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tted some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. Abbott. -- Act in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record.

Pertaining to the part of a radiate animal which contains the mouth. L. Agassiz.

man due to the presence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big jaw. -- Ac`ti*no*my*cot"ic (#), a.

The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal.

Without action or spirit. [R.]

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. South.

To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.

Without limit; endlessly.

Without fingers or without toes.

"Original sin;" human frailty. And whipped the offending Adam out of him. Shak. Adam's ale, water. [Coll.] -- Adam's apple.

To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.

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

n (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. -- Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.

Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.

or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.

for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.

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.

and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.