Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ADENOLOGY

ADENOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a gland, and discourse.]In anatomy, the doctrine of the glands, their nature, and their uses.

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ADENOS

AD'ENOS, noun a species of cotton, from Aleppo, called also marine cotton.

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ADEPT

ADEPT', noun [Latin adeptus, obtained, from adipiscor.]One fully skilled or well versed in any art. The term is borrowed from the Alchimists, who applied it to one who pretended...

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ADEPTION

ADEP'TION, noun [Latin adeptio.]An obtaining; acquirement. obsolete

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ADEQUACY

AD'EQUACY, noun [Latin adaequatus, of ad and aquatus, made equal.The state or quality of being equal to, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as...

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ADEQUATE

AD'EQUATE, adjective Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the object; we have no adequate ideas of infinite power.Adequate ideas, are ...

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ADEQUATELY

AD'EQUATELY, adverb In an adequate manner; in exact proportion; with just correspondence, representation, or proportion; in a degree equal to the object.

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ADEQUATENESS

AD'EQUATENESS, noun The state of being adequate; justness of proportion or representation; sufficiency.

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ADEQUATION

ADEQUA'TION, noun Adequateness. [not used.]

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ADESSENARIANS

ADESSENA'RIANS, noun [Latin adesse, to be present.]In church history, a sect who hold the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. They di...

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ADFECTED

ADFECT'ED, adjective In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity.

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ADFILIATED

ADFIL'IATED, adjective Adopted as a son. [See Affiliate.]

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ADFILIATION

ADFILIA'TION, noun [Latin ad and filius, a son.]A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former marriage, are put upon the same footing with those of a succeeding one; still ...

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ADHERE

ADHE'RE, verb intransitive [Latin adhaereo, ad and haereo, to stick.]1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or by natural growth; as, the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura....

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ADHERENCE

ADHE'RENCE, noun1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering.2. Figuratively, a being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; as, an adherence to a party or opinions.

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ADHERENCY

ADHE'RENCY, noun The same as adherence. In the sense of that which adhers, not legitimate.

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ADHERENT

ADHE'RENT, adjective Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth.ADHE...

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ADHERENTLY

ADHE'RENTLY, adverb In an adherent manner.

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ADHERER

ADHE'RER, noun One that adheres; an adherent.

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ADHESION

ADHE'SION, noun adhe'shun. [Latin adhasio.]1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and attached to; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, and t...

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ADHESIVE

ADHE'SIVE, adjective Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are adhesive

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ADHESIVELY

ADHE'SIVELY, adverb In an adhesive manner.

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ADHESIVENESS

ADHE'SIVENESS, noun The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity.

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ADHIBIT

ADHIB'IT, verb transitive [Latin adhibeo, ad and habeo, to have.]To use, or apply. [Rarely used.]

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ADHIBITION

ADHIBI'TION, noun Application; use.

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ADHIL

AD'HIL, noun A star of the sixth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in her foot.

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ADHORTATION

ADHORTA'TION, noun [Latin adhortatio.]Advice. [Seldom used.]