Chapter 18

Ad¶age (#), n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.] An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting ½I dare not¸ wait upon ½I would,¸ Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak. Syn. Ð Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom. AÏda¶giÏal (#), a. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. ½Adagial verse.¸ Barrow. Ø AÏda¶gio (#), a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow. Ø AÏda¶gio, n. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Ad¶am (#), n. 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. 2. (As a symbol) ½Original sin;¸ human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak.

Adam's ale, water. [Colloq.] Ð Adam's apple. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more. Paxton. (b) A species of lime (Citris limetta). 2. The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. Ð Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Ð Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

Ad¶aÏmant (#), n. [OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. ?, ?; ? priv. + ? to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substance of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton. 2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ½A great adamant of acquaintance.¸ Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene. Ad·aÏmanÏte¶an (#), a. [L. adamant?us.] Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton. Ad·aÏman¶tine (#), a. [L. adamantinus, Gr. ?.] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. 2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster. Ad·amÏbuÏla¶cral (#), a. [L. ad + E. ambulacral.] (Zo”l.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish. AÏdam¶ic (#), AÏdam¶icÏal (#),} a. Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth.

Ad¶amÏite (#), n. [From Adam.] 1. A descendant of Adam; a human being. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

Ad¶am's ap¶ple (#). See under Adam.

AÏdance¶ (#), adv. Dancing. Lowell.

AÏdan¶gle (#), adv. Dangling. Browning.

Ø Ad·anÏso¶niÏa (#), n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkeyÐbread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or creamÐofÐtartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wideÐspreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton. AÏdapt¶ (#), a. Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift. AÏdapt¶, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adapted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adapting.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F. adapter. See Apt, Adept.] To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; Ð sometimes followed by to or for.] For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay. AÏdapt·aÏbil¶iÏty (#), AÏdapt¶aÏbleÏness (#),} n. The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. ½General adaptability for every purpose.¸ Farrar. AÏdapt¶aÏble (#), a. Capable of being adapted. Ad·apÏta¶tion (#), n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.] 1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. ½Adaptation of the means to the end.¸ Erskine. 2. The result of adapting; an adapted form. AÏdapt¶aÏtive (#), a. Adaptive. Stubbs. AÏdapt¶edÏness (#), n. The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

AÏdapt¶er (#), n. 1. One who adapts. 2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter. <ÐÐ 2. any device connecting two parts of an apparatus (e.g. tubes of different diameters, or electric cords with different plug types); a device allowing an apparatus to be used for purposes other than originally intended ÐÐ>

AÏdap¶tion (#), n. Adaptation. Cheyne. AÏdapt¶ive (#), a. Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. Ð AÏdapt¶iveÏly, adv. AÏdapt¶iveÏness, n. The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. AÏdapt¶ly, adv. In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior. AÏdapt¶ness, n. Adaptedness. [R.] Ad·apÏto¶riÏal (#), a. Adaptive. [R.] Ø A¶dar (#), n. [Heb. ad„r.] The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March. Ø AÏdar¶ce (#), n. [L. adarce, adarca, Gr. ?.] A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana. Ø Ad¶aÏtis (#), n. A fine cotton cloth of India. AÏdaunt¶ (#), v. t. [OE. adaunten to overpower, OF. adonter; … (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See Daunt.] To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton. AÏdaw¶ (#), v. t. [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.] To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser. AÏdaw¶, v. t. & i. [OE. adawen to wake; pref. aÐ (cf. Goth. usÐ, Ger. erÐ) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw.] To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, he seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verify. Chaucer. AÏdays¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÐ (for on) + day; the final s was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.] By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs., except in the compound nowadays.] Fielding. Ø Ad capÏtan¶dum (#). [L., for catching.] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. Add (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.] 1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

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2. To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke. 3. To append, as a statement; to say further. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay. Syn. Ð To Add, Join, Annex, Unite, Coalesce. We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection. We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.

Add (#), v. i. 1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. ½I will add to your yoke.¸ 1 Kings xii. 14. 2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

Add¶aÏble (#), a. [Add, v. + Ðable.] Addible.

Ad¶dax (#), n. [Native name.](Zo”l.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus). µ It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By some it is thought to be the pygarg of the Bible.

AdÏdeem¶ (#), v. t. [Pref. aÐ + deem.] To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] ½Unto him they did addeem the prise.¸ Spenser. Ø AdÏden¶dum (#), n.; pl. Addenda (#). [L., fr. addere to add.] A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

Add¶er (#), n. [See Add.] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

Ad¶der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n‘dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na?r, masc., na?ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] ½The eddre seide to the woman.¸ Wyclif. (Gen. iii. 4.) 2. (Zo”l.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. µ In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, Ð sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles). Ad¶der fly/ (#). A dragon fly. Ad¶der'sÐtongue· (#), n. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray. Ad¶derÏwort· (#), n. (Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). Add·iÏbil¶iÏty (#), n. The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke. Add¶iÏble (#), a. Capable of being added. ½Addible numbers.¸ Locke. Ad¶dice (#), n. See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon. AdÏdict¶ (#), p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] AdÏdict¶, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; Ð with to. ½They addict themselves to the civil law.¸ Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay. 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn. Syn. Ð Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. ½Addicted to staying at home.¸ J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. AdÏdict¶edÏness, n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. AdÏdic¶tion (#), n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. ½His addiction was to courses vain.¸ Shak. Ad¶diÏson's disÏease¶ (#). [Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it.] (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal. AdÏdit¶aÏment (#), n. [L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add.] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. AdÏdi¶tion (#), n. [F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add.] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; Ð opposed to subtraction or diminution. ½This endless addition or addibility of numbers.¸ Locke. 2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building. 3. (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. 4. (Mus.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. [R.] 5. (Law) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title. 6. (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; Ð opposed to abatement. Vector addition (Geom.), that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC. Syn. Ð Increase; accession; augmentation; appendage; adjunct. AdÏdi¶tionÏal (#), a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. AdÏdi¶tionÏal, n. Something added. [R.] Bacon. AdÏdi¶tionÏalÏly, adv. By way of addition. AdÏdi¶tionÏaÏry (#), a. Additional. [R.] Herbert. Ad·diÏti¶tious (#), a. [L. addititius, fr. addere.] Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel. Ad¶diÏtive (#), a. [L. additivus.] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; Ð opposed to subtractive. Ad¶diÏtoÏry (#), a. Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot. Ad¶dle (#), n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire. [Obs.] 2. Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Ad¶dle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden. Ad¶dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Addled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Addling (#).] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. ½Their eggs were addled.¸ Cowper. Ad¶dle, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. ”?lask to acquire property, akin to o?al property. Cf. Allodial.] 1. To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [Prov. Eng.] Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tusser. Ad¶dleÐbrain· (#), Ad¶dleÐhead· (#), Ad¶dleÐpate (#),} n. A foolish or dullÐwitted fellow. [Colloq.] Ad¶dleÐbrained· (#), Ad¶dleÐhead·ed (#), Ad¶dleÐpa·ted (#),} a. DullÐwitted; stupid. ½The addleÐbrained Oberstein.¸ Motley. Dull and addleÐpated. Dryden. Ad¶dleÐpa·tedÏness (#), n. Stupidity. Ad¶dlings (#), n. pl. [See Addle, to earn.] Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. AdÏdoom¶ (#), v. t. [Pref. aÐ + doom.] To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser. AdÏdorsed¶ (#), a. [L. ad + dorsum, back: cf. F. adoss‚.] (Her.) Set or turned back to back. AdÏdress¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addressed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. … (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v.] 1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser. 2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor. 3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay. 4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel. 5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden. 6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate? Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift. 7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. 8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to. AdÏdress¶ (#), v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] ½Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.¸ Shak. 2. To direct speech. [Obs.] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. µ The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun. AdÏdress, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.] 1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] Jer Taylor. 2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. 3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. 4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. 5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. 6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison. 7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Syn. Ð Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness. Ad·dressÏee¶ (#), n. One to whom anything is addressed. AdÏdres¶sion (#), n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.] Chapman. AdÏduce¶ (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adduced (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Adducing (#).] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct.] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey. Syn. Ð To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention. AdÏdu¶cent (#), a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; Ð a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. AdÏdu¶cer (#), n. One who adduces. AdÏdu¶ciÏble (#), a. Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor. AdÏduct¶ (#), v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley. AdÏduc¶tion (#), n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor. 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; Ð opposed to abduction. Dunglison. AdÏduc¶tive (#), a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. AdÏduc¶tor (#), n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; Ð opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill. AdÏdulce¶ (#), v. t. [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon. AÏdeem¶ (#), v. t. [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. Ø A·deÏlan·taÏdil¶lo (#), n. [Sp.] A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes. Ø A·deÏlanÏta¶do (#), n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott. Ø AdÏeÏlas¶ter (#), n. [Gr. ? not manifest + ? a star.] (Bot.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. Ad¶elÏing (#), n. Same as Atheling. AÏdel·oÏcoÏdon¶ic (#), a. [Gr. ? invisible + ? a bell.] (Zo”l.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; Ð opposed to phanerocodonic. AÏdel¶oÏpod (#), n. [Gr. ? invisible + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo”l.) An animal having feet that are not apparent. Ø AÏdel¶phiÏa (#), n. [Gr. ? brother.] (Bot.) A ½brotherhood,¸ or collection of stamens in a bundle; Ð used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. AÏdel¶phous (#), a. [Gr. ? brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; Ð said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray. AÏdempt¶ (#), p. p. [L. ademptus, p. p. of adimere to take away.] Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

