Adjute

//əˈd͡ʒuːt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To add, include. ambitransitive, obsolete, rare

    "For there be / Sixe Batchelers, as bold as hee, / Adjuting to his Companee, / And each one hath his Liverie; […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
aid

Example

More examples

"For there be / Sixe Batchelers, as bold as hee, / Adjuting to his Companee, / And each one hath his Liverie; […]"

Etymology

From Middle French adjouter (modern French ajouter), from Old French ajoster, from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre. The spelling was perhaps reinforced by folk-etymological association with Classical Latin adiūtō (“to help”) (which Samuel Johnson gives as the etymology and meaning). Possibly a doublet of adjust.

More for "adjute"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.