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Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.

Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.

A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.

Clinging, as by hooks.

A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew.

A helper; an assistant.

Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] "Adjuvant causes." Howell.

Executive; acting; managing affairs. -- n.

Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.

That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.

Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

rticularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages of a close alliance. Macaulay.

Advantageous. [Obs.]

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goe…

Profitably; with advantage.

Profitableness.

One who makes an affidavit. [U. S.] Burrill.

One who affirms or asserts.