A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).

  • Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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1819
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    of proportions; the act or practice of measuring according to rule. Admeasurement is a writ, which lieth for the bringing of those to a mediocrity, that usurp more than their part. It lieth in two cases: one is term- ed admeasurement of dower, where the widow of the deceased holdeth (from the heir or his guardian) more in the name of her dower, than belongeth to her: the other is admeasurement of pasture, which lieth between those, that have common of pasture appendant to their freehold, or common by vicm age; in case, any one of them (or more) do sur- charge the common with more cattle, than they ought. Cowell. In some counties they are not much acquainted, with admeasurement by acre; and thereby the writs contain twice or thrice so many acres more, than the land hath. Bacon. Admensura'tion, ad-men-shu-ra'shun.452 n. s. [ad and mensura, Lat.] The act, or practice, of measuring out to each his part. Adminicle, ad-min'e-kl.406 n. s. [admini culum, Lat.] Help; support; further ance. Diet. Adminicular, ad-me-nik'u-lar.418 adj [from adminiculum, Lat.] That, which gives help. Diet. To ADMTNISTER, ad-mln'nis-tur. ^ ■v. a. [administro, Lat.] 1. To give; to afford; to supply. Let zephyrs bland Administer their tepid genial airs; Naught fear he from the west, whose gentle warmth Discloses well the earth's all-teeming womb. Philips 2. To act, as the minister or agent in any employment or office; generally, but not always, with some hint of subordi nation: as, to administer the government For forms of govei'nment let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best. Pope. 3. To administer justice; todistribute right. 4. To administer the sacraments, to dis pense them. Have not they the old popish custom of adminis- tering the blessed sacrament of the holy eucharist with wafer-cakes? Hooker. 5. To administer an oath; to propose oi require an oath authoritatively; to ten- der an oath. Swear by the duty that you owe to heav'n, To keep the oath that we administer. Shakspeare 6. To administer physick; to give physick as it is wanted. I was carried on men's shoulders, administering physick and phlebotomy. Wafer's Voyage. 7. To administer to; to contribute; to bring supplies. I must not omit, that there is a fountain rising in the upper part of my garden, which forms a little wandering rill; and administers to the plea- sure, as well as the plenty, of the place. Spectator. 8. To perform the office of an administra tor, in law. See Administrator. Neal's order was never performed, because the executors durst not administer. Arbuthnot and Pope To Administrate, ad-min'nls-trate.91 v a. [administro, Lat.] To exhibit; to give as physick. Not in use. °They have the same effects in medicine, when inwardly administrated to animal bodies. Woodward Administration, ad-min-nis-tra'shun.52; 1. The act of administering or conducting any employment; as, the conducting the publick affairs; dispensing the laws. I then did use the person of your father; The image of his power lay then in me: And in th' administration of his law, While I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place. Shaksp. In the short time of his administration, he shone so powerfully upon me; that, like the heat of a Russian summer, he ripened the fruits of poetry in a cold climate. Dryden. 2. The active or executive part of govern- ment. It may pass for a maxim in state, that the ad- ministration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many. Swift. 3. Collectively; those, to whom the care of publick affairs is committed; as, The administration has been opposed in parlia ment. 4. Distribution; exhibition; dispensation. There is, in sacraments, to be observed their force, and their form of administration. Hooker. By the universal administration of grace (begun by our blessed Saviour, enlarged by his apostles, carried on by their immediate successors, and to be completed by the rest to the world's end) all types, that darkened this faith, are enlightened. Sprat's Sermons Administrative, ad-min'nis-tra-tiv. 1B: adj. [from administrate.] That, which administers; that, by which any one ad- ministers. Administra'tok, ad-mln-nis-tra'tur.98 B27 n. s. [administrator, Lat.] 1. It is properly taken for him, that has the goods