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One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose

Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.

Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her Shak.

e advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South.

With advice; wisely.

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.

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

Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser.

Christ, considered as an intercessor. We have an Advocate with the Father. 1 John ii. 1. Faculty of advocates (Scot.), the Scottish bar in Edinburgh. -- Lord advocate (Scot.), the public prosecutor of crimes, and principal crown lawyer. -- Judge advocate. See under Judge.

To summon; to call. [Obs.] Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller.

ed by the absence of power or force. Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

To cut with an adz. [R.] Carlyle.

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

the Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.