) , n. [Cf. F. ajustement . See Adjust .] 1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.