Apocalypse
"First Apocalypse" The Apocalypse was a protracted series of wars and atrocities that obliterated the Ancient North.

Causes

The roots of the Apocalypse are many and deep. Mandate scholars (who, popular opinion to the contrary, are not recognized authorities on the subject) argue that they are older than recorded history. More sober accounts reach back no further than the so-called Nonman Tutelage, which eventually led the Gnostic School of Mangaecca to the site of the Incû-Holoinas , the Ark-of-the-Skies, where it lay protected, hidden by Nonmen glamors in the shadow of the western Yimaleti Mountains . Accounts are incomplete, but it seems clear that what were called the Great Sranc Wars were a consequence of the Mangaecca occuption of what would come to be called Golgotterath . Traditionally, scholars date the beginning of the Apocalypse with Anasûrimbor Celmomas II 's call for a holy war against Golgotterath, his Great Ordeal, which is to say, with the beginning of the accounts found in The Sagas , the primary historical source text for this cataclysmic event. Legend has it that the Nonmen Siqû informed the Grandmaster of the Sohonc (the pre-eminent Sauglish School) that the Mangaecca, or Consult as they had come to be called, had uncovered lost Inchoroi secrets that would lead to the world's destruction. Seswatha in turn convinced Celmomas to declare war on Golgotterath in 2123.

The Great Ordeal

There has been much debate regarding the next twenty years, and much severe criticism of the pride and bickering that would eventually destroy the Ordeal. What most fail to realize is that the threat facing the High Norsirai of Kûniüri and Aörsi at this time was entirely hypothetical. In fact, it is surprising that Celmomas was able to hold his coalition, which included Nonmen as well as token contingents of Kyraneans , together for as long as he did. The first great battle, fought in 2124 on the fields of Agongorea , was indecisive. Celmomas and his allies wintered in Dagliash and forded the River Sursa the following spring, catching their foe unawares. The Consult withdrew to Golgotterath, and so began what would be called the Great Investiture. For six years the Ordeal attempted to starve the Consult into submission, to no avail. Every assault proved disastrous. Then, in 2131, after a dispute with King Anasûrimbor Nimeric of Aörsi, Celmomas himself abandoned his own Holy War. The following year disaster struck. Consult legions, apparently using a vast subterranean network of tunnels, appeared in the Ring Mountains to the rear of the Ordeal. The coalition host was all but destroyed. Embittered by the loss of his sons, Nil'giccas , the Nonman King of Ishterebinth, withdrew altogether, leaving the Aörsi to war alone.

The Fall Of Aörsi

The following years witnessed a string of further disasters. In 2133 the Aörsi were defeated at the Passes of Amnerlot, and Daliash was lost soon after. King Nimeric withdrew to his capital of Shiarau . A year passed before Celmomas acknowledged his folly and mobilized to relieve him. By then it was too late. In 2135, Nimeric was mortally wounded in the Battle of Hamuir , and Shiarau fell to the Consult legions the following spring. The Aörsic house of Anasûrimbor had perished forever. Now it was Kûniüri that stood alone. His credibility destroyed, Celmomas was unable to rally any allies, and for a time the situation seemed bleak. But in 2137 his youngest son, Anasûrimbor Nau-Cayûti , managed to rout the Consult at the Battle of Ossirish , where he earned the name Murswagga, or "Dragonslayer", for killing Tanhafut the Red. His next victory, within sight of Shiarau's ruins, was more complete still. The Consult's remaining Sranc and Bashrag fled across the River Sursa. In 2139 the young Prince besieged and recaptured Dagliash, then launched several spectacular raids across the Plains of Agongorea.

Raid Of The Incû-Holoinas

Then, in 2140, Nau-Cayûti's beloved concubine, Aulisi , was abducted by Sranc marauders and taken to Golgotterath. According to The Sagas , Seswatha was able to convince the Prince (who was once his student) that she could be rescued from the Incû-Holoinas , and the two of them embarked on an expedition that is almost certainly apocryphal. Mandate commentators dispute the account found in The Sagas , where they successfully return with both Aulisi and the Heron Spear , claiming that Aulisi was never found. Whatever happened, at least two things are certain: the Heron Spear was in fact recovered, and Nau-Cayûti died shortly after (apparently poisoned by his first wife, Iëva ).

Awakening Of The No-God

In 2141, the Consult returned to the offensive, wrongly thinking the Kûniüri crippled by the loss of their greatest and most beloved son. But Nau-Cayûti's mead-brothers proved themselves able, even brilliant, commanders. At the Battle of Skothera , the Sranc hordes were crushed by General En-Kaujalau , though he died of mysterious causes within weeks of this victory (according to The Sagas , he was another victim of Iëva and her poisons, but again this is disputed by Mandate scholars). In 2142, General Sag-Marmau inflicted yet another crushing defeat on Aurang and his Consult legions, and by the fall of that year he had hounded the remnant of their horde to the Gates of Golgotterath itself. But the Second Great Investiture proved far shorter than the first. As Seswatha had feared, the Consult had been merely playing for time, nothing more. In the spiring of 2143 the No-God , summoned by means unknown, first drew breath. Across the world, Sranc , Bashrag , and Wracu -- all the obscene progeny of the Inchoroi -- hearkened to his call. Sag-Marmau and the greater glory of Kûniüri were annihilated. The effect of his coming cannot be overestimated. As numerous independent accounts attest, all Men could sense his dread presence on the horizon, and all infants were born dead. Anasûrimbor Celmomas II had little difficulty gathering support for his Second Ordeal. Nil'giccas and Celmomas were reconciled. Across Eärwa , hosts of Men began marching towards Kûniüri. But it was too late.

The Years Of The Crib

Celmomas and his Second Ordeal were destroyed on the Fields of Eleneöt in 2146. The Heron Spear, which could not be used because the No-God refused to give battle, was lost. Kûniüri and all the great and ancient cities of the River Aumris were destroyed the following year. The Nonmen of Injor-Niyas retreated to Ishterebinth. Eämnor was laid waste the year after, though its capital, Atrithau , raised on anarcane ground, managed to survive. The list continues. Akksersia and Harmant in 2149. The Meöri Empire in 2150. Inweära in 2151, though the city of Sakarpus was spared. The Shiradi Empire in 2153. The Battle of Kathol Pass , fought primarily by the remnants of the Meöri and the Nonmen of Cil-Aujas in the autumn of 2151, would be mankind's only victory during these dark years, one which was entirely undone when the Meöri turned on their benefactors and sacked the ancient Nonman Mansion the following spring (which gave birth to the myth that the Galeoth , the descendants of those Meöri refugees, were forever cursed with treachery and fractiousness). Though defeated at the Battle of Mehsarunath in 2154, Anaxophus V , the High King of Kyraneas, managed to save the core of his host and fled southward, abandoning Mehtsonc and Sumna to the Scylvendi . The Tusk was evacuated and brought to ancient Invishi in Nilnamesh . Though the historical record is scant, Mandate scholars insist that it was at this time that the High King admitted to Seswatha that his knights had rescued the Heron Spear from the Fields of Eleneöt eight years previously.

The Slaying Of The No-God

Perhaps no single event from this dark time has inspired more acrimony and debate among Three Seas scholars of the Apocalypse. Some historians, the great Casidas among them, have called this the most monstrous deception in history. How could Anaxophus conceal the only weapon that could defeat the No-God while the greater part of the world died? But others, including many belonging to the Mandate, argue precisely the opposite. They admit that Anaxophus's motive -- to save Kyraneas and Kyraneas alone -- was more than a little suspect. But they point to the fact that had he not hidden the Heron Spear, it would surely have been lost in the catastrophes following the Fields of Eleneöt and the Second Ordeal. According to extant accounts, not once did the No-God expose himself to battle during this time. It was the years of attrition that forced him to intercede in the Second Battle of Mengedda . Whatever the case, the No-God, or Tsuramah as the Kyraneans called him, was destroyed by Anaxophus V in 2155. Freed of his terrible will, his Sranc, Bashrag, and Wracu slaves dispersed. The Apocalypse had ended, and Men set out to recover what they could of a ruined world.

Battles

- Battle of Hamuir
- Battle of Ossirish
- Battle of Skothera
- Battle of Eleneöt Fields
- Battle of Kathol Pass
- Battle of Mehsarunath
- Second Battle of Mengedda

Aporos
The Aporos is a branch of sorcery once studied by Nonmen Qûya . Forbidden from practicing their art under Cû’jara-Cinmoi , they were seduced by the Inchoroi , whose loss of the Battle of Pir Pahal had been largely due to the power of Qûya. The practicioners of the Aporos created for their masters the first Chorae , which rendered their bearers immune to magic and killed Qûya on touch. The Uroborian Circle is thought to also function on aporetic principles.

Trivia

- The branches of sorcery all take their names from Greek words. “Aporos” comes from the Greek word “Άπορος,” meaning “Destitute.”

Apperens
"Apperens Saccarees" Apperens Saccarees is the Grandmaster of the School of Mandate at the time of the Great Ordeal . Aside from Anasûrimbor Kellhus and his daughter Serwa , only he is rumoured to have successfully recited a metagnostic cant. During the Great Ordeal as the Exalt-Magus, Saccarees is the first to see the Inchoroi rising above Mantigol . He laments that he should signal Kellhus as they had discussed this as their greatest peril.

Apperens Saccarees
Apperens Saccarees is the Grandmaster of the School of Mandate at the time of the Great Ordeal . Aside from Anasûrimbor Kellhus and his daughter Serwa , only he is rumoured to have successfully recited a metagnostic cant. During the Great Ordeal as the Exalt-Magus, Saccarees is the first to see the Inchoroi rising above Mantigol . He laments that he should signal Kellhus as they had discussed this as their greatest peril.

apace
-with a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.

apaches
-a group of nomadic north american indians including several tribes native of arizona, new mexico, etc.

apagoge
-an indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

apagogic
-alt. of apagogical

apagogical
-proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.

apaid
-paid; pleased.

apair
-to impair or become impaired; to injure.

apalachian
-see appalachian.

apanage
-same as appanage.

apanthropy
-an aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

apar
-alt. of apara

apara
-see mataco.

aparejo
-a kind of pack saddle used in the american military service and among the spanish americans. it is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

aparithmesis
-enumeration of parts or particulars.

apart
-separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
-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.
-aside; away.
-in two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

apartment
-a room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.
-a set or suite of rooms.
-a compartment.

apartness
-the quality of standing apart.

apastron
-that point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

apathetic
-alt. of apathetical

apathetical
-void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

apathetically
-in an apathetic manner.

apathies
-of apathy

apathist
-one who is destitute of feeling.

apathistical
-apathetic; une motional.

apathy
-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.

apatite
-native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six
-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

apaume
-see appaume.

ape
-a quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. the name is applied esp. to species of the genus hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all quadrumana. the higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
-one who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
-a dupe.
-to mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.

apeak
-in a vertical line. the anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak.

aped
-of ape

apehood
-the state of being an ape.

apellous
-destitute of skin.

apennine
-of, pertaining to, or designating, the apennines, a chain of mountains extending through italy.

apepsy
-defective digestion, indigestion.

aper
-one who apes.

aperea
-the wild guinea pig of brazil (cavia aperea).

aperient
-gently opening the bowels; laxative.
-an aperient medicine or food.

aperies
-of apery

aperitive
-serving to open; aperient.

apert
-open; evident; undisguised.
-openly.

apertion
-the act of opening; an opening; an aperture.

apertly
-openly; clearly.

apertness
-openness; frankness.

aperture
-the act of opening.
-an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
-the diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four
-inch aperture.

apery
-a place where apes are kept.
-the practice of aping; an apish action.

apetalous
-having no petals, or flower leaves. [see illust. under anther].

apetalousness
-the state of being apetalous.

apex
-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.
-the end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

apexes
-of apex

aphaeresis
-same as apheresis.

aphakia
-an anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. the remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.

aphakial
-pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

aphaniptera
-a group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. see flea.

aphanipterous
-of or pertaining to the aphaniptera.

aphanite
-a very compact, dark
-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.

aphanitic
-resembling aphanite; having a very fine
-grained structure.

aphasia
-alt. of aphasy

aphasic
-pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

aphasy
-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.

aphelia
-of aphelion

aphelion
-that point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

apheliotropic
-turning away from the sun;
-- said of leaves, etc.

apheliotropism
-the habit of bending from the sunlight;
-- said of certain plants.

aphemia
-loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing;
-- a disorder of cerebral origin.

apheresis
-the dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
-an operation by which any part is separated from the rest.

aphesis
-the loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word;
-- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.

aphetic
-shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.

aphetism
-an aphetized form of a word.

aphetize
-to shorten by aphesis.

aphid
-one of the genus aphis; an aphidian.

aphides
-see aphis.
-of aphis

aphidian
-of or pertaining to the family aphidae.
-one of the aphides; an aphid.

aphidivorous
-devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

aphidophagous
-feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family coccinellidae.

