Webster's Dictionary 1913

1675

Advantageousness

Ad′van‐ta″geous‐ness, n. Profitableness.

1676

Advene

Ad‐vene″ (�), v. i. [L. advenire; ad + venire to come: cf. F. avenir, advenir. See Come.] To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not es...

1677

Advenient

Ad‐ven″ient (�), a. [L. adviens, p. pr.] Coming from outward causes; superadded.

1678

Advent

Ad′vent (�), n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf. F. avent. See Advene.] 1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.Advent Sunday(Eccl.), the firs...

1679

Adventist

Ad″vent‐ist (�), n. One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; — called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

1680

Adventitious

Ad′ven‐ti″tious (�), a. [L. adventitius.] 1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.To things of great dimensions...

1681

Adventive

Ad‐ven″tive (�), a. 1. Accidental.2. (Bot.) Adventitious. Gray.

1682

Adventive (2)

Ad‐ven″tive, n. A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. Bacon.

1683

Adventual

Ad‐ven″tu‐al (?; 135), a. Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson.

1684

Adventure

Ad‐ven″ture (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter, anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of “to...

1685

Adventure (2)

Ad‐ven″ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adventured (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adventuring (�).] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F. aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.] 1. To risk, or hazard; j...

1686

Adventure (3)

Ad‐ven″ture, v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk.I would adventure for such merchandise.Shak.

1687

Adventureful

Ad‐ven″ture‐ful (�), a. Given to adventure.

1688

Adventurer

Ad‐ven″tur‐er (�), n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.2. A social...

1689

Adventuresome

Ad‐ven″ture‐some (�), a. Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. — Ad‐ven″ture‐some‐ness, n.

1690

Adventuress

Ad‐ven″tur‐ess (�), n. A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

1691

Adventurous

Ad‐ven″tur‐ous (�), a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.] 1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to emb...

1692

Adventurously

Ad‐ven″tur‐ous‐ly, adv. In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

1693

Adventurousness

Ad‐ven″tur‐ous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

1694

Adverb

Ad″verb (�), n. [L. adverbium; ad + verbum word, verb: cf. F. adverbe.] (Gram.) A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually pl...

1695

Adverbial

Ad‐ver″bi‐al (�), a. [L. adverbialis: cf. F. adverbial.] Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

1696

Adverbiality

Ad‐ver′bi‐al″i‐ty (�), n. The quality of being adverbial. Earle.

1697

Adverbialize

Ad‐ver″bi‐al‐ize (�), v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to.

1698

Adverbially

Ad‐ver″bi‐al‐ly, adv. In the manner of an adverb.

1699

Adversaria

‖Ad′ver‐sa″ri‐a (�), n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, comme...

1700

Adversarious

Ad′ver‐sa″ri‐ous (�), a. Hostile. Southey.

1701

Adversary

Ad′ver‐sa‐ry (�), n.; pl.Adversaries (�). [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adve...