<hw>Ad*voke"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>advocare</ets>. See <er>Advocate</er>.]</ety> <def>To summon; to call.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to <b>advoke</b> the cause to Rome. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Advolution</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad`vo*lu"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>advolvere</ets>, <ets>advolutum</ets>, to roll to.]</ety> <def>A rolling toward something.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Advoutrer</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*vou"trer</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>avoutre</ets>, <ets>avoltre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adulter</ets>. Cf. <er>Adulterer</er>.]</ety> <def>An adulterer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Advoutress</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*vou"tress</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An adulteress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Advoutry, Advowtry</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw><hw>Ad*vou"try</hw>, <hw>Ad*vow"try</hw><hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>avoutrie</ets>, <ets>avouterie</ets>, <ets>advoutrie</ets>, OF. <ets>avoutrie</ets>, <ets>avulterie</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adulterium</ets>. Cf. <er>Adultery</er>.]</ety> <def>Adultery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Advowee</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*vow*ee"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>avowe</ets>, F. <ets>avou\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>advocatus</ets>. See <er>Advocate</er>, <er>Avowee</er>, <er>Avoyer</er>.]</ety> <def>One who has an advowson.</def>
<i>Cowell.</i>
<h1>Advowson</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*vow"son</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>avoweisoun</ets>, OF. <ets>avo\'89son</ets>, fr. L. <ets>advocatio</ets>. Cf. <er>Advocation</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (<i>advocatus</i>) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]</def>
<note>&hand; The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12,000 in number; the <i>advowson</i> of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges.</note>
<i>Amer. Cyc.</i>
<h1>Advoyer</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*voy"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Avoyer</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Adward</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad*ward"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Award.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Adynamia</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
<hw>Ad`y*na"mi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>adynamia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ want of strength; <?/ priv + <?/ power, strength.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<h1>Adynamic</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Ad`ver*sa*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Adversaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>adversarie</ets>, direct fr. the Latin, and <ets>adversaire</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>adversier</ets>, <ets>aversier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adversarius</ets> (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See <er>Adverse</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose26 or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.</def>>
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