<syn>Syn. -- Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.</syn>
<h1>Adequate</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad"e*quate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Adequate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To equalize; to make adequate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Fotherby.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To equal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>It an impossibility for any creature to <b>adequate</b> God in his eternity. <i>Shelford.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Adequately</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad"e*quate*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an adequate manner.</def>
<h1>Adequateness</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad"e*quate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.</def>
<h1>Adequation</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad`e*qua"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adaequatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bp. Barlow.</i>
<h1>Adesmy</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>A*des"my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ unfettered; <?/ priv. + <?/ a fetter.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.</def>
<h1>Adessenarian</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*es`se*na"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formed fr. L. <ets>adesse</ets> to be present; <ets>ad + esse</ets> to be.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.</def>
<h1>Adfected</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*fect"ed</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adfectus</ets> or <ets>affectus</ets>. See <er>Affect</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>See <er>Affected</er>, <er>5</er>.</def>
<h1>Adfiliated</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*fil"i*a`ted</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Affiliated</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Adfiliation</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*fil`i*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Affiliation</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Adfluxion</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*flux"ion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Affluxion</er>.</def>
<h1>Adhamant</h1> <Xpage=21>
<hw>Ad*ha"mant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>adhamare</ets> to catch; <ets>ad + hamus</ets> hook.]</ety> <def>Clinging, as by hooks.</def>
<h1>Adhere</h1> <Xpage=21>
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