A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language [&c.].

ACUTELY. ado. [from acute.] After an acute manner; fharply. Locke. ACUTENESS.. [from acute.] 1. Sharpnefs. 2. Force of intellects. Locke. 3. Violence and fpeedy crifis of a malady. Brown. 4. Sharpnefs of found. Boyle.

ADA'CTED. part. a. [ada&tus, Lat.] Driven by force. Dia.

ADAGE.. [adagium, Lat.] A maxim; a proverb. Glanville.

ADAGIO. f. [Italian.] A term used by muficians, to mark a low time. ADAMANT. J. [adamas, Lat.] 1. A ftone of impenetrable hardness. Shakef. 2. The diamond. Ray. 3. The loadstone. Bacon. ADAMANTE'AN. a. [from adamant.] Hard as adamant. Milton.

ADAMANTINE. a. [adamantinus, Lat.] 1. Made of adamant. Dryd. 2. Having the qualities of adamant; as, hardness, indiffolubility. Davis.

ADAM'S-APPLE.S. [in anatomy.] A prominent part of the throat.

To ADAPT.. e. [adapto, Lat.] To fit; to fuit; to proportion. Swift.

ADAPTATION. J. [from adapt.] The act of fitting one thing to another; the fitness of one thing to another. Boyle. ADAPTION. S. [from adapt.] The act of fitting. Cheyne.

ADCORPORATE. v. a. [from ad and corpus, Lat.] To unite one body with another. To ADD. v. e. [addo, Lat.] 1. To join fomething to that which was before. Dryd. 2. To periorm the mental operation of adding one number or conception to another. Locke. ADDABLE. a. That which may be added. Cocker.

TO ADDE CIMATE. v. a. [addecimo, Lat.] To take or afcertain tithes. Dia.

To ADDE EM... [from deem.] To esteem; to account, Daniel.

ADDER. /. [Ætter, Sax, po'son.] A ferpent,
a viper, a poisonous reptile. Taylor.
A'DDER'S-GRASS. . A plant.
ADDER'S-TONGUE. f. An herb. Miller.
ADDER'S-WORT. J. An berb.
ADDIBLE. a. [fran add.] Poffible to be added.
Locke.

ADDIBILITY. f. [from addible.] The poffibility of being added. Locke.

ADDICE. J. [corruptly ads, adere, Sax.] A

kind of axe. Moxon.

To ADDICT. v. a. [addico, Lat.] 1. To devote, to dedicate. Cor. 2. It is commonly taken in a bad fente; as, be addicted himfelf to vice, ADDICTEDNESS, ƒ. [from addicted.] The ftate of being addicted. Boyle. ADDICTION.. [additio, Lat.] 1. The act of devoting. 2. The ftate of being devoted. Shak. ADDITAMENT. J. [Additamentum, Lat.] Acr dition; things added. Hale.

ADDITION. S. [from add.] L. The act of addirg one thing to another. Bentley. 2. Additanient, or the thing added. Ham. 3. In arithmetick, Addition is the reduction of two or

more numbers of the like kind together, into one fum or total. Cock. 4. In law. A title given to a man over and above his christian name and furname. Cowell. Shakefp. Clarendon. ADDITIONAL. a. [from addition.] That which is added. Addifon.

A'DDITORY. a. [from add.] That which has
the power of adding. Arbuthnot.
A'DDLE. a. [from adel, a disease, Sax.] Origi-
nally applied to eggs, and fignifying such as
produce nothing; thence transferred to brains
that produce nothing. Burton.

To A'DDLE. v. a. [from addle.] To make ad-
dle; to make barren. Brown.
A'DDLE-PATED. a. Having barren brains.
Dryden.

To ADDRESS. v. a. [addresser, Fr.] 1. To prepare one's felf to enter upon any action,' Shakefp. 2. To get ready. 3. To apply to another by words.

ADDRESS. J. [addresse, Fr.] 1. Verbal application to any one. Prior, 2. Courtship. Addison. 3. Manner of addreffing another; a man of a pleafing addrefs. 4. Skill, dexterity. Swift. 5. Manner of directing a letter. ADDRESSER, S. [from address.] The perfon

that addresses.

ADDUCENT. a. [adducens, Lat.] A word applied to those muscles that draw together the parts of the body. Quincy.

