Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Adjective (2)

Ad″jec‐tive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to...

1433

Adjective (3)

Ad″jec‐tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adjectived (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adjectiving (�).] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.Language has as much occasion to ad...

1434

Adjectively

Ad″jec‐tive‐ly, adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.

1435

Adjoin

Ad‐join″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adjoined (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adjoining.] [OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adj...

1436

Adjoin (2)

Ad‐join″ (ăd‐join″), v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.When one man's land adjoins to another's.Blackstone.☞ The construction wi...

1437

Adjoinant

Ad‐join″ant (�), a. Contiguous. Carew.

1438

Adjoining

Ad‐join″ing, a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. “The adjoining fane.” Dryden.Upon the hills adjoining to the city.Shak.Syn. — Adjacent; contiguous; near...

1439

Adjoint

Ad″joint (�), n. An adjunct; a helper.

1440

Adjourn

Ad‐journ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adjourned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adjourning (�).] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr...

1441

Adjourn (2)

Ad‐journ″, v. i. To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and...

1442

Adjournal

Ad‐journ″al (�), n. Adjournment; postponement. “An adjournal of the Diet.” Sir W. Scott.

1443

Adjournment

Ad‐journ″ment (–ment), n. [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn.] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.2. The...

1444

Adjudge

Ad‐judge″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adjudged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adjudging (�).] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate...

1445

Adjudger

Ad‐judg″er (�), n. One who adjudges.

1446

Adjudgment

Ad‐judg″ment (–ment), n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple.

1447

Adjudicate

Ad‐ju″di‐cate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Adjudicated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Adjudicating (�)] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as ...

1448

Adjudicate (2)

Ad‐ju″di‐cate, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

1449

Adjudication

Ad‐ju′di‐ca″tion (�), n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication.] 1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.2. A deliberate determination...

1450

Adjudicative

Ad‐ju″di‐ca‐tive (�), a. Adjudicating.

1451

Adjudicator

Ad‐ju″di‐ca′tor (�), n. One who adjudicates.

1452

Adjudicature

Ad‐ju″di‐ca‐ture (�), n. Adjudication.

1453

Adjugate

Ad″ju‐gate (�), v. t. [L. adjugatus, p. p. of adjugare; ad + jugum a yoke.] To yoke to.

1454

Adjument

Ad″ju‐ment (ăd″jū̍‐ment), n. [L. adjumentum, for adjuvamentum, fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help.] Help; support; also, a helper. Waterhouse.

1455

Adjunct

Ad″junct′ (�), a. [L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin.] Conjoined; attending; consequent.Though that my death were adjunct to my act.Shak.Adjunct notes(Mus.), short no...

1456

Adjunct (2)

Ad″junct′, n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.Learning is but an adjunct to our self.Shak.2. A person joined to another in some d...

1457

Adjunction

Ad‐junc″tion (�), n. [L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct.] The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

1458

Adjunctive

Ad‐junc″tive (�), a. [L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct.] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.