ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. adhibit-us, pa. pple. of adhibē-re to hold towards, bring to, employ in, f. ad to + habē-re to hold.]
1. Brought or let in, admitted to.
1543. Grafton, Contn. Harding’s Chron., 492. To whiche counsel there were adhibite very fewe, and they very secrete.
2. Brought into application, employed, used.
1528. Gardiner, in Pocock, Rec. Ref., I. xl. 78. The maintenance of this town … requireth your grace’s help and comfort to be adhibite in time.
1671. True Non-Conformist, 118. Anointing … the accustomed Symbole, adhibite in the exercise of the Gift of healing.
