adjunct 
Learning is but an adjunct to ourself. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 
Discretion in its several adjuncts and circumstances is 
nowhere so useful as to the clergy. Swift. 
2. A person joined to another in gome duty or 
service ; an assistant or subordinate colleague. 
An adjunct of singular experience and trust. 
Sir II. Wvtton. 
In the Royal Academy of Science at Paris, there are 
twelve members called iulju.net* attached to the study of 
some particular science. Buchanan, Diet. Sci. 
3. In metavh., any quality of a thing not per- 
taining to its essence. 4. In gram., a word or 
a number of words added to define, limit, or 
qualify the force of another word or other 
words ; a word or phrase having value ill a sen- 
tence only as dependent on another member 
of the sentence, as an adjective, an adverb, the 
words of a dependent clause, etc. 5. In music, 
a scale or key closely related to another; a 
relative scale or key. External, internal, etc., 
adjunct. See the adjectives. 
adjunction (a-jungk'shon), n. [< L. adjunctio(n-), 
<adjuH(/ere, join: see adjoin.} 1. The act of 
joining; the state of being joined. 2. The 
thing joined. 3. In ciril law, the joining of 
one person's property to that of another per- 
manently, as the building of a house upon an- 
other's land, painting of a picture on another's 
canvas, and the like. Bapelje and Laurence. 
adjunctive (a-jungk'tiv), a. and n. [< L. ad- 
junctivm, that is joined, < adjunctus, pp. : see 
adjunct.] I. a. Joining; having the quality of 
joining. 
II. n. One who or that which is joined. 
adjunctively (a-jungk'tiv-li), adv. In an ad- 
junctive manner; as an adjunct. 
adjunctly (aj'ungkt-li), ado. In connection 
with ; by way of addition or adjunct ; as an 
adjunct. 
ad jura regis (ad jo'ra re'jis). [L., to the 
rights of the king: ad, to; jura, ace. pi. of jus 
(jur-), right; regis, gen. of rex (reg-), king.] 
An old English writ to enforce a presentation 
by the king to a living, against one who sought 
to eject the clerk presented. 
adjuration (aj-6-ra'shon), . [< L. adjuratio(n-), 
< adjurarc : see adjure.'] 1. The act of adjur- 
ing ; a solemn charging on oath, or under the 
penalty of a curse; hence, an earnest appeal 
or question. 
To the adjuration of the high-priest, " Art thou the 
Christ, the son of the blessed God?" our Saviour replies in 
St. Matthew, "Thou hast said." 
Blackball, Sacred ('lassies, II. 163. 
2. A solemn oath. 
To restrain the significance too much, or too much to 
enlarge it, would make the adjuration either not so 
weighty or not so pertinent. 
Milton, Reason of Church Gov., i. 
adjuratory (a-jo'ra-to-ri), a. [< L. adjurato- 
rius, < adjurator, one who adjures, < adjurare : 
see adjure.] Pertaining to or containing adju- 
ration; of the nature of an adjuration: as, an 
adjuratory appeal. 
adjure (a-jor'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. adjured, ppr. 
adjuring. [< ME. ad/uren, < L. adjurare, swear 
to, adjure, < ad, to, + jurare, swear: see jurat. 
Cf. abjure, conjure, and perjure.] 1. To charge, 
bind, or command, earnestly and solemnly, of- 
ten with an appeal to God or the invocation of 
a curse in case of disobedience : hence, to en- 
treat or request earnestly : as, I adjure thee 
by the living God," Mat. xxvi. 63 ; his friend 
adjured him to be careful. 
Joshua adjimd them at that time, saying, Cursed be 
the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this 
city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. 
2. To swear by : as, to adjure the holy name 
of God. [Rare.]=Syn. 1. To conjure, implore, en- 
join, pray, beg, entreat, beseech, supplicate. 
adjurer (a-jor'er), n. One who adjures. 
adjust (a-jusf), v. t. [< F. "adjuster, to ad- 
just, set aptly, couch evenly, joyn handsomly, 
match fitly, dispose orderly, several things to- 
gether" (Cotgrave), now ajuster (= It. aggius- 
tare, aggiostare = Pg. Sp. ajustar), arrange, 
dispose, fit, etc., < ML. adjustare, in form < L. 
ad, to, + Justus, just, but suggested by OF. ajun- 
ter, "ajouster, to add, adjoyn, set or put unto; 
also, increase, augment, eek, also as adjuster " 
(Cotgrave) (> ME. ajusten, adjousten, add, put, 
suggest), F. ajouter (see adjute), lit. put side 
by side, < ML. adjuxtare, put side by side, < L. 
ad, to, +juxta, near, lit. adjoining, from same 
root as jungere, join : see juxtaposition.] 1. To 
fit, as one thing to another; make correspon- 
dent or conformable ; adapt; accommodate : as, 
to adjust things to a standard. 
