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   A. testudineus
         n 1: a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it
               to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to
               travel on land [syn: {climbing perch}, {Anabas
               testudineus}, {A. testudineus}]

English Dictionary: adequate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ADA-SCID
n
  1. SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adactylia
n
  1. congenital absence of fingers and/or toes [syn: adactylia, adactyly, adactylism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adactylism
n
  1. congenital absence of fingers and/or toes [syn: adactylia, adactyly, adactylism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adactylous
adj
  1. without fingers and/or toes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adactyly
n
  1. congenital absence of fingers and/or toes [syn: adactylia, adactyly, adactylism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
add together
v
  1. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
    Synonym(s): total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
  2. make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
    Synonym(s): add, add together
    Antonym(s): deduct, subtract, take off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addict
n
  1. someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
    Synonym(s): addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky
  2. someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
v
  1. to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
    Synonym(s): addict, hook
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addicted
adj
  1. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"
    Antonym(s): unaddicted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addiction
n
  1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
    Synonym(s): addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
  2. an abnormally strong craving
  3. (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
addictive
adj
  1. causing or characterized by addiction; "addictive drugs"; "addictive behavior"
    Synonym(s): addictive, habit-forming
    Antonym(s): nonaddictive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adduct
n
  1. a compound formed by an addition reaction
v
  1. draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
    Antonym(s): abduct
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adducting
adj
  1. especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
    Synonym(s): adducent, adductive, adducting
    Antonym(s): abducent, abducting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adduction
n
  1. (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adductive
adj
  1. especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
    Synonym(s): adducent, adductive, adducting
    Antonym(s): abducent, abducting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adductor
n
  1. a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
    Synonym(s): adductor, adductor muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adductor muscle
n
  1. a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
    Synonym(s): adductor, adductor muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adequate
adj
  1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"
    Synonym(s): adequate, equal
    Antonym(s): inadequate, unequal
  2. sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
    Synonym(s): adequate, decent, enough
  3. about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
    Synonym(s): adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adequate to
adj
  1. having the requisite qualities for; "equal to the task"; "the work isn't up to the standard I require"
    Synonym(s): adequate to(p), capable, equal to(p), up to(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adequately
adv
  1. in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree; "he was adequately prepared"
    Antonym(s): inadequately
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adequateness
n
  1. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
    Synonym(s): adequacy, adequateness
    Antonym(s): inadequacy, inadequateness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adesite
n
  1. dark greyish extrusive rock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudge
v
  1. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
    Synonym(s): declare, adjudge, hold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudicate
v
  1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
    Synonym(s): judge, adjudicate, try
  2. bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
    Synonym(s): decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudication
n
  1. the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudicative
adj
  1. concerned with adjudicating [syn: adjudicative, adjudicatory]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudicator
n
  1. a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjudicatory
adj
  1. concerned with adjudicating [syn: adjudicative, adjudicatory]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjutant
n
  1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
    Synonym(s): adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp
  2. large Indian stork with a military gait
    Synonym(s): adjutant bird, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjutant bird
n
  1. large Indian stork with a military gait [syn: {adjutant bird}, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjutant general
n
  1. a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjutant stork
n
  1. large Indian stork with a military gait [syn: {adjutant bird}, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adscititious
adj
  1. added or derived from something outside; not inherent; "an adscititious habit rather than an inherent taste"
  2. supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing; "adscititious vowels"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adust
adj
  1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats"
    Synonym(s): adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked
  2. burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aid station
n
  1. (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded
    Synonym(s): dressing station, aid station
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aotus trivirgatus
n
  1. nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur
    Synonym(s): douroucouli, Aotus trivirgatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
at stake
adv
  1. in question or at issue; "there is more at stake than your modesty"
  2. to be won or lost; at risk; "perhaps a million dollars are at stake"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atactic
adj
  1. lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia
    Synonym(s): ataxic, atactic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atactic abasia
n
  1. abasia due to ataxia of the legs [syn: atactic abasia, ataxic abasia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atheist
adj
  1. related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings"
    Synonym(s): atheist, atheistic, atheistical
n
  1. someone who denies the existence of god
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atheistic
adj
  1. rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving]
  2. related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings"
    Synonym(s): atheist, atheistic, atheistical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atheistical
adj
  1. related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings"
    Synonym(s): atheist, atheistic, atheistical
  2. rejecting any belief in gods
    Synonym(s): atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attach to
v
  1. be present or associated with an event or entity; "French fries come with the hamburger"; "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue"; "fish usually goes with white wine"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries"
    Synonym(s): attach to, accompany, come with, go with
  2. be part of; "This problem inheres in the design"
    Synonym(s): inhere in, attach to
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attached
adj
  1. being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all art schools whether independent or attached to universities"
    Synonym(s): affiliated, attached, connected
  2. used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; "a block of attached houses"
    Antonym(s): detached
  3. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
    Synonym(s): attached, committed
    Antonym(s): unattached, uncommitted
  4. fond and affectionate; "she was very attached to her father"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attack dog
n
  1. a watchdog trained to attack on command
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attest
v
  1. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
    Synonym(s): attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence
  2. authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature"
  3. give testimony in a court of law
    Synonym(s): testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
  4. establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestant
n
  1. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
    Synonym(s): witness, attestant, attestor, attestator
  2. someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
    Synonym(s): attester, attestant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestation
n
  1. the action of bearing witness
  2. the evidence by which something is attested
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestation report
n
  1. a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else
    Synonym(s): attestation service, attestation report
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestation service
n
  1. a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else
    Synonym(s): attestation service, attestation report
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestator
n
  1. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
    Synonym(s): witness, attestant, attestor, attestator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attested
adj
  1. established as genuine [syn: attested, authenticated, documented]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attester
n
  1. someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
    Synonym(s): attester, attestant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attestor
n
  1. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
    Synonym(s): witness, attestant, attestor, attestator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
audacity
n
  1. fearless daring [syn: audacity, audaciousness, temerity]
  2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; "he had the audacity to question my decision"
    Synonym(s): audacity, audaciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
audio CD
n
  1. compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)
    Synonym(s): audio CD, audio compact disc
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autacoid
n
  1. any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification
    Synonym(s): autacoid, autocoid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autacoidal
adj
  1. of or relating to an autacoid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autistic
adj
  1. characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autocatalysis
n
  1. catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autocatalytic
adj
  1. relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autochthon
n
  1. the earliest known inhabitants of a region
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autochthonal
adj
  1. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
    Synonym(s): autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autochthonic
adj
  1. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
    Synonym(s): autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autochthonous
adj
  1. of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
    Antonym(s): allochthonous
  2. originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
    Synonym(s): autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autochthony
n
  1. nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
    Synonym(s): indigenousness, autochthony, endemism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autocoid
n
  1. any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification
    Synonym(s): autacoid, autocoid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autostrada
n
  1. an expressway in an Italian-speaking country
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE.
      sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r,
      Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
      surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.]
      1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
            the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
  
