ACCOMPANY, ak-kum'pan-i, _v.t._ to keep company with: to attend: to support
a singer by singing or playing on any instrument an additional part
(_with_, of music; _on_, of the instrument).--_ns._ ACCOM'PANIER;
ACCOM'PANIMENT, that which accompanies: (_mus._) the assisting of a solo
part by other parts, which may consist of a whole orchestra, or a single
instrument, or even subservient vocal parts; ACCOM'PANIST, one who
accompanies a singer on an instrument to sustain his voice. [Fr.
_accompagner_. See COMPANY.]
ACCOMPLICE, ak-kom'plis, _n._ an associate, esp. in crime, in modern use
(with _of_ and _with_ before a person, and _in_ or _of_ before the crime).
[L. _ad_, to, _complex_, _-icis_, joined.]
ACCOMPLISH, ak-kom'plish, _v.t._ to complete: to bring about: to effect: to
fulfil: to equip.--_adjs._ ACCOM'PLISHABLE, that may be accomplished;
ACCOM'PLISHED, complete in acquirements, especially graceful acquirements:
polished.--_n._ ACCOM'PLISHMENT, completion: ornamental acquirement. [Fr.
_acomplir_--L. _ad_, to, _compl[=e]re_, to fill up. See COMPLETE.]
ACCOMPT, ak-komt', _n._ an almost obsolete form of ACCOUNT; ACCOMPT'ABLE,
of ACCOUNTABLE; ACCOMPT'ANT, of ACCOUNTANT.
ACCORAGE. Same as ACCOURAGE.
ACCORD, ak-kord', _v.i._ to agree: to be in correspondence
(_with_).--_v.t._ to cause to agree: to reconcile: to grant (_to_, of a
person).--_n._ agreement: harmony.--_n._ ACCORD'ANCE, agreement:
conformity--also ACCORD'ANCY.--_adj._ ACCORD'ANT, agreeing:
corresponding.--_adv._ ACCORD'ANTLY.--_p.adj._ ACCORD'ING, in accordance:
agreeing: harmonious.--_adv._ ACCORD'INGLY, agreeably: suitably: in
agreement (with what precedes).--ACCORDING AS, in proportion as, or
agreeably as; ACCORDING TO, in accordance with, or agreeably to.--OF ONE'S
OWN ACCORD, of one's own spontaneous motion. [O. Fr. _acorder_--L. _ad_,
to, _cor_, _cordis_, the heart.]
ACCORDION, ak-kor'di-on, _n._ a portable musical instrument consisting of a
hand-bellows, with keyboard on one side, the keys resting on free metal
reeds so arranged that each sounds two notes, one in expanding, the other
in contracting the bellows. [From ACCORD.]
ACCOST, ak-kost', _v.t._ to speak first to: to address.--_ns._ ACCOST',
ACCOST'ING (_obs._), address: greeting.--_adj._ ACCOST'ABLE, easy of
access. [O. Fr. _acoster_--Low L. _accost[=a]re_, to be side by side--L.
_ad_, to, _costa_, a side.]
ACCOUCHEMENT, ak-k[=oo]sh'mong, _n._ delivery in childbed. [Fr.
_accoucher_. See COUCH.]
ACCOUCHEUR, ak-k[=oo]-sh[.e]r', _n._ a man who assists women in
child-birth: a medical practitioner with this speciality:--_fem._
ACCOUCHEUSE (ak-k[=oo]-sh[.e]z'). [Fr.]
ACCOUNT, ak-kownt', _v.t._ to reckon: to judge, value.--_v.i._ (with _for_)
to give a reason: to give an account of money held in trust.--_n._ a
counting: statement: value: sake: a reckoning as to money, as in phrases
like, 'to render an account,' 'to settle an account,' 'to square accounts'
with any one, &c.--_adj._ ACCOUNT'ABLE, liable to account, responsible
(_for_, of the thing; _to_, of the person).--_ns._ ACCOUNT'ABLENESS,
ACCOUNTABIL'ITY, liability to give account, responsibility to fulfil
obligations.--_adv._ ACCOUNT'ABLY.--_ns._ ACCOUNT'ANCY, the office or work
of an accountant; ACCOUNT'ANT, one who keeps, or is skilled in, accounts;
ACCOUNT'ANTSHIP, the employment of an accountant; ACCOUNT'-BOOK, a book in
which accounts are kept.--ACCOUNT CURRENT, or open account, a course of
business dealings still going on between two persons, or a person and a
bank.--FOR ACCOUNT OF, on behalf of; FOR THE ACCOUNT, for settlement on the
regular fortnightly or monthly settling-day, instead of for cash (of sales
on the Stock Exchange).--IN ACCOUNT WITH, in business relations requiring
the keeping of an account with some one.--ON or TO ACCOUNT, an instalment
or interim payment.--TO MAKE ACCOUNT OF, to set value upon; TO TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT, to take into consideration; TO TAKE NO ACCOUNT OF, to overlook.
[O. Fr. _acconter_--L. _ad_, to, _comput[=a]re_, to reckon. See COMPUTE,
COUNT.]
ACCOUPLE, ak-kup'l, _v.t._ (_obs._) to couple or link together. [O. Fr.
_acopler_--_à_, to, _cople_. See COUPLE.]
ACCOURAGE, ak-kur'[=a]j, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to encourage. [O. Fr.
_acorager_--_à_ (L. _ad_), and _corage_ (Fr. _courage_). See COURAGE.]
ACCOURT, ak-k[=o]rt', _v.t._ (_Spens._). Same as COURT.
ACCOUTRE, ak-k[=oo]'t[.e]r, _v.t._ to dress or equip (esp. a
warrior):--_pr.p._ accou'tring; _pa.p._ accou'tred.--_n.pl._
ACCOU'TREMENTS, dress: military equipments--(_Spens._) ACCOU'STREMENTS.
[Fr. _accoutrer_, earlier _accoustrer_--of doubtful origin, prob. conn.
with O. Fr. _coustre_, _coutre_, a sacristan who had charge of sacred
vestments--Low L. _custor_--L. _custos_, a keeper.]
ACCOY, ak-koi', _v.t._ (_obs._) to still or quieten: to soothe: to subdue.
[O. Fr. _acoyer_--_à_, to, and _coi_, quiet--L. _quiet-um_. See COY.]
ACCREDIT, ak-kred'it, _v.t._ to give credit, countenance, authority, or
honour to: to furnish with credentials (with _to_, _at_): to vouch for
anything belonging to some one--to ascribe or attribute it to him
(_with_).--_v.t._ ACCRED'ITATE (_obs._).--_n._ ACCREDIT[=A]'TION, fact of
being accredited.--The _pa.p._ ACCRED'ITED, as _adj._, recognised. [Fr.
_accréditer_--_à_, to, _crédit_, credit. See CREDIT.]
ACCRESCENT, ak-kres'ent, _adj._ growing: ever-increasing.--_ns._
ACCRES'CENCE, gradual growth or increase; ACCR[=E]'TION, the process of
growing continuously: the growing together of parts externally, or
continuous coherence: that which has grown in such a way, any extraneous
addition.--_adj._ ACCR[=E]'TIVE. [L. _ad_, in addition, _cresc[)e]re_, to
grow.]
ACCREW, ak-kr[=oo]' (_Spens._). Same as ACCRUE.
