Ad hominem

1. A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

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Adhibition

1. n. The act of adhibiting; application; use.

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Adhibit

1. v. t. To attach; to affix.
2. v. t. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.
3. v. t. To use or apply; to administer.

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Adhesiveness

1. n. Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
2. n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

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Adhesively

1. adv. In an adhesive manner.

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Adhesive

1. a. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
2. a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

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Adhesion

1. n. The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
2. n. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
3. n. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
4. n. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
5. n. The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
6. n. Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

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Adherer

1. n. One who adheres; an adherent.

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Adherently

1. adv. In an adherent manner.

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Adherent

1. n. That which adheres; an appendage.
2. a. Sticking; clinging; adhering.
3. a. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
4. a. Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
5. n. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

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