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 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, adjusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an insurance agent who examines claims against personal or property damage insurance policies and makes estimates and recommendations regarding the amount which should be paid to the policyholder. [ PJC ]

{ . } (Aëronautics) A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Tending to adjust. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust. ] 1. The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Suiting; fitting; arrangement; regulation; settlement; adaptation; disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. --
Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of chief justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust. ] 1. Lack of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

If this people [ the Athenians ] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. Injury, Judge, Jury, Giusto. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. “O just but severe law!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. Eccl. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. Lev. xix. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

How should man be just with God? Job ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

We know your grace to be a man.
Just and upright. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship
To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

When all
The war shall stand ranged in its just array. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their names alone would make a just volume. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just intonation. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. H. W. Poole.

Syn. -- Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. [ 1913 Webster ]

And having just enough, not covet more. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Closely; nearly; almost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just at the point of death. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late. [ 1913 Webster ]

A soft Etesian gale
But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Joust. ] To joust. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joust. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. justitia, fr. justus just. See Just, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy throne. Ps. ixxxix. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . .
I have no relish of them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives. [ 1913 Webster ]

This even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This title is given to the judges of the common law courts in England and in the United States, and extends to judicial officers and magistrates of every grade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bed of justice. See under Bed. --
Chief justice. See in the Vocabulary. --
Justice of the peace (Law), a judicial officer or subordinate magistrate appointed for the conservation of the peace in a specified district, with other incidental powers specified in his commission. In the United States a justice of the peace has jurisdiction to adjudicate certain minor cases, commit offenders, officiate at marriages, etc.; abbreviated JP.

Syn. -- Equity; law; right; rectitude; honesty; integrity; uprightness; fairness; impartiality. -- Justice, Equity, Law. Justice and equity are the same; but human laws, though designed to secure justice, are of necessity imperfect, and hence what is strictly legal is at times far from being equitable or just. Here a court of equity comes in to redress the grievances. It does so, as distinguished from courts of law; and as the latter are often styled courts of justice, some have fancied that there is in this case a conflict between justice and equity. The real conflict is against the working of the law; this a court of equity brings into accordance with the claims of justice. It would be an unfortunate use of language which should lead any one to imagine he might have justice on his side while practicing iniquity (inequity). Justice, Rectitude. Rectitude, in its widest sense, is one of the most comprehensive words in our language, denoting absolute conformity to the rule of right in principle and practice. Justice refers more especially to the carrying out of law, and has been considered by moralists as of three kinds: (1) Commutative justice, which gives every man his own property, including things pledged by promise. (2) Distributive justice, which gives every man his exact deserts. (3) General justice, which carries out all the ends of law, though not in every case through the precise channels of commutative or distributive justice; as we see often done by a parent or a ruler in his dealings with those who are subject to his control. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To administer justice to. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to trial in a court of justice. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Justiceship. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who administers justice; a judge. [ Obs. ] “Some upright justicer.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or dignity of a justice. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. justitiabilis, F. justiciable. ] Proper to be examined in a court of justice. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Justiciary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. justitiarius, F. justicier. See Justice. ] (Old Eng. Law) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also ex officio regent in the king's absence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of justiciary (Scots Law), the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.

{ , n. [ F. justaucorps, lit., close to the body. ] Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. justifiable. See Justify. ] Capable of being justified, or shown to be just. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just are the ways of God,
And justifiable to men. Milton.

Syn. -- Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable.

-- Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness, n. -- Jus"ti*fi`a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. justificatio: cf. F. justification. See Justify. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. Rom. iv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such righteousness
To them by faith imputed, they may find
Justification toward God, and peace
Of conscience. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left justification is the most common format for simple letters, but left and right justification is typically used in books. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. justificatif. ] Having power to justify; justificatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. justificator: cf. F. justificateur. ] One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vindicatory; defensory; justificative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Printing) Arranged and spaced so as to line up at the left side or right side of the printed page, or on both sides; as, left justified; right justified. [ PJC ]

n. One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. iii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Justified p. pr. & vb. n. Justifying ] [ F. justifier, L. justificare; justus just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Just, a., and -fy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not justify whom the law condemns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts xiii. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at both margins; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. Bouvier's Law Dict. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. (Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Freq. of joust, just, v. i. See Joust, v. i., and cf. Jostle. ] To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nahum ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Justled p. pr. & vb. n. Justling ] To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An encounter or shock; a jostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Just, a. ] In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. “In equal balance justly weighed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing can justly be despised that can not justly be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no blame. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of action. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Justness is properly applied to things, and justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.

Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mal- + adjustment. ] A bad adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw out of adjustment. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]