ACCRUE, ak-kr[=oo]', _v.i._ to spring or grow as a natural result (with
_from_): to fall to any one by way of advantage (with _unto_, _to_). [O.
Fr. _acrewe_, what grows up in a wood to the profit of the owner;
_acreistre_--L. _accresc[)e]re_.]
ACCUBATION, ak-ku-b[=a]'shun, _n._ a lying or reclining on a couch. [L.
_ad_, to, and _cubare_, to lie down.]
ACCUMBENT, ak-kumb'ent, _adj._ lying down or reclining on a couch. [L.
_ad_, to, _cumb[)e]re_, to lie.]
ACCUMULATE, ak-k[=u]m'[=u]l-[=a]t, _v.t._ to heap or pile up: to amass: to
take degrees by accumulation, to take a higher degree at the same time with
a lower, or at a shorter interval than usual.--_v.i._ to increase greatly:
to go on increasing.--_n._ ACCUMUL[=A]'TION, a heaping up: a heap, mass, or
pile.--_adj._ ACCUM'ULATIVE, heaping up.--_n._ ACCUM'ULATOR, a thing or
person that accumulates, esp. an apparatus for storing electricity.
[L.--_ad_, to, _cumulus_, a heap.]
ACCURATE, ak'k[=u]r-[=a]t, _adj._ done with care: exact.--_n._ AC'CURACY,
correctness: exactness.--_adv._ AC'CURATELY.--_n._ AC'CURATENESS. [L.
_accuratus_, performed with care (of things)--_ad_, to, _cura_, care.]
ACCURSE, ak-kurs', _v.t._ to curse: to devote to misery or
destruction.--_adj._ ACCURS'ED, subjected to a curse: doomed: worthy of a
curse: extremely wicked. [Pfx. _à-_, and A.S. _cursian_, to curse.]
ACCUSATIVE, ak-k[=u]z'a-tiv, _adj._ accusing.--_n._ (_gram._) the case
which expresses the direct object of transitive verbs (in English, the
objective)--primarily expressing destination or the goal of motion.--_adj._
ACCUS'ATIVAL. [Fr. _accusatif_--L. _accusativus_, 'of the nature of
accusation,' a translation of the Gr. _(pt[=o]sis) aitiatik[=e]_, (the
case) 'of accusing,' but also 'of or pertaining to what is caused or
effected' (_aitiaton_, effect, _aitia_, cause); hence, properly, the case
of the effect.]
ACCUSE, ak-k[=u]z', _v.t._ to bring a charge against: to blame (with _of_
before the thing charged, sometimes _for_).--_adj._ ACCUS'ABLE, that may be
accused.--_ns._ ACCUS'AL, accusation; ACCUS[=A]'TION, the act of accusing:
the charge brought against any one.--_adjs._ ACCUSAT[=O]'RIAL, of an
accuser; ACCUS'ATORY, containing accusation.--_n._ ACCUSE (_Shak._),
accusation.--_p.adj._ ACCUSED', charged with a crime: usually as a _n._,
the person accused.--_ns._ ACCUSE'MENT (_Spens._), a charge; ACCUS'ER, one
who accuses or brings a charge against another. [O. Fr. _acuser_--L.
_accus[=a]re_--_ad_, to, _causa_, cause.]
ACCUSTOM, ak-kus'tum, _v.t._ to make familiar by custom: to habituate (with
_to_).--_adj._ ACCUS'TOMARY.--_p.adj._ ACCUS'TOMED, usual: frequent:
habituated.--_n._ ACCUS'TOMEDNESS. [O. Fr. _acostumer_ (Fr.
_accoutumer_)--_à_, to, _costume_, _coustume_--L. _consuetudinem_. See
CUSTOM.]
ACE, [=a]s, _n._ the one at dice, also at cards, dominoes, &c.: a single
point, an atom. [Fr.--L. _as_, unity--_as_, Tarentine Doric form of Gr.
_heis_, one.]
ACELDAMA, a-sel'da-ma, _n._ a field of blood--the name given to the field
outside Jerusalem bought with the blood-money of Jesus. [Gr.--Aramaic.]
ACEPHALAN, a-sef'a-lan, _n._ (_zool._) one of the Acephala, a class of
molluscs, which present no traces of a head.--_adj._ ACEPH'ALOUS, without a
head. [Gr. _a_, neg., _kephal[=e]_, the head.]
ACERBITY, as-[.e]r'bi-ti, _n._ bitterness: sourness: harshness:
severity.--_adj._ ACERB'. [Fr.,--L. _acerbitat-em_--L. _acerbus_, harsh to
the taste--_acer_, sharp.]
ACERIC, a-ser'ik, _adj._ obtained from the maple. [From L. _acer_, a
maple-tree.]
ACETABULUM, as-[=e]-tab'[=u]-lum, _n._ (_anat._) the cavity which receives
the head of the thigh-bone: also a glandular substance found in the
placenta of some animals:--_pl._ ACETAB'ULA. [L., a cup-shaped vessel.]
ACETIC, as-et'ik, _adj._ of the nature of vinegar: sour--also AC[=E]'TOUS,
ACETOSE'.--_n._ ACES'CENCE, a tendency to sourness.--_adj._
ACES'CENT.--_n._ AC'ETATE, salt of acetic acid which is the sour principle
in vinegar. [L. _acetum_, vinegar--_ac-[=e]re_, to be sour.]
ACETIFY, as-et'i-f[=i], _v.t._ or _v.i._ to turn into vinegar.--_n._
ACETIFIC[=A]'TION. [L. _acetum_, vinegar, and _fac[)e]re_, to make.]
ACETOPATHY, as-et-op'a-thi, _n._ the treating of ailments by the external
application of dilute acetic acid. [L. _ac[=e]tum_, acid, and Gr. _pathos_,
feeling.]
ACETYLENE, a-set'i-l[=e]n, _n._ a powerful illuminant gas (C_2H_2) produced
commercially from carbide of calcium by means of water.
ACHÆAN. See ACHEAN.
ACHARNEMENT, ä-shärn'ment (sometimes nasalised as in French), _n._ thirst
for blood, ferocity. [Fr. _acharner_, refl. _sacharner_, to thirst for
blood.]
ACHATES, a-k[=a]ts', _n.pl._ (_Spens._). Same as CATES.
ACHATES, ä-k[=a]'tes, _n._ trusty comrade, from the 'fidus Achates' of
Virgil's _Æneid_--the constant companion of Æneas in his wanderings after
the fall of Troy.
ACHE, [=a]k, _n._ a continued pain.--_v.i._ to be in continued
pain:--_pr.p._ [=a]ch'ing; _pa.p._ [=a]ched.--_n._ ACH'ING, continued pain
or distress. [The verb is properly _ake_, the noun _ache_, as in _speak_
and _speech_. The A.S. noun _æce_ is from the verb _ac-an_, to ache.]
ACHENIUM, a-k[=e]'ni-um, _n._ (_bot._) a small hard one-seeded fruit, which
does not open when ripe, as in the buttercup.--Also ACHENE'. [From Gr. _a_,
neg., and _chainein_, to gape.]
ACHERON, ak'k[.e]r-on, _n._ death, hell--from the name of that river in the
infernal regions of classical mythology.--_adj._ ACHERON'TIC, deadly.
ACHIEVE, a-ch[=e]v', _v.t._ to bring to a head or end: to perform: to
accomplish: to carry out successfully: to gain, win.--_adj._ ACHIEV'ABLE,
that may be achieved.--_n._ ACHIEVE'MENT, a performance: an exploit: an
escutcheon or armorial shield granted in memory of some achievement,
applied especially to the escutcheon over the tomb of a dead person,
generally called a _hatchment_. [Fr. _achever_, from _à chief (venir)_--Low
L. _ad caput venire_, to come to a head. See CHIEF.]
ACHILLEAN, ak-il-l[=e]'an, _adj._ like Achilles, the great Greek hero in
the Trojan war, brave, swift of foot, unrelenting in wrath.--ACHILLES
TENDON, the attachment of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles of the calf
of the leg to the heel-bone, so named from the infant Achilles's mother,
Thetis, having held him by the heel when she dipped him into the Styx to
make him invulnerable.
ACHITOPHEL, ä-hit'[=o]-fel, _n._ an able but unprincipled counsellor, from
the name of David's sage counsellor who treacherously abetted the rebellion
of Absalom. Dryden in his famous satire applied the name to
Shaftesbury.--Also AHITH'OPHEL.
ACHROMATIC, a-kr[=o]m-at'ik, _adj._ transmitting light without colour, of a
lens or telescope.--_adv._ ACHROMAT'ICALLY.--_n._ ACHROM'ATISM, the state
of being achromatic.--_v.t._ ACHROM'ATIZE, to render achromatic. [Gr. _a_,
neg., and _chr[=o]ma_, _chromatos_, colour.]
ACICULAR, as-ik'[=u]-lar, _adj._ needle-shaped; slender and
sharp-pointed.--Also ACIC'ULATE, ACIC'ULATED. [L. _acicula_, dim. of
_acus_, a needle.]
ACID, as'id, _adj._ sharp: sour.--_n._ a sour substance: (_chem._) one of a
class of substances, usually sour, which turn vegetable blues to red, and
combine with alkalies, metallic oxides, &c. to form salts.--_adj._
ACID'IFIABLE, capable of being converted into an acid.--_ns._
ACIDIFIC[=A]'TION; ACID'ITY, the quality of being acid or sour--also
AC'IDNESS.--_v.t._ ACID'ULATE, to make slightly acid. [L. _ac-[=e]re_, to
be sour--root _ak_, sharp.]
ACIDIFY, as-id'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to make acid: to convert into an
acid:--_pr.p._ acid'ifying; _pa.p._ acid'ified. [L. _acidus_, sour, and
_fac[)e]re_, to make.]
ACIDIMETER, as-id-im'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the
strength of acids.--_n._ ACIDIM'ETRY, the act of such measurement. [ACID
and METER.]
ACIDULOUS, as-id'[=u]-lus, _adj._ slightly sour: subacid: containing
carbonic acid, as mineral waters: (_fig._) caustic, sharp. [L. _acidulus_,
dim. of _acidus_, sour. See ACID.]
ACIERAGE, [=a]'s[=e]-[.e]r-[=a]j, _n._ the covering of an engraved
copper-plate with a film of iron to ensure durability. [Fr. _acier_,
steel--L. _acies_, a sharp point, and _-age_.]
ACIFORM, as'i-form, _adj._ needle-shaped. [L. _acus_, a needle, and FORM,
from _forma_, shape.]
ACINIFORM, a-sin'i-form, _adj._ in clusters like grapes, or having the form
of grapes. [L. _acinus_, a grape.]
ACKNOW, ak-n[=o]', _v.t._ (_obs._) to know, to recognise.--_adj._ ACKNOWN
(_Shak._), known or acquainted. [A.S. _on_, in, on, _cnâwan_, to KNOW.]
ACKNOWLEDGE, ak-nol'ej, _v.t._ to own a knowledge of: to own as true: to
confess: to admit or give intimation of the receipt of.--_adj._
ACKNOW'LEDGEABLE.--_adv._ ACKNOW'LEDGEABLY.--_n._ ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
recognition: admission: confession: thanks: a receipt. [From the _v._
ACKNOW, with suffix _-ledge_.]
ACLINIC, ak-lin'ik, _adj._ without inclination, applied to the magnetic
equator, which cuts the terrestrial equator, inasmuch as on that line the
magnetic needle has no dip, but lies horizontal. [Gr. _aklin[=e]s_--_a_,
neg., _klin-ein_, to bend.]
ACME, ak'm[=e], _n._ the top or highest point: the culmination or
perfection in the career of anything: crisis, as of a disease.--ACME
SKATES, the name given to a kind of skates, formed of steel, fixed to the
boot by a mechanical device, permitting them to be quickly fixed on or
taken off. [Gr. _akm[=e]_--_ak[=e]_, a point.]
ACNE, ak'n[=e], _n._ a common skin disease, an inflammation of the
sebaceous follicles of the skin, often occurring on the nose. [A corr. of
Gr. _akm[=e]_, a point.]
ACOCK, a-kok', _adv._ in a cocked manner: defiantly.--A COCK-BILL
(_naut._), having the ends pointing upward, as of an anchor hanging by its
ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping; or of the yards when
topped up by one lift to an angle with the deck--the symbol of mourning.
[Prep. _a_, and COCK.]
ACOEMETI, a-sem'[=e]-t[=i], _n.pl._ a congregation of monks founded in 460
near Constantinople, who by alternating choirs kept divine service going on
day and night without intermission in their monastery. [Gr. _akoimetoi_,
sleepless, _a_, neg., and _koimaein_, to put to sleep.]
ACOLD, a-k[=o]ld', _adj._ (_arch._) cold. [A.S. _acóled_, pa.p. of
_acólian_; pfx. _a-_, intens., and _cólian_, to COOL.]
ACOLYTE, ak'o-l[=i]t, ACOLYTH, ak'o-lith, _n._ an inferior church officer:
an attendant or assistant: (_R. C. Church_) one ordained to the fourth of
the minor orders, next to the sub-deacon. [Gr. _akolouthos_, an attendant.]
ACONITE, ak'o-n[=i]t, _n._ the plant wolf's-bane or monk's-hood:
poison.--_adj._ ACONIT'IC.--_n._ ACON'ITINE, the essential principle of
aconite. [L. _aconitum_--Gr. _akoniton_.]
ACOP, a-kop', _adv._ (_obs._) on the top or head: on high. [Prep. _a_, and
A.S. _cop_, _copp_, summit.]
ACORN, [=a]'korn, _n._ the seed or fruit of the oak.--_adj._
A'CORNED.--_n._ A'CORN-SHELL, a name for the Bal[)a]nus (L., acorn), a
genus of Cirripedes in the class Crustacea. [A.S. _æcern_, prob. from
_æcer_, field, hence meaning 'the fruit of the unenclosed land.' The modern
form is due to confusion with _oak_ (A.S. _ác_) and _corn_.]
ACOSMISM, a-koz'mizm, _n._ refusal to believe in the existence of an
eternal world. [Gr., _a_, neg., and _kosmos_, the world.]
ACOTYLEDON, a-kot-i-l[=e]'dun, _n._ a plant without distinct cotyledons or
seed-lobes.--_adj._ ACOTYL[=E]'DONOUS. [Gr. _a_, neg., and
_kotyl[=e]d[=o]n_. See COTYLEDON.]
