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To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.

The office of an adjutant.

A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S.…

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

; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

The position or office of an administrator.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. Prescott.

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.

e. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal. When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott.

The office of an adviser. [R.]

Office or duty of an advocate.

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.

ast, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.