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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. The high priest…

ADJUST v. 4 definitions

make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

ADJUSTMENT n. 3 definitions

Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

Same as Ajutage.

ADJUTANCY n. 2 definitions

Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance. It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. Burke.

ADJUTANT n. 3 definitions

A helper; an assistant.

A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.

Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]

A female helper or assistant. [R.]

ADJUVANT a. 3 definitions

Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] "Adjuvant causes." Howell.

. At one's pleasure; as one wishes.

ADMEASURE v. 4 definitions

ADMENSURATION n.

Same as Admeasurement.

Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer.

ADMINISTER v. 8 definitions

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope.

ADMINISTRABLE a.

Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.

ADMINISTRATION n. 5 definitions

The act of administering; government of public affairs; 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.

ADMINISTRATIVE a.

Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. -- Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv.

ADMIRATION n. 3 definitions

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.

ADMIRE v. 3 definitions

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