adjutant-general 
assistants at the Horse Guards or headquarters of the 
army in London, and performing the same class of duties 
as those mentioned above. Commonly abbreviated to A. 
0. when appended to a name. 
2. Eccles., a title mistakenly given by transla- 
tors to the assistants of the general of the 
Jesuits. See assistant, 3. 
adjutantship (aj'6-tant-ship), n. Same as ad- 
jutancy, 1. 
adjutant-stork (aj'o-tant-stork), n. Same as 
adjutant-lrird. 
adjutator (aj'6-ta-tor), w. [NL., an assistant, 
<L. adjutare, assist': see adjutant.] An adju- 
tor or helper. See note under agitator, 2. 
[Rare.] 
adjutet (a-jof), * or i. [< F. ajouttr, formerly 
adjouster, add: see adjust."} To add. 
There be 
Six bachelors as told as he, adjuting to his company. 
B. Jonson, Underwoods. 
adjutor (a-j6'tor), n. lli.,<.adjuvare, help: see 
adjutant and aid.] A helper. [Bare ; its com- 
pound coadjutor is in common use.] 
He . . . and such as his adjutors were. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, iv. 10. 
adjutoryt (aj'ij-to-ri), a. [< L. as if *adjutorie, 
helping; cf. ailjiilorium, help: see adjutor.] 
Serving to help or aid. Blount; Bailey. 
adjutrix (a-jo'triks), n. ; pi. adjutrices (a-jo-tri'- 
sez). [L., fern, of adjutor: see adjutor.] A 
female assistant. [Bare.] 
adjuvant (aj'o-vant or a-jo"vant), a. and n. 
|X L. adjuvan(t-)8, ppr. of adjuuare, help: see 
aid.] I. a. Serving to help or assist ; auxiliary ; 
contributory: as, an adjuvant medicine. 
Cause adjuvant worketh not by himself, but is a helper. 
Blundeville. 
But that humidity is only an adjuvant and not even a 
necessary adjuvant cause, is proved by the immunity of 
fruit-eaters in the swampiest regions of the equatorial 
coast-lands. Pop. Sci. Mo., XX. 182. 
II. n. 1. A person or thing aiding or helping ; 
whatever aids or assists. 
Undoubtedly, a flavor smacking of the caucus, the jubi- 
lee, and other adjuvant* of " the cause " is found in some 
of his [Whittier's) polemic strains. 
Stedman, Poeta of America, p. 124. 
Specifically 2. In med., whatever aids in re- 
moving or preventing disease ; especially, a 
substance added to a prescription to aid the 
operation of the principal ingredient. 
allegation (ad-le-ga'shon), n. [< L. adlega- 
tio(n-), later allegatio(n-), a deputing, < adle- 
gare, allegare, depute, conimission, < ad, to, + 
leaare, send with a commission. See allegation, 
tlie same word in another use.] The right of 
ministers of the individual states of the old Ger- 
man empire to be associated with those of the 
emperor in public treaties and negotiations re- 
lating to the common interests of the empire. 
This right was claimed by the states, but dis- 
puted by the emperor. 
ad lib. An abbreviation of ad libitum. 
ad libitum (ad lib'i-tum). [L. : ad = E. at; 
ML. or NL. libitum, L. only in pi. libita, plea- 
sure, ace. iieut. pp. of libet, also spelled lul>ct, it 
pleases, akin to E. /ic/and love : see lief, lore, 
liberal, etc.] At pleasure ; to the extent of one's 
wishes. Specifically, in music, indicating that the time 
and expression of a passage are left to the feeling and taste 
of the performer. In the case of cadenzas and other orna- 
ments, the phrase indicates that the performer may omit 
them or substitute others in their place. An accompani- 
ment is said to be ad libitum when it may be used or 
omitted. Often abbreviated, in speech as well as writing, 
to ad lib. 
adlings, n. See addling 2 , 2. 
adlocution (ad-lo-ku'shpn), n. Same as allocu- 
tion, 1. 
Adlumia (ad-lo'mi-a), n. [NL., named for Ma- 
76 
tory, a delicate climbing herbaceous biennial, 
with panicles of drooping flowers. It is a native 
of the Alleghanies, and is often cultivated. 
admanuensis (ad-man-u-en'sis), n. ; pi. adiiuin- 
uenses (-sez). [ML., < L. ad, to, + manux, hand, 
+ -ensis. Ct. amanuensis.] In old EIUJ. lino, one 
taking a corporal path, that is, by laying the 
hand on the Bible, in distinction from one tak- 
ing the oath in other forms, or affirming. 
admarginate (ad-mar'jin-at), r. t. r< L. ad, to, 
+ martjo (margin-), margin, + -ateS : see ad-, 
margin, and -ate 3 .] To note or write on the 
margin. [Bare.] 