ACOUSTIC, a-kowst'ik, _adj._ pertaining to the sense of hearing or to the
theory of sounds: used in hearing, auditory.--_n._ ACOUST'ICS, the science
of sound. [Fr.--Gr. _akoustikos_--_akouein_, to hear.]
ACOY. Same as ACCOY.
ACQUAINT, ak-kw[=a]nt', _v.t._ to make or let one to know: to inform a
person of a thing (_with_): to inform (with personal object only).--_ns._
ACQUAINT'ANCE, familiar knowledge: a person whom we know;
ACQUAINT'ANCESHIP, familiar knowledge.--_p.adj._ ACQUAINT'ED (_with_),
personally known: having personal knowledge of. [O. Fr. _acointer_--Low L.
_accognit[=a]re_--L. _ad_, to, _cognitus_, known.]
ACQUEST, ak-kwest', _n._ an acquisition or thing acquired. [O. Fr.--L.
_acquisitus_, _acquir[)e]re_. See ACQUIRE.]
ACQUIESCE, ak-kwi-es', _v.i._ to rest satisfied or without making
opposition: to assent (with _in_).--_n._ ACQUIES'CENCE, quiet assent or
submission.--_adj._ ACQUIES'CENT, resting satisfied: easy:
submissive.--_advs._ ACQUIES'CENTLY, ACQUIES'CINGLY. [L.
_acquiesc[)e]re_--_ad_, and _quies_, rest.]
ACQUIRE, ak-kw[=i]r', _v.t._ to gain: to attain to.--_n._
ACQUIRABIL'ITY.--_adj._ ACQUIR'ABLE, that may be acquired.--_ns._
ACQUIRE'MENT, something learned or got by effort, rather than a gift of
nature; ACQUISI'TION, the act of acquiring: that which is acquired.--_adj._
ACQUIS'ITIVE, desirous to acquire.--_n._ ACQUIS'ITIVENESS, propensity to
acquire--one of the phrenologists' so-called faculties, with its special
organ. [O. Fr. _aquerre_--L. _acquir[)e]re_, _-quisitum_--_ad_, to, and
_quær[)e]re_, to seek.]
ACQUIST, ak-kwist', _n._ (_Milton_) a form of ACQUEST.
ACQUIT, ak-kwit', _v.t._ to free: to release: to settle, as a debt: to
behave or conduct (one's self): to declare innocent (with _of_ before the
thing of which acquitted):--_pr.p._ acquit'ting; _pa.p._ acquit'ted.--_ns._
ACQUIT'TAL, a judicial discharge from an accusation; ACQUIT'TANCE, a
discharge from an obligation or debt: a receipt in evidence of such a
discharge.--_v.t._ (_Shak._), to acquit, clear. [O. Fr. _acquiter_--L.
_ad_, to, _quiet[=a]re_, to give rest. See QUIT.]
ACRE, [=a]'k[.e]r, _n._ a measure of land containing 4840 sq. yards. The
Scotch acre contains 6150.4 sq. yards (48 Scotch--61 imperial acres): the
Irish, 7840 sq. yards (50 Irish--81 imperial acres): (_pl._) for lands,
estates generally: (_fig._) large quantities of anything.--_n._ A'CREAGE,
the number of acres in a piece of land.--_adj._ A'CRED, possessing acres or
land. [A.S. _æcer_; Ger. _acker_, L. _ager_, Gr. _agros_, Sans. _ajras_, a
plain.]
ACRID, ak'rid, _adj._ biting to the taste: pungent: bitter.--_ns._
ACRID'ITY, AC'RIDNESS, quality of being acrid: a sharp, bitter taste. [L.
_acer_, _acris_, sharp--root _ak_, sharp.]
ACRIMONY, ak'ri-mun-i, _n._ bitterness of feeling or language.--_adj._
ACRIM[=O]'NIOUS, sharp, bitter.--_n._ ACRIM[=O]'NIOUSNESS, the state or
quality of being acrimonious: severity. [L. _acrimonia_--_acer_, sharp.]
ACRITOCHROMACY, a-krit-o-kr[=o]'ma-si, _n._ inability to distinguish
between colours: colour-blindness. [From Gr. _akritos_, undistinguishable
(--_a_, neg., and _krinein_, to separate), and _chr[=o]ma_, _-atos_,
colour.]
ACRITUDE, ak'ri-t[=u]d, _n._ the quality of being acrid: a sharp bitter
taste: bitterness of temper or language. [L. _acritudo_--_acer_, sharp.]
ACROAMATIC, -AL, ak-ro-a-mat'ik, -al, _adj._ oral, esoteric,
secret--applied to the lectures of Aristotle delivered to a select circle
of students as opposed to his more popular lectures. [Gr.
_akroamatikos_--_akroasthai_, to hear.]
ACROBAT, ak'ro-bat, _n._ a rope-dancer: a tumbler: a vaulter.--_adj._
ACROBAT'IC.--_n._ ACROBAT'ISM, the art of the acrobat. [Gr. _akrobatos_,
walking on tiptoe; _akros_, point, _batos_--_bainein_, to go.]
ACROGEN, ak'ro-jen, _n._ a plant that grows at the top chiefly, as a
tree-fern.--_adj._ ACROG'ENOUS. [Gr. _akros_, top, _gen[=e]s_, born.]
ACROLITH, ak'ro-lith, _n._ a statue of the earlier Greek artists having the
trunk made of wood and the extremities of stone. [Gr.
_akrolithos_--_akros_, extreme, and _lithos_, stone.]
ACRONYCAL, a-kron'ik-al, _adj._ midnight, applied to stars that rise at
sunset and set at sunrise, or opposite to the sun.--_adv._ ACRON'YCALLY.
[Gr. _akros_, summit, middle (of time), and _nyx_, _nyktos_, night.]
ACROPOLIS, a-kro'pol-is, _n._ a citadel, esp. that of Athens. [Gr.
_akropolis_--_akros_, the highest, _polis_, a city.]
ACROSPIRE, ak'ro-sp[=i]r, _n._ (_bot._) the first leaf that appears when
corn sprouts. [Gr. _akros_, summit, end, _speira_, anything twisted round.]
ACROSS, a-kros', _prep._ or _adv._ crosswise: from side to side. [Prep.
_a_, and CROSS.]
ACROSTIC, a-kr[=o]'stik, _n._ a poem of which, if the first or the last
letter of each line be taken in succession, they will spell a name or a
sentence.--_adj._ ACR[=O]'STICAL.--_adv._ ACR[=O]'STICALLY.--_n._
ACR[=O]'STICISM, method of acrostics. [Gr. _akros_, extreme, and _stichos_,
a line.]
ACT, akt, _v.i._ to exert force or influence: to produce an effect: to
behave one's self: to feign.--_v.t._ to perform: to imitate or play the
part of.--_n._ something done or doing: an exploit: the very process of
doing something: a law or decision of a prince or legislative body: an
instrument in writing for verification: (_theol._) something done once for
all, in opposition to a work: a distinct section of a play: in
universities, a public disputation or lecture maintained by a candidate for
a degree.--_n._ ACT'ING, action: act of performing an assumed or a dramatic
part: feigning.--_adj._ performing some duty temporarily, or for
another.--_n._ ACT'OR, one who acts: a stage-player:--_fem._ ACT'RESS.--ACT
OF GOD, a result of natural forces, unexpected and not preventable by human
foresight.--IN ACT TO, on the very point of doing something.--TO ACT ON, to
act in accordance with; TO ACT UP TO, to come up in practice to some
expected standard: to fulfil. [L. _ag[)e]re_, _actum_; Gr. _agein_, to put
in motion; Sans. _aj_, to drive.]
