| Front | adhibit \ad-HIB-it\ |
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| Back | verb tr. 1. To let in; admit. 2. To administer. 3. To affix or attach. [From Latin adhibere (to bring to), from ad- (to) + habere (to have, hold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ghabh- (to give or to receive), which is also the source of give, gift, able, habit, prohibit, due, duty, and habile. Earliest documented use: 1528.] "Morgiana asked the druggist for more medicine and essences such as are adhibited to the sick when at death's door." Translator: Richard Burton; Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves. |
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