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ton; on the lofty by Dry den; on the firft, by Rofcommon. 
Adting in contrary diredtions; as, two bodies in collifion. 
Figuratively, contrary to the with or defire; thence, ca¬ 
lamitous; afflictive; pernicious. It-isoppofed to profper- 
ous. Perfonally opponent; the. perfon .that counteracts 
another, or contents, any thing. 
ADVERSITY,/ [adverfte, Fr.] Affliction; calamity;,, 
that is, oppofition to. our wiflies. The caufe of our for- 
row; affliCtiop; misfortune. In this, fenfe it may have a 
plural. The ftate.of uohappinefs.; miiferyh 
Sweet are the ufes of hdverfity. 
Which like the toad, ugly'and venomous; 
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. Shakefpeare; • 
ADVERSELY, adv. In an.adverfe manner; oppofite- 
Ly; unfortunately. 
To ADVERT, v. n. [advcrto, Lat.] -To attend to; to 
regard; toobferve; with the particle to before the objeCt 
of regard.—The' mind of man being .not capable at once 
to advert to more than one thing, a particular ,view and. 
examination ■ of fuch an innumerable number of. vail bo¬ 
dies will afford matter of admiration. Ray .—We fome-; 
times-fay, To advert the mind to an object, 
.ADVERTENCE, /. Attention,to; regard to.; confir 
deration. ... . .. , . .. 
ADVERTENCY* /-The fame with .Advertence., 
Attention; regard; heedfulpefs. . 
ADVERTENT, adj. Attentive; vigilant; heedful.-n-. 
This requires choice- parts, great attention.of mind, fe-. 
queftrafipn from the importunity of fecular employments,, 
and a, long advertent and- deliberate connexing of confe-, 
quents.. Hale. 
To ADVERTISE,.!/, a. [ advertir , Fr. It is.now fpoken, 
with the. papent. upon thedaft fyllable; but. appears to have, 
been anciently accented on the fecond.] To, inform ano 7 . 
ther; to give intelligence; -with an.accufative of the per¬ 
fon informed. To inform; to give notice; with (/before 
the fubjedt of- information.. Togive notice, of any thing 
by means of an advertifement in the public prints ; as,. 
He advertifed his lofs. ■ 
ADVERTISEMENT, / [advertijfcment^ IT.] Inftruc- 
tion; admonition. Intelligence ; information. Notice of 
any thing publifhed in a paper of intelligence. 
ADVERTISER, f [-advertifeur^ Fr. ] He that gives in¬ 
telligence or information. The paper in which.advertife- 
ments are publifhed, 
ADVERTISING, part. adj. Adtive in giving intelli¬ 
gence; monitory: a word fcarcely now in ufe. 
To ADVESPERATE, y. n. -[ advefpero, Lat.] To draw, 
towards evening. 
ADVICE, / [avis, advis, Fr. from advifo, low Lat.] 
Counfel; inftrudtion: except that.inftrudtion implies, fu- 
periority, and advice may.be given : b.y equals of inferiors.! 
O troubled, weak,'and coward, as'thou-art ! ' 
Without thy poor advice, the faffing-heart • ’ : 
To worfe extremes with'fwifter fteps would run; 
Not fav’d by virtue, yet by vice undone. Prior. 
Reflections; prudent confideration: as, He-always aCis 
with gooi ^..adyioq. , Confultation; deliberation: with-.the 
particle with .—Great princes, taking advice with wor-kmep, 
with no lefs coft, fet their things together. Bflcon. —Intel¬ 
ligence: as, The merchants received advice- of their lofs.- 
This fenfe is fomewhat low, and chiefly commercial. , 
Advice-boat,/. A vefle-1'. employed to;bring,intelli¬ 
gence. . . . 
ADVISABLE, adj. Prudent; fit tosbeadvifed.—Some, 
judge it advifable for a man.to aecount-with his heart eve¬ 
ry day; and this, no doubt,-is the belt and fuyefl, courfe,; 
for frill the oftener, the better. South.: : 
ADVISABLENESS,/. The quality of beingadvife- 
able.or.fit; fitnefs; propriety.. 
To ADVISE; y. a.-[advifer, Fr.] Tocounfei: with the 
particie to before-the. thing-advifed.-r-I -would advife all 
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gentlemen to learn pierchants’ accounts, and not to think it 
a .-Ik ill that belongs not to them. Locke .—To give in forma-' 
tion; to inform; to make acquainted with any thing: of¬ 
ten w'ith .the particle of before the thing told. 
, 7 b Ad.vise, v. n. To confult: with the particle with 
before the perfon confulted; as, He advijed with hits com¬ 
panions. Toconfider; to deliberate. 
ADVISED, part. adj. Acting with deliberation and 
delign; prudent; wife. Perforiried-' with deliberation;' 
done on purpofe; adted with defign: 
’ • Th’Almighty Father, where he fits 
Shrin’d in his fandtuary of heav’n fecure, 
Confulting on the fuyn of things forefeen, 
This tumult, and permitted all, advis'd. Milton'. 
ADVISEDLY, adv. Soberly; heedfully; deliberately; 
purpofely; by defign;. prudently.—This, book, advifcdlyo 
read and diligently followed but one year at home, would 
(jo more good than three years travel abroad. Afcham. 
ADVISEDNESS, / Deliberation; cool and prudent 
, procedure.—While things are in agitation, private men 
may modeftly- tender their thoughts to the confideration of* 
tliofe that are in authority; to whofe care it belongeth, in 
preferibing.concerning indifferent things, to proceed with 
all juft advifednefs and moderation. Sounderfon. 
ADVISEMENT,/. [advifement, Fr.] Counfel; infor¬ 
mation. It is taken likewife, in old writers, forprudence 
and circumfpedtion. It is now, in both fenfes, antiquated. 
AD VISER, f. The perfon that adyifes, or gives couri¬ 
fe 1 ; a counfellor. . , 
• ADULA, anciently a mountain in .Rhcetia, or the coun¬ 
try of the Grifons, part of the' Alps, in which are the- 
fountains of the Rhine; now St. Godhardsf 
ADULATION, /. [ 'adulation , Fr. adulatio, Lat.] Flat-' 
tery; high compliment. 
ADULATOR, f. [adulator^ Lat.] A flatterer. 
ADULATORY, adj. [adulator iusy%. at.] Flattering; 
full of compliments. . 
ADULE, Or Adulis, anciently a town of Egypt, built 
by fugitive Haves, diftant from its port on the Red Sea 
twenty ftadia. Pliny calls the inhabitants Adulitae. 
ADULT, adj. [adultus, Lat.] Grown up ; paft the age 
of infancy and weaknefs. 
Adult, f. A perfon above the age of infancy, or'grown 
to fome degree of ftrength; fometimes full-grOwn: a word 
ufed chiqfly by medicinal writers.—-The depreflionof the 
cranium, without a fradture, can but feldom occur; and 
then it happens to children, whofe bones are more pliable 
and foft than thofe of adults. Sharp. 
ADUI.TNESS,/. The ftate of being adult. 
. To ADULTER, v. a. [adulterer, Fr. adultcro, Lat.] To 
commit adultery with another: a w-ord pot claffical. 
ADULTERANT, f. [ adulterans, Lat.]. The perfon or 
thing which adulterates. 
To ADULTERATE, v.a. [adulterer, Fr. adultcro, Lat. ] 
To commit.adoltqry. To corrupt by fome foreign admix¬ 
ture; to contaminate.—The prefent war has fo adulterated 
pur tongue with, ftrange words, that it would be impofli- 
ble for one of our great-grandfathers to know what his 
pofterity have been doing. SpeELator. 
Adulterate, adj. Tainted with the guilt of adulte- ' 
ry. Corrupted -witb.fome foreign mixture. 
„ ADULTERATENE,SS,/.. The quality or Hate of be- ' 
irig adulterate, or counterfeit. 
ADULTERATION,./. The act of adulterating . of 
corrupting by foreign.mixture; contamination. 1 he Hate 
of being adulterated, or contaminated* 
, We haye law’s againft the adulteration.of coffee, tea, to¬ 
bacco, fnuff, wine, beer, bread, .wax, hair-powder, &c. 
Adulteration of Coin,, properly imports the mat 
. king or carting of a wrong .metal, or .with too bafe or too 
much.alloy. Adulterations of coins are effedted divers 
ways; as, by forging another ftam.p or infeription; by 
.mixing impure metals with the gold or filver: molt pro'- 
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