ACTA, ak'ta, _n.pl._ proceedings in a court civil or ecclesiastical, or the
minutes of such.--ACTA MARTYRUM, the early accounts of the martyrs; ACTA
SANCTORUM, a general name for collections of accounts of saints and
martyrs, especially of the great collection of the Bollandists, begun in
1643, interrupted in 1794 at the fifty-third vol. (Oct. 6), but resumed in
1845.
ACTINIA, ak-tin'i-a, _n._ a genus of marine animals of the class Polypi,
growing on rocks or shells, with numerous tentacles or rays like the petals
of a flower, from which they are often called animal flowers or
sea-anemones. [From Gr. _aktis_, _aktinos_, a ray.]
ACTINIFORM, ak-tin'i-form, _adj._ having a radiated form. [Gr. _aktis_,
_aktinos_, ray, and FORM.]
ACTINISM, ak'tin-izm, _n._ the chemical force of the sun's rays, as
distinct from light and heat.--_adj._ AC'TINIC. [Gr. _aktis_, _aktinos_, a
ray.]
ACTINOLITE, ak-tin'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a green variety of hornblende. [Gr.
_aktis_, _akt[=i]nos_, a ray, _lithos_, a stone.]
ACTINOMETER, ak-tin-om'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the
heat-intensity of the sun's rays or the actinic effect of light-rays. [Gr.
_aktis_, _aktinos_, ray, and METER.]
ACTINOMYCES, ak-ti-no-m[=i]'sez, _n._ the tiny ray-fungus.--_n._
ACTINOMYC[=O]'SIS, an inflammatory disease in cattle, swine, and sometimes
man, caused by that fungus. [Gr. _aktis_, _aktinos_, ray, and _myces_,
mushroom.]
ACTINOZOA, ak'tin-[=o]-z[=o]'a, _n.pl._ one of the three classes of
Coelenterata, including sea-anemones, dead-men's fingers, corals, &c. [Gr.
_aktis_, _-inos_, a ray; _z[=o]a_, animals.]
ACTION, ak'shun, _n._ a state of acting: activity in the abstract: a deed:
operation: gesture: a battle: a lawsuit, or proceedings in a court: the
movement of events in a drama, novel, &c.--_adj._ AC'TIONABLE, liable to a
lawsuit.--_n._ AC'TION-TAK'ING (_Shak._), resenting an injury by a lawsuit
instead of fighting it out like a man of honour.
ACTIVATE, ak'ti-v[=a]t, _v.t._ (_Bacon_) to make active:--_pr.p._
ac'tiv[=a]ting; _pa.p._ ac'tiv[=a]ted.
ACTIVE, akt'iv, _adj._ that acts: busy: nimble: practical, as opposed to
speculative: effective: (_gram._) transitive.--_adv._ ACT'IVELY.--_ns._
ACTIV'ITY, ACT'IVENESS.
ACTON, ak'tun, _n._ a stuffed leather jacket which used to be worn under a
coat of mail. [O. Fr. _auqueton_, through Sp. from Ar. _al-q[=u]tun_.]
ACTUAL, akt'[=u]-al, _adj._ real: existing in fact and now, as opp. to an
imaginary or past state of things.--_v.t._ ACT'UALISE, to make actual: to
realise in action.--_n._ ACTUAL'ITY.--_adv._ ACT'UALLY.
ACTUARY, akt'[=u]-ar-i, _n._ a registrar or clerk: one who makes the
calculations connected with an insurance office.--_adj._ ACTUA'RIAL. [L.
_actuarius (scriba)_, an amanuensis, a clerk.]
ACTUATE, akt'[=u]-[=a]t, _v.t._ to put into or incite to action: to
influence.--_n._ ACTU[=A]'TION. [L. _actus_, action. See ACT.]
ACULEATED, ak-[=u]l-e-[=a]t'ed, _p.adj._ pointed: (_fig._) pungent,
incisive. [L. _aculeatus_, _aculeus_, dim. of _acus_, needle.]
ACUMEN, ak-[=u]'men, _n._ sharpness: quickness of perception: penetration.
[L. See ACUTE.]
ACUMINATE, a-k[=u]'min-[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) having a long tapering
point--also AC[=U]'MINATED.--_v.t._ AC[=U]'MINATE, to sharpen: (_fig._)
give point to.--_n._ ACCUMIN[=A]'TION. [L. _acuminatum_, pa.p. of
_acumin[=a]re_, to make pointed--_acumen_, a point. See ACUMEN.]
ACUPRESSURE, ak-[=u]-presh'[=u]r, _n._ a mode of arresting hemorrhage from
cut arteries, by inserting a needle into the flesh so as to press across
the mouth of the artery. [L. _acus_, a needle, and PRESSURE.]
ACUPUNCTURE, ak-[=u]-pungkt'[=u]r, _n._ an operation for relieving pain by
puncturing the flesh with needles. [L. _acus_, a needle, and PUNCTURE.]
ACUTE, ak-[=u]t', _adj._ sharp-pointed: keen: opp. of dull: shrewd: shrill:
critical.--_adv._ ACUTE'LY.--_n._ ACUTE'NESS.--ACUTE ANGLE, an angle less
than a right angle (see ANGLE); ACUTE DISEASE, one coming to a violent
crisis, as opp. to _Chronic_. [L. _acutus_, pa.p. of _acu[)e]re_, to
sharpen, from root _ak_, sharp.]
ADAGE, ad'[=a]j, _n._ an old saying: a proverb. [Fr.--L. _adagium_, from
_ad_, to, and root of _aio_, I say.]
ADAGIO, a-d[=a]'g[=i]-o, _adv._ (_mus._) slowly.--_n._ a slow movement: a
piece in adagio time. [It. _ad agio_, at ease.]
ADAM, ad'am, _n._ the first man: unregenerate human nature: a gaoler.--_n._
AD'AMITE, one descended from Adam: one of a 2d-century heretical sect in
Northern Africa, and in the 15th in Germany, whose members, claiming the
primitive innocence of Eden, went about naked.--_adjs._ ADAMIT'IC,
-AL.--_n._ AD'AMITISM.
ADAMANT, ad'a-mant, _n._ a very hard stone: the diamond.--_adjs._
ADAMANT[=E]'AN (_Milton_), hard as adamant; ADAMAN'TINE, made of or like
adamant: that cannot be broken or penetrated. [L. and Gr. _adamas_,
_-antos_--_a_, neg., and _damaein_, to break, to tame. See TAME.]
ADAMIC, a-dam'ik, _adj._ relating to Adam.
ADAM'S-APPLE, ad'amz-ap'pl, _n._ the angular projection of the thyroid
cartilage of the larynx in front of the throat, so called from an idea that
part of the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat.--ADAM'S ALE or WINE,
water.
