Webster's Dictionary 1913

1270

Add

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 (...

1271

Add (2)

Add (�), v. i. 1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. “I will add to your yoke.” 1 Kings xii. 14.2. To perform the arithmetical ...

1272

Addable

Add″a‐ble (�), a. [Add, v. + -able.] Addible.

1273

Addax

Ad″dax (�), n.(Zoöl.) One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, orOryx, nasomaculatus).☞ It is now believed to be the Strepsiceros (twisted horn) of the ancients. By so...

1274

Addeem

Ad‐deem″ (�), v. t. [Pref. a- + deem.] To award; to adjudge. “Unto him they did addeem the prise.” Spenser.

1275

Addendum

‖Ad‐den″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 cir...

1276

Adder

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

1277

Adder (2)

Ad″der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. nædre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. naðr, masc., naðra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, G...

1278

Adder fly

Ad″der fly (�). A dragon fly.

1279

Adder's-tongue

Ad″der's–tongue′ (�), 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.

1280

Adderwort

Ad″der‐wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

1281

Addibility

Add′i‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke.

1282

Addible

Add″i‐ble (�), a. Capable of being added. “Addible numbers.” Locke.

1283

Addice

Ad″dice (�), n. See Adze. Moxon.

1284

Addict

Ad‐dict″ (�), p. p. Addicted; devoted.

1285

Addict (2)

Ad‐dict″, 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; t...

1286

Addictedness

Ad‐dict″ed‐ness, n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

1287

Addiction

Ad‐dic″tion (�), n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. “His addiction was to courses vain.” Shak.

1288

Addison's disease

Ad″di‐son's dis‐ease″ (�). (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 caps...

1289

Additament

Ad‐dit″a‐ment (ăd‐dĭt″ȧ‐ment), 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 chapt...

1290

Addition

Ad‐di″tion (�), n. [F. addition, L. additio, fr. addere to add.] 1. The act of adding two or more things together; — opposed to subtraction or diminution. “This endless addition...

1291

Additional

Ad‐di″tion‐al (�), a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

1292

Additional (2)

Ad‐di″tion‐al, n. Something added. Bacon.

1293

Additionally

Ad‐di″tion‐al‐ly, adv. By way of addition.

1294

Additionary

Ad‐di″tion‐a‐ry (�), a. Additional. Herbert.

1295

Addititious

Ad′di‐ti″tious (�), a. [L. addititius, fr. addere.] Additive. Sir J. Herschel.

1296

Additive

Ad″di‐tive (�), a. [L. additivus.] (Math.) Proper to be added; positive; — opposed to subtractive.