To ADDU'LCE.v.a. [addoucir, Fr. dulcis, Lat.]
To sweeten.

ADEMPTION.S. [ademptum, Lat.] Privation.
ADENOGRAPHY. J. [from adavoy and ygàpw,
Gr.] A treatife of the glands.
ADEPT. . [adeptus, Lat.] He that is com-

pletely fkilled in all the fecrets of his art. Pope. ADE'PT. a. Skilful; thoroughly verfed. Boyle. A'DEQUATE. a. [adequatus, Lat.] Equal to; proportionate. South.

A'DEQUATELY. adv. [from adequate.] In an adequate manner; with exactnefs of propor

tion. S.uth.

A'DEQUATENESS. f. [from adequate.] The ftate of being adequate; exactnels of propor tion.

ADESPO'TICK. a. Not abfolute; not defpotick.

To ADHERE. w. u, [adhæreo, Lat.] 1. To stick
to. 2. To be confiftent; to hold together.
Shakefp. 3. To remain firmly fixed to a party,
or opinion. Shakefp. Boyle.
ADHERENCE. . [from adhere.] 1. The qua-
lity of adhering, tenacity. 2 Fixedness of
mind; attachment; fteadiness. Swift.
ADHERENCY. f. [The fame with adherence.]
Decay of Piety.

ADHERENT. 4. [from adhere.] 1. Sticking to.
Pope. 2. United with. Watts.
ADHERENT. S. [from adhere.] A follower;
a partifan. Raligh.

ADHERER. S. [from adhere.] He that adheres.
Swift.

ADHÉ'SION. S. [adbefio, Lat.] The act or state
of fticking to fomething. Beyle.
C 2
ADHESIVE

ADHE'SIVE. a. [from adbefion.] Sticking; tenacious. Thomsen.

To ADHIBIT. v. a. [adhibeo, Lat.] To apply; to make use of.

ADHIBITION. f. [from adhibit.] Application; use. Dia.

ADJACENCY.. [from adjaces. Lat.] 1. The ftate of lying close to another thing. 2. That which is adjacent. Brown.

ADJACENT. a. [adjacens, Lat.] Lying close; bordering upon fomething. Bacon. ADJACENT. J. That which lies next another. Locke.

ADIA'PHOROUS. a. [adia‡o¿©, Gr.] Neutral. Boyle.

ADIA PHORY.. [adiapogía, Gr.] Neutrality; indifference.

To ADJECT. v.4. [adjicis, adjectum, Lat.] To add to; to put to.

ADJECTION. f. [adjectio, Lat.] 1. The act of adjecting, or adding. 2. The thing adjected, or added. Brown.

ADJECTITIOUS. a. [from adje&tion.] Added;

thrown in.

ADJECTIVE. S. [adjectivum, Lat.] A word added to a noun, to fignify the addition or feparation of fome quality, circumftance, or manner of being; as, good, bad. Clarke. A'DJECTIVELY. adv. [from adjective.] After the manner of an adjective. ADIEU'. adv. [from à Dieu.] Farewel. Prior. To ADJOIN. v. a. [adjoindre, Fr. adjunge, Lat.] To join to; to unite to; to put to. Watts. To ADJOIN. v. n. To be contiguous to. Dryd. To ADJOURN. v.a. [adjourner, Fr.] Toput off to another day, naming the time. Bacon. ADJOURNMENT. S. [adjournment, Fr.] A putting off till another day. L'Eftrange. A'DIPOUS. a. [adipofus, Lat.] Fat. Dict. A'DIT. f. [aditus, Lat.] A paffage underground. Ray.

ADITION. f. [aditum, Lat.] The act of going

to another.

A'DJUMENT.. [adjumentum, Lat.] Help. ADJUNCT. . [adjunctum, Lat.] Something adherent or united to another. Swift. ADJUNCT. Immediately confequent. Shak. ADJUNCTION. S. [adjunétio, Lat.] 1. The act of adjoining. 2. The thing joined. ADJUNCTIVE. a. [adjunctivus, Lat.] 1. He that joins. 2. That which is joined. ADJURATION... [adjuratio, Lat.] 1. The act of propofing an oath to another. 2. The form of oath propofed to another. Addifon. To ADJU'RE. v. a. [adjuro, Lat.] To impofe

an oath upon another, prescribing the form Milton.