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AÏdemp¶tion (?), n. [L. ademptio, fr. adimere, ademptum, to take away; ad + emere to buy, orig. to take.] (Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier. AdenÏ or AdenoÏ. [Gr. ?, ?, gland.] Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; - used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands. Ø Ad·eÏnal¶giÏa (?), Ad¶eÏnal·gy (?), } n. [Gr. ? + ? pain.] (Med.) Pain in a gland. AÏden¶iÏform (?), a. [AdenÏ + Ïform.] Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison. Ø Ad·eÏni¶tis (?), n. [AdenÏ + Ïitis.] (Med.) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison. Ad·eÏnoÏgraph¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to adenography. Ad·eÏnog¶raÏphy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Ïgraphy.] That part of anatomy which describes the glands. Ad¶eÏnoid (?), Ad·eÏnoid¶al (?) } a. Glandlike; glandular. Ad·eÏnoÏlog¶icÏal (?), a. Pertaining to adenology. Ad·eÏnol¶oÏgy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Ïlogy.] The part of physiology that treats of the glands. Ad·eÏnoph¶oÏrous (?), a. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? bearing.] (Bot.) Producing glands. Ad·eÏnoph¶ylÏlous (?), a. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? leaf.] (Bot.) Having glands on the leaves. Ad¶eÏnose· (?; 277), a. Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous. Ad·eÏnoÏtom¶ic (?), a. Pertaining to adenotomy. Ad·eÏnot¶oÏmy (?), n. [AdenoÏ + Gr. ? a cutting, ? to cut.] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. Ad¶eÏnous (?), a. Same as Adenose. Ø Ad¶eps (?), n. [L.] Animal fat; lard. AÏdept¶ (?), n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), ?he who has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive ?at, to obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See Apt, and cf. Adapt.] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy. AÏdept¶, a. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper. AÏdep¶tion (?), n. [L. adeptio. See Adept, a.] An obtaining; attainment. [Obs.] In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory. Grafton. AÏdept¶ist, n. A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]

AÏdept¶ness, n. The quality of being adept; skill.