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ney, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.

, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

n of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses:

A record made by the actinograph.

An instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light. Nichol.

e; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor. The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1 Sam. ii. 3.

d vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. Wordsworth.

In an active signification; as, a word used actively.

af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in…

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

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

l. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.

To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.

To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.]

Lying 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.

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence.

In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.