To ADJUST. v. a. [adjuster, Fr.] 1. To regulate; to put in order. Swift. 2. To make accurate. Locke. 3. To make conformable. Addifon.

ADJUSTMENT. f. [adjuflement, Fr.] 1. Regulation; the act of putting in method. Woodward. 2. The state of being put in method. Watts.

ADJUTANT. J. A petty officer, whose duty is to affift the major, by diftributing pay, and overseeing punishment.

To ADJUTE. v.e. [adjuvo, adjutum, Lat.] To help; to concur. Johnson.

ADJUTOR. f. [adjutor, Lat.] A helper. ADJUTORY. a. That which helps. ADJU'TRIX. . [Lat.] She who helps. A'DJUVANT. a. [adjuvans, Lat.] Helpful; ufeful.

To A'DJUVATE. v. a. [adjuvo, Lat.] To help; to further. ADMEASUREMENT.. [See MEASURE.] The act or practice of measuring according to rule. Bacon.

ADMENSURATION. f. [ad and mensura, Lat.] The act of measuring to each his part. ADMINICLE. f. {adminiculum, Lat.] Help; fupport.

ADMINICULAR. a. [from adminiculum, Lat.] That which gives help.

ADMINISTER. v. a. [adminiftro, Lat.]_1. To give; to afford; to supply. Philips. 2. Ta act as the minifter or agent in any employ ment or office. Pope. 3. To adminifter justice. 4. To adminifter the facraments. Hooker. 5. To adminifter an oath. Shakesp. 6. To adminifter phyfick. 7. To contribute; to bring fupplies. 8. To perform the office of an adminis ftrator.

To ADMINISTRATE. v.a.[adminiftro, Lat.] To give as phyfick. Woodward. ADMINISTRATION. S. [administratio, Lat.] 1. The act of adminiftering or conducting any employment. Shakelp. 2. The active or executive part of government. Swift. 3. Those to whom the care of public affairs is committed. 4 Diftribution; exhibition; difpenfation. Hooker. ADMINISTRATIVE. a. [from adminiftrate.] That which adminifters. ADMINISTRATOR. S. [adminiftrator, Lat.] 1. He that has the goods of a man dying inteltate, committed to his charge, and is accountable for the fame. Cowell. Bacon 2. He that officiates in divine rites. Watts. 3. He that conducts the government. Swift. ADMINISTRATRIX. S. [Lat.] She who adminifters in confequence of a will. ADMINISTRATORSHIP. /. [from adminiftrator.] The office of adminiftrator. A'DMIRABLE. a. [admirabilis, Lat.] To be admired; of power to excite wonder. Sidney. A'DMIRABLENESS. . [from admirable.] The quality of being admirable.

ADMIRABILITY,

ADMIRABILITY. S. [admirabilis, Lat.] The quality or ftate of being admirable. ADMIRABLY, adv. [from admirable.] In an admirable manner. Addifon.

ADMIRAL. S. [amiral, Fr.] 1. An officer or magiftrate that has the government of the king's navy. Cowell. 2. The chief commander of a fleet. Kolles. 3. The fhip which carries the admiral. Knolles.

ADMIRALSHIP. ƒ. [from admiral.] The of fice of admiral.

ADMIRALTY. J. [amiralté, Fr.] The pow-
er, or officers, appointed for the administration
of naval affairs.

ADMIRATION. S. [admiratio, Lat.] Wonder;
the act of admiring or wondering. Milton.
To ADMIRE. v. a. [admiror, Lat.] 1. To re-
gard with wonder. 2. To regard with love.
To ADMIRE. v. . To wonder.

An ADMIRER. f. [from admire.] 1. The per-
fon that wonders, or regards with admiration.
2. A lover.

ADMIRINGLY, adv. [from admire.] With admiration. Shakesp.

ADMISSIBLE. . [admitto, admissum, Lat.] That which may be admitted. Hale. ADMIʼSSION. S. [admiffio, Lat.] 1. The act or practice of admitting. Bacon. 2. The state of being admitted. Dryden. 3. Admittance; the power of entering. Woodward. 4. The allowance of an argument.

