English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Adeptist
(n.)
A skilled alchemist.
Adeptness
(n.)
The quality of being adept; skill.
Adequacy
(n.)
The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or
sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of
supply to the expenditure.
Adequate
(a.)
Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or
correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work;
an adequate definition.
Adequate
(a.)
To equalize; to make adequate.
Adequate
(a.)
To equal.
Adequately
(adv.)
In an adequate manner.
Adequateness
(n.)
The quality of being adequate; suitableness;
sufficiency; adequacy.
Adequation
(n.)
The act of equalizing; act or result of making
adequate; an equivalent.
Adesmy
(n.)
The division or defective coherence of an organ that is
usually entire.
Adessenarian
(n.)
One who held the real presence of Christ's body in
the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
Adfected
(v.)
See Affected, 5.
Adfiliated
(a.)
See Affiliated.
Adfiliation
(n.)
See Affiliation.
Adfluxion
(n.)
See Affluxion.
Adhamant
(a.)
Clinging, as by hooks.
Adhere
(v. i.)
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does;
to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes
adhere to the pleura.
Adhere
(v. i.)
To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed,
either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion;
as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
Adhere
(v. i.)
To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to
agree.
Adhered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Adhere