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▪ I. † adject, ppl. a. and n. Obs. [ad. L. adject-us pa. pple. of adjic-ĕre to lay to; f. ad to + jac-ĕre to cause to lie, lay, throw.] A. ppl. a. |æˈdʒɛkt|. Annexed, joined; adjective.
1432–50Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 195 By whiche chaunce that londe and see adiecte to hit toke hit name. 1612Brinsley Pos. Parts (1669) 41 How is a Participle declined? With Number, Case, and Gender, as a Noun Adject. B. n. |ˈædʒɛkt|. An addition, additament; added qualification.
1672T. Jacomb On Rom. viii. (1868) 216 He is God..not a made god, a contradiction in the adject. 1677Gale Crt. of Gentiles II. iv. 154 Doth it not implie a contradiction in the Adject, that man should make a right use of his natural abilities or prepare himself for the reception of supernatural grace? ▪ II. adject, v.|əˈdʒɛkt| [ad. L. adjectā-re to put to, add, freq. of adjic-ĕre, see prec.; thus having the appearance of being f. adject a.] To annex, add, or join.
1432–50Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 89 The foreseide Arsaces adiecte to his empyre the realme of Hircanes. 1538Leland Itin. III. 108 Sum Bisshop of Winchester renewed the old Fundation adjecting more Lande. 1662Fuller Worthies xxiv. (1840) I. 93 They made the child's name by adjecting the syllable son to the appellation of the father. 1733Lindsay Interest of Scotl. 107 They adjected this Condition. 1832J. Austin Lect. Jurisp. lvi. (1879) II. 925 The law adjects to the title an element which is properly accidental. |