ADHIBIT

Etymology

Verb

adhibit (third-person singular simple present adhibits, present participle adhibiting, simple past and past participle adhibited)

To allow in; to admit.

To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).

To affix.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*hib"it, v. t. Etym: [L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to hold to; ad + habere to have.]

1. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. Muirhead.

2. To use or apply; to administer. Camden.

3. To attach; to affix. Alison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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