To ADMIT. v. a. [admitto, Lat.] 1. To fuffer to enter. Pope. 2. To fuffer to enter upon an office. Clarenden. 3. To allow an argument or pofition. Fairfax. 4. To allow or grant in ge

neral.

ADMITTANCE. S. [from admit.] Which may be admitted. Ayliffe.

To ADMOVE. v. a. [admevce, Lat.] To bring one thing to another. Brown.

[AD'O. J. [from the verb to do, with a before it, as the French.] 1. Trouble, difficulty. Sidney. 2. Bustle; tumult; business. Locke. 3. More tumult and show of bufinefs, than the affair is worth. L'Eftrange.

ADOLESCENCE. f. [adolefcentia, Lat.] The age fucceeding childhood, and fucceeded by puberty. Bentley.

ADOLESCENCY. S. The fame with adolef cence. Brown.

To ADOPT. v. a. [adopto, Lat.] 1. To take a fon by choice, to make him a fon, who was not fo by birth. 2. To place any perfon or thing in a nearer relation, to fomething else. Locke.

ADOPTEDLY. adv. [from adopted. After the manner of fomething adopted. Shakefp. ADOPTER. . [from adopt.] He that gives fome one by choice the rights of a fon. ADOPTION. . [adoptio, Lat.] 1. The act of adopting. Shakefp. 2. The state of being adopted. Rogers.

ADOPTIVE. a. [adoptivus, Lat.] 1. He that is adopted by another. Bacon, 2. He that adopts another. Ayliffe.

ADORABLE. a. [adorable, Fr.] That which ought to be adored. Cheyne. ADORABLENESS. f. [from adorable.] Wor

thinefs of divine honours. ADORABLY, adv. [from adorable.] In a manner worthy of adoration. ADORATION. f. [adoratio, Lat.] 1. The external homage paid to the Divinity. Hooker. 2. Homage paid to perfons in high place or efteem. Shakesp.

To ADORE. v. a. [adoro, Lat.] To worship with external homage. Dryden.

ADO'REMENT. S. Adoration; worship. Brown. 4.ADO'RER. f. [from adore.] He that adores; a worshipper. Prior.

ADMITTABLE. a. [from admit] 1. The act
of admitting; permiffion to enter. 2. The
power or right of entering. 3. Custom.
Conceflion of a pofition. Brown.
To ADMIX. v. a. [admifceo, Lat.] To mingle
with fomething elfe.

ADMIXTION. S. [from admix.] The union of
ene body with another. Bacon.
ADMIXTURE. J. [from admix.] The body
mingled with another. Woodward.
To ADMONISH. v. a. [admoneo, Lat.) To
warn of a fault; to reprove gently. Decay of
Piety. Dryd.

ADMONISHER. f. [from admonifb.] The per-
fon that puts another in mind of his faults or
duty. Dryden.

ADMONISHMENT. /. [from admenish.] Ad-
monition; notice of faults or duties.
ADMONITION. f. [admonitio, Lat.] The hint
of a fault or duty; counfel; gentle reproof.
Hecker.
ADMONITIONER. f. [from admonition.] A
general adviser. A ludicrous term. Hooker.
ADMONITORY, a. [admonitorius, Lat.] That
which admonishes. Hooker.
ADMURMURA'TION. §. [admurmure, Lat.]
The act of murmuring to another.

To ADOʻRN. v. a. [adorno, Lat.] 1. To drefs; to deck the perfon with ornaments. Cowley. 2. To fet out any place or thing with decorations. Cowley. 3. To embellish with oratory. Sprat. ADO'RNMENT. . [from adorn.] Úrnament; embellishment. Raleigh.

ADOWN. adv. [from a and down.[ Down; on
the ground. Fairy 2,

ADOWN. prep. Down towards the ground.
Dryd.

ADRE AD. adv. [from a and dread.] In a state
of fear. Sidney.

ADRIFT. adv. [from a and drift.] Floating at

random.

ADROʻIT. a. [French.] Dextrous; active; skilful. Jervas.

ADROITNESS. . [from adroit.] Dexterity;
readiness; activity.

ADRY' adv. [from a and dry.] Athirft; thirsty.
Spect.
ADSCITITIOUS. a. fadfcititius, Lat.] That
which is taken in to complete fomething
elfe.