aphilanthropy
-want of love to mankind;
-- the opposite of philanthropy.

aphis
-a genus of insects belonging to the order hemiptera and family aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.

aphis lion
-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
-flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.

aphonia
-alt. of aphony

aphonic
-alt. of aphonous

aphonous
-without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

aphony
-loss of voice or vocal utterance.

aphorism
-a comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.

aphorismatic
-alt. of aphorismic

aphorismer
-a dealer in aphorisms.

aphorismic
-pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

aphorist
-a writer or utterer of aphorisms.

aphoristic
-alt. of aphoristical

aphoristical
-in the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.

aphoristically
-in the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

aphorize
-to make aphorisms.

aphrite
-see under calcite.

aphrodisiac
-alt. of aphrodisiacal
-that which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.

aphrodisiacal
-exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.

aphrodisian
-pertaining to aphrodite or venus. "aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].

aphrodite
-the greek goddess of love, corresponding to the venus of the romans.
-a large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
-a beautiful butterfly (argunnis aphrodite) of the united states.

aphroditic
-venereal.

aphtha
-one of the whitish specks called aphthae.
-the disease, also called thrush.

aphthae
-roundish pearl
-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. they are commonly characteristic of thrush.

aphthoid
-of the nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.

aphthong
-a letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.

aphthous
-pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

aphyllous
-destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

apiaceous
-umbelliferous.

apian
-belonging to bees.

apiarian
-of or relating to bees.

apiarist
-one who keeps an apiary.

apiary
-a place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

apical
-at or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.

apices
-of apex
-see apex.

apician
-belonging to apicius, a notorious roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.

apicular
-situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

apiculate
-alt. of apiculated

apiculated
-terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

apiculture
-rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

apiece
-each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.

apieces
-in pieces or to pieces.

apiked
-trimmed.

aping
-of ape

apiol
-an oily liquid derived from parsley.

apiologist
-a student of bees.

apis
-a genus of insects of the order hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (apis mellifica) and other related species. see honeybee.

apish
-having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. hence: apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.

apishly
-in an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

apishness
-the quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

apitpat
-with quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.

aplacental
-belonging to the aplacentata; without placenta.

aplacentata
-mammals which have no placenta.

aplacophora
-a division of amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

aplanatic
-having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration;
-- said of a lens.

aplanatism
-freedom from spherical aberration.

aplastic
-not plastic or easily molded.

aplomb
-assurance of manner or of action; self
-possession.

aplotomy
-simple incision.

aplustre
-an ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

aplysia
-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.

apneumona
-an order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting;
-- called also apoda or apodes.

apnoea
-partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

apo
-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.

apocalypse
-the revelation delivered to st. john, in the isle of patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the new testament.
-anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.

apocalyptic
-alt. of apocalyptical
-alt. of apocalyptist

apocalyptical
-of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the revelation of st. john; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.

apocalyptically
-by revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

apocalyptist
-the writer of the apocalypse.

apocarpous
-either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil;
-- opposed to syncarpous.

apocopate
-to cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
-alt. of apocopated

apocopated
-shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

apocopation
-shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

apocope
-the cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
-a cutting off; abscission.

apocrisiarius
-a delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at constantinople.

apocrisiary
-alt. of apocrisiarius

apocrustic
-astringent and repellent.
-an apocrustic medicine.

apocrypha
-something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority;
-- formerly used also adjectively.
-specif.: certain writings which are received by some christians as an authentic part of the holy scriptures, but are rejected by others.

apocryphal
-pertaining to the apocrypha.
-not canonical. hence: of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

apocryphalist
-one who believes in, or defends, the apocrypha.

apocryphally
-in an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

apocryphalness
-the quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

apocryphas
-of apocrypha

apocynaceous
-alt. of apocyneous

apocyneous
-belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (apocynum) is the type.

apocynin
-a bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (apocynum cannabinum).

apod
-alt. of apodal
-alt. of apode

apoda
-a group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
-an order of amphibia without feet. see ophiomorpha.
-a group of worms without appendages, as the leech.

apodal
-without feet; footless.
-destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

apodan
-apodal.

apode
-one of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

apodeictic
-alt. of apodictical

apodeictical
-alt. of apodictical

apodeictically
-alt. of apodictically

apodeme
-one of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many crustacea.

apodes
-of apode
-an order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
-a group of holothurians destitute of suckers. see apneumona.

apodictic
-alt. of apodictical
-same as apodeictic.

apodictical
-self
-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.

apodictically
-so as to be evident beyond contradiction.

apodixis
-full demonstration.

apodosis
-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.

apodous
-apodal; apod.

apods
-of apode

apodyterium
-the apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

apogaic
-apogean.

apogamic
-relating to apogamy.

apogamy
-the formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

apogeal
-apogean.

apogean
-connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

apogee
-that point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
-fig.: the farthest or highest point; culmination.

apogeotropic
-bending away from the ground;
-- said of leaves, etc.

apogeotropism
-the apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

apograph
-a copy or transcript.

apohyal
-of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

apoise
-balanced.

apolar
-having no radiating processes;
-- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

apolaustic
-devoted to enjoyment.

apollinarian
-in honor of apollo; as, the apollinarian games.
-a follower of apollinaris, bishop of laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of christ.

apollinaris water
-an effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. it is obtained from a spring in apollinarisburg, near bonn.

apollo
-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.

apollonian
-alt. of apollonic

apollonic
-of, pertaining to, or resembling, apollo.

apollyon
-the destroyer;
-- a name used (rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the hebrew abaddon.

apologer
-a teller of apologues.

apologetic
-alt. of apologetical

apologetical
-defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.

apologetically
-by way of apology.

apologetics
-that branch of theology which defends the holy scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

apologies
-of apology

apologist
-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
-to make an apology or defense.
-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; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
-to defend.

apologized
-of apologize

apologizer
-one who makes an apology; an apologist.

apologizing
-of apologize

apologue
-a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

apology
-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.
-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.
-anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
-to offer an apology.

apomecometer
-an instrument for measuring the height of objects.

apomecometry
-the art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.

apomorphia
-alt. of apomorphine

apomorphine
-a crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. it is a powerful emetic.

aponeuroses
-of aponeurosis

aponeurosis
-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.

aponeurotic
-of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.

aponeurotomy
-dissection of aponeuroses.

apopemptic
-sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

apophasis
-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
-designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
-an apophlegmatic medicine.

apophlegmatism
-the action of apophlegmatics.
-an apophlegmatic.

apophlegmatizant
-an apophlegmatic.

apophthegm
-see apothegm.
-a short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

apophthegmatic
-alt. of apophthegmatical

apophthegmatical
-same as apothegmatic.

apophyge
-the small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet;
-- called also the scape.

apophyllite
-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 marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
-an enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.

apoplectic
-alt. of apoplectical
-one liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

apoplectical
-relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

apoplectiform
-alt. of apoplectoid

apoplectoid
-resembling apoplexy.

apoplex
-apoplexy.

apoplexed
-affected with apoplexy.

apoplexy
-sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

aporetical
-doubting; skeptical.

aporia
-a figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.

aporias
-of aporia

aporosa
-a group of corals in which the coral is not porous;
-- opposed to perforata.

aporose
-without pores.

aport
-on or towards the port or left side;
-- said of the helm.

aposiopesis
-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
-destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

apostasies
-of apostasy

apostasy
-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.

apostate
-one who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
-one who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
-pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
-to apostatize.

apostatic
-apostatical.

apostatical
-apostate.

apostatize
-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.

apostatized
-of apostatize

apostatizing
-of apostatize

apostemate
-to form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

apostemation
-the formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.

apostematous
-pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

aposteme
-an abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

apostil
-alt. of apostille

apostille
-a marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.

apostle
-literally: one sent forth; a messenger. specifically: one of the twelve disciples of christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
-the missionary who first plants the christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, dionysius of corinth is called the apostle of france, john eliot the apostle to the indians, theobald mathew the apostle of temperance.
-a brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.

apostleship
-the office or dignity of an apostle.

apostolate
-the dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
-the dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

apostolic
-alt. of apostolical
-a member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

apostolical
-pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
-according to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
-of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.

apostolically
-in an apostolic manner.

apostolicalness
-apostolicity.

apostolicism
-alt. of apostolicity

apostolicity
-the state or quality of being apostolical.

apostrophe
-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."
-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.
-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.

apostrophic
-pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

apostrophize
-to address by apostrophe.
-to contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.
-to use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

apostume
-see aposteme.

apotactite
-one of a sect of ancient christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

apotelesm
-the result or issue.
-the calculation and explanation of a nativity.

apotelesmatic
-relating to the casting of horoscopes.
-relating to an issue of fulfillment.

