Part 162

<hw>Ad*he"sion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adhaesio</ets>, fr. <ets>adhaerere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adh\'82sion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the <i>adhesion</i> of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; <as>as, to error, to a policy</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>adhesion</b> to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.</def>

<blockquote>To that treaty Spain and England gave in their <b>adhesion</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See <er>Cohesion</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Adherence; union. See <er>Adherence</er>.</syn>

<h1>Adhesive</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad*he"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>adh\'82sif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<cs><col>Adhesive attraction</col>. <fld>(Physics)</fld> <cd>See <er>Attraction</er></cd>. -- <col>Adhesive inflammation</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration.</cd> -- <col>Adhesive plaster</col>, <cd>a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.</cd></cs>

<h1>Adhesively</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad*he"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an adhesive manner.</def>

<h1>Adhesiveness</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad*he"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.</def>

<h1>Adhibit</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad*hib"it</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adhibitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adhibere</ets> to hold to; <ets>ad + habere</ets> to have.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.</def>

<i>Muirhead.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To use or apply; to administer.</def>

<i>Camden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To attach; to affix.</def>

<i>Alison.</i>

<h1>Adhibition</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad`hi*bi"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adhibitio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of adhibiting; application; use.</def>