Receive candidly the few hints which I have admargi- 
nated. Coleridge. 
admaxillary (ad-mak'si-la-ri), a. [< L. ad, to, 
+ maxilla, jaw, after E. maxillary.] In anat., 
connected with the jaw. 
admeasure (ad-mezh'ur), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
admeasured, ppr. admeasuring. [< ME. amesu- 
ren, < OF. ametturer, admesurer, < ML. admensu- 
rare, measure, < L. ad, to, + LL. mensurare, mea- 
sure ; cf. L. admetiri, measure out to, < ad, to, 
+ metiri, the ult. L. source of measure : see ad- 
and measure, r.] 1. To ascertain the dimen- 
sions, size, or capacity of ; measure. 
The identification of the reasoner's intellect with that 
of his opponent depends, if I understand you aright, upon 
the accuracy with which the opponent's intellect is ori- 
measured. Poe, Tales, I. 272. 
2. In law, to survey and lay off a due portion to, 
as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in 
common. This was formerly done by writ of 
admeasurement, directed to the sheriff. 
Upon this suit all the commoners shall be admeasurfil. 
Blackstone, Com., iii. 16. 
admeasurement (ad-mezh'ur-ment), n. [<OF. 
amesurement, admesurement : see admeasure and 
-ment.] 1. The process of measuring ; the as- 
certainment of tie numerical amount of any 
quantity. 2. The numerical amount or mea- 
sure of anything, whether a number, the dimen- 
sions of a solid, the bulk of a fluid, mass, dura- 
tion, or degree. 3. In tar, ascertainment and 
assignment of the due proportion : as, admea- 
surement of damages, or of dower in an estate ; 
admeasurement of the right of an individual in 
a common pasture. 
Sometimes called ad mensuration. 
admeasurer (ad-mezh'iir-er), n. One who ad- 
measures. 
admedian (ad-me'di-an), a. [< L. ad, to, + ie- 
dius, middle : see ad- and median.] In eoncli., 
a synonym of lateral, as applied to the series 
of teeth of the radula, these being rachidian or 
median, lateral or admedian, and unciual. 
For "lateral" Professor Lankester substitutes the term 
admedian. W. II. Dall, Science, IV. 143. 
admensuration (ad-men-su-ra'shon), n. [< ML. 
admensuratio(n-), < admensurare: see admea- 
sure.] Same as admeasurement. [Bare.] 
Admetacea (ad-me-ta'se-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Admete + -acea.] A family name used by some 
naturalists for the Admetida! (which see). 
Admete (ad-me'te), n. [NL., < Or. a6u?rrof, 
fern. aS/itfrr/, untamed, unbroken, poet, form of 
a6d/tarof = E. untamed. Cf. adamant.] The typ- 
ical genus of gastropods of the family Adme- 
'rrhosa ; single leaf and panicle. 
jor Adlum.] A genus of American plants of 
a single species, A. cirrhosa, the climbing fumi- 
A. flridula is a small whitish species, half an inch 
long, found on the Atlantic coast of North America from 
Cape Cod northward. 
admetid (ad-me'tid), n. A gastropod of the 
family Admetida:. 
Admetidae (ad-met'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Admete 
+ -idai.] A family of toxoglossate pectinibran- 
chiate gastropods, typified by the genus Admete. 
The family is closely related to the Cancetlariidce, but the 
species affect colder waters. Admete viridida is a com- 
mon northern form. The members of this family have a 
rounded head, filiform tentacles, eyes on minute tuber- 
cles external to the tentacles, and a characteristic den- 
tition of the odontophore ; the shell has an ovate aper- 
ture, with an obliquely truncated plicate columella and 
a trenchant outer lip. 
adminicle (ad-min'i-kl), n. [<L. adminiculum, 
help, support, prop, lit. that on which the hand 
may rest, < ad, to, + mantis, hand, + double 
dim. suffix -culum.] 1. That which gives aid 
or support ; an auxiliary. [Rare.] 
The senate of five hundred . . . was a permanent ad- 
junct and adminicle of the puhlic assembly. 
Qrotf, Greece, III. 99. 
2. In late, supporting or corroboratory proof. 
Specifically, in Scot* and French late, whatever aids in 
proving the tenor of a lost deed ; any deed or scroll which 
tends to establish the existence of the deed in question, 
or to make known its terms. 
3. In med., any aid to the action of a remedy. 
4. pi. In en torn. See adminiculum, 2. 
adminicula, . Plural of adminiculuui . 
administer 
adminicular. adminiculary (ad-mi-nik'u-lar, 
-la-ri), a. [\L. adminiculum, help: see admini- 
cle.] Supplying help ; helpful; corroborative. 
