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or firm attachment; fidelity; as, to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.

ly related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest…

The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.

bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.

With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. "Advisedly undertaken." Suckling.

t.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

y e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray.

The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Wordswor…

s resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.] Bartlett.

The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion. Abbott.

Collected into a rounded head of flowers.