1. The act of paying honors to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a God. NWAD ADORATION.2
Adoration consists in external homage, accompanied with the highest reverence. It is used for the act of praying, or preferring requests or thanksgiving, to the Supreme Being. NWAD ADORATION.3
2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound reverence. NWAD ADORATION.4
Adoration, among the Jews, as performed by bowing, kneeling and prostration. Among the Romans, the devotee, with his head uncovered, applied his right hand to his lips, bowing and turning himself from left to right. The Persians fell on the face, striking the forehead against the earth, and kissing the ground. The adoration paid to the Grecian and Roman emperors, consisted in bowing and kneeling at the feet of the prince, laying hold of his robe, then withdrawing the hand and clapping it to the lips. In modern times, adoration is paid to the pope by kissing his feet, and to princes, by kneeling and kissing the hand. This word was used by the Romans for acclamation or great applause, given to public performer; and the election of a pope is sometimes by adoration, that is, by sudden acclamation without scrutiny. NWAD ADORATION.5
1. To worship with profound reverence; to address with exalted thoughts, by prayer and thanksgiving; to pay divine honors to; to honor as a god or as divine. NWAD ADORE.2
2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem, affection and respect; as, the people adore their prince. NWAD ADORE.3
1. To deck or decorate; to make beautiful; to add to beauty by dress; to deck with external ornaments. NWAD ADORN.2
A bride adorneth, herself with jewels. Isaiah 61:10. NWAD ADORN.3
To set off to advantage; to add ornaments to; to embellish by any thing external or adventitious; as, to adorn a speech by appropriate action, sentiments with elegance of language, or a gallery with pictures. NWAD ADORN.4
3. To make pleasing, or more pleasing; as, great abilities adorned by virtue or affability. NWAD ADORN.5
4. To display the beauty or excellence of; as, to adorn the doctrine of God. Titus 2:10. NWAD ADORN.6
The impregnation of plants by the falling of the farina on the pistils. NWAD ADOSCULATION.2
Adosculation is also defined to be the inserting of one part of a plant into another. NWAD ADOSCULATION.3
In heraldry, denoting two figures or bearings place back to back. NWAD ADOSSED.2
Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from Venice, the Venetian Gulf. NWAD ADRIATIC.2
Literally, driven; floating; floating at random; impelled or moving without direction. As an adjective, it always follows its noun; as, the boat was adrift. NWAD ADRIFT.2
A species of adoption in ancient Rome, by which a person, capable of choosing for himself, was admitted into the relation of a son. So called from the questions put to the parties. NWAD ADROGATION.2
Dextrous; skillful; active in the use of the hands, and figuratively, in the exercise of the mental faculties; ingenious; ready in invention or execution. NWAD ADROIT.2
Thirsty, in want of drink. [This adjective always follows the noun.] NWAD ADRY.2
Added; taken as supplemental; additional; not requisite. NWAD ADSCITITIOUS.2
A binding fast. Among physicians, the rigidity of a part of the body, occasioning a retention of usual evacuations; costiveness; a closeness of the emunctories; also the styptic effects of medicines. NWAD ADSCITITIOUS.4
A mineral deemed the most perfect variety of felspar; its color white, or with a tinge of green, yellow, or red. NWAD ADULARIA.2
Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited; high compliment. NWAD ADULATION.2
Having arrived at mature years, or to full size and strength; as an adult person or plant. NWAD ADULT.2
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of baser materials; as, to adulterate liquors, or the coin of a country. NWAD ADULTERATE.2
The adulteration of liquors, of drugs, and even of bread and beer, is common, but a scandalous crime. NWAD ADULTERATION.2
1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. [See Adultery.] NWAD ADULTERER.2
2. In scripture, an idolator. Ezekiel 23:37. NWAD ADULTERER.3
3. An apostate from the true faith, or one who violates his covenant engagements; a very wicked person. Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 23:10. NWAD ADULTERER.4
4. One devoted to earthly things. James 4:4. NWAD ADULTERER.5
1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery. NWAD ADULTEROUS.2
2. In scripture, idolatrous, very wicked. Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:4; Mark 8:38. NWAD ADULTEROUS.3
1. Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious offspring. NWAD ADULTERY.2
By the laws of Connecticut, the sexual intercourse of any man, with a married woman, is the crime of adultery in both: such intercourse of a married man, with an unmarried woman, is fornication in both, and adultery of the man, within the meaning of the law respecting divorce; but not a felonious adultery in either, or the crime of adultery at common law, or by statute. This latter offense is, in England, proceeded with only in the ecclesiastical courts. NWAD ADULTERY.3
In common usage, adultery means the unfaithfulness of any married person to the marriage bed. In England, Parliament grant absolute divorces for infidelity to the marriage bed in either party; and the spiritual courts divorce a mensa et thoro. NWAD ADULTERY.4
2. In a scriptural sense, all manner of lewdness or unchastity, as in the seventh commandment. NWAD ADULTERY.5
3. In scripture, idolatry, or apostasy from the true God. Jeremiah 3:8, 9. NWAD ADULTERY.6
4. In old laws, the fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. NWAD ADULTERY.7
5. In ecclesiastical affairs, the intrusion of a person into a bishopric, during the life of the bishop. NWAD ADULTERY.8
6. Among ancient naturalists, the grafting of trees was called adultery, being considered as an unnatural union. NWAD ADULTERY.9
To give a faint shadow, or slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like a shadow. NWAD ADUMBRATE.2
1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance. NWAD ADUMBRATION.2
2. A faint sketch; an imperfect representation of a thing. NWAD ADUMBRATION.3
3. In heraldry, the shadow only of a figure, outlined, and painted of a color darker than the field. NWAD ADUMBRATION.4
The state of being united; union. [Not used.] NWAD ADUNATION.2
Hookedness; a bending in form of a hook. NWAD ADUNCITY.2
Hooked; bent or made in the form of a hook. NWAD ADUNCOUS.2
To burn up. [Not used.] NWAD ADURE.2
Burnt; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery. NWAD ADUST.2
1. To bring forward; to move further in front. Hence, NWAD ADVANCE.2
2. To promote; to raise to a higher rank; as, to advance one from the bar to the bench. NWAD ADVANCE.3
3. To improve or make better, which is considered as a progression or moving forward; as, to advance one’s true interests. NWAD ADVANCE.4
4. To forward; to accelerate growth; as, to advance the growth of plants. NWAD ADVANCE.5
5. To offer or propose; to bring to view or notice; as, to advance an opinion or an argument. NWAD ADVANCE.6
6. In commerce, to supply beforehand; to furnish on credit, or before goods are delivered, or work done; or to furnish as a part of a stock or fund; as, to advance money on loan or contract, or towards a purchase or establishment. NWAD ADVANCE.7
7. To furnish for others; to supply or pay for others, in expectation of reimbursement. NWAD ADVANCE.8
They advanced the money out of their own funds, and took the sheriff’s deeds in their own name. NWAD ADVANCE.9
8. To raise; to enhance; as, to advance the price of goods. NWAD ADVANCE.10
1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, the troops advanced. NWAD ADVANCE.12
2. To improve, or make progress; to grow better, greater, wiser or older; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in wisdom, or in years. NWAD ADVANCE.13
3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred, or promoted; as, to advance in political standing. NWAD ADVANCE.14
1. A moving forward, or towards the front. NWAD ADVANCE.16
2. Gradual progression; improvement; as, an advance in religion or knowledge. NWAD ADVANCE.17
3. Advancement; promotion; preferment; as, an advance in rank or office. NWAD ADVANCE.18
4. First hint by way of invitation; first step towards an agreement; as, A made an advance towards a reconciliation with B. In this sense, it is very frequently used in the plural. NWAD ADVANCE.19
The amours of an empress require the plainest advances. NWAD ADVANCE.20
5. In trade, additional price; profit; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods. NWAD ADVANCE.21
6. A giving beforehand; a furnishing of something, on contract, before an equivalent is received, as money or goods, towards a capital or stock, or on loan; or the money or goods thus furnished; as, A made large advances to B. NWAD ADVANCE.22
7. A furnishing of money or goods for others, in expectation of reimbursement; or the property so furnished. NWAD ADVANCE.23
I shall, with great pleasure, make the necessary advances. NWAD ADVANCE.24
The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. NWAD ADVANCE.25
In advance, in front; before; also beforehand; before an equivalent is received, or when one partner in trade has furnished more than his proportion; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds. NWAD ADVANCE.26
1. The act of moving forward or proceeding. NWAD ADVANCEMENT.2
2. The state of being advanced; preferment; promotion, in rank or excellence; the act of promoting. NWAD ADVANCEMENT.3
3. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. NWAD ADVANCEMENT.4
4. Provision made by a parent for a child, by gift of property, during his, the parent’s life, to which the child would be entitled as heir, after his parent’s death. NWAD ADVANCEMENT.5
Among sportsmen, a start or branch of a buck’s attire, between the back antler and the palm. NWAD ADVANCER.2
1. Any state, condition, or circumstance, favorable to success, prosperity, interest, or reputation. NWAD ADVANTAGE.2
The enemy had the advantage of elevated ground. NWAD ADVANTAGE.3
2. Benefit; gain; profit. NWAD ADVANTAGE.4
What advantage will it be to thee? Job 35:3. NWAD ADVANTAGE.5
There exists, in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage. NWAD ADVANTAGE.6
3. Means to an end; opportunity; convenience for obtaining benefit; as, student enjoy great advantages for improvement. NWAD ADVANTAGE.7
The General took advantage of his enemy’s negligence. NWAD ADVANTAGE.8
4. Favorable state or circumstances; as, jewels set to advantage. NWAD ADVANTAGE.9
5. Superiority, or prevalence over; with of or over. NWAD ADVANTAGE.10
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us, (or over us.) 2 Corinthians 2:11. NWAD ADVANTAGE.11
6. Superiority, or that which gives it; as, the advantage of a good constitution. NWAD ADVANTAGE.12
7. Interest; increase; overplus. NWAD ADVANTAGE.13
And with advantage means to pay thy love. Obs. NWAD ADVANTAGE.14
8. Additional circumstance to give preponderation. NWAD ADVANTAGE.15
1. To benefit; as to yield profit or gain. NWAD ADVANTAGE.17
What is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Luke 9:25. NWAD ADVANTAGE.18
2. To promote; to advance the interest of. NWAD ADVANTAGE.19
To accede, or come to; to be added to, or become a part of, though not essential. [Little used.] NWAD ADVENE.2
A coming; appropriately the coming of our Savior, and in the calendar, it includes four sabbaths before Christmas, beginning of St. Andrew’s Day, or on the sabbath next before or after it. It is intended as a season of devotion, with reference to the coming of Christ in the flesh, and his second coming to judge the world. NWAD ADVENT.2
Added extrinsically; accidental; not essentially inherent; casual; foreign. NWAD ADVENTITIOUS.2
Diseases of continuance get an adventitious strength from custom. NWAD ADVENTITIOUS.3
1. Hazard; risk; chance; that of which one has no direction; as, at all adventures, that is, at all hazards. [See Venture.] NWAD ADVENTURE.2
2. An enterprize of hazard; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events. NWAD ADVENTURE.3
3. That which is put to hazard; a sense in popular use with seamen, and usually pronounced venture. Something which a seaman is permitted to carry abroad, with a view to sell for profit. NWAD ADVENTURE.4
A bill of adventure, is a writing signed by a person, who takes goods on board of his ship, wholly at the risk of the owner. NWAD ADVENTURE.5
1. One who hazards, or puts something at risk, as merchant-adventurers. NWAD ADVENTURER.2
2. One who seeks occasions of chance, or attempts bold, novel, or extraordinary enterprizes. NWAD ADVENTURER.3
1. Inclined or willing to incur hazard; bold to encounter danger; daring; courageous; enterprizing; applied to persons. NWAD ADVENTUROUS.2
2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage” applied to things; as, an adventurous undertaking. NWAD ADVENTUROUS.3
And followed freedom on the adventurous tide. NWAD ADVENTUROUS.4
In grammar, a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective or attribute, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white. This part of speech might be more significantly named a modifier, as its use is to modify, that is, to vary or qualify the sense of another word, by enlarging or restraining it, or by expressing form, quality or manner, which the word itself does not express. The term adverb, denoting position merely, is often improper. NWAD ADVERB.2
Among the ancients, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other. A commonplace book. NWAD ADVERSARIA.2
1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart. NWAD ADVERSARY.2
The Lord shall take vengeance on his adversaries. Nahum 1:2. NWAD ADVERSARY.3
In scripture, Satan is called THE adversary, by way of eminence. 1 Peter 5:8. NWAD ADVERSARY.4
2. An opponent or antagonist, as in a suit at law, or in single combat; an opposing litigant. NWAD ADVERSARY.5
1. Opposite; opposing; acting in a contrary direction; conflicting; counteracting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party. NWAD ADVERSE.2
2. Figuratively, opposing desire; contrary to the wishes, or to supposed good; hence, unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; pernicious, unprosperous; as, adverse fate or circumstances. NWAD ADVERSE.3
In the day of adversity, consider. Ecclesiastes 7:14. NWAD ADVERSITY.2
Ye have rejected God, who saved you out of all you adversities. 1 Samuel 10:19. NWAD ADVERSITY.3
To turn the mind or attention to; to regard, observe, or notice: with to; as, he adverted to what was said, or to a circumstance that occurred. NWAD ADVERT.2
1. To inform; to give notice, advice or intelligence to, whether of a past or present event, or of something future. NWAD ADVERTISE.2
I will advertise thee what this people will do to thy people in the latter day. Numbers 24:14. NWAD ADVERTISE.3
I thought to advertise thee, saying; buy it before the inhabitants and elders of my people. Ruth 4:4. NWAD ADVERTISE.4
In this sense, it has of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his losses. NWAD ADVERTISE.5
2. To publish a notice of; to publish a written or printed account of; as, to advertise goods or a farm. NWAD ADVERTISE.6