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Show AD AD 4. To adminifter the facraments, to dif: penfe them Have not they the old popith cuftom of admini ~ fering the blefled facrament of the holy eucharif with wafer-cakes Hooker 5. To adminifter an oath; to propofe o require an oath authoritatively ; to tender an oath Swear by the duty that you owe to heav'n "To keep the oath that we adminiffer Shakefpeare ' 6. To adminifter phyfic; to give phyfi as it is wanted % I was carried on men's thoulders, adminiflerin - phyfick and phlebotomy Wafer's Voyage admz'nijgei bring fupplies to to contribute t 1 muit not omit, that there is a fountain rifin in the upper part of my garden, which forms little wandering rill, and adminifters to the pleafure as'well as the plenty, of the place Spectator 8. To perform the office of an adminiftrator, in law. T See ADMINISTRATOR Neal's order was never performed, becaufe th exccutors durft not adminiffer Arbuthnot and Pope ApMUNISTRATE. w. a. [adminiftro Lat.] To exhibit ;-to give as phyfick Not in ufe They have the fame effe@s in medicine, whe inwardly adminiftrated to animal bodies Woodward ADMINISTRA'TION .Jo [adminiftratio Lat. 1. Fhe a& of adminiftering or condutin any employment; as, the conduin the public affairs ; difpenfing the laws I then did ufe the perfon of your father The image of his power lay then in me Your highnefs pleafed to forget my place Shake[peare In the fhort time of his adminiffration, he thon o powerfully upon me, that, like the heat of Ruffian fummer, he ripened the fruits of poetry i a cold climate Dryden 2. The active or executive part of govern It may pafs for a maxim in ftate, that the adminiffration cannot be placed in too few hands, no the legiflature in too many Svift 3 Colle&ively, thofe to whom the car of public affairs is committed ; as, th adminifiration has been oppofed in par liament 4. Diftribution; exhibition ; difpenfation There is, in facraments, to be obferved thei force, and their form of adminifiration Hooker By the univerfal adminifiration of grace, begu by our blefled Saviour, enlarged by his apofiles carried on by their immediat fucceffors an t be completed by the reft to the world's end; al types that darkened this faith are enlightened Sprat's Sermons ADMI'NISTRATIVE. adj. [from adminiJStrate.] That which adminifters'; tha by which any one adminifters ADMINISTRA TOR 7. / did hold it In his own right, or as adminiftrator t his daughter Bacon's Henry VII 2. He that officiates in divine rites [adminiftrator Lat. 1. Is properly taken for him that has th goods of a man dying inteftate com mitted to his charge by the ordinary and is accountable for the fame, when ever it {hall pleafe the ordinary to cal upon him thereunto Cowell He was wonderfully diligent to enquire and obferve what became of the king of Arragon, i - holding .the kingdom of Cattille, and whether h 1. Wonder ; the a& of admiring or won dering Indu'd with human voice, and human fenfe Reafoning to admiration Milton I feel my confcience bound to remember th death of Chrift, with fome fociety of Chriftians o other, fince it is a moft plain command; whethe the perfon wh diftribute thef elements 3. He that conduéts the government The paffions always move, and therefore, con fequently, pleafe b only an occafional or a fettled adminiftrator Watts ApMI'NISTRATRIX. #. /. [Lat.] Sh who adminifters in confequence of will ApMINISTRA'TORSHIP. 7. /. [from adminiftrator.] The office of adminiftrator ADMIRABYLITY, . /. [admirabilis, Lat. The quality or ftate of being admirable Di A'DMIRABLE. adj. [admirabilis, Lat. To be admired ; worthy of admiration of power to excite wonder : always taken in a good fenfe, and applied eithe to perfons or things The more power he hath to hurt, the more admirable is his praife, that he will not hurt Sidney God was with them in all their afli&ions, and at length, by working their admirable deliverance did teftify that they ferved him not in vain Hooker What admirable things occur in the remains o feveral other philofophers! Short, I confefs, o the rules of chriftianity, but generally above th lives of chriftians South's Sermons ideas of nature, the refult of that view is admira tion, whic manner Dryden in an admirabl The theatre is the moft fpacious of any I eve faw and fo admirably wel contrived that, fro the very depth of the ftage, the loweft found ma be heard diftinétly to the fartheft part of the audience, as in a whifpering place; and yet, raif your voice as high as you pleafe, there is nothin like an echo to caufe the leaft confufion. _Addifun A'DMIRAL. #. /. [amiral, Fr. o certain etymology. 