                     All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
            musty, turned.
  
      3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
            morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A
            sour countenance.[b8] --Swift.
  
                     He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
                     loved him not, But to those men that sought him
                     sweet as summer.                                 --Shak.
  
      4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
  
      {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel.
  
      {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia
            Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees
            bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}.
  
      {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}.
  
      {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}.
  
      {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
            tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which
            furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
  
      Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
               crabbed; currish; peevish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Adansonia \[d8]Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French
      botanist.] (Bot.)
      A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two
      species, {A. digitata}, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa
      and India, and {A. Gregorii}, the sour gourd or
      cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of
      moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a
      wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with
      pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is
      used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C.
      Eaton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cane \Cane\, n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna,
      fr. Gr. [?], [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. q[be]neh
      reed. Cf. {Canister}, {canon}, 1st {Cannon}.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
                  {Calamus} and {D[91]manorops}, having very long,
                  smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
            (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and
                  bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
            (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as,
                  the canes of a raspberry.
  
                           Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.
  
      Note: In the Southern United States {great cane} is the
               {Arundinaria macrosperma}, and {small cane} is. {A.
               tecta}.
  
      2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally
            made of one the species of cane.
  
                     Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift.
  
      3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]
  
                     Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The
                     flying skirmish of the darted cane.   --Dryden.
  
      4. A local European measure of length. See {Canna}.
  
      {Cane borer} (Zo[94].), A beetle {(Oberea bimaculata)} which,
            in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes
            or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
  
      {Cane mill}, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the
            manufacture of sugar.
  
      {Cane trash}, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar
            cane, used for fuel, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adact \Ad*act"\, v. t. [L. adactus, p. p. of adigere.]
      To compel; to drive. [Obs.] --Fotherby.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adactyl \A*dac"tyl\, Adactylous \A*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Gr. 'a
      priv. + [?] finger.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Without fingers or without toes.
      (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adactyl \A*dac"tyl\, Adactylous \A*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Gr. 'a
      priv. + [?] finger.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Without fingers or without toes.
      (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addict \Ad*dict"\, p. p.
      Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge,
      devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.]
      1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
            [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn.
  
                     He is addicted to his study.               --Beau. & Fl.
  
                     That part of mankind that addict their minds to
                     speculations.                                    --Adventurer.
  
                     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
  
                     The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
                     the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was
               formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters;
               but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an
               indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to
               sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8]
               --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense,
               expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some
               favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and
               dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving
               religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of
               the church; dedicated to God.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge,
      devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.]
      1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
            [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn.
  
                     He is addicted to his study.               --Beau. & Fl.
  
                     That part of mankind that addict their minds to
                     speculations.                                    --Adventurer.
  
                     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
  
                     The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
                     the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was
               formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters;
               but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an
               indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to
               sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8]
               --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense,
               expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some
               favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and
               dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving
               religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of
               the church; dedicated to God.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addictedness \Ad*dict"ed*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge,
      devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.]
      1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
            [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn.
  
                     He is addicted to his study.               --Beau. & Fl.
  
                     That part of mankind that addict their minds to
                     speculations.                                    --Adventurer.
  
                     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
                     A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
  
                     The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
                     the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
                                                                              --Evelyn.
  
      Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was
               formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters;
               but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an
               indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to
               sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8]
               --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense,
               expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some
               favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and
               dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving
               religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of
               the church; dedicated to God.

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   Addiction \Ad*dic"tion\, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.]
      The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. [bd]His
      addiction was to courses vain.[b8] --Shak.

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   Adduce \Ad*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adduced}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Adducing}.] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to;
      ad + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Adduct}.]
      To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or
      consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to
      allege.
  
               Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. --Macaulay.
  
               Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of
               illustration.                                          --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge;
               name; mention.

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   Adduct \Ad*duct"\, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See
      {Adduce}.] (Physiol.)
      To draw towards a common center or a middle line. --Huxley.

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   Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See {Adduce}.]
      1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
  
                     An adduction of facts gathered from various
                     quarters.                                          --I. Taylor.
  
      2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are
            drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to {abduction}.
            --Dunglison.

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   Adductive \Ad*duc"tive\, a.
      Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

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   Adductor \Ad*duc"tor\, n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.)
      A muscle which draws a limb or part of 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.

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   Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to
      make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See
      {Equal}.]
      Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent;
      fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an
      adequate definition.
  
               Ireland had no adequate champion.            --De Quincey.
  
      Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable;
               competent; capable.

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   Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [See {Adequate}, a.]
      1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby.
  
      2. To equal. [Obs.]
  
                     It [is] an impossibility for any creature to
                     adequate God in his eternity.            --Shelford.

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   Adequately \Ad"e*quate*ly\, adv.
      In an adequate manner.

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   Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n.
      The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency;
      adequacy.

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   Adequation \Ad`e*qua"tion\, n. [L. adaequatio.]
      The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an
      equivalent. [Obs.] --Bp. Barlow.

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   Adiactinic \Ad`i*ac*tin"ic\, a. [Pref. a- not + diactinic.]
      (Chem.)
      Not transmitting the actinic rays.

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   Adight \A*dight"\, v. t. [p. p. {Adight}.] [Pref. a- (intensive)
      + OE. dihten. See {Dight}.]
      To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.
      [Obs.]

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   Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L.
      adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf.
      {Adjudicate}.]
      1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted
            question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
  
      2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide
            or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was
            adjudged in the November term.
  
      3. To sentence; to condemn.
  
                     Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well
                     pronouncing Shibboleth.                     --Milton.
  
      4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
  
                     He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship.
                                                                              --Knolles.
  
      Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.

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   Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L.
      adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf.
      {Adjudicate}.]
      1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted
            question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
  
      2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide
            or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was
            adjudged in the November term.
  
      3. To sentence; to condemn.
  
                     Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well
                     pronouncing Shibboleth.                     --Milton.
  
      4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
  
                     He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship.
                                                                              --Knolles.
  
      Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.

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   Adjudger \Ad*judg"er\, n.
      One who adjudges.

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   Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L.
      adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf.
      {Adjudicate}.]
      1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted
            question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
  
      2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide
            or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was
            adjudged in the November term.
  
      3. To sentence; to condemn.
  
                     Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well
                     pronouncing Shibboleth.                     --Milton.
  
      4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
  
                     He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship.
                                                                              --Knolles.
  
      Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.

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   Adjudgment \Ad*judg"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n.
      The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. --Sir
      W. Temple.

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   Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i.
      To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated
      upon the case.

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   Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
      adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.]
      To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
      judicial decree.

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   Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
      adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.]
      To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
      judicial decree.

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   Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
      adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.]
      To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
      judicial decree.

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   Adjudication \Ad*ju`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F.
      adjudication.]
      1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and
            determining judicially.
  
      2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a
            judicial decision or sentence. [bd]An adjudication in
            favor of natural rights.[b8] --Burke.
  
      3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question
            whether the debtor is a bankrupt. --Abbott.
  
      4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security
            or in satisfaction of a debt.

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   Adjudicative \Ad*ju"di*ca*tive\, a.
      Adjudicating.

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   Adjudicator \Ad*ju"di*ca`tor\, n.
      One who adjudicates.

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   Adjudicature \Ad*ju"di*ca*ture\, n.
      Adjudication.

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   Adjutage \Ad"ju*tage\, n.
      Same as {Ajutage}.

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   Adjutancy \Ad"ju*tan*cy\, n. [See {Adjutant}.]
      1. The office of an adjutant.
  
      2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
  
                     It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of
                     definition and division.                     --Burke.

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   Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
      help. See {Aid}.]
      1. A helper; an assistant.
  
      2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
            colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
            in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
  
      {Adjutant general}
            (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
                  through whom the commanding general receives
                  communications and issues military orders. In the U.
                  S. army he is brigadier general.
            (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
                  fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
                  each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
                  care.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia
            argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic
            crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for
            its serpent-destroying habits.

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   Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
      help. See {Aid}.]
      1. A helper; an assistant.
  
      2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
            colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
            in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
  
      {Adjutant general}
            (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
                  through whom the commanding general receives
                  communications and issues military orders. In the U.
                  S. army he is brigadier general.
            (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
                  fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
                  each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
                  care.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia
            argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic
            crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for
            its serpent-destroying habits.

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   Adjutator \Ad"ju*ta`tor\, n. (Eng. Hist.)
      A corruption of {Agitator}.

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   Agitator \Ag"i*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
      1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as,
            political reformers and agitators.
  
      2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army,
            in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; --
            called also {adjutators}. --Clarendon.
  
      3. An implement for shaking or mixing.

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   Adjute \Ad*jute"\, v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L.
      adjutare.]
      To add. [Obs.]

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   Adjutor \Ad*ju"tor\, n. [L., fr. adjuvare. See {Aid}.]
      A helper or assistant. [Archaic] --Drayton.

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   Adjutory \Ad*ju"to*ry\, a. [L. adjutorius.]
      Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]

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   Adjutrix \Ad*ju"trix\, n. [L. See {Adjutor}.]
      A female helper or assistant. [R.]

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   Adscititious \Ad`sci*ti"tious\, a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of
      adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to
      seek to know, approve, scire to know.]
      Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
      [bd]Adscititious evidence.[b8] --Bowring. --
      {Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly}, adv.

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   Adscititious \Ad`sci*ti"tious\, a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of
      adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to
      seek to know, approve, scire to know.]
      Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
      [bd]Adscititious evidence.[b8] --Bowring. --
      {Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly}, adv.

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   Adstrict \Ad*strict"\, v. t. -- {Ad*stric"tion}, n.
      See {Astrict}, and {Astriction}.

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   Adstrict \Ad*strict"\, v. t. -- {Ad*stric"tion}, n.
      See {Astrict}, and {Astriction}.

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   Adstrictory \Ad*stric"to*ry\, a.
      See {Astrictory}.

