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aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.

Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.

Burnt; adust. [Obs.] Howell.

a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. In heaven . . . every one (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.…

A second branch of a buck's antler. Howell.

a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

adverse circumstances, things adverse. Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott.

e's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.] Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak.

One who has an advowson. Cowell.

octrine of æsthetics; æsthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art. Lowell.

clination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object or quality. Cogan.

One who affeers. Cowell.

lare or assert positively. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem To thee, who hast thy dwelling here on earth. Milton.

One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also adjutators. Clarendon.

Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.

endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. Aim'st thou at princes Pope.

Brisk; joyously active; lively. 'T were well if we were a little more alacrious. Hammond.

the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.