adjurer (ajorer)

One who adjures. 75 Adjust the event to the prediction. adjutant-general adjutancy (aj'ö-tan-si), (aj'ö-tan-si), n. [ it adjusts itself to external and changes. The living body is not only sustained and reproduced: Huxley , Animal Automatism. 2. To put in order; regulate or reduce to system; bring to a proper state or position: as, to adjust a scheme; to adjust affairs; "adjusting the orthography," Johnson. To adjust the focal distance of his optical instruments. J. S. Mill , Logic, i. 1. 3. To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result: as, to adjust accounts. Half the differences of the parish are adjusted in this very parlour. Goldsmith , She Stoops to Conquer. 4+. To put forward; suggest. Chaucer.-5t. To add. Caxton .=Syn. To suit, arrange, dispose, trim, proportion, balance, conform, set right, rectify, reconcile. adjustable (a-jus'ta-bl), a. [ Capable of being adjusted. adjustably (a-jus'ta-bli), adv. As regards adjustment; so as to be capable of adjustment. The bed is held adjustably in place by means of screw bolts. C. T. Davis , Leather, p. 329.