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Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.

s position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

To try the chance; to take the risk. I would adventure for such merchandise. Shak.

Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations.

To dispose or incline. Men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty. Milton.

; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.

ent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. If music and sweet poetry agree. Shak. Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth. "Agrestic behavior." Gregory.

To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

tate or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

icle answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

An ancient name of England, still retained in poetry. In that nook-shotten isle of Albion. Shak.

o find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure.

A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. "At wakes and ales." B. Jonson."On ember eves and holy ales." Shak.

See Alectryomancy.

re. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.