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The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. Adjusting the orthography. Johnson.

and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson.

Admirableness. [R.] Johnson.

wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at. To wonder at Pharaoh, and even admire at myself. Fuller.

Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray.

The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration. Johnson.

Christ, considered as an intercessor. We have an Advocate with the Father. 1 John ii. 1. Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. -- Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.

lationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.

To make free; to enfranchise. Johnson.

o perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. Johnson.

A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and Spanish America.]

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

See Alcoholometry.

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.