adhibit

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ad=hib=it

CIDE DICTIONARY

adhibit, v. t. [L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to hold to; ad + habere to have.].

•  To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.  Muirhead.  [1913 Webster]
•  To use or apply; to administer.  Camden.  [1913 Webster]
•  To attach; to affix.  Alison.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

adhibit, v.tr. (adhibited, adhibiting)
1 affix.
2 apply or administer (a remedy).

Derivative

adhibition n.

Etymology

L adhibere adhibit- (as AD-, habere have)

ROGET THESAURUS

adhibit

Use

VB use, make use of, employ, put to use, put in action, put in operation, put in practice, set in motion, set to work, ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate, play, play off, exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to, take up with, take advantage of, lay one's hands on, try, render useful, mold, turn to account, turn to use, convert to use, utilize, work up, call into play, bring into play, put into requisition, call forth, draw forth, press into service, enlist into the service, bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of, make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of, fall back upon, make a shift with, make the most of, make the best of, use up, swallow up, consume, absorb, expend, tax, task, wear, put to task.