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To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc. The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator.

or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic] I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14.

Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

pplied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Marshall.

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

A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

e place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Examination 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.

To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.

, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols 2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke.

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.