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ADEMPTION", Ademptio, in the Civil Law, the Re- vocation of a Grant, Donation, or the like.
The Ademption of a Legacy, may be either Exprejs ; as when the Teftator declares in form, that he revokes what he had bequeathed : Or Tacit, as when he only revokes it indirectly, or implicitly.
ADEPS, in Anatomy, a Species of Fat, found in the Ca- vities of the Abdomen. See Fat.
The Adeps differs from the common Fat, called ^Pingue- do ; in that it is thicker, harder, and of a more earthy Sub- Jtance. See. Pinguedo.
The Adeps is much the fame with what we call Scvzim, Suet, or Leaf. See Sevum.
Adeps is alfo ufed by the Phyflcians, as a general Name for Fat of either Kind.
The Adeps Anjeris, Goofe's Fat ; Adept Canis, Fat of a Dog ; Adeps Hominis, Fat of a Man ; Adeps Vipers, Vi- pers Far ; and Adeps Urfi, Bears Fat, are all ufed in Medi- cine, in quality of Ripeners, or Drawers ; as being of a pe- netrating Nature, and thereby fuited to diffolvc and rarity the Tumors, and bring 'em as it were to Maturity. See
RlPENER.
The fpecific Virtues afcribed to certain of 'em, do not feern well warranted. Sec Fat, Viper, £$c.
ADEPTS, Adepti, a Denomination given to the Profi- cients in Alchymy ; particularly thofe who pretend to the Secrets of the Philolbpher's Stone, and the Univerfal Medi- cine. See Alchymy, Philosopher's Stone, Transmuta- tion, Elixir, &c.
Ripley, Lully, Varacelfus, Helmont, Hollandus, Centivoglio, &c. are the Principal among the Adept?. See Chymistry.
The Word is Latin, Adeptus, form'd of the Verb a'dipif- cor, I obtain.
'Tis a fort of Tradition among the Akhymift?, that there are alwa\s twelve Adepti ; and that their Places are imme- diately fupplied by others, whenever it pleafes any of the Fraternity ro die, or transmigrate into fome other Place, where he may make ufe of his Gold ; for that in this wick- ed World it will fcarce purchafe 'em a Shirt. -Harris.
ADEQUATE, Adjequatum, fomething equal to, or co- ■extended with, another ; and filling the whole Meafure and Capacity thereof See Equality.
In this S^nfe, the Word Hands oppofed to Inadequate. See Inadequate.
Adequate Ideas, or Notions, are fuch Images or Con- ceptions of an Object, as perfectly reprefent it, or anfwer the Parts and Properties of it. See Idea.
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anijls hold.
ner different from what the Romanijls hold. See EucnA-
RIST, &G.
The Adejjenarii, call'd alfo Impanatores, are divided in- to four different Opinions touching the Point. — 'Some hold that the Body of Jjfus Chrift is in the Bread ; others, that it is about the Bread ; others, that it is with the Bread y and lailly, others, that it is under the Bread. See Impana- tion.
The Name Adejjenarii was firft framed by c FrateoluSi from the Latin Verb adejje, to be prefent. ADFECTED Equation. See Equation. ADHESION, Adherence, in Phyficks, the State of two Bodies which are join'd or faften'd to each other, either by the mutual Interpcfition of their own Parts; or the Com- preffion of external Bodies. See Cohesion, and Nexus.
The Word is compounded of the Latin ad y and hcereo t I flick or cleave to.
Anaromifls lometlmes obferve Adbejions of the Lungs to the Sides of the Thorax, the Pleura, and Diaphragms, which give occafion to various Diforders. See Lungs, Pleu- ra, Pleurisy, Phthisis, Peripneumony, &c.
The Adbejion of two polifiYd Planes, or two Hemifpheres, is a Phenomenon urg'd in behalf of the Weight and Pref- fure of the Atmofphcre. See Atmosphere.
The Schoolmen diltinguifh two Kinds of Certitude : the one of Speculation, which arifes from the Evidence of the Thing 5 and the other of Adbejion, which has nothing to do with Evidence, but arifes putely from the Importance of the Matter, and the Intereit we have in its Truth. See Certitude, Testimony, Truth, Evidence, £j?c
ADJACENT, or Adjoining, fomething contiguous, or fituate near another. See Contiguous.
The Word is compounded of ad, to, and jacere, to lie. Adjacent Angle. See Angle.
AD1APHORISTS, Adiaphoristje, Adiaphorites, a Name given in the XVIth Century to the moderate Lutherans, who adher'd to the Sentiments of MelanBon ; and afterwards to thole who fubferib'd the Interim of Charles V. See Lutheran.
The fame Name might alfo be applied to thofe now called. Indifferentijis. See Indifferentist.
