a diaphoresis (adiaforesis)

[NL., firm and unswerving adhesion . rous +-ism.] Religious tolerance or moderation in regard to indifferent or non-e ential matters; hence, latitudinarianism; indifferentism. The English Thirty-nine Articles on the whole are elevated by the same lofty adiaphorism as that which pene trated the Westminster Confe ion of Faith. Dean Stanley, in Mac mill an's Mag., XLIV. 291. adightt (a-dīt'), v. t. [ adihten , adighten, adihtan , dihtan , arrange, dight: see dight .] To set in order. See dight . adightt (a-dīt'), p . a. [ adiht , adight , pp.: see the verb.] Set in order; arrayed. ad in def in i tum (ad in-def-i-ni'tum). [L.: ad , to; in def in i tum , acc. neut. of in def in it us , indefi- nite: see indefinite .] To the indefinite; indefi- nitely; to an indefinite extent. An expre ion used by some writers in place of ad infinitum , as being in their opinion more precise. (which see). ad infinitum (ad in-fi-ni'tum). [L.: ad , to, unto; infinitum , acc. neut. of inf in it us , infinite: adiposis (ad-i-pō'sis), n. [NL., L.adeps ( adip- ), fat, + -osis .] 1. General corpulency. - 2. The accumulation of fat in or upon a single organ. adiposity (ad-i-pos'i-ty), n. [NL. as if * adi- posit as , adiposus : see adipose and- ity .] Fat- ne ; adiposis. adipous (ad'i-pus), a . + -ous. Cf. adipose .] fat; adipose. adit (ad'it), n. [ adit us , an approach, adire , pp. adit us , approach, ad , to, + ire , go: hard, compact rock, composed of quartz and adipsy (ad'ip-si), n . Same as adipsia . base. schists due to the influence of intruded dia- ad inquirendum (ad in-kwi-rendum). [L., for the purpose of inquiring: ad , to, for; inquiren- dum , gerund of inquirere , inquire: see inquire .] In law , a judicial writ commanding inquiry to be made concerning a cause depending in a court. ad int. An abbreviation of ad interim (which see). ad interim (ad in'ter-im). [L.: ad , to, for; in- terim , meanwhile: see interim .] In the mean time; for the present. adios (a-dē'ōs), interj . [Sp.,=Pg. adeos = It. addio F.adicu : see adicu .] Adieu; good-by. [Southwestern U. S.] adipate (ad'i-pat), n. [L. adeps ( adip- ), fat, + -atel: see adipic . Cf. L. adipatus , supplied with fat.] A salt of adipic acid. adipescent (ad-i-pes'ent), a. [ adeps ( adip- ), fat, + -escent .] Becoming fatty. adipic (a-dip'ik), a . [L. adeps ( adip- ), fat, + acid, C6H1004, an acid obtained by treating oleic acid -ic2: see adeps .] Of or belonging to fat. - Adipic or fatty bodies with nitric acid. It forms soft, white nodular crusts, which seem to be aggregates of small IMG:content-0262.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] adiapneustia (ad"i-ap-nūs'ti-ä), n. [NL., διά , through, πνεῖν, breathe.] In pathol . , defective tion; a diaphoresis. Dunglison . adipocerate (ad-i-pos'e-rat), v. t .; pret. and pp. adipocerated, ppr. adipocerating . [ adipoccre + -ate2 .] To convert into adipocere. Craig . adipoceration (ad-i-pos-e-ra's hon), n. The act of changing or the state of being changed into adipocere (ad'i-po-ser"), n. [F. adipocire , IMG:content-0263.png:[blocks in formation] Adieu , adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue. Byron, Childe Harold, i. 13. Hood , Summer. 2. Milit ., a pa age under ground by which miners approach the part they intend to sap. Wilhelm, Mil. Dict.-3. Admi ion; acce ; approach. [Rare.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit . IMG:content-0264.png:[blocks in formation] L. adeps ( adip- ), fat, + cera , wax.] A soft unctuous or waxy substance, of a light-brown mal matter when protected from the air, and under certain conditions of temperature and humidity. It consists chiefly of ammonium marg a rate, with an admixture of the marg a- rates of pota ium and calcium. - Adipocere min- eral, a fatty matter found in some peat-mo es, and in the argillaceous iron ore of Merthyr Tydvil, Wales; adipoce rite. It is inodorous when cold, but when heated it emits a slightly bituminous odor is called adipocriteit IMG:content-0265.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0266.png:[blocks in formation] Same as adipocere . adipo-fibroma (ad"i-po-fi-brō'mä), n. Same as adieu (a-du'; F. pron. a-dyė'), n.; pl. adieus or (in French spelling) adieux (a-duz', à-dye'). A farewell or commendation to the care of God: as, an everlasting adieu ; to make one's adieus . We took our last adieu And up the snowy Splugen drew. A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. Shak ., A. and C., ii. 2. The Fire Tender is in the adjoining library, pretending to write. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 72. T. B. Aldrich , Ponkapog to Pesth, p. 215. II. n. 1. That which is next or contiguous; an abutting neighbor. [Rare.] No adjacent , no equal, no co-rival. IMG:content-0267.png:[blocks in formation]