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Adjust the event to the prediction. 
Addison, Def. of Christ. Relig. 
According to Helmholtz, then, we adjust the eye to near 
objects liy contraction of the ciliary muscle. 
Le Cunte, Sight, p. 44. 
The living body is not only sustained and reproditn-d : 
it adjusts itself to external and internal changes. 
Huxley, Animal Automatism. 
2. To put in order; regulate or reduce to sys- 
tem ; bring to a proper state or position : as, to 
iitljiixt n scheme ; to adjust affairs; "adjusting 
the orthography," Johnson. 
To adiust the focal distance of his optical instruments. 
J. S. Mill, Logic, i. 1. 
3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so 
that parties are agreed in the result: as, to 
adjust accounts. 
Half the differences of the parish are adjusted in this 
very parlour. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer. 
4f. To put forward; suggest. Chaucer. 5f. 
To add. Caxton. = Syn. To suit, arrange, dispose, trim, 
proportion, balance, conform, set right, rectify, reconcile. 
adjustable (a-jus'ta-bl), a. [< adjust + -able.] 
Capable of being adjusted. 
adjustably (a-jus'ta-bli), adv. As regards ad- 
justment ; so as to be capable of adjustment. 
The bed is held adjustably in place by means of screw- 
holts. C. T. Dams, Leather, p. 329. 
adjustaget (a-jus'taj), . Adjustment. Sylves- 
ter. [Kare.] 
adjuster (a-jus'ter), M. A person who adjusts; 
that which regulates. 
adjusting-cone (a-jus'ting-kon), n. An in- 
strument for measuring the distance between 
the axes of the eyes when they are parallel, as 
in looking at a distant object, it consists of two 
hollow cones, each perforated at the apex. Through these 
perforations the person whose eyes are to be measured 
looks at a distant object, and the cones are moved until 
the two fields of vision coincide. The distance between 
the apexes then gives the measurement sought. 
adjusting-screw (a-jus'ting-skro), n. A screw 
by which the adjustable parts of an instrument 
or a machine are moved to required positions. 
It also often serves to hold the parts firmly in 
those positions. 
adjusting-tool (a-jus'ting-tol), n. A tool for 
regulating the snail of a fusee in a timepiece, 
so that its increase of diameter may exactly 
compensate for the decrease of tension of the 
spring as it unwinds from the barrel. 
adjustive(a-jus'tiv),a. [< adjust + -ive.] Tend- 
ing or serving to adjust. 
adjustment (a-just'ment), n. [< adjust + -ment, 
atter F. ajusiement.] 1. The act of adjusting ; 
a making fit or conformable ; the act of adapting 
to a given purpose ; orderly regulation or ar- 
rangement : as, the adjustment of the parts of a 
watch. 
The rest of the apparel required little adjustment. 
Scott, Waverley, xliii. 
2. The state of being adjusted ; a condition of 
adaptation; orderly relation of parts or ele- 
ments. 
Throughout all phases of Life up to the highest, every 
advance is the effecting of some better adjustment of in- 
ner to outer actions. U. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 61. 
3. That which serves to adjust or adapt one 
thing to another or to a particular service : as, 
the adjustments of constitutional government, 
of a microscope, a timepiece, etc. 
The nicest of all the adjustments involved in the working 
of the British Government is that which determines, without 
formally defining, the internal relations of the Cabinet. 
Gladstone, Might of Eight, p. 162. 
4. The act of settling or arranging, as a differ- 
ence or dispute; settlement; arrangement. 
5. In marine insurance, the act of settling and 
ascertaining the amount of indemnity which 
the party insured is entitled to receive under 
the policy after all proper allowances and de- 
ductions have been made, and the settling of 
the proportion of that indemnity which each 
underwriter is liable to bear. =8301. Arrangement, 
regulation, settlement, adaptation, accommodation, dis- 
posal. 
adjuster (a-jus'tpr), n. [< adjust + -or.] In 
anat. and zool., that which adjusts, coaptates, 
or makes to fit together: a name of sundry 
muscles : as, the dorsal and ventral adjustors of 
the shells of brachiopods. See extract, and 
cuts under Lingulidce and Waldheimia. 
