different between adust vs adjust

English

Etymology

From Middle French aduste, and its source, Latin ad?stus (“burnt, scorched”), past participle of ad?rere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d?st/

Adjective

adust

1. (medicine, historical, usually postpositive) Of a bodily humour: abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). [from 15th c.]
2. (by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
3. (archaic) Burnt or having a scorched colour. [from 15th c.]

Derived terms

• adustness

Anagrams

• duats, ustad

English

Etymology

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”). Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxt?re, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

adjust (third-person singular simple present adjusts, present participle adjusting, simple past and past participle adjusted)

1. (transitive) To modify.

2. (transitive) To improve or rectify.

3. (transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
4. (intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Synonyms

• (to modify something): change, edit, modify, set

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Adjustment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• udjats