adjunct

& a. [Lat. adjunct us = joined to, pa. par. of adjungo = to join to: ad = to, and jun go = to yoke, to join; Ger. adjunkt; Fr. adjoint.] 84 A. As substantive: L. Of things: 1. In a general sense: Anything joined to another without being an e ential part of it. "But at they were cor the matter." -Carlyle: Heroes and Lect. I. were comparatively an idle adjunct of nd Hero- Worship, but to avoid the risk of asking ami , we ought to purify the question of all adjuncts which do not nece arily nece arily belong to it."-Tyndall: Frag. of Science, 3rd ed., viii. 4, p. 180. 2. Technically: (a) Metaphysics : Any quality of a physical substance or of the mind. Thus weight is an adjunct of a body, and consciousne of the mind. (b) Grammar: Words used to qualify other leading words. For instance, in the sentence, "The stars visible in our latitude," the word stars , which, standing alone, would include all visible from any part of the globe, is limited in meaning by the adjunct or adjuncts , "visible in our latitude." 3. Music : The relation between the principal mode and the modes of its two fifths. II. Of persons: 1. Gen. A person a ociated with another for the promotion of some pursuit, or for any other purpose. "He made him the a ociate of his heir-apparent, together with the Lord Cotting ton, as an adjunct of singular experience and trust, in foreign travels, and in a busine of love."-Wotton. 2. Law : An additional judge. B. As adjective: 1. Gen.: Added to, or conjoined with any person or thing of greater importance. "And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure, Wherein it finds a joy above the rest. Shakesp. Sonnets , 91. "And when great treasure is the meed proposed, Though death be adjunct , there's no death sup- posed.' Shakesp.: Tarquin and Lucrece. 2. Roman Archæology. Adjunct deities were inferior gods or godde es attendant upon those of higher rank. Thus Mars, the god of war, was at times attended by his wife or sister Bell on a, the godde of war. He was a principal , she an adjunct deity.