character adorned with every Christian grace. Here neither decorate, nor ornament, nor embellish is
proper.
Adorn
(A*dorn"), n. Adornment. [Obs.] Spenser.
Adorn
(A*dorn"), a. Adorned; decorated. [Obs.] Milton.
Adornation
(Ad`or*na"tion) n. Adornment. [Obs.]
Adorner
(A*dorn"er) n. He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.
Adorningly
(A*dorn"ing*ly), adv. By adorning; decoratively.
Adornment
(A*dorn"ment) n. [Cf. OF. adornement. See Adorn.] An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
Adosculation
(Ad*os"cu*la"tion) n. [L. adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See Osculate.] (Biol.) Impregnation
by external contact, without intromission.
Adown
(A*down") adv. [OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of dune off the hill. See Down.] From a
higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown."
Spenser.
Adown
(A*down"), prep. Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
Prior.
Adpress
(Ad*press") v. t. [L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere.] See Appressed. — Ad*pressed", a.
Adrad
(A*drad") p. a. [P. p. of adread.] Put in dread; afraid. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Adragant
(Ad"ra*gant) n. [F., a corruption of tragacanth.] Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.
Adread
(A*dread") v. t. & i. [AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See
Dread.] To dread. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Adreamed
(A*dreamed") p. p. Visited by a dream; — used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream.
[Obs.]
Adrenal
(Ad*re"nal) a. [Pref. ad- + renal.] (Anat.) Suprarenal.
Adrian
(A"dri*an) a. [L. Hadrianus.] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.
Adriatic
(A`dri*at"ic) a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.] Of or
pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
Adrift
(A*drift") adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the
mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
So on the sea shall be set adrift.
Dryden.
Were from their daily labor turned adrift.
Wordsworth.
Adrip
(A*drip") adv. & a. [Pref. a- in + drip.] In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.
Adrogate
(Ad"ro*gate) v. t. [See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
