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To earn by labor. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.

Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

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.

the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell…

improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of…

Full of passion or emotion; earnest. [Obs.] -- Af*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan.

An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. [Obs.] Hearne.

To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. Boyle.

ination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. Swift.

y, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44.

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

One learned about algæ; a student of algology.

thers. Luke xi. 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.

A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft.

A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.

n some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.

A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay.

l to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.