address (adres)

[F. adre e, n.; from the verb.] 1. Power of properly directing The postmaster shall also, at the time of its arrival, notify the addre ee thereof that such letter or package Reg . of the U. S. P. O. Dep . , 1874, iii. § 52. The strong presumption this offers in favour of this youthful nobleman (Lord Southampton] as the addre ee of the sonnets is most strangely disregarded by Shaksperian specialists of the present day. N. and Q., 6th ser., X. 22. addre er (a-dres'èr), n. One who addre es or petitions. Specifically (with or without a capital letter), in the reign of Charles II. of England, a member country party, so called from addre to the king praying for an immediate a embly of the Parliament, the summons of which was delayed on account of its being adverse to the court; an opponent of the court party or Abhorrers. They also received the name of Petitioners, and afterward that of Whigs. See abhorrer. addre ful (a-dres'ful), a. Skilful; dexterous. Mallet . addre ing-machine (a-dres'ing-ma-shēn"), n. An apparatus for placing addre es on news- paper-wrappers, etc. addre iont (a-dresh'on), n. [ addre . Cf. compre ion, etc.] The act of addre ing or directing one's course; route; direction of a journey. To Pylos first be thy addre i on then. Chapman , Ody ey, i. 438. IMG:content-0249.png:[blocks in formation] ment (Cotgrave): see addre and- ment.] The act of addre ing; the act of directing one's attention, speech, or effort toward a particular point, person, or object. addubitationt (a-du-bi-ta's hon), n. [L. addu bitatus, pp. of addubitare, incline to doubt, That this was not a vniuersall practice, it may appeare by St. Austins addubitation . J. Denison , Heavenly Banquet (1619), p. 353. proofs or evidence support of some or proposition already made: as, he alleged that he had been robbed by A. B., but adduced no proof in support of his allegation. I too prize facts, and am adducing nothing else. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 177. To allege the real or supposed primeval kindred between Magyars and Ottomans as a ground for political action... is an extreme case. E. A. Freeman , Race and Language. To some such causes as you have a igned , may be ascribed the delay which the petition has encountered. Washington, in Bancroft's Hist. Const., I. 372. Beale , Bioplasm, § 2. The views I shall advance in these lectures. If your arguments be rational, offer them in as moving a manner as the nature of the subject will admit. Swift . adduceable (a-du'sa-bl), a. [ adduce + -able .] See adducible .