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in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.

To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.

By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs.] Fielding.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman." Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )

The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.

The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke.

To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low…

The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.…

An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke.

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Dryden.

Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley. Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.