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n. That which is adjacent. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacēre to lie: cf. F. adjacent. ] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. “The adjacent forest.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjacent or
contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc. I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ] Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be adjacent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + jac&ebreve_;re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth. ] To add or annex; to join. Leland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject. ] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. adjectitius. ] Added; additional. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797) [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Adjective, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relating to procedure. “The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject. ] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler, ” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjectived p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving ] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjoined p. pr. & vb. n. Adjoining. ] [ OE. ajoinen, OF. ajoindre, F. adjoindre, fr. L. adjungere; ad + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Adjunct. ] To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

When one man's land adjoins to another's. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join one's self. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Contiguous. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. “The adjoining fane.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adjunct; a helper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjourned p. pr. & vb. n. Adjourning ] [ OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. Journal, Journey. ] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis a needful fitness
That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend. -- To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adjournment; postponement. [ R. ] “An adjournal of the Diet.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn. ] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjudged p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudging ] [ OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See Judge, and cf. Adjudicate. ] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sentence; to condemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without reprieve, adjudged to death
For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adjudges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjudicated p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating [ L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge. ] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication. ] 1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. “An adjudication in favor of natural rights.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adjudicating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adjudicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adjudication. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adjugatus, p. p. of adjugare; ad + jugum a yoke. ] To yoke to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjumentum, for adjuvamentum, fr. adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. ] Help; support; also, a helper. [ Obs. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjunctus, p. p. of adjungere. See Adjoin. ] Conjoined; attending; consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learning is but an adjunct to our self. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of “History.” [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [ R. ] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjunctio, fr. adjungere: cf. F. adjonction, and see Adjunct. ] The act of joining; the thing joined or added. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjunctivus, fr. adjungere. See Adjunct. ] Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, is joined. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adjunctive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure. ] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The form of oath or appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjuratorius. ] Containing an adjuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjured p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring . [ L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury. ] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adjures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjusting. ] [ OF. ajuster, ajoster (whence F. ajouter to add), LL. adjuxtare to fit; fr. L. ad + juxta near; confused later with L. ad and justus just, right, whence F. ajuster to adjust. See Just, v. t. and cf. Adjute. ] 1. To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjusting the orthography. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being adjusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Ajutage. ] Adjustment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 accommodated to certain requirements
Syn. -- regulated [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 having become accustomed [ to surroundings, a situation. etc. ] [ Narrower terms: oriented (vs. unoriented), orientated ]
Syn. -- familiarized [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 (Music) so tuned as to allow modulation into other keys [ Narrower terms: tempered (vs. untempered) ]
Syn. -- tuned [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. adjusted to produce a clear image; -- of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) [ Narrower terms: focused (vs. unfocused), focussed ] WordNet 1.5 ]