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Sep 27, 2012
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with Anu Gargadhibit
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
verb tr.: 1. To let in; admit. 2. To administer. 3. To affix or attach. ETYMOLOGY:
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.
USAGE:
"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. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -Susan Ertz, author (1894-1985)
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