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r considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist. J. Grote.

al operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

The insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.

Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.

Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as: (a) (Bot.)

n. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton.

The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.

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

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

. . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

nt; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison.

f the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.

plied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.

uality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.

Fatty; adipose. [R.]

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

Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson.

atement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.