Part 166

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<hw>Ad*ja"cent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjacens</ets>, <ets>-centis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>adjacere</ets> to lie near; <ets>ad + jac<?/re</ets> to lie: cf. F. <ets>adjacent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; <as>as, a field <ex>adjacent</ex> to the highway</as>.</def> "The <i>adjacent</i> forest."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Adjacent</col> or <col>contiguous angle</col></mcol>. <cd><fld>(Geom.)</fld> See <er>Angle</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Adjacent</er>, <er>Adjoining</er>, <er>Contiguous</er>. Things are <i>adjacent</i> when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; <as>as, <ex>adjacent</ex> fields, <ex>adjacent</ex> villages, etc.</as>

<blockquote>I find that all Europe with her <b>adjacent</b> isles is peopled with Christians. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

Things are <i>adjoining</i> when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, <i>adjoining</i> farms, an <i>adjoining</i> highway. What is spoken of as <i>contiguous</i> should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of <i>contiguous</i> buildings; a wood <i>contiguous</i> to a plain.</usage>

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<hw>Ad*ja"cent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is adjacent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Locke.</i>

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<hw>Ad*ja"cent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to be adjacent.</def>

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<hw>Ad*ject"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adjicere</ets> to throw to, to add to; <ets>ad + ac<?/re</ets> to throw. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <def>To add or annex; to join.</def>

<i>Leland.</i>

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<hw>Ad*jec"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjectio</ets>, fr. <ets>adjicere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adjection</ets>. See <er>Adject</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

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<hw>Ad*jec"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Earle.</i>

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<hw>Ad`jec*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>adjectitius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Added; additional.</def>

<i>Parkhurst.</i>

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<hw>Ad`jec*ti"val</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.</def>

<i>W. Taylor (1797)</i>

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