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ADD v. 5 definitions

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. Addendum circle (Mech.), the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth. Rankine.

ADDER n. 5 definitions

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

ADDER'S-TONGUE n. 2 definitions

A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.

The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke.

Capable of being added. "Addible numbers." Locke.

See Adze. [Obs.] Moxon.

ADDICT p. 3 definitions

Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

ADDICTEDNESS n.

The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.

ADDISON'S DISEASE n.

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.…

An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.

ADDITION n. 6 definitions

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

ADDITIONAL a. 2 definitions

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

ADDITIONALLY adv.

By way of addition.