Webster's Dictionary 1913

1297

Additory

Ad″di‐to‐ry (�), a. Tending to add; making some addition. Arbuthnot.

1298

Addle

Ad″dle (�), n. [OE. adel, AS. adela, mud.] 1. Liquid filth; mire.2. Lees; dregs. Wright.

1299

Addle (2)

Ad″dle, a. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.

1300

Addle (3)

Ad″dle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Addled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Addling (�).] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; as, he addled his brain. “Their eggs were addled.” Cowper.

1301

Addle (4)

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 thriv...

1302

Addle-brain

{ Ad″dle–brain′ (�), Ad″dle–head′ (�), Ad″dle–pate (�), } n. A foolish or dull-witted fellow.

1303

Addle-brained

{ Ad″dle–brained′ (�), Ad″dle–head′ed (�), Ad″dle–pa′ted (�), } a. Dull-witted; stupid. “The addle-brained Oberstein.” Motley.Dull and addle-pated.Dryden.

1304

Addle-patedness

Ad″dle–pa′ted‐ness (�), n. Stupidity.

1305

Addlings

Ad″dlings (�), n. pl. [See Addle, to earn.] Earnings. Wright.

1306

Addoom

Ad‐doom″ (�), v. t. [Pref. a- + doom.] To adjudge. Spenser.

1307

Addorsed

Ad‐dorsed″ (�), a. [L. ad + dorsum, back: cf. F. adossé.] (Her.) Set or turned back to back.

1308

Address

Ad‐dress″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Addressed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Addressing.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. à (L. ad...

1309

Address (2)

Ad‐dress″ (�), v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. “Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.” Shak.2. To direct speech.Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest.Dryden.☞ The intra...

1310

Address (3)

Ad‐dress, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]1. Act of preparing one's self. Jer Taylor.2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.3. A formal communica...

1311

Address (4)

Ad‐dress″, v. t. — To address the ball(Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position.

1312

Addressee

Ad′dress‐ee″ (�), n. One to whom anything is addressed.

1313

Addression

Ad‐dres″sion (�), n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. Chapman.

1314

Adduce

Ad‐duce″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adduced (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adducing (�).] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Adduct.] To bring...

1315

Adducent

Ad‐du″cent (�), a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; — a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part to...

1316

Adducer

Ad‐du″cer (�), n. One who adduces.

1317

Adducible

Ad‐du″ci‐ble (�), a. Capable of being adduced.Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible.I. Taylor.

1318

Adduct

Ad‐duct″ (�), v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.

1319

Adduction

Ad‐duc″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters.I. Taylor.2. (Physiol.) The a...

1320

Adductive

Ad‐duc″tive (�), a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

1321

Adductor

Ad‐duc″tor (�), n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; — oppose...

1322

Addulce

Ad‐dulce″ (�), v. t. [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to soothe. Bacon.

1323

Adeem

A‐deem″ (�), v. t. [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.