Part 149

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Adaptness</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adaptedness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Adaptorial</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad`ap*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adaptive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Adar</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A"dar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ad\'84r</ets>.]</ety> <def>The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.</def>

<h1>Adarce</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dar"ce</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adarce</ets>, <ets>adarca</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Adatis</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad"a*tis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fine cotton cloth of India.</def>

<h1>Adaunt</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*daunt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>adaunten</ets> to overpower, OF. <ets>adonter</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>donter</ets>, F. <ets>dompter</ets>. See <er>Daunt</er>.]</ety> <def>To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

<h1>Adaw</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*daw"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>adawe</ets> of dawe, AS. <ets>of dagum</ets> from days, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., from life, out of life.]</ety> <def>To subdue; to daunt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sight whereof did greatly him <b>adaw</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adaw</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*daw"</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>adawen</ets> to wake; pref. <ets>a-<ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us</ets>-, Ger. <ets>er</ets>-) + <ets>dawen</ets>, <ets>dagon</ets>, to dawn. See <er>Daw</er>.]</ety> <def>To awaken; to arouse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be <b>adawed</b> verily. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adays</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*days"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-<ets> (for <ets>on</ets>) + <ets>day</ets>; the final <ets>s</ets> was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.]</ety> <def>By day, or every day; in the daytime.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fielding.</i>

<h1>Ad captandum</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad cap*tan"dum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., for catching.]</ety> <def>A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.</def>

<h1>Add</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Add</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Added</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>addere</ets>; <ets>ad + dare</ets> to give, put. Cf. <er>Date</er>, <er>Do</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give by way of increased possession (<i>to</i> any one); to bestow (<i>on</i>).</def>