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<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Additionally</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*di"tion*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of addition.</def>

<h1>Additionary</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad*di"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Additional.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Herbert.</i>

<h1>Addititious</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad`di*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>addititius</ets>, fr. <ets>addere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Additive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir J. Herschel.</i>

<h1>Additive</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"di*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>additivus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to <i>subtractive</i>.</def>

<h1>Additory</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"di*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to add; making some addition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Addle</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>adel</ets>, AS. <ets>adela</ets>, mud.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Liquid filth; mire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lees; dregs.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Addle</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dle</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Addle</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Addled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Addling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle; <as>as, he <ex>addled</ex> his brain</as>.</def> "Their eggs were <i>addled</i>."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Addle</h1> <Xpage=20>

<hw>Ad"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>adlen</ets>, <ets>adilen</ets>, to gain, acquire; prob. fr. Icel. <ets>\'94\'eblask</ets> to acquire property, akin to <ets>o\'ebal</ets> property. Cf. <er>Allodial</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To earn by labor.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Forby.</i>

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