Chapter 26

Spenser.

Adorn <Xpage=24>

A*dorn" , a. Adorned; decorated. [Obs.]

Milton.

Adornation <Xpage=24>

Ad`or*na"tion (#) , n. Adornment. [Obs.]

Adorner <Xpage=24>

A*dorn"er (#) , n. He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.

Adorningly <Xpage=24>

A*dorn"ing*ly , adv. By adorning; decoratively.

Adornment <Xpage=24>

A*dorn"ment (#) , n. [Cf. OF. adornement . See Adorn .] An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

Adosculation <Xpage=24>

Ad*os"cu*la"tion (#) , n. [L. adosculari , adosculatum , to kiss. See Osculate .] (Biol.) Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Adown <Xpage=24>

A*down" (#) , adv. [OE. adun , adoun , adune . AS. of d \'d4 ne off the hill. See Down .] From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown ."

Spenser.

Adown <Xpage=24>

A*down" , prep. Down. [Archaic & Poetic]

Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed. Prior.

Adpress <Xpage=24>

Ad*press" (#) , v. t. [L. adpressus , p. p. of adprimere .] See Appressed . -- Ad*pressed" , (#) , a.

Adrad <Xpage=24>

A*drad" (#) , p. a. [P. p. of adread .] Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Adragant <Xpage=24>

Ad"ra*gant (#) , n. [F., a corruption of tragacanth .] Gum tragacanth.

Brande & C.

Adread <Xpage=24>

A*dread" (#) , v. t. & i. [AS. andr\'91dan , ondr\'91 ; pref. a- (for and against) + dr\'91den to dread. See Dread .] To dread. [Obs.]

Sir P. Sidney.

Adreamed <Xpage=24>

A*dreamed" (#) , p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed , to dream. [Obs.]

Adrenal <Xpage=24>

Ad*re"nal (#) , a. [Pref. ad- + renal .] (Anat.) Suprarenal.

Adrian <Xpage=24>

A"dri*an (#) , a. [L. Hadrianus .] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows .

Adriatic <Xpage=24>

A`dri*at"ic (#) , a. [L. Adriaticus , Hadriaticus , fr. Adria or Hadria , a town of the Veneti.] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Adrift <Xpage=24>

A*drift" (#) , adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on ) + drift .] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

So on the sea shall be set adrift . Dryden.

Were from their daily labor turned adrift . Wordsworth.

Adrip <Xpage=24>

A*drip" (#) , adv. & a. [Pref. a- in + drip .] In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip .

D. G. Mitchell.

Adrogate <Xpage=24>

Ad"ro*gate (#) , v. t. [See Arrogate .] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master).

Adrogation <Xpage=24>

Ad`ro*ga"tion (#) , n. [L. adrogatio , arrogatio , fr. adrogare . See Arrogate .] (Rom. Law) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation .

Adroit <Xpage=24>

A*droit" (#) , a. [F. adroit ; \'85 (L. ad ) = droit straight, right, fr. L. directus , p. p. of dirigere . See Direct .] Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply . " Adroit in the application of the telescope and quadrant." Horsley . "He was adroit in intrigue."

Macaulay.

Syn. -- Dexterous; skillful; expert; ready; clever; deft; ingenious; cunning; ready-witted.

Adroitly <Xpage=24>

A*droit"ly , adv. In an adroit manner.

Adroitness <Xpage=24>

A*droit"ness , n. The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.

Adroitness was as requisite as courage. Motley.

Syn. -- See Skill .

Adry <Xpage=24>

A*dry" (#) , a. [Pref. a- (for on ) + dry .] In a dry or thirsty condition. "A man that is adry ."

Burton.

Adscititious <Xpage=24>

Ad`sci*ti"tious (#) , a. [L. adscitus , p. p. of adsciscere , asciscere , to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. " Adscititious evidence." Bowring . -- Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly , adv.

Adscript <Xpage=24>

Ad"script (#) , a. [L. adscriptus , p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See Ascribe .] Held to service as attached to the soil; -- said of feudal serfs.

Adscript <Xpage=24>

Ad"script (#) , n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.

Bancroft.

Adscriptive <Xpage=24>

Ad*scrip"tive (#) , a. [L. adscriptivus . See Adscript .] Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.

Brougham.

Adsignification <Xpage=24>

Ad*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion (#) , n. Additional signification. [R.]

Tooke.

Adsignify <Xpage=24>

Ad*sig"ni*fy (#) , v. t. [L. adsignificare to show.] To denote additionally. [R.]

Tooke.

Adstrict <Xpage=24>

Ad*strict" (#) , v. t. -- Ad*stric"tion , (#) n. See Astrict , and Astriction .

Adstrictory <Xpage=24>

Ad*stric"to*ry (#) , a. See Astrictory .

Adstringent <Xpage=24>

Ad*strin"gent (#) , a. See Astringent .

Adularia <Xpage=24>

Ad`u*la"ri*a (#) , n. [From Adula , a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.] (Min.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone .

Adulate <Xpage=24>

Ad"u*late (#) , v. t. [L. adulatus , p. p. of adulari .] To flatter in a servile way.

Byron.

Adulation <Xpage=24>

Ad`u*la"tion (#) , n. [F. adulation , fr. L. adulatio , fr. adulari , adulatum , to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.

Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation ? Shak.

Syn. -- Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness; blandishment. -- Adulation , Flattery , Compliment . Men deal in compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives, and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy. Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually fulsome.

Adulator <Xpage=24>

Ad"u*la`tor (#) , n. [L., fr. adulari : cf. F. adulateur .] A servile or hypocritical flatterer.

