[ad. L. adhibitiōn-em admission, application, n. of action, f. adhibē-re: see ADHIBIT a.] The action of adhibiting; a. of affixing; b. of applying, employing, administering.

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1654.  T. Whitaker, Blood of Grape, 55. The adhibition of dilute wine.

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1742.  Bailey, Adhibition, A taking or applying to.

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1835.  L. Hunt, Lond. Jrnl., No. 53. 98. An apple pie was improved by the adhibition of a quince.

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1848.  Arnould, Mar. Insur., I. iii. (1866), I. 142. The adhibition of the Seal of the body corporate.

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1838.  Chambers’ Jrnl., No. 331, quoting Edin. Rev., on Homœop. Every sickness … must by the adhibition of proper medicines be converted into a similar, but more energetic artificial sickness.

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