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ertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

terprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

xpressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv.

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

Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. Dunglison.

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

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

Eternal; everlasting. "Æonian hills." Tennyson.

ses; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.

To tend to by affinity or disposition. The drops of every fluid affect a round figure. Newton.

ly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.

being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.

Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.

Level with the ground; flat. [Obs.] Bacon.

On a level. The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. Swinburne.

Before. [Obs.] If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak.

cording to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. Bacon. After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after another, successively. -- To be…

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser.

A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill.