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To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]

bituate, familiarize, or inure; - - with to. I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August.

Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self.k. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.

guage or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.] Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope.

Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. Macaulay.

Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. Tennyson.

Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.

To join one's self. [Obs.] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser.

ded to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

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

o beautify; to dandify. I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett.

admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer. "An adorer of truth." Clarendon. I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak.

ellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

es against him. Fuller. 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.]

To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture. He would not adventure himself into the theater. Acts xix. 31.

- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.] Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak.

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage. To me, sad maid, he was affianced. Spenser.

To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.