addititious (aditishus)

[ The general sum of such work is great; for all of it, as genuine, tends towards one goal; all of it is additive , none of it subtractive. Carlyle, Hero Worship, iv. additively (ad'i-tiv-li), adv. By way of addition; in an additive manner. add it or (ad'i-tor), n. [L. as if add it or, adelig, foul, comp. adelpol, addle-pool; cf. Lowland Sc. addle dub, a filthy pool), = OSw. adel, in comp. ko - adel, cow-urine. No connec To William all give audience, And pray ye for his noddle, For all the Farie's evidence Were lost, if that were addle . Bp. Corbet , Farewell to the Faeryes, His brains grow addle . Dryden, Prol, to Don Sebastian, 1. 24. addle (ad'l), v.; pret. and pp. addled, ppr. ad dling. [ Themselves were chilled, their eggs were addled . Cowper , Pairing Time Anticipated. Hence - 2. To spoil; make worthle or ineffective; muddle; confuse: as, to addle the brain, or a piece of work. His cold procrastination addled the victory of Lepanto, as it had formerly addled that of St. Quentin. Simpson, Sch. Shak., I. 97. ( N. E. D. ) 3. To manure with liquid. [Scotch.] II. in trans. To become addled, as an egg; hence, to come to nought; be spoiled. addle2 (ad'l), v .; pret. and pp. addled , ppr. ad dling . [E. dial., also eddle , addlen , adlen, earn, gain, Icel. ödhla , in refl. ödhlask , spelled also adhlask , win, gain, ōdhal , patrimony,=AS. ethel , home, dwelling, property.] I. trans. To earn; accumulate gradually, as money. [North. Eng.] Parson's la Mun be a guvne , lad, or summut, and addle her bread. Tennyson, Northern Farmer, N. S. II.t in trans. To produce or yield fruit; ripen. Where ivy embraceth the tree very sore, Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more. Tu er, Five Hundred Points (1573), p. 47. addle2 (ad'l), n. [ addle2 , v.] Laborers' wages. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]