Part 167

<hw>Ad`jec*ti"val*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.</def>

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<hw>Ad"jec*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Adjective</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; <as>as, an word sentence</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not standing by itself; dependent.</def>

<cs><col>Adjective color</col>, <cd>a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.</cd></cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Relating to procedure.</def> "The whole English law, substantive and <i>adjective</i>."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

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<hw>Ad"jec*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjectivum</ets> (sc. <ets>nomen</ets>), neut. of <ets>adjectivus</ets> that is added, fr. <ets>adjicere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adjectif</ets>. See <er>Adject</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," <i>wise</i> is the adjective, expressing a property of <i>ruler</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dependent; an accessory.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

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<hw>Ad"jec*tive</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Adjectived</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adjectiving</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Language has as much occasion to <b>adjective</b> the distinct signification of the verb, and to <b>adjective</b> also the mood, as it has to <b>adjective</b> time. It has . . . <b>adjectived</b> all three. <i>Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adjectively</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"jec*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of an adjective; <as>as, a word used <ex>adjectively</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Adjoin</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad*join"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Adjoined</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adjoining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>ajoinen</ets>, OF. <ets>ajoindre</ets>, F. <ets>adjoindre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adjungere</ets>; <ets>ad + jungere</ets> to join. See <er>Join</er>, and cf. <er>Adjunct</er>.]</ety> <def>To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.</def>

<blockquote>Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, <b>adjoined</b> by way of note. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ad*join"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; <as>as, the houses <ex>adjoin</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>When one man's land <b>adjoins</b> to another's. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The construction with <i>to</i>, <i>on</i>, or <i>with</i> is obsolete or obsolescent.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To join one's self.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She lightly unto him <b>adjoined</b> side to side. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adjoinant</h1> <Xpage=22>