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1. To earn by labour.
2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. "Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more." (Tusser)
Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial.
Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled.
(01 Mar 1998)
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