Emily Dickinson Lexicon

adjourning, adj. [see adjourn, v.]

Retreating; retiring; shrinking; withdrawing; [fig.] cowardly; fearful; fainting; quitting.

adjunct, n. [L. adjunct-us, joined < L. ad- + jung-ěre, to join.]

Auxiliary; addition; personal enhancement; accompanying quality of the body or mind; [gram.] amplification of the subject; enhancement of the predicate; word expanding the essential parts of a sentence.

adjure, v. [L. ad- + jũrã-re, swear, put to an oath.]

Compel; charge solemnly; entreat earnestly; beseech with solemnity.

adjust (-s, -ed), v. [Fr. adjuste-r, to add < L. ad- + juxta, near, refashioned after L. ad- + jũstus, just, straight; Webster says: see Just < Fr juste, settle.] (webplay: affairs, erect, fit, garment, put, result, settle, straight, system).

1. Accustom; accommodate; adapt; alter; fine tune; focus to fit.
2. Arrange; deposit; situate; put to rest; settle with attention to fine details [esp. for funeral arrangements.]
3. Organize; order; rearrange the schedule of.
4. Acclimate to; adapt to; conform to; comply with.
5. Regulate; alter; change; modify; [fig.] reconcile.
6. Attach; position; set in place.

administer, v. [OFr < L. ad- + ministrãre, serve, manage.]

Distribute; dispense; confer; endow; [legal] serve as executor of; dispose of the goods and manage the estate of; apply the natural laws and results of; [word play] contribute to; provide to; give to.

admirable (-r), adj. [Fr.; comparative form = “more admirable”; see admire, v.] (webplay: see).

Greater; more wonderful; more praiseworthy; more awe-inspiring; more divine.

admiralty, n. [OFr < med. L. < Arab. amir, commander.] (webplay: power).

Command of a navy; Office of Lord High Admiral in Great Britain; [fig.] principality; dominion; highest rank; office of honor; position of great status in the world.

admiration (-s), n. [Fr.; see admire, v.] (webplay: compound, see).

Wonder; esteem; veneration mingled with love; compound emotion of awe and pleasure; gratified contemplation with an element of surprise.

admire (-d, -ing), v. [Fr. admire-r, to wonder.] (webplay: universe).

Revere; adore; regard with wonder; awe mingled with affection; gaze on with pleasure.

admiring, verbal adj. [see admire, v.] (webplay: degree, face).

Esteeming; honoring; flattering; complimentary.