ad captandum 
ad captandum (ad kap-tau'dum). [L. : ad, to, 
for; f<ii>liiiidiiiii, gerund of capture, catch, seize, 
< caperc, take : see captive.] For the purpose 
of catching, as in the phrase ad capt</n<l/nn //- 
gug, to catch the rabble : often applied adjec- 
tively to claptrap or meretricious attempts to 
catch popular favor or applause: as, ml <'/ilmi- 
diun oratory. 
adcorporatet (ad-kor'po-rat), v. t. [See accor- 
porate.] To imite, as one body with another; 
accorporate. 
add (ad), v. [< ME. adden, < L. addere, < ad, 
to, T -dere for "dare, put, place : see do.] I. 
trans. 1. To join or unite into one sum or ag- 
gregate. Specifically, in math., to find the measure of 
the sum of two or more quantities, or a combination of 
them into which each enters with its full effect and inde- 
pendently of the others, so that an increase of any one of 
the added quantities produces an equal increase of the 
sum : used with together or up : as, to ndd numbers to- 
,1,'tlifi- ; to add or add up a column of figures. 
2. To unite, join, attach, annex, or subjoin as 
an augmentation or accretion ; bring into cor- 
porate union or relation: with to before the 
subject of addition, and sometimes without an 
expressed object when this is implied by the 
subject: as, add another stone, or another 
stone to the pile ; he continually added [goods 
or possessions] to his store ; to add to one's 
grief. 
Ye shall not add [anything] unto the word which I com- 
mand you. Deut. iv. 2. 
And, to add greater honours to his age 
Than man could give him, he died fearing God. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iv. 2. 
[I] add thy name, 
sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 36. 
They added ridge to valley, brook to pond, 
And sighed for all that bounded their domain. 
Emerson, Hamatreya. 
3f. To put into the possession of; give or 
grant additionally, as to a person. 
The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24. 
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they 
add to thee. Prov. iii. 2. 
Added money, in sporting, money added by a jockey 
club to sweepstakes. Added sixth, in music. See 
sixth. Add in, to include. Add up, to find the sum 
of. = Syn, Add, Attach, Affix, Annex, adduce, adjoin. 
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native name of a species of African antelope, 
a ruminant, hoofed, artiodactyl quadruped, of 
the subfamily Antilopinte, family Honda:; the 
Antiliipc. addax of Lichtenstein, Oryx addax of 
some, Oryx nasomaculatits of others, now Add/i.r 
ii/iKiiniiicithitus: the word addax thus becoming 
technically a generic name, after having been 
a technical specific term, as well as originally 
a vernacular appellation. The addax is about 6 
feet long, and about 3 feet high at the shoulder ; stout in 
the body, like the ass ; and with horns 3 or 4 feet long, 
slender, ringed, spirally twisted into two or three turns, 
Addax of Eastern Africa (A. nasomaculattts). 
and present in both sexes. The ears and tail are long, the ^ 
latter terminated by a switch of hair; there are tufts of X.-V 
hair upon the throat, forehead, and tear-bag; the hoofs adder-gem 
, , 
are large and semicircular, adapted for treading upon the 
addicent 
of about 2 feet, of which the tail constitutes one eighth ; 
the head is oval, with a blunt snout; the color varies 
from brown or olive to brownish-yellow, variegated with 
a row of large confluent rhombic spots along the middle 
line of the back, and a rnw of small black or blackish spots 
on each side. Though the adder is venomous, its bite is 
not certainly known to be fatal. 
2. A name loosely applied to various snakes 
more or less resembling the viper, Pelias berus : 
as (a) By the translators of the authorized version of the 
Bible, to several different species of venomous serpents. (6) 
By the translators of Haeckel, to the suborder Aglypho- 
donta. (c) By the translators of Olivier, to the Linnean ge- 
nus Coluber in a large sense, (d) In the United States, to 
various spotted serpents, venomous or harmless, as species 
of Toxicophis, Ileterodon, etc. 
3. The sea-stickleback or adder-fish. See ad- 
der-fish. 
adder 2 (ad'er), . [< add + -er 1 .] 1. One who 
adds. 2. An instrument for performing addi- 
tion. 
adder-bead (ad'er-bed), . [< adder 1 + bead.] 
Same as adder-stone. 
adder-bolt (ad'er-bolt), n. [< adder 1 + bolt 1 , 
from the shape of the body.] The dragon-fly. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
adder-fish (ad'er-fish), n. l< adder 1 + fish 1 .] 