The dorsal adjusters are fixed to the ventral surface of 
the peduncle, and are again inserted into the hinge-plate 
in tile smaller valve. The ventral adjutttors are eonsid- 
rivil to pass from the inner extremity of the peduncle and 
to become attached by one pair of their extremities to the 
ventral valve, one on each side of and a little behind tin- 
expanded base of the divaricators. Encyc. Brit., IV". 192. 
adjutage, . Sec //</. 
adjutant-general 
adjutancy (aj'd-tan-si), n. [< adjutan(t) + -oj.] 
1. The office of adjutant. Also called adju- 
tantship. 2f. Assistance. 
It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of 
definition and division. Burke, Appeal to Old Whigs, 
adjutant (aj'o-tant), a. andn. [< L. iitljitlitn(t~)s, 
ppr. of adjutare, aid, assist, freq. ofadjuvare, aid : 
see aid.] I. a. Helping; assistant. KuUol.m- 
(1076). [Bare.] 
II. n. 1. A helper; an assistant; an aid. 
[Rare.] 
A fine violin must ... be the best adjutant to a flue 
voice. ^. Mason, Eng. Church Music, p. 74. 
2. Milit., properly, a regimental staff-officer ap- 
pointed to assist the commanding officer of a 
regiment in the discharge of the details of his 
military duty. The title is also given to officers hav- 
ing similar functions attached to larger or smaller divi- 
sions of troops, to garrisons, and to the War Department 
of the United States government. (See adjutant-general.) 
Adjutants are also assigned, as in the British army, to di- 
visions of artillery. Formerly, in England, called aid-ma- 
jor. Often contracted to atljt. 
3. The adjutant-bird (which see) Post adju- 
tant, a person holding the office of adjutant with refer- 
ence to the organization, of whatever character, of the 
troops stationed at a post, garrison, camp, or cantonment. 
Regimental adjutant, a person holding the office of 
adjutant with reference to a regimental organization, 
whether the regiment is in one place or dispersed at dif- 
ferent stations. 
adjutant-bird (aj'6-tant-berd), n. The name 
given by English residents of Bengal to a very 
large species of stork, common in India, the 
Leptoptilus argala of some naturalists, belong- 
Adjutant-bird (Lrfteptiltis ar?ala}. 
ing to the family Ciconiidte. It is the Ardea dubia 
of Gmelin, the A. araala of Latham, the Cicoma marabou 
of Temminck, and the argala of the native Indians. Great 
confusion has been occasioned by the transference by 
Temminck of the native name, argala, to a related but 
distinct African species. The name marabou has likewise 
been given to both species, since both furnish the orna- 
mental plumes so named in commerce. The African spe- 
cies should be distinguished as the marabou, the Indian 
species being left to bear its native name argala. The 
name adjutant, or adjutant-bird, is a nickname bestowed 
upon the bird from some fancied likeness of its bearing to 
the stiff martinet air of the military functionary known 
as an adjutant. The bird is a gigantic stork, 5 or often (i 
feet high, and its expanded wings measure 14 feet from 
tip to tip. It has an enormous bill, nearly bare head and 
neck, and a sausage-like pouch hanging from the under 
part of the neck. It is one of the most voracious carniv- 
orous birds known, and in India, from its devouring all 
sorts of carrion and noxious animals, is protected by law. 
Also called adjutant-crane, adjutant-stork, and iwuched 
stork. The name is sometimes extended to a related spe- 
cies, L. javanicus, known as the lesser adjutant or adju- 
tant-bird. 
adjutant-crane (aj'6-tant-kran), n. Same as 
adjutant-bird. 
adjutant-general (aj'6-tant-jen'e-ral), n.; pi. 
adjutants-general. 1. Milit., a staff-officer, the 
chief assistant of a commanding general in the 
execution of his military duties, as in issuing 
and executing orders, receiving and registering 
reports, regulating details of the service, etc. 
By law there is but one adjutant-general of the United 
States army. He is a principal officer of the War Depart- 
ment of the United States government, the head of a 
bureau conducting the army correspondence, and having 
charge of the records, of recruiting and enlistment, of the 
issue of commissions, etc. Most of the individual States 
also have adjutants-general, performing similar duties 
with respect to the militia of their several States. The 
adjutant-general is aided by fixKi*tci/tt odjvtaHt+glfUTal. 
In the British service, the adjutant-general of the forces 
is an officer of the full rank of general, having a body of 
