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Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

ture (Geom.), that curvature of a curve of double curvature, which is measured in the osculating plane of the curve. -- Absolute equation (Astron.), the sum of the optic and eccentric equations. -- Absolute space (Physics), space considered without relation to material limits or objects. -- Absolute terms. (Alg.), s…

Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton.

Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Reid.

Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth. Glanvill.

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.

or storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb terminates, or the immediate object of motion or tendency to, expressed by a preposition. It corresponds to the objective case in English.

colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear,…

Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.

Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)

Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." Macaulay.

Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. [R.] Earle.

Relating to Adonis, famed for his beauty. -- n.

Relating to the season of advent. Sanderson.

regard; heedfulness. To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill.

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.…