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Webster 1913 Edition
Adrift
A-drift′
,adv.
& Adj.
[Pref.
a-
(for on
) + drift
.] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
So on the sea shall be set
adrift
. Dryden.
Were from their daily labor turned
adrift
. Wordsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adrift
ADRIFT'
,Adj.
Literally, driven; floating; floating at random; impelled or moving without direction. As an adjective, it always follows its noun; as, the boat was adrift.