ADSTRICTION.

ADSTRICTION. S. [adftri&io, Lat.] The act of binding together.

To ADVANCE. v. a. [avancer, Fr.] 1. To bring forward, in the local fenfe. Paradife Loft. z. To raife to preferment; to aggrandize. Ether. 3. To improve. Tillotson. 4. To heighten; to grace; to give luftre to. South. 5. Το forward; to accelerate. Bacon. 6. To propofe; to offer to the publick. Dryden.

ADVENTURE. /. [French] 1. An accident; 2 chance; a hazard. Hayward. 2. An enterprise in which fomething must be left to hazard. Dryden.

To ADVENTURE. v. n. [adventurer, Fr.] ta To try the chance; to dare. Shakesp. 2. In an active fenfe, to put into the power of chance. ADVENTURER.. [adventurier,Fr.] He that feeks occafions of hazard; he that puts himself into the hands of chance. Fairy Queen. ADVENTUROUS. a. [adventureux, Fr.] 1.He that is inclined to adventures; daring, courageous. Dryd. 2. Full of hazard; dangerous. Addifon.

To ADVANCE. v. n. 1. To come forward. Parnel. 2. To make improvement. Locke. ADVANCE. . [from to advance.] 1. The act of coming forward. Clarendon. 2. A tendency to come forward to meet a lover. Walb. 3. Progreffion; rife from one point to another. ADVENTUROUSLY.adv.[from adventurous.] Atterbury. 4. Improvement; progress to- Boldly, daringly. Shakefp. wards perfection. Hale. ADVENTURESOME. a. [from adventure.] ADVANCEMENT. J. [avancement, Fr.] 1. The fame with adventurous. The act of coming forward. Swift. 2. The ADVENTURESOMENESS..[from adventureftate of being advanced; preferment. Shakejp. 4. Improvement. Brown. ADVANCER./ [from advance.] A promoter; forwarder. Bacon.

ADVANTAGE. S. [avantage, Fr.] 1. Supe-
riority. Sprat. 2. Superiority gained by ftra-
tagem. Spenfer. 3. Opportunity; conveni-
ence. Shakefp. 4. Favourable circumstances.
Waller. 5. Gain; profit. Job. 6. Overplus;
fomething more than the mere lawful gain.
Shakefp. 7. Preponderation on one fide of the
comparifon. Tillotson.

TO ADVANTAGE. v. a. [from the noun.] 1.
To benefit. Locke. 2. To promote; to bring
forward. Glanville.
ADVANTAGED. a. [from to advantage.] Pof-
feffed of advantage. Glanville
ADVANTAGE GROUND.. Ground that gives
fuperiority, and opportunities of annoyance or
refiftance. Clarendon.

ADVANTAGEOUS. a. [advantageaux, Fr.]
Profitable; ufeful; opportune. Hammond.
ADVANTAGEOUSLY. adv. [from advan-
tageous] Conveniently; opportunely; profit-
ably. Arbuth.

ADVANTAGEOUSNESS.. [from advantageous.] Profitableness; usefulness; convenience. Boyle.

To ADVE'NE. v. n. [advenio, Lat.] To accede
to fomething; to be fuperadded. Ayliffe.
ADVE'NIENT. a. [adveniens, Lat.] Advening;
fuperadded. Glanville.

ADVENT. [from adventus.] The name of one
of the holy feafons, fignifying the coming;
this is, the coming of our Saviour; which is
made the fubject of our devotion during the
four weeks before Christmas.
ADVENTINE. a. [from advenio, adventum.
Adventitious; that which is extrinfically ad-
ded. Bacon.

ADVENTITIOUS. a. [adventitius Lat.] That
which advenes; accidental; fupervenient;
extrinfically added. Boyle, Dryden.
ADVENTIVE.. [from advenio, Lat.] The thing
or perfon that comes from without. Bacon.
ALVENTUAL. a. [from advent.] Relating to
the feafon of advent. Bijbep Saunder fon.

some.] The quality of being adventurefome.
ADVERB. f. [adverbium, Lat.] A word joined
to a verb or adjective, and folely applied to the
ufe of qualifying and restraining the latitude of
their fignification. Clarke.
ADVERBIAL.a. [adverbialis, Lat.] That which
has the quality or structure of an adverb.
ADVERBIALLY. adv. [adverbialiter, Lat.] La
the manner of an adverb. Addif.
ADVERSABLE.4. [from adverfe.] Contrary to.
ADVERSARIAS. [Lat.] A common-place. Bull.
A'DVERSARY..[adverfaire, Fr. adverfarius,
Lat.] An opponent; antagonist enemy.
Shakesp.

