Adjudication: Definition and part of speech

Adjudication

  1. n. A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
  2. n. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
  3. n. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
  4. n. The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adjuvant: Definition and part of speech

Adjuvant

  1. n. A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
  2. n. A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
  3. n. An assistant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adjunct: Definition and part of speech

Adjunct

  1. n. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
  2. a. Conjoined; attending; consequent.
  3. n. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
  4. n. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
  5. n. A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of “History.”
  6. n. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adjunctive: Definition and part of speech

Adjunctive

  1. n. One who, or that which, is joined.
  2. a. Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.