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Set or turned back to back.

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.…

Shaped like a gland; adenoid. Dunglison.

Producing glands.

To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham.

Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.

Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

Religious indifference.

an Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

Same as Adiaphorist.

Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor.

Indifference. [Obs.]

Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

One who adjudicates.

Containing an adjuration.

A corruption of Agitator.

A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.

Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.