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   Adstringent \Ad*strin"gent\, a.
      See {Astringent}.

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   Adust \A*dust"\, a. [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F.
      aduste.]
      1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. [bd]The Libyan air adust.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
  
                     A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little
            serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow;
            gloomy.

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   Adusted \A*dust"ed\, a.
      Burnt; adust. [Obs.] --Howell.

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   Adustible \A*dust"i*ble\, a.
      That may be burnt. [Obs.]

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   Adustion \A*dus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. adustio, fr. adurere,
      adustum: cf. F. adustion.]
      1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of
            being thus heated or dried. [Obs.] --Harvey.
  
      2. (Surg.) Cauterization. --Buchanan.

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   Aid-de-camp \Aid"-de-camp`\, n.; pl. {Aids-de-camp}. . [F. aide
      de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.)
      An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to
      assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing
      movements.

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   Start \Start\, n.
      1. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion,
            caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden
            motion, or beginning of motion.
  
                     The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden.
  
      2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
  
                     For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak.
  
                     Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a
                     hurry.                                                --L'Estrange.
  
      3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious
            impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
  
                     To check the starts and sallies of the soul.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      4. The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action;
            first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset;
            -- opposed to {finish}.
  
                     The start of first performance is all. --Bacon.
  
                     I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
                     Straining upon the start.                  --Shak.
  
      {At a start}, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]
  
                     At a start he was betwixt them two.   --Chaucer.
  
      {To get}, [or] {have}, {the start}, to before another; to
            gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; --
            usually with of. [bd]Get the start of the majestic
            world.[b8] --Shak. [bd]She might have forsaken him if he
            had not got the start of her.[b8] --Dryden.

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   Quiet \Qui"et\, n. [L. quies, -etis. See {Quiet}, a.]
      1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an
            hour or a time of quiet.
  
      2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness;
            tranquillity; peace; security.
  
                     And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. --Milton.
  
      {At quiet}, still; peaceful.
  
      {In quiet}, quietly. [bd] I will depart in quiet.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Out of quiet}, disturbed; restless. [Obs.] [bd]She is much
            out of quiet.[b8] --Shak.

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   Stake \Stake\, n. [AS. staca, from the root of E. stick; akin to
      OFries. & LG. stake, D. staak, Sw. stake, Dan. stage. See
      {Stick}, v. t., and cf. {Estacade}, {Stockade}.]
      1. A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one
            end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support
            or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges,
            etc.
  
                     A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden.
  
      2. A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the
            side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent
            goods from falling off.
  
      3. The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be
            burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
  
      4. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a
            hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths,
            etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
  
      5. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked
            or hazarded; a pledge.
  
      {At stake}, in danger; hazarded; pledged. [bd]I see my
            reputation is at stake.[b8] --Shak.

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   d8Tubularida \[d8]Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; --
      called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[91]}.

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   Atheist \A"the*ist\, n. [Gr. [?] without god; 'a priv. + [?]
      god: cf. F. ath[82]iste.]
      1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or
            supreme intelligent Being.
  
      2. A godless person. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: Infidel; unbeliever.
  
      Note: See {Infidel}.

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   Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a.
      1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; --
            applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or
            books.
  
                     Atheistical explications of natural effects.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
      2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; --
            applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. --
            {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n.

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   Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a.
      1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; --
            applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or
            books.
  
                     Atheistical explications of natural effects.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
      2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; --
            applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. --
            {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n.

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   Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a.
      1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; --
            applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or
            books.
  
                     Atheistical explications of natural effects.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
      2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; --
            applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. --
            {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n.

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   Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a.
      1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; --
            applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or
            books.
  
                     Atheistical explications of natural effects.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
      2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; --
            applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. --
            {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
      fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
      to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.]
      1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
            as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
            or the like.
  
                     The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
                     muscles.                                             --Paley.
  
                     A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
            authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
            certain regiment, company, or ship.
  
      3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
            self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
            influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
            others to us by wealth or flattery.
  
                     Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                                              Austen.
  
                     God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
            attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
            importance to a particular circumstance.
  
                     Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      6. To take by legal authority:
            (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
                  answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
                  taking of the person by a civil process; being now
                  rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
            (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
                  writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
                  which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment},
                  4.
  
