adject

n. [ L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject. ] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. adjectitius. ] Added; additional. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797) [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Adjective, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relating to procedure. “The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject. ] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler, ” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjectived p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving ] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]