Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ADJUDGMENT

ADJUDG'MENT, noun The act of judging; sentenced.

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ADJUDICATE

ADJU'DICATE, verb transitive [Latin adjudico, to give sentence. See Judge.]To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court. it has the sense of adjudge.ADJU'DICATE, verb intransiti...

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ADJUDICATED

ADJU'DICATED, participle passive Adjudged; tried and decided.

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ADJUDICATING

ADJU'DICATING, participle present tense Adjudging; trying and determining.

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ADJUDICATION

ADJUDICA'TION, noun1. The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining judicially; as a ship was taken and sent into port for adjudication2. A judicial sentenc...

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ADJUMENT

AD'JUMENT, noun [Latin adjumentum.] Help; support. [Not used.]

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ADJUNCT

AD'JUNCT, noun [Latin adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.]1. Something added to another, but not essentially a part of it; as, water absorbed by a cloth or spunge is its ...

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ADJUNCTION

ADJUNC'TION, noun The act of joining; the thing joined.

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ADJUNCTIVE

ADJUNC'TIVE, adjective Joining; having the quality of joining.ADJUNC'TIVE, noun That which is joined.

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ADJUNCTIVELY

ADJUNC'TIVELY, adverb In an adjunctive manner.

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ADJUNCTLY

ADJUNCT'LY, adverb In connection with; consequently.

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ADJURATION

ADJURA'TION, noun1.The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse.2.The form of oath.

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ADJURE

ADJU'RE, verb transitive [Latin adjuro, to swear solemnly, or compel one to swear; from ad and juro, to swear.]1. To charge, bind or command on oath, or under the penalty of a c...

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ADJURED

ADJU'RED, participle passive Charged on oath, or with a denunciation of God's wrath; solemnly urged.

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ADJURER

ADJU'RER, noun One that adjures; one that exacts an oath.

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ADJURING

ADJU'RING, participle present tense Charging on oath or on the penalty of a curse; beseeching with solemnity.

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ADJUST

ADJUST', verb transitive [Latin ad, and justus, just, exact. See Just.]1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent, or conformable; as, to adjust a garment to the body, an e...

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ADJUSTED

ADJUST'ED, participle passive Made exact or conformable; reduced to a right form or standard settled.

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ADJUSTER

ADJUST'ER, noun A person who adjusts; that which regulates.

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ADJUSTING

ADJUST'ING, participle present tense Reducing to due form; fitting; making exact or correspondent; settling.

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ADJUSTMENT

ADJUST'MENT, noun The act of adjusting; regulation; a reducing to just form or order; a making fit or conformable; settlement.

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ADJUTANCY

AD'JUTANCY, noun [See Adjutant.] The office of an adjutant; skillful arrangement.

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ADJUTANT

AD'JUTANT, noun [Latin adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help.]In military affairs, an officer whose business is to assist the Major by receivi...

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ADJUTE

ADJU'TE, verb transitive To help. [Not used.]

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ADJUTOR

ADJU'TOR, noun A helper. [Little used; its compound coadjutor is in common use.]

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ADJUVANT

ADJU'VANT, adjective Helping; assisting.

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ADKER

'ADKER, noun1. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.2. A water newt.