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▪ I. † adˈhibit, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. adhibit-us, pa. pple. of adhibē-re to hold towards, bring to, employ in, f. ad to + habē-re to hold.]
1. Brought or let in, admitted to.
1543Grafton Contn. Harding's Chron. 492 To whiche counsel there were adhibite very fewe, and they very secrete.
2. Brought into application, employed, used.
1528Gardiner in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. xl. 78 The maintenance of this town..requireth your grace's help and comfort to be adhibite in time. 1671True Non-Conformist 118 Anointing..the accustomed Symbole, adhibite in the exercise of the Gift of healing.
▪ II. adhibit, v.|ædˈhɪbɪt|
[f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed.]
1. To take in, let in, admit (a person or thing).
1528Gardiner in Pocock Rec. Ref. I. li. 121 Whose counsels the popes heretofore have most commonly adhibite and followed. 1565Jewel Repl. M. Harding (1611) 133 The conference betwixt Sylla..and Bocchus King of Numidia, had by meane of Interpreters adhibited of both parts. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xviii. 40 To which counsell..there were adhibited very few. 1742Bailey, Adhibit, to admit. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §116 It avails nothing that the testator's familia has been sold, the witnesses adhibited.
2. To put to or upon, to affix.
1567J. Maplet Greene Forest 48 It joyneth togither those sinews which are cut, being adhibited and used plaister like. 1768Boswell Corsica iii. (ed. 2) 239 We impose taxes and contributions, we adhibit our seals. 1849Alison Hist. Europe I. iv. §52. 488 Will he adhibit to subsequent decrees a sanction? 1862Advt. in Old Mort., The Subscribers to the Shilling Edition of the Waverley Novels..will receive a set of Adhesive Labels, which may be adhibited to the back of the Volumes.
3. To apply, employ, use, give, devote.
1574T. Newton Health of Magistr. 71 So that so muche space and time in the use thereof be adhibited. 1605Camden Rem. 233 Wherevnto ought to be adhibited, first fervent prayers then a lowely minde. 1656Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 264 The pernitious disease of polititians..not to adhibit faith to such actions as have a certain affected appearance of extraordinary goodness.
4. To apply as a remedy, to administer.
1654T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 33 (T.) Wine also that is dilute may safely and profitably be adhibited in an apozemicall forme in fevers. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Stinking Breath, Let this Bolus be adhibited Morning, Noon and Night. 1864R. F. Burton Dahome I. 123 Nothing but the strongest drink, constantly adhibited, carried him through his trials. |