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v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [ Obs. ] “Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To direct speech. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Act of preparing one's self. [ Obs. ] Jer Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. marked with a destination; -- of mail [ Narrower terms: self-addressed ] unaddressed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of addressing or directing one's course. [ Rare & Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing.
Syn. -- addressing machine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread. ] To dread. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ad- + renal. ] (Anat.) Suprarenal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Also /mhw>. (Physiol. Chem.) a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla that acts as a powerful stimulant in reponse to fear or stress; it stimulates autonomic nerve action. It can be obtained as a crystalline substance, C9H13NO3. It is used in medicine as a vasoconstrictor (hemostatic) and cardiac stimulant, also to reduce allergic reactions and to stimulate the heart in cases of cardiac arrest. MI11
Syn. -- epinephrine; 3, 4-dihydroxy-1-[ 1-hydroxy-2-(methylamino)-ethyl ]benzene. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. .
Syn. -- epinephrine, adrenalin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. producing or activated by epinephrine or adrenaline an adrenergic nerve fiber [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the adrenal cortex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin, ACTH [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
Syn. -- genus Andreaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
Syn. -- order Andreaeales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrenid, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena..
Syn. -- andrena, mining bee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
Syn. -- family Andrenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 one of the twelve apostles of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
Syn. -- Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedrenched (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedrenching. ] To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four. ] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [ Written also cader. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who calenders cloth; a calender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [ Written also cedren. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. of Child. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. Chiltern the Chiltern, high hills in Buckinghamshire, perh. Fr. ceald cold + ern, ærn, place. ] A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female contestant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to dress in the clothes of the other sex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.
Syn. -- transvestite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to daydreams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female defender. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Defendress of the faith. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who demands. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. double double + entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente. ] A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading. ] [ AS. dr&aemacr_;dan, in comp.; akin to OS. drādan, OHG. trātan, both only in comp. ] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be in dread, or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dread of something after death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of terrified apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person highly revered. [ Obs. ] “Una, his dear dread.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of being dreaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Armed with dreaded bolts. “Dread-bolted thunder.” [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fears, or lives in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [ Obs. ] “With dreadful heart.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. “ Dreadful gloom.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [ Obs. ] “God's dreadful law.” Shak.

Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]