n. One who absolves. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who achieves; a winner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adverbium; ad + verbum word, verb: cf. F. adverbe. ] (Gram.) A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adverbialis: cf. F. adverbial. ] Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adverbial. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give the force or form of an adverb to. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of an adverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius. ] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hostile. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [ Archaic ] Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adversaries [ OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See Adverse. ] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agree with thine adversary quickly. Matt. v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

It may be thought that to vindicate the permanency of truth is to dispute without an adversary. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Adversary, The Satan, or the Devil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adversary, Enemy, Opponent, Antagonist. Enemy is the only one of these words which necessarily implies a state of personal hostility. Men may be adversaries, antagonists, or opponents to each other in certain respects, and yet have no feelings of general animosity. An adversary may be simply one who is placed for a time in a hostile position, as in a lawsuit, an argument, in chess playing, or at fence. An opponent is one who is ranged against another (perhaps passively) on the opposing side; as a political opponent, an opponent in debate. An antagonist is one who struggles against another with active effort, either in a literal fight or in verbal debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adversativus, fr. adversari. ] Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force. -- Ad*ver"sa*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. An adversative word. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. advers, OF. avers, advers, fr. L. adversus, p. p. advertere to turn to. See Advert. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Opposite. “Calpe's adverse height.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adverse possession (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See Averse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adversari: cf. OF. averser. ] To oppose; to resist. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being adverse; opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. adversus opposite + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adversio ] A turning towards; attention. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adversities [ OE. adversite, F. adversité, fr. L. adversitas. ] 1. Opposition; contrariety. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Adverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adverting. ] [ L. advertere, v. t., to turn to; ad + vertere to turn: cf. F. avertir. See Advertise. ] To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. [ 1913 Webster ]

I may again advert to the distinction. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See Refer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent. ] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. advertens, -entis, p. pr. of advertere. See Advert. ] Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Advertised p. pr. & vb. n. Advertising ] [ F. avertir, formerly also spelt advertir, to warn, give notice to, L. advertere to turn to. The ending was probably influenced by the noun advertisement. See Advert. ] To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will advertise thee what this people shall do. Num. xxiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To apprise; inform; make known; notify; announce; proclaim; promulgate; publish. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. called to public attention. these advertised products [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. avertisement, formerly also spelled advertissement, a warning, giving notice, fr. avertir. ] 1. The act of informing or notifying; notification. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admonition; advice; warning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore give me no counsel:
My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. 1. a communication publicly promoting some product or service.
Syn. -- ad, advertisement, advert [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 the business of advertising; the activity engaged in by professional publicists for pay.
Syn. -- advertizing, publicizing, the advertising profession, the advertising industry [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. same as advertise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covering the entire surface. an all-over pattern
Syn. -- allover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A giver of alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. (Psychol.) intermediate between introversive and extroversive. Contrasted to introversive and extroversive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert. ] 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Monition; warning. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [ Archaic ] “Divine animadversions.” Wesley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [ Archaic ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Animadverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Animadverting. ] [ L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn. ] 1. To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [ Archaic ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To remark; comment; criticise; censure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who animadverts; a censurer; also [ Obs. ], a chastiser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Annually. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire. ] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. --
Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [ Eastern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anniversaries [ Cf. F. anniversaire. ] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anni versus the turning of a year. ] Anniversary. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn. ] 1. To prevent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bend forward. [ R. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An informer; an accuser. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Approve, v. t. ] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [ Obs. ] Jacobs. [ 1913 Webster ]