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Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead.

ld some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Same as Adiaphorist.

Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. Dunglison.

Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

verting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action.

Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

So as to be adjacent.

As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence.

In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.

contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. "The adjoining fane." Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak.

or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak.…

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

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

junct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.