Addle Ad"dle transitive verb & i. [ Middle English
adlen ,
adilen , to gain, acquire; probably from Icelandic
öğlask to acquire property, akin to
oğal property. Confer
Allodial .]
1. To earn by labor. [ Prov. Eng.]
Forby. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. [ Prov. Eng.]
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.
Tusser.
Addle-brain, Addle-head Ad"dle-brain`, Ad"dle-head` Ad"dle- pate noun A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [ Colloq.]
Addle-brained, Addle-headed Ad"dle-brained`, Ad"dle-head`ed Ad"dle-pa`ted adjective Dull-witted; stupid. "The
addle-brained Oberstein."
Motley. Dull and addle-pated .
Dryden.
Addle-patedness Ad"dle-pa`ted·ness noun Stupidity.
Addlings Ad"dlings noun plural [ See
Addle , to earn.]
Earnings. [ Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
Addoom Ad·doom" transitive verb [ Prefix
a- +
doom .]
To adjudge. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Addorsed Ad·dorsed" adjective [ Latin
ad +
dorsum , back: confer French
adossé .]
(Her.) Set or turned back to back.
Address Ad·dress" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Addressed ;
present participle & verbal noun Addressing .] [ Middle English
adressen to raise erect, adorn, Old French
adrecier , to straighten, address, French
adresser , from
à (L.
ad ) + Old French
drecier , French
dresser , to straighten, arrange. See
Dress ,
v. ]
1. To aim; to direct. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest .
Spenser.
2. To prepare or make ready. [ Obsolete]
His foe was soon addressed .
Spenser.
Turnus addressed his men to single fight.
Dryden.
The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies ( to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task.
Macaulay.
4. To clothe or array; to dress. [ Archaic]
Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel.
Jewel.
5. To direct, as words ( to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. ( to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance.
Dryden.
6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate?
Addison.
The representatives of the nation addressed the king.
Swift.
7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. 8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to .
(a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.
Address Ad·dress" intransitive verb 1. To prepare one's self. [ Obsolete] "Let us
address to tend on Hector's heels."
Shak. 2. To direct speech. [ Obsolete]
Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest .
Dryden.
» The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.
Address Ad·dress noun [ Confer French
adresse . See
Address ,
transitive verb ]
1. Act of preparing one's self. [ Obsolete]
Jer Taylor. 2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. 3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. 4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. 5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address . 6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison. 7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Syn. -- Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.
Address Ad·dress" transitive verb --
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.
Addressee Ad`dress·ee" noun One to whom anything is addressed.
Addression Ad·dres"sion noun The act of addressing or directing one's course. [ Rare & Obsolete]
Chapman.
Adduce Ad·duce" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Adduced ;
present participle & verbal noun Adducing ] [ Latin
adducere ,
adductum , to lead or bring to;
ad +
ducere to lead. See
Duke , and confer
Adduct .]
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides.
Macaulay.
Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention.
Adducent Ad·du"cent adjective [ Latin
addunces , present participle of
adducere .]
(Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent .
Adducer Ad·du"cer noun One who adduces.
Adducible Ad·du"ci·ble adjective Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible .
I. Taylor.
Adduct Ad·duct" transitive verb [ Latin
adductus , past participle of
adducere . See
Adduce .]
(Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.
Adduction Ad·duc"tion noun [ Confer French
adduction . See
Adduce .]
1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters.
I. Taylor.
2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction . Dunglison.
Adductive Ad·duc"tive adjective Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
Adductor Ad·duc"tor noun [ Latin , from
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; -- opposed to abductor ; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles.
Verrill.
Addulce Ad·dulce" transitive verb [ Like French
adoucir ; from Latin
ad . +
dulcis sweet.]
To sweeten; to soothe. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Adeem A·deem" transitive verb [ Latin
adimere . See
Ademption .]
(Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.
Adelantadillo A`de·lan`ta·dil"lo noun [ Spanish ]
A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.
Adelantado A`de·lan·ta"do noun [ Spanish , propast participle of
adelantar to advance, to promote.]
A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.
Adelaster Ad·e·las"ter noun [ Greek ... not manifest + ... a star.]
(Botany) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
Adeling Ad"el·ing noun Same as Atheling .
Adelocodonic A·del`o·co·don"ic adjective [ Greek ... invisible + ... a bell.]
(Zoology) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic .
Adelopod A·del"o·pod noun [ Greek ... invisible + ..., ..., foot.]
(Zoology) An animal having feet that are not apparent.
Adelphia A·del"phi·a noun [ Greek
'adelfo`s brother.]
(Botany) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Mon adelphia , Di adelphia , etc.
Adelphous A·del"phous adjective [ Greek
'adelfo`s brother.]
(Botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, mon adelphous . Gray.
Adempt A·dempt" (ȧ*dĕmt"; 215)
past participle [ Latin
ademptus , past participle of
adimere to take away.]
Takes away. [ Obsolete]
Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt .
Latimer.
Ademption A·demp"tion (ȧ*dĕmp"shŭn)
noun [ Latin
ademptio , from
adimere ,
ademptum , to take away;
ad +
emere to buy, orig. to take.]
(Law) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.
Aden ulcer A"den ul"cer [ So named after Aden , a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.] (Medicine) A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer , Persian ulcer , tropical ulcer , etc.
Aden-, Adeno- Aden-, Adeno- [ Greek ..., ..., gland.] Combining forms of the Greek word for gland ; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
Adenalgia, Adenalgy Ad`e·nal"gi·a, Ad"e·nal`gy noun [ Greek ... + ... pain.]
(Medicine) Pain in a gland.
Adeniform A·den"i·form adjective [
Aden- +
- form .]
Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.
Adenitis Ad`e·ni"tis noun [
Aden- +
- itis .]
(Medicine) Glandular inflammation. Dunglison.
Adenographic Ad`e·no·graph"ic adjective Pertaining to adenography.
Adenography Ad`e·nog"ra·phy noun [
Adeno- +
-graphy .]
That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
Adenoid Ad"e·noid noun (Medicine) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in plural
Adenoid, Adenoidal Ad"e·noid, Ad`e·noid"al adjective Glandlike; glandular.
Adenological Ad`e·no·log"ic·al adjective Pertaining to adenology.
Adenology Ad`e·nol"o·gy noun [
Adeno- +
- logy .]
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
Adenoma Ad`e·no"ma noun ;
Latin plural -mata . [ New Latin ;
adeno- +
-oma .]
(Medicine) A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland. --
Ad`e*nom"a*tous adjective
Adenopathy Ad"e·nop"a·thy noun [
Adeno- + Greek ... suffering, ... to suffer.]
(Medicine) Disease of a gland.
Adenophorous Ad`e·noph"o·rous adjective [
Adeno- + Greek ... bearing.]
(Botany) Producing glands.
Adenophyllous Ad`e·noph"yl·lous adjective [
Adeno- + Greek ... leaf.]
(Botany) Having glands on the leaves.
Adenosclerosis Ad"e·no·scle·ro"sis noun [ New Latin ;
adeno- +
sclerosis .]
(Medicine) The hardening of a gland.
Adenose Ad"e·nose` adjective Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
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