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Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak.

to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.

To give information or notice to; to inform; -- 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.

Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

Intelligence; information. [Obs.] Bacon.

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

c, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.

A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.

A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level.

of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

re is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which ar…

d in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

The formation of starch.

cted from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison.