Ad″dle, v. t. & i. [OE. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. öðlask to acquire property, akin to oðal property. Cf. Allodial.] 1. To earn by labor. Forby.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen.
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.
Tusser.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.