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2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.

4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison.

7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

Syn. -- Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.

Ad`dress*ee" (&?;), n. One to whom anything is addressed.

Ad*dres"sion (&?;), n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.] Chapman.

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.

Ad*du"cent (&?;), a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.] (Physiol.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

Ad*du"cer (&?;), n. One who adduces.

Ad*du"ci*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being adduced.

Proofs innumerable, and in every imaginable manner diversified, are adducible. I. Taylor.

Ad*duct" (&?;), v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.

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.

Ad*duc"tive (&?;), a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

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.

Ad*dulce" (&?;), v. t. [Like F. adoucir; fr. L. ad. + dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon.

A*deem" (&?;), v. t. [L. adimere. See Ademption.] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

||A`de*lan`ta*dil"lo (&?;), n. [Sp.] A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.

||A`de*lan*ta"do (&?;), n. [Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote.] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott.