Adjuvant
(Ad"ju*vant) a. [L. adjuvans, p. pr. of adjuvare to aid: cf. F. adjuvant. See Aid.] Helping; helpful; assisting.
[R.] "Adjuvant causes." Howell.
Adjuvant
(Ad"ju*vant), n.
1. An assistant. [R.] Yelverton.
2. (Med.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
Adlegation
(Ad`le*ga"tion) n. [L. adlegatio, allegatio, a sending away; fr. adlegare, allegare, to send
away with a commission; ad in addition + legare to send as ambassador. Cf. Allegation.] A right
formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the
emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. Encyc. Brit.
Ad libitum
(||Ad lib"i*tum) At one's pleasure; as one wishes.
Adlocution
(Ad`lo*cu"tion) n. See Allocution. [Obs.]
Admarginate
(Ad*mar"gin*ate) v. t. [Pref. ad- + margin.] To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge.
Admaxillary
(Ad*max"il*la*ry) a. [Pref. ad- + maxillary.] (Anat.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone.
Admeasure
(Ad*meas"ure) v. t. [Cf. OF. amesurer, LL. admensurare. See Measure.]
1. To measure.
2. (Law) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to
admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone.
2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.
3. (Law) Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture
held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
Admeasurer
(Ad*meas"ur*er) n. One who admeasures.
Admensuration
(Ad*men`su*ra"tion) n. [LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration.]
Same as Admeasurement.
Adminicle
(Ad*min"i*cle) n. [L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus
hand + dim. ending -culym.]
1. Help or support; an auxiliary. Grote.
2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof.
In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell.
Adminicular
(Ad`mi*nic"u*lar) a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular
evidence. H. Spencer.
Adminiculary
(Ad`mi*nic"u*la*ry) a. Adminicular.
Administer
(Ad*min"is*ter) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE.
aministren, OF. aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister.]
