Part 193

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.</def>

<blockquote>A tall, thin man, of an <b>adust</b> complexion. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.</def>

<h1>Adusted</h1> <Xpage=25>

<hw>A*dust"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Burnt; adust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Adustible</h1> <Xpage=25>

<hw>A*dust"i*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be burnt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Adustion</h1> <Xpage=25>

<hw>A*dus"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adustio</ets>, fr. <ets>adurere</ets>, <ets>adustum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adustion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Cauterization.</def>

<i>Buchanan.</i>

<h1>Ad valorem</h1> <Xpage=25>

<hw>Ad va*lo"rem</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L., according to the value.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; <as>as, an <ex>ad valorem</ex> duty of twenty per cent</as>.</def>

<h1>Advance</h1> <Xpage=25>

<hw>Ad*vance"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Advanced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Advancing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>(#).]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>avancen</ets>, <ets>avauncen</ets>, F. <ets>avancer</ets>, fr. a supposed LL. <ets>abantiare</ets>; <ets>ab + ante</ets> (F. <ets>avant</ets>) before. The spelling with <ets>d</ets> was a mistake, <ets>a-</ets> being supposed to be fr. L. <ets>ad</ets>. See <er>Avaunt</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To raise; to elevate.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>They . . . <b>advanced</b> their eyelids. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To raise to a higher rank; to promote.</def>

<blockquote>Ahasueres . . . <b>advanced</b> him, and set his seat above all the princes. <i>Esther iii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; <as>as, to <ex>advance</ex> the ripening of fruit; to <ex>advance</ex> one's interests.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; <as>as, to <ex>advance</ex> an argument</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some ne'er <b>advance</b> a judgment of their own. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; <as>as, a merchant <ex>advances</ex> money on a contract or on goods consigned to him</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; <as>as, to <ex>advance</ex> the price of goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To extol; to laud.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>