The sea-stickleback, Spinachia vulgaris, a fish 
of the family Gasterosteida;, distinguished by 
an elongated form and the development of 
numerous dorsal spines. Also called adder and 
sea-adder. 
adder-fly (ad' er-fli), H. [< adder 1 + fly 2 .] A 
name in Great Britain of the dragon-fly. Also 
called adder-bolt and flying adder. See dragon- 
[< adder 1 + gem.'] 
,'er-jem), 
Same as adder-stone. 
shifting sands of the desert. The general color of the ani- adder-grass (ad'er-gras), n. [< adder 1 + grass.] 
mal is whitish, with a reddish-brown _head I and neck, black A name uged ^ the gouth of s cot l a nd for Or- 
nasomaculatus. "fhe'addax is'related to the oryx, but is chis maculata. 
generically as well as specifically distinct. The identity adder-pike (ad'er-pik), n. [< adder 1 + pike>-.] 
of this animal with that mentioned by Pliny (see etymol- Alocal English name of the fish commonly called 
wwn to Oesner, was overlooked the legger weever> Trachinus vipera. Also called 
See weever. 
pell, Hemprich, and Ehrenberg, who found the animal otter-pike, 
known to the natives under a name like that ascribed to adder S-fern (ad'erz-fern), n. 
the strepsiceros by Pliny. polypody, Polypodium vulgare. 
2. [cap.] A genus of antelopes of the subfam- 
ily Oryginw, of which the addax, A. nasomacu- 
latus, is the only species. 
III. = Syll 4AO. -AllaCIl, AflUC, Jlnne*, ituuucc, UUJU1U. , , _ ^ rr, A. J* A JJ 4J-* JJ 4t rl 
The first four words agree in denoting the increasing of a addebtedt, a. [Sc. ; at first addetM, aaaettea, 
thing by something additional. Add is the most general f or earlier endetted : see indebted.] Indebted. 
The common 
'erz-flou"er), n. The red cam- 
pion, Lychnis diurna. 
A name some- 
adder's-meat (ad'erz-met), n. ** uumu D ^^^- 
times given (a) to the English wake-robin, 
o -.. j= .. -.,. -- - . _. Arum -maculatum (see cut under Arum), and (6) 
t Sine,' t thrf J omSn a of 1 a' wCeTThich the pS addecimatet (a-des'i-mat), v. t. [< L. added- f o a cMckweed, Stellaria Solostea. 
lose their individuality : as, to add water to a decoc- matus, pp. of addecimare, < ad, to, + decimare, a dder's-mouth (ad'erz-mouth), n. A delicate 
tion; to odd one sum to another. This idea is not ex- take the tenth: see decimate.] To take or as- opghid Microstylis ophioglossoides, found in cool 
pressed by any of the others. Attach (as also affix and certain the tithe or tenth part of ; tithe ; deci- , . _ j_ _'-KT__ii- : tti, ~ ,_ 
annex) denotes a more external combination ; it im- 
damp woods in North America, with a raceme 
plies the possibility of detaching that which is attached: '"' ^" v ^"',\ , , ( ,, + aeev rf ,, of minute greenish flowers, and a single leaf 
as, to aMacA a locomotive to a train. Hence we do not at- addeemt (a-<lem ), v. t. [<. aa- -t- aeem. ci. aa- snape( j somewhat like the head of a snake. 
tach, but add, one fluid to another. It generally retains its doom.] 1. To award ; adjudge; sentence. adder-spit (ad'er-spit), n. [< adder 1 + Sj "' 
Unto him they did addeeme the prise. ^ name of the common " 
Spenser, F. Q V. iii. 15. adder . s _ spear (ad <erz-sper) 
2. To deem ; judge ; esteem ; account. tongue. 
She scorns to be addeemed so worthless-base. 
Daniel, Civil Wars. 
original notion of a strong connection, physical, moral, or 
other : as, to attach a condition to a gift, a tag to a lace, 
or one person to another. Affix may be used either of that 
which is essential to the value or completeness of the 
whole, or of something that is wholly extrinsic or unre- 
lated : as, to affix a signature or seal to an instrument ; 
to affix a notice to a post. To annex sometimes brings 
the parts into vital relation: as, to annex territory, a codi- addendum (a-den'dum), n. ; pi. addenda 
cil to a will, or a penalty to a prohibition. 
Care to our coffin adda a nail, no doubt. 
Dr. John W.olcot, Expost. Odes, xv. 
Their names cling to those of the greater persons to 
whom some chance association attached them. 
Mrs. Oliphant, Lit. Hist, of 19th Cent., III. 160. 
A name of the common brake, Pteris aquilina. 
n. Sameasflrfofer's- 
adder-Stone (ad'er-ston), n. [< adder 1 + stone.] 
