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A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

ivisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.

An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.

Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena.

ing or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor.

the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- be…

An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak.

The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.

To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient. Beaus adept in everything profound. Cowper.

tence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.

tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall.

on, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope.

A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.

stle; as, 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 dandify. I employed three good hours at least in adjusting and adonozing myself. Smollett.

ty or as divine. Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James adored. Smollett.

Characterized by adulteration; spurious. "An adulterous mixture." [Obs.] Smollett.

ost words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants. Gray.