Part 173

<h1>Adjuvant</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad"ju*vant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An assistant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Yelverton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.</def>

<h1>Adlegation</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad`le*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adlegatio</ets>, <ets>allegatio</ets>, a sending away; fr. <ets>adlegare</ets>, <ets>allegare</ets>, to send away with a commission; <ets>ad</ets> in addition + <ets>legare</ets> to send as ambassador. Cf. <er>Allegation</er>.]</ety> <def>A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.</def>

<i>Encyc. Brit.</i>

<h1>Ad libitum</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad lib"i*tum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt><def>. At one's pleasure; as one wishes.</def>

<h1>Adlocution</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad`lo*cu"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Allocution</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Admarginate</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*mar"gin*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>margin</ets>.]</ety> <def>To write in the margin.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Admaxillary</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*max"il*la*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>maxillary</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Near to the maxilla or jawbone.</def>

<h1>Admeasure</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*meas"ure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>amesurer</ets>, LL. <ets>admensurare</ets>. See <er>Measure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To measure.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; <as>as, to <ex>admeasure</ex> dower; to <ex>admeasure</ex> common of pasture.</as></def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of <i>admeasurement</i>, directed to the sheriff.</def>

<h1>Admeasurer</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*meas"ur*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who admeasures.</def>

<h1>Admensuration</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*men`su*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>admensuratio</ets>; L. <ets>ad + mensurare</ets> to measure. See <er>Mensuration</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Admeasurement</er>.</def>

<h1>Adminicle</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*min"i*cle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adminculum</ets> support, orig., that on which the hand rests; <ets>ad + manus</ets> hand + dim. ending <ets>-culym</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Help or support; an auxiliary.</def>