The name given in different parts of Great 
v .-.. . ... Britain to certain rounded perforated stones or 
[L., gerund of addere, add: see add.] A thing g i asg beads found occasionally, and popularly 
to be added; an addition; an appendix to a supposed to have a supernatural efficacy in 
work. Addendum-circle (of a gear), in mach., a circle curing the bites of adders. They are believed by 
which touches the points of the teeth. Addendum of a 
tooth, in mach., that part of the tooth of a gear which lies 
between the pitch-circle and the point. 
In affixiiighia name, an attesting witness is regarded as adder 1 (ad'er), n. [< ME. adder, addere, addre, 
edder, eddre, etc., forms interchanging with the 
more correct nadder, naddere, naddre, nadre, 
neddere, neddre, etc. (through confusion of a 
nadder with an adder; cf. apron, auger, orange, 
umpire, which have lost their initial n in the 
same way), < AS. ncedre, naiddre = OS. nadra = 
D. adder = OHG. natara, natra, MHG. natere, 
water, G. natter = Icel. nathra, t., nathr, m., = 
Goth. nadrs = Ir. nathair = "W. neidr,& snake, a 
The Ii. natrix, a water-snake, is a dif- 
certifying the capacity of the testator. Am.Cyc., XIV. 24. 
Since the French nation has been formed, men have 
proposed to annex this or that land on the ground that its 
people spoke the French tongue. 
E. A. Freeman, Race and Language, p. 111. 
II. intrans. 1. To be or serve as an addition; 
be added: with to: as, the consciousness of 
folly often adds to one's regret. [Really tran- 
sitive in this use, with the object implied or 
understood. See I., 2.] 2. To perform the 
,_.-. .,-,--.. 1 species of 
Egyptian lizard, Scincus officinalis ; the skink. 
It is called "officinal" on account of the repute in which 
it has been held by Eastern physicians for its alleged effi- 
cacy in the cure of elephantiasis, leprosy, and certain 
other diseases common in the East. See skink and Stincux. 
arclueologists to have been anciently used as spindle- 
whorls, that is, small fly-wheels intended to keep up the 
rotary motion of the spindle. Some stones or beads of this 
or a similar kind were by one superstitious tradition said 
to have been produced by a number of adders putting 
their heads together and hissing till the foam became con- 
solidated into beads, supposed to be powerful charms 
against disease. Also called ovum anguinum, serpent- 
stone, adder-bead, adder-gem, and in Wales glain-neidr and 
druidical bead. The last name is given upon the supposi- 
tion that these objects were used as charms or amulets by 
the Druids. 
And the potent adder-stone, 
Gender'd 'fore the autumnal moon, 
When in undulating twine 
The foaming snakes prolific join. 
W. Mason, Caractacus. 
adder's-tongue (ad'.rz-tung), . The fern 
son, q. v.] 
cacy in the cure of elephantiasis, leprosy, and certain common venomous serpent of Europe (and the _j Ten |J> ne 1,1.,'nt Fnithronium Americanum. 
other diseases common in the East. Seexkink '.\in\Scirtaut, nrilv n^ianTinns "Rriti^Vi rpntilp^ bploncrinff to .. - i j.\ mV AJ.I 
WJ^;^ ^te -& b rw ^ y f= ao ^^t.^MC S2S^tt ( ^^^^a^S^ 
A measure used in India, equal to 8 pints. 
McKlrath, Com. Diet. 
addability (ad-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< addable : see 
-biliti/.] The quality of being addable. Also 
written addibility. 
addable (ad' a-bl), a. [< add + -able.] Capable 
of being added. Also written addible. 
addax (ad'aks), n. [L., in ace. addacem, occur- 
ring in Pliny, who treats of the animal under 
the name of strepsiceros, i. e., the twisted-horn ; 
a north African name, still used, it is said, in 
the forms addas, and alias, akesh.] 1. The 
>,, *--. snake-plantain, Goodyera p'ubescens, alow orchid 
glypha, of the order Ophi Ita. it grows to a length of No h America) ^h conspicuously white- 
veined leaves. 
adder's-wort (ad'erz-wert), n. Snakeweed, Po- 
lygonum Bistorta: so named from its writhed 
roots. Also called bistort, for the same reason, 
addibility (ad-i-bil'i-ti), n. See addability. 
addible (ad'i-bl), a." See addable. 
addicet (ad'is), . An obsolete form of <L~. 
-,~r addicent (ad'i-sent), n. [<L. addice>i(t-)s, ppr. 
of addicere : see addict, v.] One who authon- 
Adder. or viper ( p t ,,s .. tatively transfers a thing to another. N. E. D. 