Carlyle.

Adulatory <Xpage=24>

Ad"u*la*to*ry (#) , a. [L. adulatorius , fr. adulari : cf. OF. adulatoire .] Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address .

A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke.

Adulatress <Xpage=24>

Ad"u*la`tress (#) , n. A woman who flatters with servility.

Adult <Xpage=24>

A*dult" (#) , a. [L. adultus , p. p. of adolescere , akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte . See Adolescent , Old .] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

Adult <Xpage=24>

A*dult" , n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.

&hand; In the common law , the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law , to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.

Adulter <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter (#) , v. i. [L. adulterare .] To commit adultery; to pollute. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Adulterant <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ant (#) , n. [L. adulterans , p. pr. of adulterare .] That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a . Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes .

Adulterate <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ate (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adulterated (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n Adulterating (#) .] [L. adulteratus , p. p. of adulterare , fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love. Cf. Advoutry .]

1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.]

Milton.

2. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.

The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator.

Syn. -- To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.

Adulterate <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ate , v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.]

Adulterate <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ate (#) , a. 1. Tainted with adultery.

2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.

-- A*dul"ter*ate*ly , adv. -- A*dul"ter*ate*ness , n.

Adulteration <Xpage=24>

A*dul`ter*a"tion (#) , n. [L. adulteratio .] 1. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott.

2. An adulterated state or product.

Adulterator <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*a`tor (#) , n. [L.] One who adulterates or corrupts. [R.]

Cudworth.

Adulterer <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*er (#) , n. [Formed fr. the verb adulter , with the E. ending -er . See Advoutrer .] 1. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.

2. (Script.) A man who violates his religious covenant.

Jer. ix. 2.

Adulteress <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ess (#) , n. [Fem. from L. adulter . Cf. Advoutress .] 1. A woman who commits adultery.

2. (Script.) A woman who violates her religious engagements.

James iv. 4.

Adulterine <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ine (#) , a. [L. adulterinus , fr. adulter .] Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.

When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

Adulterine <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ine , n. An illegitimate child. [R.]

Adulterize <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ize (#) , v. i. To commit adultery.

Milton.

Adulterous <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ous (#) , a. 1. Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit.

Dryden.

2. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. "An adulterous mixture." [Obs.]

Smollett.

Adulterously <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*ous*ly , adv. In an adulterous manner.

Adultery <Xpage=24>

A*dul"ter*y (#) , n. ; pl. Adulteries (#) . [L. adulterium . See Advoutry .] 1. The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

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&hand; It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer.

The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called double adultery ; between a married and an unmarried person, single adultery .

2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

3. (Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion.

Jer. iii. 9.

4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.

6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.]

You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson.

Adultness <Xpage=25>

A*dult"ness (#) , n. The state of being adult.

Adumbrant <Xpage=25>

Ad*um"brant (#) , a. [L. adumbrans , p. pr. of adumbrare .] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

Adumbrate <Xpage=25>

Ad*um"brate (#) , v. t. [L. adumbratus , p. p. of adumbrare ; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.]

1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated . L. Taylor.

2. To overshadow; to shade.

Adumbration <Xpage=25>

Ad`um*bra"tion (#) , n. [L. adumbratio .] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.

Adumbrative <Xpage=25>

Ad*um"bra*tive (#) , a. Faintly representing; typical.

Carlyle.

Adunation <Xpage=25>

Ad`u*na"tion (#) , n. [L. adunatio ; ad + unus one.] A uniting; union.

Jer. Taylor.

Adunc, Adunque <Xpage=25>

A*dunc" , A*dunque" (#) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill .

Aduncity <Xpage=25>

A*dun"ci*ty (#) , n. [L. aduncitas . See Aduncous .] Curvature inwards; hookedness.

The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.

Aduncous <Xpage=25>

A*dun"cous (#) , a. [L. aduncus ; ad + uncus hooked, hook.] Curved inwards; hooked.

Adure <Xpage=25>

A*dure" (#) , v. t. [L. adurere ; ad + urere to burn.] To burn up. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Adust <Xpage=25>

A*dust" (#) , a. [L. adustus , p. p. of adurere : cf. F. aduste .] 1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust ."

Milton.

2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.

A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott.

3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

Adusted <Xpage=25>

A*dust"ed , a. Burnt; adust. [Obs.]

Howell.

Adustible <Xpage=25>

A*dust"i*ble (#) , a. That may be burnt. [Obs.]

Adustion <Xpage=25>

A*dus"tion (?; 106) , n. [L. adustio , fr. adurere , adustum : cf. F. adustion .] 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [Obs.]

Harvey.

2. (Surg.) Cauterization.

Buchanan.

Ad valorem <Xpage=25>

Ad va*lo"rem (#) . [L., according to the value.] (Com.) A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent .

Advance <Xpage=25>

Ad*vance" (#) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Advanced (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Advancing (#) (#).] [OE. avancen , avauncen , F. avancer , fr. a supposed LL. abantiare ; ab + ante (F. avant ) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be fr. L. ad . See Avaunt .] 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic]

They . . . advanced their eyelids. Shak.

3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

Ahasueres . . . advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1.

4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument .

Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope.

6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him .

8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods .

9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.]

Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. Spenser.

Syn. -- To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign.

Advance <Xpage=25>

Ad*vance" , v. i. 1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me .

2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price .

3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott.

Advance <Xpage=25>

Ad*vance" , n. [Cf. F. avance , fr. avancer . See Advance , v .] 1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.