µ It is adultery on the part of the married wrongdoer. The word has also been used to characterize the act of an unmarried participator, the other being married. In the United States the definition varies with the local statutes. Unlawful intercourse between two married persons is sometimes called double adultery; between a married and an unmarried person, single adultery. 2. Adulteration; corruption. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 3. (Script.) (a) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment. (b) Faithlessness in religion. Jer. iii. 9. 4. (Old Law) The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. 5. (Eccl.) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop. 6. Injury; degradation; ruin. [Obs.] You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature. B. Jonson. AÏdult¶ness (?), n. The state of being adult. AdÏum¶brant (?), a. [L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. AdÏum¶brate (?), v. t. [L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow.] 4. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor. 2. To overshadow; to shade. Ad·umÏbra¶tion (?), n. [L. adumbratio.] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. 2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley. 3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure. AdÏum¶braÏtive (?), a. Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle. Ad·uÏna¶tion (?), n. [L. adunatio; ad + unus one.] A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor. AÏdunc¶, AÏdunque¶ (?), a. (Zo”l.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill. AÏdun¶ciÏty (?), n. [L. aduncitas. See Aduncous.] Curvature inwards; hookedness. The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope. AÏdun¶cous (?), a. [L. aduncus; ad + uncus hooked, hook.] Curved inwards; hooked. AÏdure¶ (?), v. t. [L. adurere; ad + urere to burn.] To burn up. [Obs.] Bacon. AÏdust¶ (?), a. [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste.] 1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. ½The Libyan air adust.½ Milton. 2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. Sir W. Scott. 3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy. AÏdust¶ed, a. Burnt; adust. [Obs.] Howell. AÏdust¶iÏble (?), a. That may be burnt. [Obs.] AÏdus¶tion (?; 106), n. [L. adustio, fr. adurere, adustum: cf. F. adustion.] 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [Obs. or R.] Harvey. 2. (Surg.) Cauterization. Buchanan. Ø Ad vaÏlo¶rem (?). [L., according to the value.] (Com.) A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, Ð in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent. AdÏvance¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Advanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Advancing (?)(?).] [OE. avancen, avauncen, F. avancer, fr. a supposed LL. abantiare; ab + ante (F. avant) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, aÏ being supposed to be fr. L. ad. See Avaunt.] 1. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on. 2. To raise; to elevate. [Archaic] They... advanced their eyelids. Shak. 3. To raise to a higher rank; to promote. Ahasueres... advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes. Esther iii. 1. 4. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests. 5. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope. 6. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten. 7. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him. 8. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods. 9. To extol; to laud. [Obs.] Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. Spenser. Syn. Ð To raise; elevate; exalt; aggrandize; improve; heighten; accelerate; allege; adduce; assign. AdÏvance¶, v. i. 1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me. 2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price. 3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott. AdÏvance¶, n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. avancer. See Advance, v.] 1.