Obs. [ad. L. adject-us pa. pple. of adjic-ĕre to lay to; f. ad to + jac-ĕre to cause to lie, lay, throw.]
A. ppl. a. Annexed, joined; adjective.
1432–50. Trevisa, Higden, Rolls Ser. I. 195. By whiche chaunce that londe and see adiecte to hit toke hit name.
1612. Brinsley, Pos. Parts (1669), 41. How is a Participle declined? With Number, Case, and Gender, as a Noun Adject.
B. sb. An addition, additament; added qualification.
1672. T. Jacomb, On Rom., viii. (1868), 216. He is God … not a made god, a contradiction in the adject.
1677. Gale, Crt. of Gentiles, II. IV. 154. Doth it not implie a contradiction in the Adject, that man should make a right use of his natural abilities or prepare himself for the reception of supernatural grace?
