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3. To attach; to affix. Alison.

Ad`hi*bi"tion (&?;), n. [L. adhibitio.] The act of adhibiting; application; use. Whitaker.

||Ad hom"i*nem (&?;). [L., to the man.] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

Ad*hort" (&?;), v. t. [L. adhortari. See Adhortation.] To exhort; to advise. [Obs.] Feltham.

Ad`hor*ta"tion (&?;), n. [L. adhortatio, fr. adhortari to advise; ad + hortari to exhort.] Advice; exhortation. [Obs.] Peacham.

Ad*hor"ta*to*ry (&?;), a. Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

Ad`i*a*bat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; not passable; 'a priv. + &?; through + &?; to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv.

Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.

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

||Ad`i*an"tum (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, maidenhair; 'a priv. + &?; to wet.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

Ad`i*aph"o*rism (&?;), n. Religious indifference.

Ad`i*aph"o*rist (&?;), n. [See Adiaphorous.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Ad`i*aph`o*ris"tic (&?;), a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

Ad`i*aph"o*rite (&?;), n. Same as Adiaphorist.

Ad`i*aph"o*rous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; different; &?; through + &?; to bear.] 1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor.

2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines. Dunglison.

Ad`i*aph"o*ry, n. [Gr. &?;.] Indifference. [Obs.]

Ad`i*a*ther"mic (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?; through + &?;heat.] Not pervious to heat.

A*dieu" (&?;), interj. & adv. [OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F. &?; dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God.] Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.

A*dieu", n.; pl. Adieus (&?;). A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting. Shak.

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.]

||Ad in`fi*ni"tum (&?;). [L., to infinity.] Without limit; endlessly.

||Ad in"ter*im (&?;) [L.] Meanwhile; temporary.

Ad`i*pes"cent (&?;), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + -escent.] Becoming fatty.

A*dip"ic (&?;), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Ad`i*poc"er*ate (&?;), v. t. To convert into adipocere.

Ad`i*poc`er*a"tion (&?;), n. The act or process of changing into adipocere.

Ad"i*po*cere` (&?;), n. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere.] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.