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t; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

fy him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

By way of addition.

To aim; to direct. [Obs.] Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser.

Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.

ly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

ng near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.

To flatter in a servile way. Byron.

ller. What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away Luke ix. 25. To advantage one's self of, to avail one's self of. [Obs.]

efore Christmas. Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). Shipley.

thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleas…