Apagoge
Ap•a•go´ge, n. [Gr. a leading away, fr. to lead away; from + to lead.] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary. { Ap•a•gog´ic, Ap•a•gog´ic•al } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

Apaid
A•paid´, a. Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apair
A•pair´, v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apalachian
Ap•a•la´chi•an, a. See Appalachian.

Apar
A´par, A´pa•ra, n. [Native name apara.] (Zoöl.) See Mataco.

Aparithmesis
Ap•a•rith´me•sis ( 277), n. [Gr., from to count off or over.] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.

Apart
A•part´, adv. [F. à part; (L. a. ) + part part. See Part.]
1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
"Others apart sat on a hill retired." - Milton.
"The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself." - Ps. iv. 3.
2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as consider the two propositions apart.
3. Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i. 21.
"Let Pleasure go, put Care apart." - Keble.
4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as to take a piece of machinery apart.

Apartness
A•part´ness, n. The quality of standing apart.

Apastron
Ap•as´tron, n. [Gr. from + star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Apathetic
Ap•a•thet´ic, Ap•a•thet´ic•al a. [See Apathy.] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

Apathist
Ap´a•thist, n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.

Apathistical
Ap•a•this´tic•al, a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]

Apathy
Ap´a•thy, n. ; pl. Apathies . [L. apathia, Gr. ; ’a priv. +, fr.,, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; — applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay.
"A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him … to leave events to take their own course." - Prescott.
"According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason." - Fleming.
In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.
Syn. — Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.

Apaume
A•pau•me´, n. See Appaume.

Apehood
Ape´hood, n. The state of being an ape.

Apellous
A•pel´lous, a. [Pref. a. not + L. pellis skin.] Destitute of skin. Brande & C.

Apennine
Ap´en•nine, a. [L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

Apepsy
A•pep´sy, n. [NL. apepsia, fr. Gr., fr. uncooked, undigested; ’a priv. + cooked, to cook, digest.] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe.

Aper
Ap´er, n. One who apes.

Aperçu
A•per•çu" (a•pâr•su"), n. ; pl. Aperçus (- su"). [F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive.]
1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
"The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology." W. T. Harris.
"A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience." James Ward.
2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

Aperea
A•pe´re•a, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil ( Cavia aperea).

Aperient
A•pe´ri•ent, a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; a. + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt.] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. — n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot.

Apert
A•pert´, a. [OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a. ] Open; evident; undisguised. [Archaic] Fotherby.

Apert
A•pert´, adv. Openly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apertion
A•per´tion, n. [L. apertio.] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman.

Apertly
A•pert´ly, adv. Openly; clearly. [Archaic]

Apertness
A•pert´ness, n. Openness; frankness. [Archaic]

Aperture
Ap´er•ture ( 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient.]
1. The act of opening. [Obs.]
2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as an aperture in a wall.
"An aperture between the mountains." - Gilpin.
"The back aperture of the nostrils." - Owen.
3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as a telescope of four-inch aperture. The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as a microscope of 100° aperture.

Apetalous
A•pet´al•ous (a•pet"al•us), a. [Pref. a. not + petal.] (Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

Apex
A´pex, n. ; pl. E. Apexes ; L. Apices . [L.]
1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.] Apex of the earth’s motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.

Aphaeresis
A•phaer´e•sis ( 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis.

Aphakial
A•pha´ki•al, a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as aphakial eyes.

Aphaniptera
Aph•a•nip´te•ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. invisible (’a priv. + to appear) + a wing.] (Zoöl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

Aphanite
Aph´a•nite, n. [Gr. invisible; ’a priv. + to appear.] (Min.) A very compact, dark-colored ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.

Aphanitic
Aph•a•nit´ic, a. (Min.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure. { A•pha´si•a, Aph´a•sy } n. [NL. aphasia, Gr., fr. not spoken; ’a priv. + to speak: cf. F. aphasie.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

Aphasic
A•pha´sic, a. Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

Aphelion
A•phel´ion ( 277), n. ; pl. Aphelia . [Gr. + sun.] (Astron.) That point of a planet’s or comet’s orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

Apheliotropic
A•phe•li•o•trop´ic, a. [Gr. + sun + belonging to a turning.] Turning away from the sun; — said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Apheliotropism
A•phe•li•ot´ro•pism, n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; — said of certain plants.

Aphemia
A•phe´mi•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + voice.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; — a disorder of cerebral origin.

Apheresis
A•pher´e•sis ( 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr., fr. to take away; + to take.]
1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] Dunglison.

Aphesis
Aph´e•sis, n. [Gr. a letting go; + to let go.] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; — the result of a phonetic process; as squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

Aphetic
A•phet´ic, a. [Gr. letting go, fr. to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as an aphetic word or form. — A•phet´ic•al•ly, adv. New Eng. Dict.

Aphetism
Aph´e•tism, n. An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.

Aphetize
Aph´e•tize, v. t. To shorten by aphesis.
"These words … have been aphetized." - New Eng. Dict.

Aphid
A´phid, n. (Zoöl.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.

Aphides
Aph´i•des, n. pl. (Zoöl.) See Aphis.

Aphidivorous
Aph•i•div´o•rous . [ Aphis + L. vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

Aphidophagous
Aph•i•doph´a•gous, a. [ Aphis + Gr. to eat.] (Zoöl.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

Aphilanthropy
Aph•i•lan´thro•py, n. [Gr. not loving man; ’a priv. + to love + man.] Want of love to mankind; — the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.

Aphis
A´phis, n. ; pl. Aphides . [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the Aphidae excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.

Aphis lion
A"phis li"on . (Zoöl.) The larva of the lacewinged flies ( Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs ( Coccinella).

Aphlogistic
Aph•lo•gis´tic, a. [Gr. not inflammable; ’a priv. + set on fire. See Phlogiston.] Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame. { A•pho´ni•a, Aph´o•ny } n. [NL. aphonia, Gr., fr. voiceless; ’a priv. + voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. { A•phon´ic, Aph´o•nous } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

Aphorist
Aph´o•rist, n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms. { Aph•o•ris´tic, Aph•o•ris´tic•al } a. [Gr. .] In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as an aphoristic style.
"The method of the book is aphoristic." - De Quincey.

Aphoristically
Aph•o•ris´tic•al•ly, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

Aphorize
Aph´o•rize, v. i. To make aphorisms.

Aphotic
A•pho´tic (a•fo"tik), a. [Gr. ’a•fws, ’a•fwtos.] Without light.

Aphotic region. (Phytogeog.) A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.

Aphrasia
A•phra´si•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + fra•sis speech.] (Med.) (a) = Dumbness. (b) A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together.

Aphrodisian
Aph•ro•dis´i•an, a. [Gr. .] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. C. Reade.

Aphrodite
Aph•ro•di´te, n. [Gr. .]
1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
2. (Zoöl.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
3. (Zoöl.) A beautiful butterfly ( Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Aphroditic
Aph•ro•dit´ic, a. Venereal. [R.] Dunglison.

Aphtha
Aph´tha, n. [Sing. of Aphthae.] (Med.) (a) One of the whitish specks called aphthae. (b) The disease, also called thrush.

Aphthoid
Aph´thoid, a. [ Aphtha + -oid.] Of the nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.

Aphthong
Aph´thong ( 277), n. [Gr. silent; ’a priv. + voice, sound, fr. to sound.] A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. — Aph•thon´gal, a.

Aphthous
Aph´thous a. [Cf. F. aphtheux.] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Aphyllous
Aph´yl•lous, a. [Gr. ; ’a priv. + leaf.] (Bot.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

Apiaceous
A•pi•a´ceous, a. (Bot.) Umbelliferous.

Apian
A´pi•an, a. Belonging to bees.

Apiarian
A•pi•a´ri•an, a. Of or relating to bees.

Apiarist
A´pi•a•rist, n. One who keeps an apiary.

Apiary
A´pi•a•ry, n. [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.] A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

Apical
Ap´ic•al, a. [L. apex, apicis, tip or summit.] At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

Apices
Ap´i•ces, n. pl. See Apex.

Apicular
A•pic´u•lar, a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex, apicis.] Situated at, or near, the apex; apical. { A•pic´u•late, A•pic´u•la•ted } a. [See Apicular.] (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Apiece
A•piece´, adv. [Pref. a. + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined … a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

Apieces
A•pie´ces, adv. In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.

Apiked
A•pik´ed, a. Trimmed. [Obs.]
"Full fresh and new here gear apiked was." - Chaucer.

Apiol
A´pi•ol, n. [L. apium parsley + -ol.] (Med.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.

Apiologist
A•pi•ol´o•gist, n. [L. apis bee + -logist (see -logy).] A student of bees. [R.] Emerson.

Apis
A´pis, n. [L., bee.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee ( Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

Apishly
Ap´ish•ly, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

Apishness
Ap´ish•ness, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

Apitpat
A•pit´pat, adv. [Pref. a. + pitpat.] With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.

Aplacental
Ap•la•cen´tal, a. [Pref. a. + placental.] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Aplacentata
Ap•la•cen•ta´ta, n. pl. [Pref. a. not + placenta.] (Zoöl.) Mammals which have no placenta.

Aplacophora
Ap•la•coph´o•ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + a flat cake + to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

Aplanatic
Ap•la•nat´ic, a. [Gr. ’a priv. + disposed to wander, wandering, to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; — said of a lens. Aplanatic focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.

Aplanatism
A•plan´a•tism, n. Freedom from spherical aberration.

Aplanogamete
A•plan•o•ga•mete´, n. (Bot.) A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algae.

Aplasia
A•pla´si•a, n. [NL.; Gr. priv. + a molding.] (Med.) Incomplete or faulty development.

Aplastic
A•plas´tic, a. [Pref. a. not + plastic.] Not plastic or easily molded.

Aplomb
A•plomb´, n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

Aplustre
A•plus´tre, n. [L., fr. Gr. .] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship’s stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird’s feather. Audsley.

Aplysia
A•plys´i•a, n. [Gr. a dirty sponge, fr. unwashed; ’a priv. + to wash.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

Apneumatic
Ap•neu•mat´ic, a. [Gr. not blown through.] (Med.) Devoid of air; free from air; as an apneumatic lung; also effected by or with exclusion of air; as an apneumatic operation.

Apneumona
Ap•neu´mo•na, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. +,, a lung.] (Zoöl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; — called also Apoda or Apodes.

Apnœa
Ap•nœ"a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. +,, breath, to breathe, blow.] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

Apo
Ap´o . [Gr. . See Ab-.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

Apocalyptically
A•poc•a•lyp´tic•al•ly, adv. By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Apocarpous
Ap•o•car´pous, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo•s fruit.] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; — opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.

Apochromatic
Ap•o•chro•mat´ic, a. [Pref. apo- + chromatic.] (Optics) Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; — said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. — Ap•o•chro´ma•tism (#), n.

Apocodeine
Ap•o•co•de´ine, n. [Pref. apo- + codeine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid,, prepared from codeine. In its effects it resembles apomorphine.

Apocopate
A•poc´o•pate, v. t. [LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope.] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. { A•poc´o•pate, A•poc´o•pa•ted } a. Shortened by apocope; as an apocopate form.

Apocope
A•poc´o•pe, n. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting off, fr. to cut off; from + to cut.]
1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission. { Ap•o•cris´i•a•ry, Ap•o•cris•i•a´ri•us, } n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. answer, fr. to answer; from + to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope’s nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

Apocrustic
Ap•o•crus´tic, a. [Gr. able to drive off, fr. to drive off.] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. — n. An apocrustic medicine.

Apocrypha
A•poc´ry•pha, n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. Apocryphas . [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. hidden, spurious, fr. to hide; from + to hide.]
1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; — formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] Locke.
2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly mitted from the King James’s Bible.

Apocryphal
A•poc´ry•phal, a.
1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
"The passages … are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works." - Sir G. C. Lewis.

Apocryphalist
A•poc´ry•phal•ist, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]

Apocryphally
A•poc´ry•phal•ly, adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

Apocryphalness
A•poc´ry•phal•ness, n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

Apocynaceous
A•poc•y•na´ceous, Ap•o•cyn´e•ous, a. [Gr. dogbane; from + dog.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane ( Apocynum) is the type.

Apocynin
A•poc´y•nin, n. [From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.] (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane ( Apocynum cannabinum). { Ap´od, Ap´o•dal } a. [See Apod, n. ]
1. Without feet; footless.
2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. { Ap´od, Ap´ode } n. ; pl. Apods or Apodes . [Gr.,, footless; ’a priv. +,, foot.] (Zoöl.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.

Apodeictically
Ap•o•deic´tic•al•ly, Ap•o•dic´tic•al•ly, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Apodeme
Ap´o•deme, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. body.] (Zoöl.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

Apodes
Ap´o•des, n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zoöl.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.

Apodosis
A•pod´o•sis, n. [L., fr. Gr., fr. to give back; from, back again + to give.] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.

Apodous
Ap´o•dous (#), a. (Zoöl.) Apodal; apod.

Apodyterium
A•pod•y•te´ri•um, n. [L., fr. Gr., fr. to strip one’s self.] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

Apogaic
Ap•o•ga´ic, a. [Gr. far from the earth.] Apogean.

Apogamic
Ap•o•gam´ic, a. Relating to apogamy.

Apogamy
A•pog´a•my, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

Apogeal
Ap•o•ge´al, a. (Astron.) Apogean.

Apogean
Ap•o•ge´an, a. Connected with the apogee; as apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

Apogee
Ap´o•gee, n. [Gr. from the earth; from +,, earth: cf. F. apogee.]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

Apogeotropic
Ap•o•ge•o•trop´ic, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. earth + turning.] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; — said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

Apogeotropism
Ap´o•ge•ot´ro•pism, n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

Apograph
Ap´o•graph, n. [Gr. ; from + to write: cf. F. apographe.] A copy or transcript. Blount.

Apohyal
Ap•o•hy´al, a. [Pref. apo- + the Gr. letter Y.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Apoise
A•poise´, adv. [Pref. a. + poise.] Balanced.

Apolar
A•po´lar, a. [Pref. a. + polar.] (Biol.) Having no radiating processes; — applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Apolaustic
Ap•o•laus´tic, a. [Gr., fr. to enjoy.] Devoted to enjoyment.

Apollinarian
A•pol•li•na´ri•an, a. [L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as the Apollinarian games.

Apollinarian
A•pol•li•na´ri•an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

Apollinaris water
A•pol•li•na"ris wa"ter . An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.

Apollo
A•pol´lo, n. [L. Apollo, - linis, Gr. .] (Classic Myth.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; — called also Phebus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

Apollonian
Ap•ol•lo´ni•an, Ap•ol•lon´ic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.

Apollyon
A•pol´ly•on, n. [Gr. destroying, fr.,, to destroy utterly; from, entirely + to destroy.] The Destroyer; — a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Apologer
A•pol´o•ger, n. A teller of apologues. [Obs.] { A•pol•o•get´ic, A•pol•o•get´ic•al } a. [Gr., fr. to speak in defense of; from + speech, to say, to speak. See Logic.] Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

Apologetics
A•pol•o•get´ics, n. That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Apologist
A•pol´o•gist, n. [Cf. F. apologiste.] One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

Apologize
A•pol´o•gize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Apologized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apologizing.] [Cf. F. apologiser.]
1. To make an apology or defense. Dr. H. More.
2. To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; — with for; a. , my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
"To apologize for his insolent language." - Froude.

Apologize
A•pol´o•gize, v. t. To defend. [Obs.]
"The Christians … were apologized by Plinie." - Dr. G. Benson.

Apologizer
A•pol´o•gi•zer, n. One who makes an apology; an apologist.

Apologue
Ap´o•logue, n. [L. apologous, Gr. ; from + speech, to speak: cf. F. apologue.] A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable. An apologue differs from a parable in this;: the parable is drawn from events which take place among mankind, and therefore requires probability in the narrative; the apologue is founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate things, and therefore is not limited by strict rules of probability. AEsop’s fables are good examples of apologues.

Apology
A•pol´o•gy, n. ; pl. Apologies. [L. apologia, Gr. ; from + : cf. F. apologie. See Apologetic.]
1. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as Tertullian’s Apology for Christianity.
"It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none." - Dryden.
2. An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
"He goes to work devising apologies for window curtains." - Dickens.
Syn. — Excuse. An apology, in the original sense of the word, was a pleading off from some charge or imputation, by explaining and defending one’s principles or conduct. It therefore amounted to a vindication. One who offers an apology, admits himself to have been, at least apparently, in the wrong, but brings forward some palliating circumstance, or tenders a frank acknowledgment, by way of reparation. We make an apology for some breach of propriety or decorum (like rude expressions, unbecoming conduct, etc.), or some deficiency in what might be reasonably expected. We offer an excuse when we have been guilty of some breach or neglect of duty; and we do it by way of extenuating our fault, and with a view to be forgiven. When an excuse has been accepted, an apology may still, in some cases, be necessary or appropriate. "An excuse is not grounded on the claim of innocence, but is rather an appeal for favor resting on some collateral circumstance. An apology mostly respects the conduct of individuals toward each other as equals; it is a voluntary act produced by feelings of decorum, or a desire for the good opinion of others." Crabb.

Apology
A•pol´o•gy, v. i. To offer an apology. [Obs.]
"For which he can not well apology." - J. Webster.

Apomecometer
Ap•o•me•com´e•ter, n. An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

Apomecometry
Ap•o•me•com´e•try, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. length + -metry.] The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off. [Obs. or R.] { Ap•o•mor´phi•a, Ap•o•mor´phine } n. [Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine.] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

Aponeurosis
Ap•o•neu•ro´sis, n. ; pl. Aponeuroses . [Gr., fr. to pass into a tendon; from + to strain the sinews, sinew, tendon, nerve.] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

Aponeurotomy
Ap•o•neu•rot´o•my, n. [ Aponeurosis + Gr. a cutting.] Dissection of aponeuroses.

Apopemptic
Ap•o•pemp´tic (-pemp"tik), a. [Gr. ’apopemptiko•s, fr. ’apope•mpein to send off or away; ’apo• from + pe•mpein to send.] Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as apopemptic songs or hymns. [1913 Webster]

Apophasis
A•poph´a•sis (a•pof"a•sis), n. [Gr. ’apo•fasis denial, fr. ’apofa•nai to speak out, to deny.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony’s oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]

Apophlegmatic
Ap•o•phleg•mat´ic, a. [Gr. ; from + full of phlegm. See Phlegmatic.] (Med.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. — n. An apophlegmatic medicine.

Apophlegmatizant
Ap•o•phleg•mat´i•zant, n. (Med.) An apophlegmatic. [Obs.]

Apophthegm
Ap•oph•thegm, n. See Apothegm.

Apophyllite
A•poph´yl•lite, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. leaf; so called from its foliated structure or easy cleavage.] (Min.) A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

Apophysis
A•poph´y•sis, n. ; pl. -ses. [NL., fr. Gr. offshoot, process of a bone, fr. to grow from; from +,, to grow.]
1. (Anat.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
2. (Bot.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray. { Ap•o•plec´tic (#) Ap•o•plec´tic•al } a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr., fr. : cf. F. apoplectique. See Apoplexy.] Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Apoplectiform
Ap•o•plec´ti•form, Ap•o•plec´toid, a. [ Apoplectic + -form, -oid.] Resembling apoplexy.

Apoplex
Ap´o•plex, n. Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden.

Apoplexed
Ap•o•plexed (-plekst), a. Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak.

Apoplexy
Ap´o•plex•y (ap"o•pleks•y), n. [OE. poplexye, LL. poplexia, apoplexia, fr. Gr. ’apoplhxi•a, fr. ’apoplh•ssein to cripple by a stroke; ’apo• from + plh•ssein to strike: cf. F. apoplexie. See Plague.] (Med.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. The term is now usually limited to cerebral apoplexy, or loss of consciousness due to effusion of blood or other lesion within the substance of the brain; but it is sometimes extended to denote an effusion of blood into the substance of any organ; as apoplexy of the lung.

Aporosa
Ap•o•ro´sa, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Aporia.] (Zoöl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; — opposed to Perforata.

Aport
A•port´, adv. [Pref. a. + port.] (Naut.) On or towards the port or left side; — said of the helm.

Aposematic
Ap•o•se•mat´ic, a. [Pref. apo- + sematic.] (Zoöl.) Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.

Aposiopesis
Ap•o•si•o•pe´sis ( 277), n. [L., fr. Gr., from to be quite silent.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as "I declare to you that his conduct — but I can not speak of that, here."

Apositic
Ap•o•sit´ic, a. [Gr. ; from + food.] (Med.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

Apostasy
A•pos´ta•sy, n. ; pl. Apostasies . [OE. apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. a standing off from, a defection, fr. to stand off, revolt; from + to stand. See Off and Stand.] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one’s faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as Julian’s apostasy from Christianity.

Apostatic
Ap•o•stat´ic, a. [L. apostaticus, Gr. .] Apostatical. [R.]

Apostatical
Ap•o•stat´ic•al, a. Apostate.
"An heretical and apostatical church." - Bp. Hall.

Apostatize
A•pos´ta•tize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Apostatized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apostatizing.] [LL. apostatizare.] To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one’s church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
"He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in emblances." - Carlyle.

Apostematous
Ap•os•tem´a•tous, a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

Aposteme
Ap´os•teme, n. [L. apostema, Gr. the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. to stand off: cf. F. apostème. See Apostasy.] (Med.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]

Apostleship
A•pos´tle•ship, n. The office or dignity of an apostle.

Apostolate
A•pos´to•late, n. [L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle.]
1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
"Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate." - Jer. Taylor.
2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. { Ap•os•tol´ic, Ap•os•tol´ic•al } a. [L. apostolicus, Gr. : cf. F. apostolique.]
1. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as apostolic faith or practice.
3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. Apostolical brief. See under Brief. — Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. — Apostolic church, the Christian church; — so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches. — Apostolic constitutions, directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author. — Apostolic fathers, early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. — Apostolic king (or majesty, a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. — Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; — so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. — Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.

Apostolic delegate
Ap•os•tol"ic del"e•gate. (R. C. Ch.) The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

Apostolically
Ap•os•tol´ic•al•ly, adv. In an apostolic manner.

Apostolicalness
Ap•os•tol´ic•al•ness, n. Apostolicity. Dr. H. More. { Ap•os•tol´i•cism, A•pos•to•lic´i•ty } n. The state or quality of being apostolical.

Apostrophe
A•pos´tro•phe, n. [(1) L., fr. Gr. a turning away, fr. to turn away; from + to turn. (2) F., fr. L. apostrophus apostrophe, the turning away or omitting of a letter, Gr. .]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as Milton’s apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."
2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character [’] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as call’d for called.
3. The mark [’] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne’er for never, can’t for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as a boy’s hat, boys’ hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e. The apostrophe is used to mark the plural of figures and letters; as two 10’s and three a’s. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.

Apostrophic
Ap•os•troph´ic, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

Apostrophize
A•pos´tro•phize, v. t., [ imp. & p. p. Apostrophized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apostrophizing.]
1. To address by apostrophe.
2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters; also to mark with an apostrophe (’) or apostrophes.

Apostrophize
A•pos´tro•phize, v. i. To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

Apostume
Ap´os•tume, n. See Aposteme. [Obs.]

Apotelesm
A•pot´e•lesm, n. [See Apotelesmatic.]
1. The result or issue. [Obs.]
2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.

Apothecary
A•poth´e•ca•ry, n. ; pl. Apothecaries. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. to put away; from + to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See Thesis.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners — a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. Apothecaries’ weight, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.

Apothegmatist
Ap•o•theg´ma•tist, n. A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.

Apothegmatize
Ap•o•theg´ma•tize, v. i. To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

Apothem
Ap´o•them, n. [Gr. + that which is placed, to place.]
1. (Math.) The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
2. A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.

Apotheosis
Ap•o•the´o•sis ( 277), n. pl.Apotheoses . [L., fr. Gr., fr. to deify; from + to deify, a god.]
1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
2. Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

Apotheosize
Ap•o•the´o•size, v. t. To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

Apothesis
A•poth´e•sis, n. [Gr. a putting back or away, fr. . See Apothecary.] (Arch.) (a) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale. (b) A dressing room connected with a public bath.

Apozem
Ap´o•zem, n. [L. apozema, Gr., fr. to extract by boiling; from + boil.] (Med.) A decoction or infusion. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Apozemical
Ap•o•zem´ic•al, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [Obs.] J. Whitaker.

Appair
Ap•pair´, v. t. & i. [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair.] To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.]

Appall
Ap•pall´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. a. ) + pâlir to grow pale, to make pale, pâle pale. See Pale, a. , and cf. Pall.]
1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.]
"The answer that ye made to me, my dear, … Hath so appalled my countenance." - Wyatt.
2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as an old appalled wight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold." - Holland.
3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
"The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum." - Clarendon.
Syn. — To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.

Appall
Ap•pall´, v. i.
1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower.
2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

Appall
Ap•pall´, n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

Appalling
Ap•pall´ing, a. Such as to appall; as an appalling accident. — Ap•pall´ing•ly, adv.

Appallment
Ap•pall´ment, n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.

Appanage
Ap´pa•nage, n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. a. + pains bread.]
1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
2. A dependency; a dependent territory.
3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth … the appanage of wit." Swift.

Appanagist
Ap•pan´a•gist (ap•pan"a•jist), n. [F. apanagiste.] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

Apparaillyng
Ap•par´ail•lyng, n. [See Apparel, n. & v. ] Preparation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Apparel
Ap•par´el, n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. a. ) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]
1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
"Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young." - Denham.
"At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity." - Tatler.
2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Syn. — Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

Apparel
Ap•par´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.] [OF. apareiller.]
1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
"Ships … appareled to fight." - Hayward.
3. To dress or clothe; to attire.
"They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts." - Luke vii. 25.
4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
"Appareled in celestial light." - Wordsworth.

Apparency
Ap•par´en•cy, n.
1. Appearance. [Obs.]
2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge.
3. The position of being heir apparent.

Apparent
Ap•par´ent, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
"The moon … apparent queen." - Milton.
2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
"It is apparent foul play." - Shak.
3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
"To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship." - Macaulay.
"What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude." - Reid.
Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. — Apparent time. See Time. — Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; — in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
Syn. — Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.

Apparent
Ap•par´ent, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.]
"I’ll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown." - Shak.

Apparently
Ap•par´ent•ly, adv.
1. Visibly. [Obs.] Hobbes.
2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
"If he should scorn me so apparently." - Shak.
3. Seemingly; in appearance; as a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

Apparentness
Ap•par´ent•ness, n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood.

Apparition
Ap•pa•ri´tion, n. [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton.
"The sudden apparition of the Spaniards." - Prescott.
"The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world." - Sir W. Scott.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
"Which apparition, it seems, was you." - Tatler.
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands … a glorious apparition." Milton.
"I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition." - Shak.
4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; — opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.

Apparitor
Ap•par´i•tor, n. [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
"Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world." - De Quincey.
2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

Appay
Ap•pay´, v. t. [OF. appayer, apaier, LL. appacare, appagare, fr. L. a. + pacare to pacify, pax, pacis, peace. See Pay, Appease.] To pay; to satisfy or appease. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Appeachment
Ap•peach´ment, n. Accusation. [Obs.]

Appeal
Ap•peal´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appealed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; a. + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. Peal.]
1. (Law) (a) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as to appeal a person of felony.
2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic]
"Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists." - Sir W. Scott.
3. To invoke. [Obs.] Milton.

Appeal
Ap•peal´, v. t.
1. (Law) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reëxamination of for decision. Tomlins.
"I appeal unto Caesar." - Acts xxv. 11.
2. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one’s rights, etc.; as I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
"I appeal to the Scriptures in the original." - Horsley.
"They appealed to the sword." - Macaulay.

Appeal
Ap•peal´, n. [OE. appel, apel, OF. apel, F. appel, fr. appeler. See Appeal, v. t.]
1. (Law) (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement. Tomlins. Bouvier.
2. A summons to answer to a charge. Dryden.
3. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one’s favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.
"A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders." - Bacon.
4. Resort to physical means; recourse.
"Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms." - Kent.

Appealant
Ap•peal´ant, n. An appellant. [Obs.] Shak.

Appealer
Ap•peal´er, n. One who makes an appeal.

Appealing
Ap•peal´ing, a. That appeals; imploring. — Ap•peal´ing•ly, adv. — Ap•peal´ing•ness, n.

Appear
Ap•pear´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Appeared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. apparre to appear + parreto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as parre to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]
1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
"And God … said, Let … the dry land appear." - Gen. i. 9.
2. To come before the public; as a great writer appeared at that time.
3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one’s self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
"We must all appear before the judgment seat." - Cor. v. 10.
"One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear." - Macaulay.
4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
"It doth not yet appear what we shall be." - 1 John iii. 2.
"Of their vain contest appeared no end." - Milton.
5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
"They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast." - Matt. vi. 16.
Syn. — To seem; look. See Seem.

Appear
Ap•pear´, n. Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Appearance
Ap•pear´ance, n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as an appearance in the sky.
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
"And now am come to see … It thy appearance answer loud report." - Milton.
4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as appearances are against him.
" There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire." - Num. ix. 15.
"For man looketh on the outward appearance." - 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
"Judge not according to the appearance." - John. vii. 24.
5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
"Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation?" - Milton.
6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.]
"There is that which hath no appearance." - Bacon.
7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction. Burrill. Bouvier. Daniell. To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person. — To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.
Syn. — Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.

Appearingly
Ap•pear´ing•ly, adv. Apparently. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Appeasable
Ap•peas´a•ble, a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. — Ap•peas´a•ble•ness, n.

Appease
Ap•pease´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appealed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. a. ) + OF. pais peace, F. paix, fr. L. pax, pacis. See Peace.] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
Syn. — To pacify; quiet; conciliate; propitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; soothe; tranquilize.

Appeaser
Ap•peas´er, n. One who appeases; a pacifier.

Appeasive
Ap•pea´sive, a. Tending to appease.

Appel
Ap•pel´, n. [F., prop., a call. See Appeal, n. ] (Fencing) A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; — called also attack. { Ap•pen•dec´to•my, Ap•pend•i•cec´to•my }, n. } [ Appendix + Gr., fr. excision.] (Surg.) Excision of the vermiform appendix.

Appellancy
Ap•pel´lan•cy, n. Capability of appeal.

Appellant
Ap•pel´lant, a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; — opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.

Appellant
Ap•pel´lant, n.
1. (Law) (a) One who accuses another of felony or treason. [Obs.] (b) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
2. A challenger. [Obs.] Milton.
3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
4. One who appeals or entreats.

Appellate
Ap•pel´late, a. [L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare.] Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. "Appellate jurisdiction." Blackstone. "Appellate judges." Burke. Appelate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.

Appellate
Ap•pel´late, n. A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

Appellatively
Ap•pel´la•tive•ly, adv. After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

Appellativeness
Ap•pel´la•tive•ness, n. The quality of being appellative. Fuller.

Appellatory
Ap•pel´la•tory, a. [L. appellatorius, fr. appellare.] Containing an appeal.
"An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant." - Ayliffe.

Appellee
Ap•pel•lee´, n. [F. appele, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare.] (Law) (a) The defendant in an appeal; — opposed to appellant. (b) The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; — opposed to appellor. Blackstone.

Appellor
Ap•pel•lor´ (ap•pel•lôr"), n. [OF. apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare.] (Law) (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone. (b) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. Blount. Burrill. This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in appeal from a lower court, who is called the appellant. Appellee is opposed both to appellant and appellor.

Appenage
Ap´pen•age, n. See Appanage.

Appendaged
Ap•pend´aged, a. Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.

Appendance
Ap•pend´ance, n. [F.] Something appendant.

Appendant
Ap•pend´ant, a. [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.]
1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as a seal appendant to a paper.
"As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity." - Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; — said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.

Appendant
Ap•pend´ant, n.
1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. { Ap•pend´ence, Ap•pend´en•cy } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [Obs.]

Appendical
Ap•pend´i•cal, a. Of or like an appendix.

Appendicate
Ap•pend´i•cate, v. t. To append. [Obs.]

Appendication
Ap•pend•i•ca´tion, n. An appendage. [Obs.]

Appendicitis
Ap•pend•i•ci´tis, n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

Appendicle
Ap•pend´i•cle, n. [L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix.] A small appendage.

Appendicular
Ap•pen•dic´u•lar, a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]

Appendicularia
Ap•pen•dic•u•la´ri•a, n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.

Appendiculata
Ap•pen•dic•u•la´ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An order of annelids; the Polychaeta.

Appendiculate
Ap•pen•dic´u•late, a. [See Appendicle.] Having small appendages; forming an appendage. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.

Appendix vermiformis
Ap•pen"dix ver•mi•for"mis [NL.] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix.

Appension
Ap•pen´sion, n. The act of appending. [Obs.]

Apperceive
Ap•per•ceive´, v. t. [F. apercevoir, fr. L. a. + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.] To perceive; to comprehend. Chaucer.

Apperil
Ap•per´il, n. Peril. [Obs.] Shak.

Appertain
Ap•per•tain´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Appertained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; a. + pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.] To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
"Things appertaining to this life." - Hooker.
"Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth." - Lev. vi. 5.

Appete
Ap•pete´, v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. appeter. See Appetite.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Appetibility
Ap•pe•ti•bil´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. appetibilite.] The quality of being desirable. Bramhall.

Appetible
Ap´pe•ti•ble, a. [L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. appetible.] Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire. Bramhall.

Appetite
Ap´pe•tite, n. [OE. appetit, F. appetit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; a. + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence.]
1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
"The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek." - Hooker.
2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
"Men must have appetite before they will eat." - Buckle.
3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
"It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim." - Jer. Taylor.
"To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous." - Macaulay.
4. Tendency; appetency. [Obs.]
"In all bodies there as an appetite of union." - Bacon.
5. The thing desired. [Obs.]
"Power being the natural appetite of princes." - Swift.
In old authors, appetite is followed by to or of, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object; as an appetite for pleasure.
Syn. — Craving; longing; desire; appetency; passion.

Appetitive
Ap´pe•ti´tive, a. [Cf. F. appetitif.] Having the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power or faculty. Sir M. Hale.

Appetize
Ap´pe•tize, v. t. To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. Sir W. Scott.

Appetizer
Ap´pe•ti•zer, n. Something which creates or whets an appetite.

Appetizing
Ap´pe•ti•zing, a. [Cf. F. appetissant.] Exciting appetite; as appetizing food.
"The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing." - Sir W. Scott.

Appetizing
Ap´pe•ti•zing, adv. So as to excite appetite.

Appian
Ap´pi•an, a. [L. Appius, Appianus.] Of or pertaining to Appius. Appian Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.

Applauder
Ap•plaud´er, n. One who applauds.

Applausable
Ap•plaus´a•ble, a. Worthy of applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]

Applause
Ap•plause´, n. [L. applaudere, applausum. See Applaud.] The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas or other means; marked commendation.
"The brave man seeks not popular applause." - Dryden.
Syn. — Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval.

Apple
Ap´ple (ap"p’l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. aeppel, aepl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. äple, Dan. aeble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. obůlys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.]
1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ( Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung.
2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
4. Anything round like an apple; as an apple of gold. Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, n. — Apple borer (Zoöl.), a coleopterous insect ( Saperda candida or bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. — Apple brandy, brandy made from apples. — Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett. — Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. — Apple fly (Zoöl.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. — Apple midge (Zoöl.) a small dipterous insect ( Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. — Apple of the eye, the pupil. — Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. — Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum). — Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb ( Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. — Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodomaeum, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. — Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.] — Apple snail or Apple shell (Zoöl.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. — Apple tart, a tart containing apples. — Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. — Apple wine, cider. — Apple worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth ( Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. — Dead Sea Apple. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics." S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.

Apple
Ap´ple (ap"p’l), v. i. To grow like an apple; to bear apples. Holland.

Apple pie
Ap"ple pie . A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnover) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell Conybeare. — Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Apple-faced
Ap´ple-faced, a. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.

Apple-jack
Ap´ple-jack, n. Apple brandy. [U.S.]

Apple-john
Ap´ple-john, n. . A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; — called also Johnapple. Shak.

Apple-squire
Ap´ple-squire, n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Appliable
Ap•pli´a•ble, a. [See Apply.] Applicable; also compliant. [Obs.] Howell.

Applicability
Ap•pli•ca•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.

Applicable
Ap´pli•ca•ble, a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. — Ap´pli•ca•ble•ness, n. — Ap´pli•ca•bly, adv.

Applicant
Ap´pli•cant, n. [L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply.] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
"The applicant for a cup of water." - Plumtre.
"The court require the applicant to appear in person." - Z. Swift.

Application
Ap•pli•ca´tion, n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply.]
1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
2. The thing applied.
"He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched." - Johnson.
3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
"If a right course … be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments." - Locke.
4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
5. Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as the application of algebra to geometry.
6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as a rule of general application.
7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one’s self; assiduous effort; close attention; as to injure the health by application to study.
"Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater." - J. Jay.
8. The act of making request of soliciting; as an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
9. A request; a document containing a request; as his application was placed on file.

Applicatory
Ap´pli•ca•to•ry, a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. — n. That which applies.

Appliedly
Ap•pli´ed•ly, adv. By application. [R.]

Applier
Ap•pli´er, n. He who, or that which, applies.

Appliment
Ap•pli´ment, n. Application. [Obs.] Marston

Applique
Ap•pli•que´ ( 277), a. [F., fr. appliquer to put on.] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as applique lace; applique work.

Applot
Ap•plot´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting.] [Pref. ad- + plot.] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton.

Apply
Ap•ply´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Applied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; a. + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]
1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); — with to; as to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
"He said, and the sword his throat applied." - Dryden.
2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as to apply money to the payment of a debt.
3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
"Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied." - Milton.
4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
"Apply thine heart unto instruction." - Prov. xxiii. 12.
5. To direct or address. [R.]
"Sacred vows … applied to grisly Pluto." - Pope.
6. To betake; to address; to refer; — used reflexively.
"I applied myself to him for help." - Johnson.
7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
"She was skillful in applying his "humors."" - Sir P. Sidney.
8. To visit. [Obs.]
"And he applied each place so fast." - Chapman.
Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. — Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.

Apply
Ap•ply´, v. i.
1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as this argument applies well to the case.
2. To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. ( to); to solicit; as to apply to a friend for information.
3. To ply; to move. [R.]
"I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water." - T. Moore.
4. To apply or address one’s self; to give application; to attend closely ( to).

Appoggiatura
Ap•pog•gia•tu´ra, n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. a. ) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; — generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

Appoint
Ap•point´ (ap•point"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. a. + punctum a point. See Point.]
1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
"When he appointed the foundations of the earth." - Prov. viii. 29.
2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
"Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint." - 2 Sam. xv. 15.
"He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness." - Acts xvii. 31.
"Say that the emperor request a parley … and appoint the meeting." - Shak.
3. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
"Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service." - Num. iv. 19.
"These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them." - Josh. xx. 9.
4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
"The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn." - Hayward.
5. To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
"Appoint not heavenly disposition." - Milton.
6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; — said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent.To appoint one’s self, to resolve. [Obs.] Crowley.

Appoint
Ap•point´ (ap•point"), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
"For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel." - 2 Sam. xvii. 14.

Appointable
Ap•point´a•ble, a. Capable of being appointed or constituted.

Appointee
Ap•point•ee´, n. [F. appointe, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.]
1. A person appointed.
"The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768)."
2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton.

Appointive
Ap•point´ive, a. Subject to appointment; as an appointive office. [R.]

Appointment
Ap•point´ment, n. [Cf. F. appointement.]
1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
2. The state of being appointed to som service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as they made an appointment to meet at six.
4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as to submit to the divine appointments.
"According to the appointment of the priests." - Ezra vi. 9.
5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also the instrument by which the designation is made.
6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
"The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments." - Prescott.
"I’ll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appointment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl."
7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; — properly only in the plural. [Obs.]
"An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary." - Chesterfield.
8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Syn. — Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.

Appointor
Ap•point•or´, n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.

Apportion
Ap•por´tion, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apportioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. a. + portio. See Portion.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

Apportioner
Ap•por´tion•er, n. One who apportions.

Apportionment
Ap•por´tion•ment, n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.

Apposable
Ap•pos´a•ble, a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.

Appose
Ap•pose´, v. t. [F. apposer to set to; (L. a. ) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
"The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat." - Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.

Appose
Ap•pose´, v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
"To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly." - Tyndale.

Apposer
Ap•pos´er, n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs’ accounts.

Apposite
Ap´po•site, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; a. + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; — followed by to; as this argument is very apposite to the case. — Ap´po•site•ly, adv. — Ap´po•site•ness, n.

Apposition
Ap•po•si´tion, n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.]
1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
"It grows … by the apposition of new matter." - Arbuthnot.
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also the condition of being so placed.
3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.

Appositive
Ap•pos´i•tive, a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. — n. A noun in apposition. — Ap•pos´i•tive•ly, adv.
"Appositive to the words going immediately before." - Knatchbull.

Appraisable
Ap•prais´a•ble, a. Capable of being appraised.

Appraisal
Ap•prais´al, n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

Apprecatory
Ap´pre•ca•to•ry, a. Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.

Appreciable
Ap•pre´ci•a•ble, a. [Cf. F. appreciable.] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as an appreciable quantity. — Ap•pre´ci•a•bly, adv.

Appreciant
Ap•pre´ci•ant, a. Appreciative. [R.]

Appreciate
Ap•pre´ci•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; a. + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.]
1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
"To appreciate the motives of their enemies." - Gibbon.
3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; — opposed to depreciate. [U.S.]
"Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money." - Ramsay.
4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
"To test the power of bees to appreciate color." - Lubbock.
Syn. — To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem. Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. "Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;" and another remarks, "It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using." So, also we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, "It requires a peculiar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;" "He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;" "The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright." Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an "ominous silence" which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, "If you knew how to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition." In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, "I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request." Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man’s faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.

Appreciate
Ap•pre´ci•ate, v. i. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] J. Morse.

Appreciation
Ap•pre•ci•a´tion, n. [Cf. F. appreciation.]
1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
"His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry’s character." - J. R. Green.
3. A rise in value; — opposed to depreciation.

Appreciative
Ap•pre´ci•a•tive, a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as an appreciative audience. — Ap•pre´ci•a•tive•ly, adv.

Appreciativeness
Ap•pre´ci•a•tive•ness, n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

Appreciator
Ap•pre´ci•a•tor, n. One who appreciates.

Appreciatory
Ap•pre´ci•a•to•ry, a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as appreciatory commendation. — Ap•pre´ci•a•to•ri•ly, adv.

Apprehend
Ap•pre•hend´ (ap•pre•hend"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending.] [L. apprehendere; a. + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + -hendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. chanda•nein to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. apprehender. See Prehensile, Get.]
1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]
"We have two hands to apprehend it." - Jer. Taylor.
2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as to apprehend a criminal.
3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
"This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king’s head, and he violently apprehended it." - Fuller.
"The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them." - Gladstone.
4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]
"G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl."
5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
"The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence." - Macaulay.
Syn. — To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. — To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. "We may apprehended much of Shakespeare’s aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters." Trench.

Apprehend
Ap•pre•hend´, v. i.
1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
2. To be apprehensive; to fear.
"It is worse to apprehend than to suffer." - Rowe.

Apprehender
Ap•pre•hend´er, n. One who apprehends.

Apprehensibiity
Ap•pre•hen•si•bi´i•ty, n. The quality of being apprehensible. [R.] De Quincey.

Apprehensible
Ap•pre•hen´si•ble, a. [L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. — Ap••pre•hen´si•bly, adv.

Apprehensiveness
Ap•pre•hen´sive•ness, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.

Apprentice
Ap•pren´tice, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice.]
1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years’ standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

Apprentice
Ap•pren´tice, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Apprenticehood
Ap•pren´tice•hood, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]

Apprenticeship
Ap•pren´tice•ship, n.
1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). { Ap•pressed´, Ap•prest´ }, a. [p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem. Gray.

Apprizal
Ap•priz´al, n. See Appraisal.

Apprizer
Ap•priz´er, n.
1. An appraiser.
2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

Approach
Ap•proach´, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Approached; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. a. + propiare to draw near, prope near.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
"Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?" - 2 Sam. xi. 20.
"But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." - Heb. x. 25.
2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

Approach
Ap•proach´, v. t.
1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic] Boyle.
2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
"He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer." - Temple.
3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.

Approach
Ap•proach´, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.]
1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." Horsley.
"A nearer approach to the human type." - Owen.
2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
"The approach to kings and principal persons." - Bacon.
3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. Macaulay.
5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
6. (Hort.) See Approaching.

Approach
Ap•proach´, n. (Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

Approachability
Ap•proach•a•bil´i•ty, n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness.

Approachable
Ap•proach´a•ble, a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as approachable virtue.

Approachableness
Ap•proach´a•ble•ness, n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

Approacher
Ap•proach´er, n. One who approaches.

Approaching
Ap•proach´ing, n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; — called, also inarching and grafting by approach.

Approachless
Ap•proach´less, a. Impossible to be approached.

Approachment
Ap•proach´ment, n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic] Holland.

Approbate
Ap´pro•bate, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.

Approbate
Ap´pro•bate, v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
"I approbate the one, I reprobate the other." - Sir W. Hamilton.
This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816).

Approbation
Ap•pro•ba´tion, n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.]
1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
"Many … joined in a loud hum of approbation." - Macaulay.
"The silent approbation of one’s own breast." - Melmoth.
"Animals … love approbation or praise." - Darwin.
3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]
"This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation." - Shak.
Syn. — Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. — Approbation, Approval. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass." "The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution."

Approbativeness
Ap´pro•ba•tive•ness, n.
1. The quality of being approbative.
2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.

Approbator
Ap´pro•ba•tor, n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]

Approbatory
Ap´pro•ba•to•ry, a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

Appromt
Ap•promt´ ( 215), v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]
"To appromt our invention." - Bacon.

Approof
Ap•proof´, n. [See Approve, and Proof.]
1. Trial; proof. [Archaic] Shak.
2. Approval; commendation. Shak.

Appropinquation
Ap•pro•pin•qua´tion, n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Appropinquity
Ap•pro•pin´qui•ty, n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory.

Appropre
Ap•pro´pre, v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller.

Appropriate
Ap•pro´pri•ate, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; a. + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one’s own, proper. See Proper.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
"In its strict and appropriate meaning." - Porteus.
"Appropriate acts of divine worship." - Stillingfleet.
"It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas." - Locke.

Appropriate
Ap•pro´pri•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appropriated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating .]
1. To take to one’s self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; — with to or for; as a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] Paley.
4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.

Appropriate
Ap•pro´pri•ate, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]

Appropriately
Ap•pro´pri•ate•ly, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

Appropriateness
Ap•pro´pri•ate•ness, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.

Appropriation
Ap•pro•pri•a´tion, n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.]
1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one’s self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
"The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation." - Macaulay.
3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone. (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter. Chitty.

Appropriative
Ap•pro´pri•a•tive, a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as an appropriative act. — Ap•pro´pri•a•tive•ness, n.

Appropriator
Ap•pro´pri•a•tor, n.
1. One who appropriates.
2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also an impropriator.

Approvable
Ap•prov´a•ble, a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. — Ap•prov´a•ble•ness, n.

Approval
Ap•prov´al, n. Approbation; sanction.
"A censor … without whose approval n capital sentences are to be executed." - Temple.
Syn. — See Approbation.

Approve
Ap•prove´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Approved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; a. + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.]
1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
"Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience." - Milton.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
"Opportunities to approve … worth." - Emerson.
" He had approved himself a great warrior." - Macaulay.
"’T is an old lesson; Time approves it true." - Byron.
"His account … approves him a man of thought." - Parkman.
3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as to approve the decision of a court-martial.
4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as we approve the measured of the administration.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
"The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God." - Rogers.
This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably ( of), is often followed by of.
"They had not approved of the deposition of James." - Macaulay.
"They approved of the political institutions." - W. Black.

Approve
Ap•prove´ (ap•proov"), v. t. [OF. aprouer; a (L. a. ) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.] (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one’s own profit; — said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approvement
Ap•prove´ment, n. [Obs.]
1. Approbation.
"I did nothing without your approvement." - Hayward.
2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king’s (or queen’s) evidence in England, and state’s evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

Approvement
Ap•prove´ment, n. (Old Eng. Law) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

Approver
Ap•prov´er, n.
1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

Approver
Ap•prov´er, n. [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] Jacobs.

Approximate
Ap•prox´i•mate, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; a. + proximare to come near. See Proximate.]
1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as approximate results or values. Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.

Approximate
Ap•prox´i•mate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Approximated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
"To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature." - Burke.
2. To come near to; to approach.
"The telescope approximates perfection." - J. Morse.

Approximate
Ap•prox´i•mate, v. i. To draw; to approach.

Approximately
Ap•prox´i•mate•ly, adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Approximation
Ap•prox•i•ma´tion . n. [Cf. F. approximation, LL. approximatio.]
1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also the result of approximating.
"The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature." - I. Taylor.
2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
3. (Math.) (a) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as to solve an equation by approximation. (b) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

Approximative
Ap•prox´i•ma•tive, a. [Cf. F. approximatif.] Approaching; approximate. — Ap•prox´i•ma•tive•ly, adv. — Ap•prox´i•ma•tive•ness, n.

Approximator
Ap•prox´i•ma•tor, n. One who, or that which, approximates.

Appui
Ap•pui´, n. [F., fr. L. a. + podium foothold, Gr., dim. of,, foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.]
"If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it." - Holland.
Point d’appui . [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.

Appui
Ap•pui´, n. (Man.) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle. — Point d’appui, any point of support or basis of operations, as a rallying point.

Appulse
Ap´pulse ( 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; a. + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.]
1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also the act of striking against.
"In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs." - Holder.
2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.

Appulsion
Ap•pul´sion, n. A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Appulsive
Ap•pul´sive, a. Striking against; impinging; as the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

Appulsively
Ap•pul´sive•ly, adv. By appulsion.

Appurtenance
Ap•pur´te•nance, n. [OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance, LL. appartenentia, from L. appertinere. See Appertain.] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.
"Globes … provided as appurtenances to astronomy." - Bacon.
"The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances." - Reid.

Apricate
Ap´ri•cate, v. t. & i. [L. apricatus, p. p. of apricare, fr. apricus exposed to the sun, fr. aperire to uncover, open.] To bask in the sun. Boyle.

Aprication
Ap•ri•ca´tion, n. Basking in the sun. [R.]

Apricot
A´pri•cot, n. [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirquq, al-burquq. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. praiko•kia, pl. (Diosc. c. 100) fr. L. praecoquus, praecox, early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See Precocious, Cook.] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also the tree ( Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Apriorism
A•pri•o´rism, n. [Cf. F. apriorisme.] An a priori principle.

Apriority
A•pri•or´i•ty, n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

Aprocta
A•proc´ta (a•prok"ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. + prwkto•s anus.] (Zoöl.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

Aproctous
A•proc´tous (-tus), a. (Zoöl.) Without an anal orifice.

Apron
A´pron (a"purn or a"prun; 277), n. [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map.]
1. An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.
2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. (b) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." Hughes. (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. Totten. (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i) (Zoöl.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.

Apron string
A"pron string . The string of an apron. To be tied to awife’s or mother’sapron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.
"He was so made that he could not submit to be tied to the apron strings even of the best of wives." - Macaulay.

Aproned
A´proned, a. Wearing an apron.
"A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned." - Pope.

Apronful
A´pron•ful, n. ; pl. Apronfuls . The quantity an apron can hold.

Apronless
A´pron•less, a. Without an apron.

Apropos
Ap´ro•pos (ap"ro•po•), a. & adv. [F. à propos; à (L. a. ) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See Propound.]
1. Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
"A tale extremely apropos." - Pope.
2. By the way; to the purpose; relevant; suitably to the place or subject; — a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

Apsides
Ap´si•des (ap"si•dez), n. pl. See Apsis.

Aptate
Ap´tate, v. t. [L. aptatus, p. p. of aptare. See Apt.] To make fit. [Obs.] Bailey

Apteral
Ap´ter•al, a.
1. (Zoöl.) Apterous.
2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; — applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral. R. Cyc.

Apteran
Ap´ter•an, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Aptera.

Apteria
Ap•te´ri•a, n. pl. [NL. See Aptera.] (Zoöl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.

Apteryges
Ap•ter´y•ges, n. pl. [NL. See Apteryx.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

Aptly
Apt´ly, adv. In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

Aptness
Apt´ness, n.
1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as the aptness of things to their end.
"The aptness of his quotations." - J. R. Green.
2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as the aptness of men to follow example.
3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
4. Proneness; tendency; as the aptness of iron to rust.

Aptote
Ap´tote (ap"tot), n. [L. aptotum, Gr. indeclinable; ’a priv. + fallen, declined, to fall.] (Gram.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

Aptotic
Ap•tot´ic, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as aptotic languages.

Aptychus
Ap´ty•chus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ’a priv. +,, fold.] (Zoöl.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

Apus
A´pus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Apode, n. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

Apyrexial
Ap•y•rex´i•al, a. (Med.) Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." Brande & C.

Apyrous
Ap´y•rous, a. [Gr. ; ’a priv. + fire.] Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.