of a man dying intestate, com- mitted to his charge by the ordinary; and is accountable for the same, whenever it shall please the ordinary to call upon him thereunto. Coivell. He was wonderfully diligent to enquire and ob serve, what became of the king of Arragon, in holding the kingdom of Castille; and whether he did hold it in his own right, or as administrator to his daughter. Bacon's Henry VII 2. He, that officiates in divine rites. I feel my conscience bound to remember the death of Christ, with some society of Christians or other, since it is a most plain command; whether the person, who distributes these elements, be only an occasional or a settled administrator-. Watts 3. He, that conducts the government. The residence of the prince, or chief administra- tor of the civil power. Sicift ADMrNisTRA'TRiXjad-min-nls-tra'triks.8'2' n. s. [Lat.] She, who administers in con- sequence of a will. Administra'torship, ad-min-nis-tra/tur- ship. n. s. [from administrator.] The of- fice of administrator. Admirabi'lity, ad-me-ra-bine-te. n. s [admirabilis, Lat.] The quality or slate of being admirable. Diet A'dmirable, ad'me-ra-bl.406 adj. [admi- rabilis, Lat ] To be admired; worthy of admiration; of power to excite wonder always taken in a good sense, and ap- plied either to persons or things. The more power he hath to hurt, the more ad- mirable is his praise, that he will not hurt Sidney. God was with them, in all their afflictions; and at length, by working their admirable deliverance, did testify that they served him not in vain. Hooker. several other philosophers! Short, I confess, of the rules of Christianity, but generally above the lives of christians. South's Sermons. You can at most To an indiff'rent lover's praise pretend: But you would spoil an admirable friend. Dryden. A'dmirableness, ad'me-ra-bl-ness. n. s. [from admirable.'] The quality of being admirable; the power of raising wonder. A'dmirably, ad'me-ra-ble. adv. [from ad. mirable.~] So, as to raise wonder; in an admirable manner. The theatre is die most spacious, of any I ever saw; and so admirably well contrived, that, from the very depth of the stage, the lowest sound may be heard distinctly to the farthest part of the au- dience, as in a whispering place; and yet, raise your voice as high as you please, there is nothing (like an echo) to cause the least confusion. Addison. A'DMIRAL, ad'me-ral. n.s. [amiral^v. of uncertain etymology] 1. An officer or magistrate, that has the government of the king's navy, and the hearing and determining all causes (as well civil as criminal) belonging to the sea. Coiuell. 2. The chief commander of a fleet. He also, in battle at sea, overthrew Rodericus Rotundus, admiral of Spain; in which fight, the air miral with his son were both slain, and seven of his gallies taken. Knolles. Make the sea shine with gallantry, and all The English youth flock to their admiral. Waller. 3. The ship which carries the admiral or commander of the fleet. The admiral galley, wherein the emperor himself was, by great mischance struck upon a sand. Knolles. A'DMiRALSHip^d'me-ral-ship'. n.s. [from admiral.] The office or power of an ad- miral. Admira'lty, ad'me-ral-te. n. s. [ami- raulte, Fr.] The power or officers, ap- pointed for the administration of naval affairs. Admira'tion, ad-me-ra'shun. n. s. [ad- miratio, Lat.] 1. Wonder; the act of admiring or won- dering. Indu'd with human voice and human sense, Reasoning to admiration. Milton. The passions always move, and therefore (conse- quently) please: for, without motion, there can be no delight; which cannot be considered, but as an active passion. When we view those elevated ideas of nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure. Dryden. There is a pleasure in admiration; and this is that, which properly causeth admiration; when we discover a great deal in an object, which we un- derstand to be excellent; and yet we see (we know not how much) more beyond that, which our under- standings cannot fully reach and comprehend. Tillotson. 2. It is taken sometimes in a bad sense, though generally in a good. Your boldness 1 with admiration see; What hope had you to gain a queen like me? Because a hero fore'd me once away, Am 1 thought fit to be a second prey? Dryden. To ADMl'RE, ad-mire', v. a. [admiro, Lat. admirer, Fr ] 1. To regard with wonder: generally in a good sense. 'Tis here, that knowledge wonders; and there is an admiration, that is not the daughter of ignorance.