ADANSONIA, ad-an-s[=o]'ni-a, _n._ the baobab, monkey-bread, or
calabash-tree of West Africa. [So called from _Adanson_, a French botanist
(1727-1806).]
ADAPT, ad-apt', _v.t._ to make apt or fit: to accommodate (with _to_ or
_for_).--_ns._ ADAPTABIL'ITY, ADAPT'ABLENESS.--_adj._ ADAPT'ABLE, that may
be adapted.--_n._ ADAPT[=A]'TION, the act of making suitable: fitness:
(_biol._) the process of advantageous variation and progressive
modification by which organisms are adjusted to the conditions of their
life--the perfected result of adaptation being a life in harmony with the
environment. [Fr.--L. _adapt[=a]re_--_ad_, to, and _apt[=a]re_, to fit.]
ADAR, [=a]'dar, _n._ the twelfth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, the
sixth of the civil, year, corresponding to the later part of February and
the first part of March. [Heb. _ad[=a]r_.]
ADAYS, a-d[=a]z', _adv._ nowadays: at the present time. [Prep. _a_, and
gen. sing. of DAY, A.S. _ondæye_.]
ADD, ad, _v.t._ to put (one thing) to (another): to sum up (with _to_): to
increase.--_adjs._ ADD'ABLE, ADD'IBLE.--_ns._ ADDIBIL'ITY; ADDIT'AMENT
(_Charles Lamb_), an addition; ADDI'TION, the act of adding: the thing
added: the rule in arithmetic for adding numbers together: title,
honour.--_adj._ ADDI'TIONAL, that is added. [L.--_addëre_--_ad_, to,
_dãre_, to put.]
ADDAX, ad'aks, _n._ a species of large antelope found in Africa, with long
twisted horns. [African word.]
ADDEEM, ad-d[=e]m', _v.t._ to deem: to adjudge: to award. [Pfx. _ad-_, and
DEEM.]
ADDENDUM, ad-den'dum, _n._ a thing to be added: an appendix:--_pl._
ADDEN'DA. [L. See ADD.]
ADDER, ad'[.e]r, _n._ the popular English name of the viper.--_ns._
AD'DER'S-TONGUE, a genus of ferns the seeds of which grow on a spike
resembling a serpent's tongue; AD'DER'S-WORT, a wort or plant, so called
from its being supposed to cure the bite of serpents--also called
_Snakeweed_. [A.S. _nædre_; cf. Ger. _atter_ for _natter_. _An adder_ came
by mistake into use for _a nadder_; the reverse mistake is _a newt_ for _an
ewt_ or _eft_.]
ADDICT, ad-dikt', _v.t._ to give (one's self) up to (generally in a bad
sense): (_B._) to devote or dedicate one's self to.--_adjs._ ADDICT',
ADDICT'ED, given up to (with _to_).--_ns._ ADDICT'EDNESS, ADDIC'TION. [L.
_addic[)e]re_, _addictum_--_ad_, to, _dic[)e]re_, to declare.]
ADDLE, ad'dl, ADDLED, ad'dld, _adj._ diseased: putrid: barren,
empty.--_adjs._ AD'DLE-HEAD'ED, AD'DLE-PAT'ED, having a head or pate with
addled brains.--_n._ AD'DLEMENT. [M.E. _adele_--A.S. _adela_, mud; cf.
Scot, _eddle_, liquid manure.]
ADDOOM, ad-d[=oo]m', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to doom, to adjudge, to award. [Pfx.
_a-_, and DOOM.]
ADDORSED, ad-dorst', _p.adj._ (_her._) turned back to back.
ADDRESS, ad-dres', _v.t._ to direct (with _to_): to speak or write to: to
court: to direct in writing: to arrange properly: (_arch._) to don:
(_refl._) to turn one's skill or energies towards.--_n._ a formal
communication in writing: a speech: manners: dexterity: direction of a
letter:--_pl._ ADDRESS'ES, attentions of a lover.--TO ADDRESS ONE'S SELF TO
A TASK, to set about it. [Fr. _adresser_--Low L. _addirecti[=a]re_--L.
_ad_, to, _directum_, straight. See DRESS, DIRECT.]
ADDUCE, ad-d[=u]s', _v.t._ to bring forward: to cite or quote.--_adj._
ADD[=U]C'ENT, drawing forward or together, as of the adductor
muscles.--_n._ ADD[=U]C'ER.--_adj._ ADD[=U]C'IBLE.--_n._ ADDUC'TION, the
act of adducing or bringing forward: the movement by which a part of the
body is drawn forward by muscles.--_adj._ ADDUC'TIVE, tending to bring
forward. [L. _adduc[)e]re_--_ad_, to, and _ducUere_, to bring.]
ADDUCTOR, ad-dukt'ur, _n._ a muscle which draws one part towards another.
[See ABDUCTOR.]
ADDULCE, ad-duls', _v.t._ (_obs._) to make sweet. [O. Fr. _adoulcir_--L.
_ad_, to, _dulcis_, sweet.]
ADELPHOUS, a-del'fus, _adj._ (_bot._) united in brotherhoods or bundles, as
stamens. [Gr. _adelphos_, brother.]
ADENITIS, ad-en-[=i]'tis, _n._ inflammation of the lymphatic glands. [Gr.
_ad[=e]n_, a gland, _-itis_, denoting inflammation.]
ADENOID, -AL, ad'en-oid, -al, _adj._ of a gland-like shape: glandular. [Gr.
_ad[=e]n_, a gland, _eidos_, form.]
ADENOTOMY, ad-en-ot'o-mi, _n._ a cutting or incision of a gland. [Gr.
_ad[=e]n_, a gland, _tom[=e]_, a cutting.]
ADEPT, ad-ept', or ad'ept, _adj._ completely skilled (_in_).--_n._ a
proficient.--_n._ ADEP'TION (_Bacon_), attainment. [L. _adeptus_ (_artem_),
having attained (an art), _pa.p._ of _adipisci_, to attain--_ad_, to, and
_apisci._]
ADEQUATE, ad'e-kw[=a]t, _adj._ equal to: proportionate: sufficient.--_adv._
AD'EQUATELY.--_ns._ AD'EQUATENESS, AD'EQUACY, state of being adequate:
sufficiency. [L. _adæquatus_, made equal--_ad_, to, and _æquus_, equal.]
ADES, _n._ an obsolete variant of HADES.
ADHERE, ad-h[=e]r', _v.i._ to stick to: to remain fixed or attached (with
_to_): (_Shak._) to be consistent: (_Scots law_) to affirm a
judgment.--_n._ ADHER'ENCE, state of adhering: steady attachment.--_adj._
ADHER'ENT, sticking to.--_n._ one who adheres: a follower: a partisan (with
_of_)--a less common form is ADHER'ER. [L. _ad_, to, _hær[=e]re_, _hæsum_,
to stick.]
ADHESION, ad-h[=e]'zhun, _n._ the act of adhering or sticking to: steady
attachment: (_path._) a vital union between two surfaces of a living body
which have been either naturally or artificially separated.--_adj._
ADHES'IVE, sticky: apt to adhere.--_adv._ ADHES'IVELY.--_n._ ADHES'IVENESS.
[See ADHERE.]
ADHIBIT, ad-hib'it, _v.t._ to apply to: to use: to attach: to admit: to
devote to: to administer.--_n._ ADHIBI'TION, application: use. [L.
_adhib[=e]re_, _-itum_--_ad_, to, and _hab[=e]re_, to hold.]
ADIANTUM, ad-i-an'tum, _n._ maidenhair, a large genus of ferns. [Gr.
_adiantos_, _a_, neg., and _diantos_, capable of being wetted.]
ADIAPHORON, a-di-af'or-on, _n.pl._ in theology and ethics, things
indifferent--any tenet or usage which is considered as non-essential--also
ADIAPH'ORA.--_n._ ADIAPH'ORISM, tolerance in regard to non-essential points
in theology.--_adj._ ADIAPH'OROUS. [Gr., from _a_, neg., and _diaphoros_,
differing--_dia_, apart, _pherein_, to carry.]
ADIATHERMIC, [=a]-d[=i]-a-th[.e]r'mik, _adj._ impervious to radiant heat.
[Gr. _a_, neg., _dia_, through, _thermos_, heat.]
ADIEU, a-d[=u]', _adv._ (I commend you) to God: farewell.--_n._ a
farewell:--_pl._ ADIEUS or ADIEUX (a-d[=u]z'). [Fr. _à Dieu_, to God.]
ADIPOCERE, ad'i-p[=o]-s[=e]r, _n._ a fatty, waxy substance resulting from
the decomposition of animal bodies in moist places or under water, but not
exposed to air. [Through Fr. from L. _adeps_, _adipis_, soft fat, and
_cera_, wax.]
ADIPOSE, ad'i-p[=o]z, _adj._ fatty.--ADIPOSE TISSUE, the vesicular
structure in the animal body which contains the fat. [L. _adeps_, _adipis_,
soft fat.]
ADIT, ad'it, _n._ an opening or passage, esp. into a mine. [L.
_aditus--ad_, to, _[=i]re_, _itum_, to go.]
ADJACENT, ad-j[=a]s'ent, _adj._ lying near to: contiguous.--_n._
ADJAC'ENCY, the state of being near: that which is adjacent.--_adv._
ADJAC'ENTLY. [L. _ad_, to, _jac[=e]re_, to lie.]
ADJECTIVE, ad'jek-tiv, _n._ a word added to a noun to qualify it, or limit
it by reference to quality, number, or position.--_adj._
ADJECT[=I]V'AL.--_adv._ AD'JECTIVELY. [L. _adjectivum (nomen)_, an added
(noun)--_adjic[)e]re_, _-jectum_, to throw to, to add--_ad_, to,
_jac[)e]re_, to throw.]
ADJOIN, ad-join', _v.i._ to lie next to.--_adj._ ADJOIN'ING, joining to:
near: adjacent.--_n._ AD'JOINT, a civil officer who assists a French maire:
an assistant professor in a French college. [Through Fr. from L.
_adjung[)e]re_. See JOIN.]
ADJOURN, ad-jurn', _v.t._ to put off to another day: to postpone: to
discontinue a meeting in order to reconstitute it at another time or
place.--_v.i._ to suspend proceedings and disperse for any time specified,
or _sine die_, without such time being specified.--_n._ ADJOURN'MENT, the
act of adjourning: the interval it causes.--(_obs._) ADJOURN'AL. [O. Fr.
_ajorner_--Low L. _adiurn[=a]re_--L. _ad_, to, Low L. _jurnus_, L.
_diurnus_, daily. See JOURNAL.]
ADJUDGE, ad-juj', _v.t._ to decide: to assign.--_n._ ADJUDG'MENT, the act
of adjudging: sentence. [O. Fr. _ajuger_--L. _adjudic[=a]re_. See JUDGE.]
ADJUDICATE, ad-j[=oo]'di-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to determine judicially: to
pronounce.--_v.i._ to pronounce judgment.--_ns._ ADJUDIC[=A]'TION (_Eng.
law_), an order of the Bankruptcy Court, adjudging the debtor to be a
bankrupt, and transferring his property to a trustee; ADJ[=U]'DICATOR. [L.
_adjudic[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.]
ADJUNCT, ad'junkt, _adj._ joined or added to.--_n._ the thing joined or
added, as a qualifying addition to a name expressing any personal quality,
or the like: a person joined to another in some office or service:
(_gram._) any word or clause enlarging the subject or predicate: (_logic_)
any accompanying quality or non-essential attribute.--_n._ ADJUNC'TION, the
act of joining: the thing joined.--_adj._ ADJUNCT'IVE, joining.--_advs._
ADJUNCT'IVELY, ADJUNCT'LY, in connection with. [L. See JOIN.]
ADJURATION, ad-j[=oo]r-[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of adjuring: the charge or
oath used in adjuring.--_adj._ ADJUR'ATORY, containing an
adjuration.--_p.adj._ ADJUR'ING, acting as an adjuration. [Fr.--L.
_adjuration-em_.]
ADJURE, ad-j[=oo]r', _v.t._ to charge on oath or solemnly: to cause to
swear (_B._ and _Milton_). [L.--_ad_, to, _jur[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to
swear.]
ADJUST, ad-just', _v.t._ to arrange properly (with _to_): to regulate: to
settle.--_adj._ ADJUST'ABLE.--_n._ ADJUST'MENT, arrangement. [O. Fr.
_ajouster_--Low L. _adjuxt[=a]re_, to put side by side--L. _juxta_, near].
ADJUTAGE, ad'joo-t[=a]j, _n._ Same as _Ajutage_.
ADJUTANT, ad'joot-ant, _n._ a regimental staff officer not above the rank
of major, specially appointed to assist the commanding officer of a
garrison or regiment--there are also adjutants of auxiliary forces, of
depôts, of brigade, &c.: a large species of stork or crane found in
India.--_ns._ AD'JUTANCY, the office of an adjutant: assistance;
AD'JUTANT-GEN'ERAL, the head of his department on the general staff of the
army, the executive officer of the commander-in-chief. [L. _adjut[=a]re_ =
_adjuv[=a]re_--_ad_, to, _juv[=a]re_, to assist.]
ADMEASURE, ad-mezh'[=u]r, _v.t._ to measure: to apportion:--_pr.p._
admeas'[=u]ring; _pa.p._ admeas'[=u]red.--_n._ ADMEAS'UREMENT (see
MEASUREMENT). [Fr.--Late L. _admensur[=a]re_--L. _ad_, to, _mensura_,
MEASURE.]
ADMINICLE, ad-min'i-kl, _n._ anything that aids or supports: an auxiliary:
(_law_) any corroboratory evidence.--_adj._ ADMINIC'ULAR.--_v.t._ and
_v.i._ ADMINIC'ULATE. [L. _adminiculum_, a support--_ad_, to, _manus_,
hand.]
ADMINISTER, ad-min'is-t[.e]r, _v.t._ to manage as a steward, substitute, or
executor: to supply: to conduct or execute, as offices of religion: to
apply: to impose.--_v.i._ to bring aid (with to).--_adjs._ ADMIN'ISTRABLE,
that may be administered; ADMIN'ISTRANT.--_n._ ADMINISTR[=A]'TION, the act
of administering: management: dispensation of sacraments: the power or
party that administers the government of the country.--_adj._
ADMIN'ISTRATIVE, that administers.--_n._ ADMINISTR[=A]'TOR, one who manages
or directs: the person to whom is committed, under a commission entitled
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, the administration or distribution of the
personal estate of any one dying intestate or leaving a will in which no
executor is named:--_fem._ ADMINISTR[=A]'TRIX.--_n._ ADMINISTR[=A]'TORSHIP.
[Through Fr. from L. _administr[=a]re_--ad, to, and _ministr[=a]re_, to
minister.]
ADMIRAL, ad'mir-al, _n._ the chief commander of a navy--the ancient English
title of Lord High Admiral is now in abeyance, his functions falling to the
five Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the High Court of Admiralty:
a naval officer of the highest rank. In the British navy, admirals are
distinguished into three classes--AD'MIRALS, VICE'-AD'MIRALS, and
REAR'-AD'MIRALS; the admiral carrying his colour at the main, the
vice-admiral at the fore, and the rear-admiral at the mizzen mast-head. In
former times each grade was subdivided into three sections, known as
admirals (or vice- or rear-admirals) of the Red, of the White, and of the
Blue, respectively: admiral-ship (Milton's _ammiral_) or flag-ship: the
chief ship in a fleet of merchantmen.--_ns._ AD'MIRALSHIP, the office of an
admiral; AD'MIRALTY, the board of commissioners for the administration of
naval affairs: the building where these transact business. [Through Fr.
from Ar. _am[=i]r_, a lord, a chief.]
ADMIRE, ad-m[=i]r', _v.t._ to have a high opinion of: to love.--_v.i._
(_arch._) to be affected with wonder at.--_adj._ AD'MIRABLE, worthy of
being admired.--_n._ AD'MIRABLENESS.--_adv._ AD'MIRABLY.--_ns._ ADMIR'ANCE
(_Spens._), admiration; ADMIR[=A]'TION, the act of admiring: wonder,
together with esteem, love, or veneration: (_B._, _Shak._, and _Milton_)
astonishment.--_adj._ AD'MIRATIVE.--_n._ ADM[=I]R'ER, one who admires: a
lover.--_adv._ ADM[=I]R'INGLY. [Fr. _admirer_--L. _ad_, at, _mir[=a]ri_, to
wonder.]
ADMIT, ad-mit', _v.t._ to allow to enter: to let in: to concede: to
acknowledge: to be capable of:--_pr.p._ admit'ting; _pa.p._
admit'ted.--_n._ ADMISSIBIL'ITY.--_adj._ ADMIS'SIBLE, that may be admitted
or allowed (generally, or specially as legal proof).--_ns._ ADMIS'SION,
ADMIT'TANCE, the act of admitting: anything admitted or conceded: leave to
enter.--_adj._ ADMIT'TABLE, that may be admitted.--_adv._ ADMIT'TEDLY.
[Through Fr. from L. _admitt[)e]re_, _-missum_--_ad_, to, _mitt[)e]re_, to
send.]
ADMIX, ad-miks', _v.t._ to mix with something else.--_n._ ADMIX'TURE, what
is added to the chief ingredient of a mixture. [L. _ad_, to, and MIX.]
ADMONISH, ad-mon'ish, _v.t._ to warn: to reprove mildly.--_n._
ADMON'ISHMENT, admonition. [O. Fr. _admonester_--Late L.
_admonest[=a]re_--_admonere_--_ad_, to, _monere_, to warn.]
ADMONITION, ad-mon-ish'un, _n._ kind reproof: counsel: advice:
ecclesiastical censure.--_adjs._ ADMON'ITIVE, ADMON'ITORY, containing
admonition.--_n._ ADMON'ITOR. [L. _admonition-em_. See ADMONISH.]
ADNASCENT, ad-nas'ent, _adj._ growing to or upon. [L. _adnascens_,
_-entis_, pr.p. of _adnasci_--_ad_, to, _nasci_, _natus_, to grow.]
ADNATE, ad-n[=a]t', _adj._ (_bot._) growing close to the stem. [L.
_adnatus_, usually _agnatus_--_ad_, to, _(g)natus_, born.]
ADO, a-d[=oo]', _n._ a to do: bustle: trouble: difficulty: stir or fuss.
[Contr. of _at do_ = _to do_, a form of the infin. borrowed from the
Scandinavian.]
ADOBE, a-d[=o]'b[=a], _n._ and _adj._ a sun-dried brick, or made of such.
[Sp. _adobar_, to plaster.]
ADOLESCENT, ad-o-les'ent, _adj._ growing to manhood.--_n._ ADOLES'CENCE,
the period of youth, in man, from 14 to 25; in woman, from 12 to 21.
[Through Fr. from L. _adolescent-em_, _adolesc[)e]re_, to grow,
_adol[=e]re_, to magnify.]
ADONIS, a-d[=o]'nis, _n._ a beautiful youth, beloved by Aphrodite (Venus):
a beau or dandy.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ AD'ONISE, to make beautiful.
ADOORS, a-d[=o]rz', _adv._ (_obs._) at doors: at the door. [Prep, _a_, at,
and DOOR.]
ADOPT, ad-opt', _v.t._ to choose: to take up or embrace: to take into any
relationship: to take as one's own what is another's, as a child,
&c.--_ns._ ADOP'TIANISM, an 8th-century heresy akin to Nestorianism, that
Christ, in respect of his divine nature, was doubtless the Son of God; but
that, as to his human nature, he was only declared and adopted to be the
first-born Son of God; ADOP'TION, the act of adopting: the state of being
adopted: assumption: the taking into one language of words from another:
formal acceptance: choice: (_theol._) an act of divine grace by which the
redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of
God.--_adjs._ ADOP'TIOUS (_Shak._), adopted; ADOPT'IVE, that adopts or is
adopted. [L. _adopt[=a]re_--_ad_, to, and, _opt[=a]re_, to choose.]
ADORE, ad-[=o]r', _v.t._ to worship: to love intensely.--_adj._ ADOR'ABLE,
worthy of being adored.--_n._ ADOR'ABLENESS.--_adv._ ADOR'ABLY.--_ns._
ADOR[=A]'TION, divine worship, homage: profound regard; ADOR'ER, one who
adores: a lover.--_adv._ ADOR'INGLY. [L. _ad_, to, _or[=a]re_, to pray. See
ORACLE.]
ADORN, ad-orn', _v.t._ to deck or dress: to embellish.--_n._ (_Spens._)
adornment.--_adj._ (_Milton_) adorned, ornate.--_n._ ADORN'MENT, ornament:
decoration. [O. Fr. _aörner_, _adorner_--L. _adorn[=a]re_--_ad_, to,
_orn[=a]re_, to furnish.]
ADOWN, a-down', _adv._ and _prep._ down. [A.S. _of-dúne_--_of_, from,
_dun_, a hill. See DOWN, a bank.]
ADRAD, a-drad', ADREAD, a-dred', _adj._ (_obs._) in a state of fear. [Prob.
from A.S. _of-drad_, _of-drede_, to terrify. See DREAD.]
ADRIFT, a-drift', _adj._ or _adv._ floating as driven (by the wind): moving
at random. [Prep. _a_, and DRIFT.]
ADROIT, a-droit', _adj._ dexterous: skilful.--_adv._ ADROIT'LY.--_n._
ADROIT'NESS. [Fr. _à droit_, according to right--L. _directus_, straight.
See DIRECT.]