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ining; attainment. [Obs.] In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the chief adeption of the victory. Grafton.

The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.

See Affiliation. [Obs.]

See Affluxion.

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker.

Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.

Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish- speaking people.

The act or process of changing into adipocere.

The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson.

Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.

Added; additional. Parkhurst.

A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.

The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

lemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall.

e of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.

See Allocution. [Obs.]

Same as Admeasurement.

duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.

Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. Shak.