Webster's Dictionary 1913

1729

Advisership

Ad‐vis″er‐ship, n. The office of an adviser.

1730

Adviso

Ad‐vi″so (�), n. [Cf. Sp. aviso. See Advice.] Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. Sir T. Browne.

1731

Advisory

Ad‐vi″so‐ry (�), a. Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.The General Association has a general advisory superinte...

1732

Advocacy

Ad″vo‐ca‐cy (�), n. [OF. advocatie, LL. advocatia. See Advocate.] The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

1733

Advocate

Ad″vo‐cate (�), n. [OE. avocat, avocet, OF. avocat, fr. L. advocatus, one summoned or called to another; properly the p. p. of advocare to call to, call to one's aid; ad + vocar...

1734

Advocate (2)

Ad″vo‐cate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Advocated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Advocating (�).] [See Advocate, n., Advoke, Avow.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribuna...

1735

Advocate (3)

Ad″vo‐cate, v. i. To act as advocate. Fuller.

1736

Advocateship

Ad″vo‐cate‐ship, n. Office or duty of an advocate.

1737

Advocation

Ad′vo‐ca″tion (�), n. [L. advocatio: cf. OF. avocation. See Advowson.] 1. The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.The holy Jesus... sits in heaven in a perpetual advoc...

1738

Advocatory

Ad″vo‐ca‐to‐ry (�), a. Of or pertaining to an advocate.

1739

Advoke

Ad‐voke″ (�), v. t. [L. advocare. See Advocate.] To summon; to call.Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome.Fuller.

1740

Advolution

Ad′vo‐lu″tion (�), n. [L. advolvere, advolutum, to roll to.] A rolling toward something.

1741

Advoutrer

Ad‐vou″trer (�), n. [OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L. adulter. Cf. Adulterer.] An adulterer.

1742

Advoutress

Ad‐vou″tress (�), n. An adulteress. Bacon.

1743

Advoutry

{ Ad‐vou″try, Ad‐vow″try } (�), n. [OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery.] Adultery. Bacon.

1744

Advowee

Ad‐vow‐ee″ (�), n. [OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer.] One who has an advowson. Cowell.

1745

Advowson

Ad‐vow″son (?; 277), n. [OE. avoweisoun, OF. avoëson, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation.] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Origin...

1746

Advoyer

Ad‐voy″er (�), n. See Avoyer.

1747

Adward

Ad‐ward″ (�), n. Award. Spenser.

1748

Adynamia

‖Ad′y‐na″mi‐a (�), n. [NL. adynamia, fr. Gr. � want of strength; � priv + � power, strength.] (Med.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. Dunglison.

1749

Adynamic

Ad′y‐nam″ic (�), a. [Cf. F. adynamique. See Adynamy.] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.2. (Physics) Characterized by the absence ...

1750

Adynamy

A‐dyn″a‐my (�), n. Adynamia. Morin.

1751

Adytum

‖Ad″y‐tum (�), n.Adyta (#). [L., fr. Gr. �, n., fr. �, a., not to be entered; ἀ priv. + � to enter.] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were gi...

1752

Adz

{ Adz, Adze } (�), n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle....

1753

Adz (2)

Adz, v. t. To cut with an adz. Carlyle.

1754

Aëneous

A‐ë″ne‐ous (�), a. [L. aëneus.] (Zoöl.) Colored like bronze.

1755

Aërate

A″ër‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aërated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aërating (�).] [Cf. F. aérer. See Air, v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, form...