Part 170

<i>Waterhouse.</i>

<h1>Adjunct</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad"junct`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjunctus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adjungere</ets>. See <er>Adjoin</er>.]</ety> <def>Conjoined; attending; consequent.</def>

<blockquote>Though that my death were <b>adjunct</b> to my act. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Adjunct notes</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Adjunct</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad"junct`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.</def>

<blockquote>Learning is but an <b>adjunct</b> to our self. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.</def>

<i>Wotton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; <as>as, the History <ex>of the American Revolution</ex>, where the words in italics are the <ex>adjunct</ex> or <ex>adjuncts</ex> of "History</as>."</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; <as>as, <ex>color</ex>, in the body, <ex>judgment</ex> in the mind</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. <mark>[R.]</mark> See <i>Attendant keys</i>, under <er>Attendant</er>, <i>a</i>.</def>

<h1>Adjunction</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*junc"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjunctio</ets>, fr. <ets>adjungere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adjonction</ets>, and see <er>Adjunct</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of joining; the thing joined or added.</def>

<h1>Adjunctive</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*junc"tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjunctivus</ets>, fr. <ets>adjungere</ets>. See <er>Adjunct</er>.]</ety> <def>Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.</def>

<h1>Adjunctive</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*junc"tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, is joined.</def>

<h1>Adjunctively</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*junc"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an adjunctive manner.</def>

<h1>Adjunctly</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*junct"ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.</def>

<h1>Adjuration</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad`ju*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjuratio</ets>, fr. <ets>adjurare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adjuration</ets>. See <er>Adjure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.</def>

<blockquote>What an accusation could not effect, an <b>adjuration</b> shall. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The form of oath or appeal.</def>

<blockquote>Persons who . . . made use of prayer and <b>adjurations</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>