Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AD-FECT'ED, a.

In algebra, compounded; consisting of different powers of the unknown quantity. Bailey.

AD-FIL'I-A-TED, a.

Adopted as a son. [See Affiliate.]

AD-FIL-I-A'TION, n. [L. ad and filius, a son.]

A Gothic custom, by which the children of a former marriage are put upon the same footing with those of a succeeding one; still retained in some parts of Germany.

AD-FINEM, adv. [Ad finem. L.]

To the end.

AD-HERE', v.i. [L. adhæreo, ad and hæreo, to stick; Ir. adharadh.]

1. To stick to, as glutinous substances, or by natural growth; as, the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
2. To be joined, or held in contact; to cleave to.
3. Figuratively, to hold to, be attached, or remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a leader, a church, or creed.
4. To be consistent; to hold together as the parts of a system. Every thing adheres together. Shak.

AD-HER'ENCE, n.

1. The quality or state of sticking or adhering.
2. Figuratively, a being fixed in attachment; fidelity: steady attachment; as, an adherence to a party or opinions.

AD-HE'REN-CY, n.

The same as Adherence. In the sense of that which adheres, not legitimate. Decay of Piety.

AD-HE'RENT, a.

Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as, “an adherent mode” in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth.

AD-HE'RENT, n.

The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church. In the sense of an appendage, obsolete.

AD-HE'RENT-LY, adv.

In an adherent manner.

AD-HE'RER, n.

One that adheres; an adherent.

AD-HE'SION, n. [adhe'zhun; L. adhæsio.]

1. The act or state of sticking, or being united and attached to; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, and the like. Adhesion is generally used in a literal; Adherence, in a metaphorical sense.
2. Sometimes figuratively, adherence, union, or steady attachment; firmness in opinion; as, an adhesion to vice; but in this sense nearly obsolete. The union of bodies by attraction is usually denominated cohesion.

AD-HE'SIVE, a.

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances: apt or tending to adhere. Thus gums are adhesive.

AD-HE'SIVE-LY, adv.

In an adhesive manner.

AD-HE'SIVE-NESS, n.

The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity.

AD-HIB'IT, v.t. [L. adhibeo, ad and habeo, to have.]

To use, or apply. [Rarely used.]

AD-HI-BI'TION, n.

Application; use. Whitaker.

AD'HIL, n.

A star of the sixth magnitude, upon the garment of Andromeda, under the last star in her foot. Encyc.

AD-HOMINEM, a. [Ad hominem. L.]

To the man; to the interests or passions of the man.

AD-HORT-A'TION, n. [L. adhortatio.]

Advice. [Seldom used.]

AD-HORT'A-TO-RY, a. [L. adhortor, to advise, ad and hortor.]

Advisory; containing counsel or warning. Potter's Antiq.

A-DI-APH'OR-ISTS, n. [Gr. αδιαφορος, indifferent.]

Moderate Lutherans; a name given in the sixteenth century, to certain men that followed Melanchthon, who was more pacific than Luther. Encyc. The Adiaphorists held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical.

A-DI-APH'OR-ITES, n. [See ADIAPHORISTS.]

A-DI-APH'O-ROUS, a.

Indifferent; neutral; a name given by Boyle to a spirit distilled from tartar, and some other vegetable substances, neither acid, nor alkaline, or not possessing the distinct character of any chimical body.

A-DIEU', adv. [adu'; Fr. à Dieu, to God; a compound word, and an elliptical form of speech, for I commend you to God. It is called an adverb, but it has none of the properties of a modifying word.]

Farewell; an expression of kind wishes at the parting of friends.