2. To use or apply; to administer. --Camden.
[1913 Webster]
3. To attach; to affix. --Alison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
adhibit — [ad hib′it] vt. [< L adhibitus, pp. of adhibere, to summon < ad , to + habere, to have] Rare 1. to let in; admit 2. to affix 3. to administer, as a remedy adhibition [ad΄hə bish′ən] n … English World dictionary
adhibit — [əd hɪbɪt] verb (adhibits, adhibiting, adhibited) formal apply or affix to something else. Derivatives adhibition noun Origin C16: from L. adhibit , adhibere bring in , from ad to + habere hold, have … English new terms dictionary
adhibit — v.tr. (adhibited, adhibiting) 1 affix. 2 apply or administer (a remedy). Derivatives: adhibition n. Etymology: L adhibere adhibit (as AD , habere have) … Useful english dictionary
adhibit — adhibition /ad heuh bish euhn/, n. /ad hib it/, v.t. 1. to take or let in; admit. 2. to use or apply. 3. to attach. [1520 30; < L adhibitus brought (ptp. of adhibere to bring to), equiv. to ad AD + hibi (comb. form of habere to hold, have) + tus… … Universalium
adhibit — verb a) To allow in; admit. b) To administer, such as a remedy … Wiktionary
adhibit — v. admit; administer; affix … English contemporary dictionary
adhibit — ad·hib·it … English syllables
adhibit — v.t. grant admittance to; apply; attach … Dictionary of difficult words
PURIFICATIONES et PIACULA — quibus in Veteri Testam. expurgarisolebant immunditiae et violata ceremoniarum religio expiari, fiebant tum in Sacrificiis, tum in Lotionibus et Aspersionibus, Hebr. c. 9. v. 13. Et quidem Sacrificium Puerperae describitur Levit. c. 12. v. 6. 7.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
QUADRIGA — Minervae quartae, quae Iove nata et Coriphe, Oceani secundum Ciceronem, inventum, non quod quatuor rotis primitus constaret, sed quod quaternis equis traheretur, dicta est: ut ex Lucretio contendit Licetus de Lucernis Antiqq. l. 6. c. 22. Hyginus … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
