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A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

icine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay.

Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.

to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.

to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

ye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." Spenser.

Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

excess, or beyond what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak.

uch heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.

The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supporting surface; -- contr. with following edge, which is the rear edge.

The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr. with following surface, which is the rear surface.

ve notice to; to inform or apprise; 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.

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin.

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton.