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The form of oath or appeal. Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison.

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.

A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.

e of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.

Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.

the execution, application, 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.

ted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.

praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.

permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. What numbers groan for sad admission there! Young.

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

onishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.

A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".

Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n.

A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

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.

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott.