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a. [ L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See Adolescent, Old. ] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. adulterare. ] To commit adultery; to pollute. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adulterans, p. pr. of adulterare. ] That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adulterated p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating ] [ L. adulteratus, p. p. of adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter other, properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love. Cf. Advoutry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To defile by adultery. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To commit adultery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Tainted with adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- A*dul"ter*ate*ly, adv. -- A*dul"ter*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; -- said of substances or foods used ususally of articles of commerce, dulted with less costly materials so as to enhance profit; -- usually imlying that the dilution is surreptitious and unethical
Syn. -- adulterate, debased [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin; -- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous materials purifying
Syn. -- adulterant [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; -- of people.
Syn. -- adulterant. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. adulteratio. ] 1. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An adulterated state or product. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who adulterates or corrupts. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending -er. See Advoutrer. ] 1. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fem. from L. adulter. Cf. Advoutress. ] 1. A woman who commits adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adulterinus, fr. adulter. ] Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal. [ 1913 Webster ]

When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An illegitimate child. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To commit adultery. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by adulteration; spurious. “An adulterous mixture.” [ Obs. ] Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adulterous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Adulteries [ L. adulterium. See Advoutry. ] 1. The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer. The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called double adultery; between a married and an unmarried person, single adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adulteration; corruption. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being adult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. ager field + cultor cultivator. ] An agriculturist; a farmer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Agricultural ant (Zool.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. [1913 Webster]

n. An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre and Culture. ] The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agriculture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last. ] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apis bee + E. culture. ] Rearing of bees for their honey and wax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
Syn. -- beekeeper, apiarist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to aquiculture. aquacultural methods
Syn. -- aquicultural, hydroponic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. the cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled and sometimes enclosed body of water. The term includes use of either salt or fresh water. It is a form of agriculture, but under water. [ PJC ]

a. Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arbor tree + cultura. See Culture. ] The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cultivates trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail. ] 1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unshaken bears the assault
Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. Blackstone. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught; charge; storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaulting. ] [ From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare. ] 1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
Assault his ears. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the latter sense, assail is more common. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See Attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being assaulted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sexually abused; -- a euphemism.
Syn. -- molested, raped, criminally assaulted, sexually assaulted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. making an assault.
Syn. -- attacking(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. To auscultate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ausculcatio, fr. auscultare to listen, fr. a dim. of auris, orig. ausis, ear. See Auricle, and cf. Scout, n. ] 1. The act of listening or hearkening to. Hickes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices auscultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. avis bird + cultura culture. ] (Zool.) Rearing and care of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + vault. ] Having two vaults or arches. [ 1913 Webster ]