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To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden.

One to whom anything is addressed.

Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

croörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.

To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead.

Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson.

A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

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 joining; the thing joined or added.

or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

ment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. 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.

Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.

Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.