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<i>Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small venomous serpent of the genus <spn>Vipera</spn>. The common European adder is the <spn>Vipera (or Pelias) berus</spn>. The puff adders of Africa are species of <spn>Clotho</spn>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the <stype>milk adder</stype>, <stype>puffing adder</stype>, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Sea Adder</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper <spn>(Cerastles)</spn>.</note>

<h1>Adder fly/</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"der fly/</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>A dragon fly.</def>

<h1>Adder's-tongue</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"der's-tongue`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A genus of ferns <spn>(Ophioglossum)</spn>, whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The yellow dogtooth violet.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Adderwort</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"der*wort`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common bistort or snakeweed <spn>(Polygonum bistorta)</spn>.</def>

<h1>Addibility</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Add`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quantity of being addible; capability of addition.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Addible</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Add"i*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being added.</def> "<i>Addible</i> numbers."

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Addice</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dice</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Adze</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Moxon.</i>

<h1>Addict</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*dict"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Addicted; devoted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Addict</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*dict"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Addicted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Addicting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>addictus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>addicere</ets> to adjudge, devote; <ets>ad + dicere</ets> to say. See <er>Diction</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with <i>to</i>.</def> "They <i>addict</i> themselves to the civil law."

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<blockquote>He is <b>addicted</b> to his study. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That part of mankind that <b>addict</b> their minds to speculations. <i>Adventurer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His genius <b>addicted</b> him to the study of antiquity. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A man gross . . . and <b>addicted</b> to low company. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>