AÏdapt¶er (#), n. 1. One who adapts. 2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter. <ÐÐ 2. any device connecting two parts of an apparatus (e.g. tubes of different diameters, or electric cords with different plug types); a device allowing an apparatus to be used for purposes other than originally intended ÐÐ>
AÏdap¶tion (#), n. Adaptation. Cheyne. AÏdapt¶ive (#), a. Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. Ð AÏdapt¶iveÏly, adv. AÏdapt¶iveÏness, n. The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. AÏdapt¶ly, adv. In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior. AÏdapt¶ness, n. Adaptedness. [R.] Ad·apÏto¶riÏal (#), a. Adaptive. [R.] Ø A¶dar (#), n. [Heb. ad„r.] The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March. Ø AÏdar¶ce (#), n. [L. adarce, adarca, Gr. ?.] A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana. Ø Ad¶aÏtis (#), n. A fine cotton cloth of India. AÏdaunt¶ (#), v. t. [OE. adaunten to overpower, OF. adonter; … (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See Daunt.] To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton. AÏdaw¶ (#), v. t. [Cf. OE. adawe of dawe, AS. of dagum from days, i. e., from life, out of life.] To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser. AÏdaw¶, v. t. & i. [OE. adawen to wake; pref. aÐ (cf. Goth. usÐ, Ger. erÐ) + dawen, dagon, to dawn. See Daw.] To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, he seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verify. Chaucer. AÏdays¶ (#), adv. [Pref. aÐ (for on) + day; the final s was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.] By day, or every day; in the daytime. [Obs., except in the compound nowadays.] Fielding. Ø Ad capÏtan¶dum (#). [L., for catching.] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. Add (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.] 1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.