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Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

ettlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.

Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.

A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zoöl.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Br…

tinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15.

An adjective, or attribute. [R.] Coleridge.

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.

Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. "The affections of quantity." Boyle. And, truly, waking dreams were, more or less, An old and strange affection of the house. Tennyson.

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot.

The quality of being aged; oldness. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2.