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square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.

A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. Hooker.

opposed to Ant: speculative or Ant: theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. "The activity of toil." Palfrey.

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine.

The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

To append, as a statement; to say further. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. Macaulay.

The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.

n 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.

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.

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

The quality or state of adhering.

The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. [R.]

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

The state of being fat; fatness.

The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.