1. An officer or magiftrate that ha government of the king's navy, an hearing and determining all caufes unth th a well civil as criminal, belonging to th fea Cozvell 2. The chief commander of a fleet He alfo, in battle at fea, overthrew Rodericu Rotundus, admiral of Spain, in which fight th admiral, with his fon, were both flain, and feve of his gallies taken Krolles Make the fea fhine with gallantry, and al The Englith youth flock to their admiral Waller 3. The thip which carries the admiral o commander of the fleet The admiral galley, wherein the emperor himfelf was, by great mifchance, ftruck upon a fand Ther is always the caufe of pleafure Dryden is a pleafur in admiration, an this i that which properly caufeth admiration, when w difcover a great deal in an obje& which we un derftand to be excellent; and yet we fee, we kno not how much more beyond that, which our un derftandings cannot fully reach and comprehend Tillotfont 2. It is taken fometimes in a bad fenfe though generally in a good Your boldnefs T with admiration fee What hope had you to gain a queen like me Becaufe a hero forc'd me once away Am I thought fit to be a fecond prey Dryden 7 ADMIRE mirer « a [admire Lat ad Fr. 1. To regard with wonder: generally i a good fenfe *Tis here that knowledge wonders, and there i an admiration that is not the daughter of ignorance. This indeed ftupidly gazeth at the un wonted effet; but the philofophic paffion trul admires and adores the fupreme efficient Glanville 2. It is fometimes ufed, in more familia {peech, for to regard avith lve 3. It is ufed, but rarely, in an ill fenfe You have difplac'd the mirth, broke the goo meetin A'DMIRABLENESS. 7. /. [from admirable. The quality of being admirable; th power of raifing wonder A'DMIRABLY. adwv. [from admirable. So as toraife wonder far, without motion, there ca be no delight: which cannot be confidered but a an altive paffion When we view thofe elevate The refidence of the prince, or chief adminiftrator of the civil power Saift You can at mof To an indiff"rent lover's praife pretend But you would {poil an admirable friend And in th® adminiffration of his law ‘While I was bufy for the commonwealth ment AD Kolles A'pMmirALSHIP. #. [ [from admiral. The office or power of an admiral A'DMIRALTY. 7. [. [amiraulté, Fr.] Th power, or officers, appointed for the adminiftration of naval affairs Apmira‘r1oN, u [ [admiratio, Lat. With moft admir'd diforder Shakefp. Macheth Zo ApMi'RE. @. #. To wonder; fometimes with the particle az The eye is already {o perfe&k, that I believe th reafon of a man woul eafily have refted here, an admir'd at his own contrivance. Ray on the Creation ApMI'RER. n. f. [from admire. 1. The perfon that wonders, or regard with admiration Neither Virgil nor Horace would have gaine fo great reputation, had they not been the friend and admirers of each other Addifon ‘Who moft to fhun or hate mankind pretend Seek an admirer, or would fix a friend Pope 2. In common {peech, a lover ADMI'RINGLY. adv. [from admire.] Wit admiration ; in the manner of an admirer The king very lately fpoke of him admiringl and mourntully. Shakefp. Alls woell that ends well We may yet further admiringly obferve, that me ufually give freelieft where they have not give before Boyle Apwmi'ss1BLE. adj. [admitte, admiffum Lat.] That which may be admitted Suppofe that this fuppofition were admiffible, ye this would not any way be inconfiftent with th eternity of the divine nature and effence Hale's Origin of Mankind ApMmr'sstoN. . [ [admiffis, Lat.] 1. The at or praétice of admitting There was alfo enaéte that charitable law, fo the admifficn of poor fuitors without fee ; whereb poor men became rather able to vex, than unabl Bdcon's Henry V11 to fue By meansof our folitary fituation, and our rar admiffion of ftrangers, we know moft part of th habitable world, and are ourfelves unknown Bacon's Neav Atalantis 2. The ftate of being admitted My father faw you ill defigns purfue And my admiffion thow'd his fear of you va'g"r: |