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Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

That which is adjacent.[R.] Sir T. Browne.

Adjournment; postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet." Sir W. Scott.

The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple.

Admissible. Sir T. Browne.

ntrance; also, actual entrance; reception. To gain admittance into the house. South. He desires admittance to the king. Dryden. To give admittance to a thought of fear. Shak.

To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of adoring; adoration. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott.

e (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. Horsley.

tion, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Give me advantage of some brief discourse. Shak. The advantages of a close alliance. Macaulay.

Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson.

Kindly inclined; zealous. [Obs.] Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat.

; confidence. Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance. Tennyson.

s, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

The act of flowing towards; afflux. Sir T. Browne.

Possible to be done; practicable. [Obs.] "Fit for agible things." Sir A. Sherley.