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Capable of being adduced. Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.

Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson. Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.

An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail.

ng as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.

Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak.

Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." Milton.

eputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.

The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. Crabb.

A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

The act of becoming aërified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aëriform state; the state of being aëriform.

A ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- A`ër*o*drom"ic (#), a.

Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

merican plant (Tagetes erecta). -- African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

ason; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.] The agility of the sun's fiery heat. Holland.