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That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase;

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That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.

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  • REINFORCEMENT
    See REëNFORCEMENT
  • SUPPLYMENT
    A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
  • SUPPLY
    LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
  • SUPPLEMENT
    The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle. Syn. -- Appendix. -- Appendix, Supplement. An appendix is that which
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • INFLUX
    1. The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light. 2. A coming in; infusion; intromission; introduction; importation in abundance; also, that which flows or comes in; as, a great influx of goods into a country, or an influx of gold and silver. The
  • ADJUNCT
    A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History." (more info) 1. Something joined or added to another thing, but
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • ADDITION
    That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers. (more info) 1. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke. 2. Anything added; increase;
  • ADJUNCTIVELY
    In an adjunctive manner.
  • ANNEXATION
    1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture.
  • ACQUISITION
    1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement.
  • ADJUNCTIVE
    Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
  • ADDITIONALLY
    By way of addition.
  • APPENDIX
    1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. 2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished
  • ADDITAMENT
    An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.
  • INCREASE
    The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon. Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs will grow soonest if set or cut in the increase of the moon. Bacon. Increase twist, the twixt of a rifle groove in which the
  • INFLUXION
    A flowing in; infusion. Bacon.
  • AUGMENTATION
    A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing
  • ANNEXATIONIST
    One who favors annexation.
  • REINCREASE
    To increase again.
  • NONARRIVAL
    Failure to arrive.
  • UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
    The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.
  • COEXTENSION
    The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
  • SURADDITION
    Something added or appended, as to a name. Shak.
  • NONIMPORTATION
    Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
  • INEXTENSION
    Want of extension; unextended state.
  • RESUPPLY
    To supply again.

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