Ad·leÏga¶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.
Ø Ad lib¶iÏtum (?). At one's pleasure; as one wishes. Ad·loÏcu¶tion (?), n. See Allocution. [Obs.] AdÏmar¶ginÏate (?), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + margin.] To write in the margin. [R.] Coleridge. AdÏmax¶ilÏlaÏry (?), a. [Pref. adÏ + maxillary.] (Anat.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone. AdÏmeas¶ure (?; 135), 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. AdÏmeas¶ureÏment (?), n. [Cf. OF. amesurement, and E. Measure.] 1. The act or process of ascertaining the dimensions of anything; mensuration; measurement; as, the admeasurement of a ship or of a cask. ½ Admeasurement by acre.¸ 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. AdÏmeas¶urÏer (?), n. One who admeasures. AdÏmen·suÏra¶tion (?), n. [LL. admensuratio; L. ad + mensurare to measure. See Mensuration.] Same as Admeasurement. AdÏmin¶iÏcle (?), n. [L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending Ïculym.] 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. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlar (?), a. Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as, adminicular evidence. H. Spencer. Ad·miÏnic¶uÏlaÏry (?), a. Adminicular. AdÏmin¶isÏter (?), 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.] 1.To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best. Pope. 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay. 3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay. 4. To tender, as an oath. Swear... to keep the oath that we administer. Shak. 5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. Syn. - To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give out; distribute; furnish. AdÏmin¶isÏter, v. i. 1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain... administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator. 2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. AdÏmin¶isÏter, n. Administrator. [Obs.] Bacon. AdÏmin·isÏte¶riÏal (?), a. Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government. AdÏmin¶isÏtraÏble (?), a. Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law. AdÏmin¶isÏtrant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of administrer. See Administer.] Executive; acting; managing affairs. - n. One who administers. AdÏmin¶isÏtrate (?), v. t. [L. administratus, p. p. of administrare.] To administer. [R.] Milman. AdÏmin·isÏtra¶tion (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.] 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay. 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson. 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.