A'DVERSATIVE. a. [adverfativus, Lat.] A
word which makes fome oppofition or variety.
A'DVERSE. a.
a. [adverfus, Lat.] 1. Acting with
contrary direction. Milton. 2. Calamitous;
afflictive; pernicious. Oppofed to profperous.
Rofcommon 3. Perfonally opponent. Sidney.
ADVERSITY. [adverfité, Fr.] 1. Affliction;
calamity. 2. The caufe of our forrow; mif-
fortune. Shakefp. 3. The state of unhappi-
nefs; mifery. Skakefp.

A'DVERSLY. adv. [from adverfe.] Oppositely;
unfortunately. Shakesp.

To ADVERT. v. ■. [adverto, Lat.] To attend
to; to regard, to obferve. Ray.
ADVERTENCE. /. [from advert.] Attention
to, to regard to; Decay of Piety. ]
ADVERTENCY./. [trom advert. The fame
with advertence. Swift.

To ADVERTISE. v. a. [advertir, Fr.] 1. To
inform another; to give intelligence. 2. To
give notice of any thing, in the publick prints.
ADVERTISEMENT. J. [ada ertiffement, Fr.] 1.
Inftruction; admorition. 2. Intelligence; in-
formation. 3. Notice of any thing published in
a paper of intelligence.
ADVERTISER..[advertifeur, Fr.] 1. He that
gives intelligence or information. 2. The pa-
per in which advertisements are published.
ADVERTISING. part. a. [from advertije.] Aç-
tive in giving intelligence; monitory. Shakelp.
To ADVE'SPERATE. v. n. [ advefpero, Lay].
To draw towards evening.

ADVICE

ADVICE. f. [avis, advis, Fr.] 1. Counsel; inftruction. 2. Reflection; prudent confideration. 3. Confultation; deliberation. 4. Intelligence.

ADVICE-BOAT. f. A veffel employed to bring
intelligence.

ADVISABLE. a. [from advice.] Prudent; fit
to be advised. South.
ADVISABLENESS. f. [from advisable.] The
quality of being advifable; fitnefs; propriety.
To ADVISE. v. a. [adviser, Fr.] 1.To counsel.
Shakesp. 2. To inform; to make acquainted.
To ADVISE. v. n. 1. To confult; as, be ad-
wifed with his companions. 2. To confider;
to deliberate. Milton.
ADVISED. part. a. [from advise.] 1. Acting
with deliberation and defign; prudent; wife.
Васси. 2. Performed with deliberation; act-

ed with defign. Hooker.
ADVISEDLY.adv.[from advised.]Deliberately;
purposely; by defign; prudently. Suckling.
ADVISEDNESS. f. [from advised.] Deliberati-
on; cool and prudent procedure. Saunderson.
ADVISEMENT. S. [advisement, Fr.] 1. Coun-
fel; information. Spenfer. 2. Prudence; cir-
cumfpection.

ADVISER. S. [from advise.] The perfon that
advifes, a counsellor. Waller.
ADULATION. S. [adulation, Fr. adulatio, Lat.]
Flattery; high compliment. Claren.
ADULATOR. [adulator, Lat.] A flatterer.
A'DULATORY.a.[adulatorius, Lat.] Flattering.
ADULT. a. [adultus, Lat.] Grown up; paft the
age of infancy. Blackmore.

ADULT.. A perfon above the age of infancy,
or grown to fome degree of ftrength. Sharp.
ADULTNESS. f. [from adult.] The state of be-
ing adult.

To ADULTER. v. a. [adulterer, Fr.] To commit adultery with another. Johnfon. ADULTERANT. J. [adulterans, Lat.] The perfon or thing which adulterates.

To ADUMBRATE. v. a. [adumbro, Lat.] To
fhadow out; to give a flight likeness; to exhi-
bit a faint refemblance. Decay of Piety,
ADUMBRATION.. [from adumbrate.] 1.The
act of giving a fight and imperfect reprefenta-
tion. Bacon. 2. A faint fketch.
ADU'NATION. f. [from ad and unus, Lat.}
The state of being united; union. Boyle.
ADU'NCITY. J. [aduncitas, Lat.] Črooked-
nefs; hookedness. Arbuth,
ADUNQUE.a.[aduntus, Lat.] Crooked. Bacon,
ADVOCACY. J. [from advocate.] Vindication;
defence; apology. Brown.
A'DVOCATE. J. [advocatus, Lat.] 1. He that
pleads the caule of another in a court of judi-
cature. Ayl. Dryd. 2. He that pleats any
caufe, in whatever manner, as a controvertitt
or vindicator. Shakefp. 3. In the facred sense,
one of the offices of our Redeemer. Milton.
ADVOCA'TION. s. [from advocate.] The of
fice of pleading; plea; apology. Shakesp.
ADVOLA'TION. f. [advok, advolatum, Lat.]
The act of flying to fomething.
ADVOLUTIÓN. s. [advolutio, Lat.] The act of
rolling to fomething.

ADVOUTRY. f. [avoutrie, Fr.] Adultery.Bac.
ADVOWE'S. He that has the right of advowion.
ADVOWSON.. A right to present to a benc
fice. Cowell.

To ADURE. v. n. [aduro, Lat.] To burn up.
Bacon.

ADU ST. a. [adufus, Lat.] 1. Burnt up, scorch

ed. Bacon. 2. It is generally now applied, to the humours of the body. Pope.

ADU'STED. a. [See ADUST.] Burnt; dried with
fire. Paradife Left.

ADU'STIBLE. a. [from aduft.] That which may
be adufted, or burnt up.
ADU'STION.. [from aduft.] The act of burn-
ing up, or drying. Harvey.
ADZ. J. See ADDICE.

AE, or Æ. A diphthong of the Latin language,
which feems not properly to have any place ia
the English.

ECLOGUE.. [written instead of eclogue.] A
Paftoral. Spenfer.

EGILOPS. [aiya, Gr.] A tumour or
fwelling in the great corner of the eye, by the
root of the nofe. Quincy.

To ADULTERATE. v. a. [adulterer, Fr.] 1.
To commit adultery. Shakefp. 2. To corrupt
by fome foreign admixture. Boyle.
ADULTERATE. a. [from to adulterate.] 1.
Tainted with the guilt of adultery. Shakefp. 2.
Corrupted with fome foreign mixture. Swift.
ADULTERATENESS. . [from adulterate.]
The quality or state of being adulterate. ÆGYPTI'ACUM. /. An ointment consisting on-
ADULTERA TION. f. [from adulterate.] 1. ly of honey, verdigrease and vinegar. Quincy.
The act of corrupting by foreign mixture.ÆL, or EAL, or AL. In compound names, all,
Bacon. 2. The state of being contaminated.
Felton

ADULTERER. J. [adulter, Lat.] The perfon
guilty of adultery. Dryd.
ADULTERESS. J. [from adulterer.] A woman
that commits adultery.
ADULTERINE. f. [adulterine, Fr.] A child
born of an adul:erefs.
ADULTEROUS. a. [adulter, Lat.] Guilty of
adultery. Tayler.

ADULTERY. [adulterium, Lat.] The act of
violating the bed of a married perfon. Dryd.
ADUMBRANT. a. [from adumbrate.] That
which gives a flight refemblance.

or altogether. So: Aldred altogether reverend: Alfred altogether peaceful. Gib. ELF, Implies affiftance. So Elfwin is victorious. Gibfon.

ENIGMA. See ENIGMA.

AERIAL. a. [dërius, Lat.] 1. Belonging to
the air, as confifting of it. Prior. Newton. 2.
Produced by the air. Dryd. 3. Inhabiting the
air. Milton. 4. Placed in the air. Pope. 5.
High; elevated in fituation. Philips.
A'ERIE. S. [airie, Fr.) A neft of hawks and
other birds of prey. Cowell.
AEROLOGY. S. (ang and λó, Gr.] The
doctrine of the air,
A'EROMANCY.

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