                           The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                           treason.                                       --Miss Yonge.
  
      {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
            that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
  
      Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
               annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
      fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
      to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.]
      1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
            as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
            or the like.
  
                     The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
                     muscles.                                             --Paley.
  
                     A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
            authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
            certain regiment, company, or ship.
  
      3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
            self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
            influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
            others to us by wealth or flattery.
  
                     Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
                                                                              Austen.
  
                     God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
            attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
            importance to a particular circumstance.
  
                     Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      6. To take by legal authority:
            (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
                  answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
                  taking of the person by a civil process; being now
                  rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
            (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
                  writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
                  which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment},
                  4.
  
                           The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
                           treason.                                       --Miss Yonge.
  
      {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
            that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
  
      Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
               annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Column \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr.
      cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to
      holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.]
      1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal
            support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat
            ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and
            capital. See {Order}.
  
      2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
            architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk;
            as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the
            Column Vend[93]me; the spinal column.
  
      3. (Mil.)
            (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the
                  other; -- contradistinguished from {line}. Compare
                  {Ploy}, and {Deploy}.
            (b) A small army.
  
      4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one
            another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in
            distinction from [bd]line[b8], where they are side by
            side.
  
      5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending
            across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule
            or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
  
      6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
  
      7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
            Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
            orchids.
  
      {Attached column}. See under {Attach}, v. t.
  
      {Clustered column}. See under {Cluster}, v. t.
  
      {Column rule}, a thin strip of brass separating columns of
            type in the form, and making a line between them in
            printing.

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   Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attacked}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attacking}.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher
      to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See {Attach},
      {Tack} a small nail.]
      1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and
            arms; to assault. [bd]Attack their lines.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a
            controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into
            disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to
            attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
  
      3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some
            object of labor or investigation.
  
      4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or
            destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  
                     On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
                     Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B.
                                                                              Stewart.
  
      Syn: To {Attack}, {Assail}, {Assault}, {Invade}.
  
      Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being
                  the generic term, and the others specific forms of
                  attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail
                  is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make
                  repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon)
                  is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or
                  by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to
                  enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a
                  person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he
                  may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault
                  by direct personal violence; a king may invade by
                  marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may
                  say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail
                  with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by
                  severe temptations; the rights of the people may be
                  invaded by the encroachments of the crown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attaste \At*taste\, v. t. [Pref. a- + taste.]
      To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness:
      cf. F. attester.]
      1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or
            genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of
            record.
  
                     Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra
            attest its ancient magnificence.
  
      3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
  
                     The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state
                     Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attest \At*test"\, n.
      Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.]
  
               The attest of eyes and ears.                  --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attestation \At`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. attestatio: cf. F.
      attestation.]
      The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or
      official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a
      fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of
      witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a
      name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attestative \At*test"a*tive\, a.
      Of the nature of attestation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness:
      cf. F. attester.]
      1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or
            genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of
            record.
  
                     Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra
            attest its ancient magnificence.
  
      3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
  
                     The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state
                     Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attester \At*test"er\, Attestor \At*test"or\, n.
      One who attests.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness:
      cf. F. attester.]
      1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or
            genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of
            record.
  
                     Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra
            attest its ancient magnificence.
  
      3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic]
  
                     The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state
                     Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attestive \At*test"ive\, a.
      Attesting; furnishing evidence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attester \At*test"er\, Attestor \At*test"or\, n.
      One who attests.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its
      principal city; marked by such qualities as were
      characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
  
      {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a
            column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under
            the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman
            Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the
            Renaissance.
  
      {Attic faith}, inviolable faith.
  
      {Attic purity}, special purity of language.
  
      {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar
            to the Athenians.
  
      {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n.
  
      {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its
      principal city; marked by such qualities as were
      characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
  
      {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a
            column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under
            the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman
            Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the
            Renaissance.
  
      {Attic faith}, inviolable faith.
  
      {Attic purity}, special purity of language.
  
      {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar
            to the Athenians.
  
      {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n.
  
      {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].]
      Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its
      principal city; marked by such qualities as were
      characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
  
      {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a
            column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under
            the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman
            Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the
            Renaissance.
  
      {Attic faith}, inviolable faith.
  
      {Attic purity}, special purity of language.
  
      {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar
            to the Athenians.
  
      {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n.
  
