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The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

ng those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure.

The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness…

To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.

To aim; to direct. [Obs.] Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. Spenser.

A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray.

Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

To join one's self. [Obs.] She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser.

The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.

The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.

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

The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.