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The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.

The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

re precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. Jewel.

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

Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish- speaking people.

Contiguous. [Obs.] Carew.

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic] Examples rather to be admired than imitated. Fuller.

To do; in doing; as, there is nothing. "What is here ado" J. Newton.

burnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

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

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated "Jehovah" are really the vowel points of the word "Adonai." See Jehovist.

as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. lxi. 10. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. Goldsmith.

Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope.

t Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). Shipley.

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

c notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.