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<p. 22> AdÏjoin¶ (?), 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. µ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. 2.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. AdÏjoin¶ant (?), a. Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew. AdÏjoin¶ing, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. ½The adjoining fane.¸ Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. Syn. Ð Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent. Ad¶joint (?), n. An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.] AdÏjourn (?), 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. AdÏjourn¶, 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. AdÏjourn¶al (?), n. Adjournment; postponement. [R.] ½An adjournal of the Diet.¸ Sir W. Scott. AdÏjourn¶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. AdÏjudge¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging (?).] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, 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. AdÏjudg¶er (?), n. One who adjudges. AdÏjudg¶ment (?), n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple. AdÏju¶diÏcate (?), 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. AdÏju¶diÏcate, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. AdÏju·diÏca¶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. ½An 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. AdÏju¶diÏcaÏtive (?), a. Adjudicating. AdÏju¶diÏca·tor (?), n. One who adjudicates. AdÏju¶diÏcaÏture (?), n. Adjudication. Ad¶juÏgate (?), v. t. [L. adjugatus, p. p. of adjugare; ad + jugum a yoke.] To yoke to. [Obs.] Ad¶juÏment (?), n. [L. adjumentum, for adjuvamentum, fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.] Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.] Waterhouse. Ad¶junct· (?), a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent. Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. ÷ notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. 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 ½History.¸ 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. AdÏjunc¶tion (?), n. [L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct.] The act of joining; the thing joined or added. AdÏjunc¶tive (?), a. [L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct.] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct. AdÏjunc¶tive, n. One who, or that which, is joined. AdÏjunc¶tiveÏly, adv. In an adjunctive manner. AdÏjunct¶ly (?), adv. By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with. Ad·juÏra¶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. AdÏju¶raÏtoÏry (?), a. [L. adjuratorius.] Containing an adjuration. AdÏjure¶ (?), 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 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. AdÏjur¶er (?), n. One who adjures. AdÏjust¶ (?), 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. AdÏjust¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being adjusted. AdÏjust¶age (?), n. [Cf. Ajutage.] Adjustment. [R.] AdÏjust¶er (?), n. One who, or that which, adjusts. AdÏjust¶ive (?), a. Tending to adjust. [R.] AdÏjust¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust.] 1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley. 2. (Law) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham. 3. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment. Syn. - Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition. Ad¶juÏtage (?), n. Same as Ajutage. Ad¶juÏtanÏcy (?), n. [See Adjutant.] 1. The office of an adjutant. 2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance. It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. Burke. Ad¶juÏtant (?), n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. ÷ general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo”l.) A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; - called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. Ad¶juÏta·tor (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) A corruption of Agitator. AdÏjute¶ (?), v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L. adjutare.] To add. [Obs.] AdÏju¶tor (?), n. [L., fr. adjuvare. See Aid.] A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton. AdÏju¶toÏry (?), a. [L. adjutorius.] Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.] AdÏju¶trix (?), n. [L. See Adjutor.] A female helper or assistant. [R.] Ad¶juÏvant (?), a. [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See Aid.] Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] ½Adjuvant causes.¸ Howell. Ad¶juÏvant, n. 1. An assistant. [R.] Yelverton. 2. (Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Ad·leÏga¶tion (?), n. [L. adlegatio, allegatio, a sending away; fr. adlegare, allegare, to send away with a commission; ad in addition + legare to send as ambassador. Cf. Allegation.] A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.

Ø Ad lib¶iÏtum (?). At one's pleasure; as one wishes. Ad·loÏcu¶tion (?), n. See Allocution. [Obs.] AdÏmar¶ginÏate (?), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + margin.] To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge. AdÏmax¶ilÏlaÏry (?), a. [Pref. adÏ + maxillary.] (Anat.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone. AdÏmeas¶ure (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.] 1. To measure. 2. (Law) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. AdÏmeas¶ureÏment (?), n. [Cf. OF. amesurement, and E. Measure.] 1. The act or process of ascertaining the dimensions of anything; mensuration; measurement; as, the admeasurement of a ship or of a cask. ½ Admeasurement by acre.¸ 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. 3. (Law) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff. AdÏmeas¶urÏer (?), n. One who admeasures. AdÏmen·suÏra¶tion (?), n. [LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration.] Same as Admeasurement. AdÏmin¶iÏcle (?), n. [L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending Ïculym.] 1. Help or support; an auxiliary. Grote. 2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof. In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlar (?), a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlaÏry (?), a. Adminicular. AdÏmin¶isÏter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.] 1.To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope. 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay. 3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay. 4. To tender, as an oath. Swear... to keep the oath that we administer. Shak. 5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. Syn. - To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish. AdÏmin¶isÏter, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain... administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator. 2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. AdÏmin¶isÏter, n. Administrator. [Obs.] Bacon. AdÏmin·isÏte¶riÏal (?), a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. AdÏmin¶isÏtraÏble (?), a. Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law. AdÏmin¶isÏtrant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of administrer. See Administer.] Executive; acting; managing affairs. - n. One who administers. AdÏmin¶isÏtrate (?), v. t. [L. administratus, p. p. of administrare.] To administer. [R.] Milman. AdÏmin·isÏtra¶tion (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.] 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay. 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson. 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

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