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the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke.

To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low…

of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

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

The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

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

Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

iness for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak.

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

To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.

The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

Grown to congenitally.

to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

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