      {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Atwixt \A*twixt"\, adv.
      Betwixt. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Audacity \Au*dac"i*ty\, n.
      1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
  
                     The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce
                     of men.                                             --Tatler.
  
      2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a
            contempt of law or moral restraints.
  
                     With the most arrogant audacity.         --Joye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
   \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
      Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L.
      {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land
      itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.]
      1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or
            the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or
            aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This
            title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the
            Athenians.
  
      2. That which is original to a particular country, or which
            had there its origin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autocatalysis \Au`to*ca*tal"y*sis\, n. [Auto- + catalysis.]
      (Chem.)
      Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own
      products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by
      reduction of a small portion of it. -- {Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic},
      a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autocatalysis \Au`to*ca*tal"y*sis\, n. [Auto- + catalysis.]
      (Chem.)
      Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own
      products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by
      reduction of a small portion of it. -- {Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic},
      a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L.
      {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land
      itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.]
      1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or
            the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or
            aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This
            title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the
            Athenians.
  
      2. That which is original to a particular country, or which
            had there its origin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
   \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
      Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L.
      {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land
      itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.]
      1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or
            the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or
            aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This
            title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the
            Athenians.
  
      2. That which is original to a particular country, or which
            had there its origin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthonism \Au*toch"tho*nism\, n.
      The state of being autochthonal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic
   \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a.
      Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autochthony \Au*toch"tho*ny\, n.
      An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\
      ([add]`t[osl]*sk[emac]`d[icr]*[acr]s"t[icr]k),
   Autoschediastical \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\
      (-[acr]s"t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do
      hastily. See {Schediasm}.]
      Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\
      ([add]`t[osl]*sk[emac]`d[icr]*[acr]s"t[icr]k),
   Autoschediastical \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\
      (-[acr]s"t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do
      hastily. See {Schediasm}.]
      Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Auto-da-f82 \[d8]Au"to-da-f[82]"\, n.; pl. {Autos-da-f[82]}.
      [Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L. actus + da of the +
      f[82] faith, fr. L. fides.]
      1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal
            condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious
            offenses.
  
      2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp.
            the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday,
            and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms
            and ceremonies.
  
      3. A session of the court of Inquisition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Auto-de-fe \[d8]Au"to-de-fe"\, n.; pl. {Autos-de-fe}. [Sp.,
      act of faith.]
      Same as {Auto-da-f[82]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autostability \Au`to*sta*bil"i*ty\, n. [Auto- + stability.]
      (Mechanics)
      Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An
      a[89]roplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise
      by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is
      automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of
      self-operative mechanism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Autostylic \Au`to*styl"ic\, a. [Auto- + Gr. sty^los pillar.]
      (Anat.)
      Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the
      cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.

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   Adak Station, AK (CDP, FIPS 320)
      Location: 51.84290 N, 176.64028 W
      Population (1990): 4633 (1051 housing units)
      Area: 316.8 sq km (land), 12.7 sq km (water)

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   Addyston, OH (village, FIPS 436)
      Location: 39.13812 N, 84.71062 W
      Population (1990): 1198 (442 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45001

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   Atascadero, CA (city, FIPS 3064)
      Location: 35.48548 N, 120.68792 W
      Population (1990): 23138 (8875 housing units)
      Area: 65.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93422

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AutoCAD
  
      A {CAD} {software} package for mechanical
      engineering, marketed by {Autodesk, Inc.}
  
      (1994-11-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Autocode
  
      1. The {assembly language} accepted by {AUTOCODER}.
  
      2. A generic term for symbolic {assembly language}.   Versions
      of Autocode were developed for {Ferranti} {Atlas}, {Titan},
      {Mercury} and {Pegasus} and {IBM 702} and {IBM 705}.
  
      (2001-05-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   AUTOCODER
  
      Possibly the first primitive {compiler}.   AUTOCODER
      was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952.   It translated
      symbolic statements into {machine language} for the
      {Manchester Mark I} computer.
  
      Autocoding later came to be a generic term for {assembly
      language} programming.
  
      (1994-11-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Autostat
  
      A language for statistical programming.
  
      ["Autostat: A Language for Statistical Programming",
      A.S. Douglas et al, Computer J 3:61, 1960].
  
      (2001-09-25)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   autostereogram
  
      {SIRDS}
  
  
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