The humanity of Christ is not set before us in the New 
Testament as sustaining merely u conditional in 1 ii'lm'n/'-- 
ular relation to a work whose intrinsic and essential value 
cuim-s from another source. Prog. Orthodoxy, p. 20. 
The several structural arrangements adminicular to the 
integrity of the whole are thus co-ordinated. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol. 
Adminicular evidence, in law, explanatory or complet- 
ing evidence. 
adminiculate (ad-mi-nik'u-lat), v. i. or t. [< L. 
ititiniiiiriilatus, pp. of adminiculare, help, prop, 
(ailminiculum: see adminicle.] To give admi- 
nicular evidence ; testify in corroboration of. 
[Bare.] 
adminiculatort (ad-mi-nik'u-la-tor), n. [L., < 
adminiculare: see adminiculate.] An assistant; 
specifically, an advocate for the poor. 
adminiculum (ad-mi-nik'u-lum), n. ; pi. admi- 
nii-iilii (-la). [L., a prop: see adminicle.] 1. 
An aid or'help ; an adminicle. 
Of other aitminictttn, or aids to induction, only the titles 
are given by Bacon, and it would be hazardous to conjec- 
ture as to their significance. 
R. Adamaon, Eucyc. Brit., XIV. 792. 
2. pi. In entom., Kirby's name for the short 
spines on the abdominal segments of certain 
insects, pupae or grubs, whereby they make their 
way through any substance in which they bur- 
row. Also called adminicles. N. E. D. 
administer (ad-min'is-ter), v. [< ME. admyn- 
istren, amynistren, < OF. aministrcr, administrer, 
mod. F. administrer, < L. administrare, manage, 
execute (cf. administer, an attendant), < ad, to, 
-t- ministrare, attend, serve, < minister, servant : 
see minister.] I. trans. 1. To manage or con- 
duct as minister, chief agent, or steward ; super- 
intend the management or execution of ; control 
or regulate in behalf of others : as, to adminis- 
ter the laws or the government, or a depart- 
ment of government ; to administer a charitable 
trust, the affairs of a corporation, or the estate 
of a bankrupt. 
For forms of government let fools contest, 
Whate'er is best adminitter'd is best. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iil. 304. 
Brawn without brain is thine : my prudent care 
Foresees, provides, administer* the war. 
Dryden, Ajax and Ulysses, 1. 554. 
2. To afford ; supply ; dispense ; bring into use 
or operation, especially in the execution of a 
magisterial or sacerdotal office : as, to adminis- 
ter relief ; to administer justice. 
Have they not the old popish custom of administeriny 
the blessed sacrament of the holy eucharist with wafer 
cakes ? Hooker. 
Let zephyrs bland 
Admintxter their tepid genial ail's. J. Philipn. 
3. To give or apply ; make application of : as, 
to administer medicine, punishment, counsel, 
etc. 
Close by was a heap of stout osier rods, such as [are] used 
in adminiitering the bastinado. O'Donovan, Slerv, xiii. 
4. To tender or impose, as an oath. 
Swear by the duty that you owe to Heaven . . . 
To keep the oath that we administer. 
Shalt., Rich. II., I. 3. 
5. In law, to manage or dispose of, as the 
estate of a deceased person, in the capacity 
either of executor or administrator. See ad- 
ministration, 9. =Syn. 1. To control, preside over. 2 
and 3. Administer, Minister, distribute, give out, deal out. 
In the sense of supplying, dispensing, minuter is now used 
principally of things spiritual : as, to mininter comfort, con- 
solation, or relief ; while administer is used of things both 
spiritual and material : as, to administer food, medicine, 
reproof, justice. 
He asserted that ... a noxious drug had been admin- 
isten'd to him in a dish of porridge. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xv. 
The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister 
is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the 
vegetable. Emerson, Nature. 
II. intrunn. 1. To contribute assistance; 
bring aid or supplies ; add something : with 
to : as, to administer to the necessities of the 
poor. 
There is a fountain rising in the upper part of my gar- 
den, which . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the 
plenty of the place. Spectator, No. 447. 
2. To perform the office of administrator: with 
upon : as, A administers upon the estate of B. 
=Svn. Administer to, Minister to. Minister to is now pref- 
erable to administer to in such connections as to minister 
ti> one's needs, to minister to the necessities of the poor, to 
niinistfrto the pleasure of the assembly. Administerto in 
such connections is archaic. 
administer! (ad-min'is-ter), n. [L. : see the 
verb.] One who administers; a minister or an 
administrator. 
Von have shewed yourself a good administer of the 
revenue. Bacon, Speech to Sir J. Denham. 