The Word is originally Greek, etJ^c?©-, indifferent. ADIAPHOROUS, Adiaphorus, q. d. Indifferent, or Neutral ; a Name given by Mr. Boyle to a Kind of Spi- rit difliti'd from Tartar and fome other Vegetable Bodies ; and which is neither Acid, Vinous, nor Urinous ; but iii many refpects different from any other fort of Spirit. See
M. Leibnitz defines an Adequate Notion, to be that of Spirit 5 fee alfo Neutral. whofe feveral Characters we have diflinct Ideas. — Thus, a Cir- cle being defined a Figure bounded by a Curve Line which re- turns inro it felf, and whole Points are all equally diflant from a certain intermediate Point therein : Our Notion of a Circle is adequate, if we have diflinct Ideas of all thefe Circumlfan- ccs, viz. a Curve returning upon it felf, a middle Point, an Equality of Diflance, &c. See Notion, Definition, &c. All Simple Ideas are adequate and perfect ; and the Fa- culty, be it what it will, that excites them, reprefents them entire. See Simple Idea.
The Ideas of Modes are Hkewife adequate, or perfect ; except of thofe Modes which occafionally become Subitan- ces : for when we fpeak of Modes feparately exifting, we only confider them feparate from the Subirance by way of Abltr-action. See Mode, Accident, &c.
All Abflract Ideas are alfo adequate and perfect ; fince they reprefent all that Part of the Subject which we then confider. — Thus, the Idea of Roundncfs is perfect, or ade- quate, becaufe it offers to the Mind all that is in Roundncfs, in general. See Abstract.
Of the fame Kind are all Ideas, of which we know no Original or external Object really exifting out of them; by
occafion of which they were excited in us, and of which we Object it felt" whereof we fpe think them the Images. — Thus, when a Dog is before us, it is the external Object without us which raifes the Idea in our Mind ; but the Idea of an Animal in genera], has no external Object to excite it: 'tis created by the Mind it felf, and mult of Necefiity be adequate, or perfect. See Ab- straction.
On the contrary, the Ideas of all Subftances are inadequate and imperfect, which are not form'd at the Pleafure of the Mind, but gather'd from certain Properties, which Experi- ence difcovers in them. See Suiistance.
This is evident, in regard our Knowledge of Subftances is very defective ; and that we are only acquainted with fome of their Properties : Thus, we know that Silver is white, that it is malleable, that it melts, Hfc. but we do not know what further Properties it may have ; and are wholly igno- rant of the inward Texture of the Particles whereof it con- iiih. — Our Idea of Silver therefore, not reprefenting to the Mind all the Properties of Silver, is inadequate "and im- perfect.
ADESSENARII, a Sefl in Religion, who hold that Je- '". really prefent in the Eucharitt ; but in a man-
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ADJECTIVE, Noun Adjective, or Adnoun, in Gram- mar, a Kind of Noun joined with a Noun Subfrantive ei- ther exprefs'd or understood, to itiew its manner of be- ing, that is, its Qualities or Accidents. Sec Noun, ££fc.
The Word is form'd of the Latin adjicere, to add to; as being to be added to a SuhAantive, without which it has no precife Signification at all.
Father Buffier defines Adjcfflve in a new manner, and fets it in a Light different from that cf other Grammari- ans. Nouns, according to him, are Subflantives, when
the Objects which they reprefent are confider'd limply, and in themfelves, without any regard to their Qualities : On the contraty, they are Adjectives, when they exprefs the Quality of an Object. See Quality.
Thus, when I fay finiply, a Heart ; the Word Heart is a Subitantive, becaufe none of its Qualities are exprefs'd ; but when 1 fay a generous Heart, the Word generous is an AdjeBive ; becaufe it adds a Quality or Attribute to the Heart.
Adjc&hes, then, feem to be nothing elfe but Modifica- tives. — In effect, the End of an Adjebltve being only to ex- prefs the Qualities of an Object ; if that Quality be the k, it becomes a Subflantive 5 e.g. If I fay, this Book is good ; good, here, is an Adjeffive : But if I fay, Good is always to be chojen, 'tis evident Good is the Subject I fpeak of; and confequently, Good there is a Subitantive.
On the contrary, it often happens in other Languages, and fometimes in our own, that a Subitantive becomes an Adjetlive ; as for inftance, in thefe Words, the King, Hero as he is, remembers he is a Man : Where the Word Hero, tho ordinarily a Subflantive, is yet apparently an Adjetlive.
From this new Idea of an AdjeBive, it appears that many of the Nouns which, in the common Grammars, are ac- counted Subflantives are really AdjeBives, and vice verfa ; Grammar, in this and a thoufmd other Inltances depending upon Cuflom. See Substantive.
AD Inquirendum, a. Writ Judicial, commanding Inquiry to be made of any thing touching a Caufe depending in the King's Court, for the better Execution of Juftice ; as of Ba- ftardy, and fuch like. See Writ.
ADJOINING, Adjunctio, in Philofophy, gfe Se* Adjunct, and Adjunctio.
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