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A bringing into action; movement. Bp. Pearson.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Bp. Pearson.

sions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

scern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott.

one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] Jer Taylor.

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.

Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

The quality or state of adhering.

Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope.

The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.

vi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.