apothecaries
-of apothecary

apothecary
-one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

apothecia
-of apothecium

apothecium
-the ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

apothegm
-alt. of apophthegm

apothegmatic
-alt. of apothegmatical

apothegmatical
-pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.

apothegmatist
-a collector or maker of apothegms.

apothegmatize
-to utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

apothem
-the perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
-a deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.

apotheoses
-of apotheosis

apotheosis
-the act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
-glorification; exaltation.

apotheosize
-to exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

apothesis
-a place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
-a dressing room connected with a public bath.

apotome
-the difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
-the remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.

apozem
-a decoction or infusion.

apozemical
-pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.

appair
-to impair; to grow worse.

appalachian
-of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the united states, commonly called the allegheny mountains.

appall
-to make pale; to blanch.
-to weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.
-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.
-to grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
-to lose flavor or become stale.
-terror; dismay.

appalled
-of appall

appalling
-of appall
-such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

appallment
-depression occasioned by terror; dismay.

appanage
-the portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
-a dependency; a dependent territory.
-that which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.

appanagist
-a prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

apparaillyng
-preparation.

apparatus
-of apparatus
-things provided as means to some end.
-hence: a full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
-a collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.

apparatuses
-of apparatus

apparel
-external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
-a small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
-the furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
-to make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
-to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
-to dress or clothe; to attire.
-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
-of apparel

appareling
-of apparel

apparelled
-of apparel

apparelling
-of apparel

apparence
-appearance.

apparency
-appearance.
-apparentness; state of being apparent.
-the position of being heir apparent.

apparent
-capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
-clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
-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.
-an heir apparent.

apparently
-visibly.
-plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
-seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

apparentness
-plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.

apparition
-the act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
-the thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
-an unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
-the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;
-- opposed to occultation.

apparitional
-pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

apparitor
-formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
-a messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.

appaume
-a hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

appay
-to pay; to satisfy or appease.

appeach
-to impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.

appeacher
-an accuser.

appeachment
-accusation.

appeal
-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.
-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.
-to summon; to challenge.
-to invoke.
-to apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.
-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.
-an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.
-the mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
-the right of appeal.
-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.
-an accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. see approvement.
-a summons to answer to a charge.
-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.
-resort to physical means; recourse.

appealable
-capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
-that may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.

appealant
-an appellant.

appealed
-of appeal
-of appease

appealer
-one who makes an appeal.

appealing
-of appeal
-that appeals; imploring.

appear
-to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
-to come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
-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.
-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.
-to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
-appearance.

appearance
-the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
-a thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
-personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
-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.
-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.
-probability; likelihood.
-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.

appeared
-of appear

appearer
-one who appears.

appearing
-of appear

appearingly
-apparently.

appeasable
-capable of being appeased or pacified; placable.

appease
-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.

appeasement
-the act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.

appeaser
-one who appeases; a pacifier.

appeasing
-of appease

appeasive
-tending to appease.

appellable
-appealable.

appellancy
-capability of appeal.

appellant
-relating to an appeal; appellate.
-one who accuses another of felony or treason.
-one who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.
-a challenger.
-one who appealed to a general council against the bull unigenitus.
-one who appeals or entreats.

appellate
-pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.
-a person or prosecuted for a crime. [obs.] see appellee.

appellation
-the act of appealing; appeal.
-the act of calling by a name.
-the word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

appellative
-pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
-common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
-a common name, in distinction from a proper name. a common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. a proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, rome, washington, lake erie.
-an appellation or title; a descriptive name.

appellatively
-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
-the quality of being appellative.

appellatory
-containing an appeal.

appellee
-the defendant in an appeal;
-- opposed to appellant.
-the person who is appealed against, or accused of crime;
-- opposed to appellor.

appellor
-the person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.
-one who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.

appenage
-see appanage.

append
-to hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
-to add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.

appendage
-something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
-a subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.

appendaged
-furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.

appendance
-something appendant.

appendant
-hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
-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.
-anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
-a inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

appended
-of append

appendence
-alt. of appendency

appendency
-state of being appendant; appendance.

appendical
-of or like an appendix.

appendicate
-to append.

appendication
-an appendage.

appendices
-of appendix

appendicitis
-inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

appendicle
-a small appendage.

appendicular
-relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.

appendicularia
-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
-an order of annelids; the polych/ta.

appendiculate
-having small appendages; forming an appendage.

appending
-of append

appendix
-something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
-any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

appendixes
-of appendix

appension
-the act of appending.

apperceive
-to perceive; to comprehend.

apperception
-the mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.

apperil
-peril.

appertain
-to belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

appertained
-of appertain

appertaining
-of appertain

appertainment
-that which appertains to a person; an appurtenance.

appertinance
-alt. of appertinence

appertinence
-see appurtenance.

appertinent
-belonging; appertaining.
-that which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.

appete
-to seek for; to desire.

appetence
-a longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

appetencies
-of appetency

appetency
-fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
-specifically: an instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
-natural tendency; affinity; attraction;
-- used of inanimate objects.

appetent
-desiring; eagerly desirous.

appetibility
-the quality of being desirable.

appetible
-desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

appetite
-the desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
-desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
-any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
-tendency; appetency.
-the thing desired.

appetition
-desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.

appetitive
-having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.

appetize
-to make hungry; to whet the appetite of.

appetizer
-something which creates or whets an appetite.

appetizing
-exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.
-so as to excite appetite.

appian
-of or pertaining to appius.

applaud
-to show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
-to praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
-to express approbation loudly or significantly.

applauded
-of applaud

applauder
-one who applauds.

applauding
-of applaud

applausable
-worthy of applause; praiseworthy.

applause
-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.

applausive
-expressing applause; approbative.

apple
-the fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
-any tree genus pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
-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.
-anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
-to grow like an apple; to bear apples.

apple pie
-a pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.

apple
-faced
-having a round, broad face, like an apple.

apple
-jack
-apple brandy.

apple
-john
-a kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered;
-- called also johnapple.

apple
-squire
-a pimp; a kept gallant.

appliable
-applicable; also, compliant.

appliance
-the act of applying; application; [obs.] subservience.
-the thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances.

applicability
-the quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.

applicable
-capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

applicancy
-the quality or state of being applicable.

applicant
-one who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

applicate
-applied or put to some use.
-to apply.

application
-the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
-the thing applied.
-the act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
-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.
-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.
-the capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
-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.
-the act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
-a request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

applicative
-capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

applicatorily
-by way of application.

applicatory
-having the property of applying; applicative; practical.
-that which applies.

applied
-of apply

appliedly
-by application.

applier
-he who, or that which, applies.

appliment
-application.

applique
-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
-to divide into plots or parts; to apportion.

applotment
-apportionment.

applotted
-of applot

applotting
-of applot

apply
-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.
-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.
-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.
-to fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
-to direct or address.
-to betake; to address; to refer;
-- used reflexively.
-to busy; to keep at work; to ply.
-to visit.
-to suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
-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.
-to ply; to move.
-to apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

applying
-of apply

appoggiatura
-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
-to fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
-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.
-to assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
-to furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
-to point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
-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.
-to ordain; to determine; to arrange.

appointable
-capable of being appointed or constituted.

appointed
-of appoint

appointee
-a person appointed.
-a person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.

appointer
-one who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.

appointing
-of appoint

appointive
-subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.

appointment
-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.
-the state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
-stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. hence:: arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
-decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
-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.
-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.
-an allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite;
-- properly only in the plural.
-a honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

appointor
-the person who selects the appointee. see appointee, 2.

apporter
-a bringer in; an importer.

apportion
-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.

apportionateness
-the quality of being apportioned or in proportion.

apportioned
-of apportion

apportioner
-one who apportions.

apportioning
-of apportion

apportionment
-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.

appose
-to place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
-to place in juxtaposition or proximity.
-to put questions to; to examine; to try. [obs.] see pose.

apposed
-placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.

apposer
-an examiner; one whose business is to put questions. formerly, in the english court of exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.

apposite
-very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat;
-- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.

apposition
-the act of adding; application; accretion.
-the putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
-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.

appositional
-pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

appositive
-of or relating to apposition; in apposition.
-a noun in apposition.

appraisable
-capable of being appraised.

appraisal
-a valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

appraise
-to set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
-to estimate; to conjecture.
-to praise; to commend.

appraised
-of appraise

appraisement
-the act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

appraiser
-one who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

appraising
-of appraise

apprecation
-earnest prayer; devout wish.

apprecatory
-praying or wishing good.

appreciable
-capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.

appreciant
-appreciative.

appreciate
-to set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
-to raise the value of; to increase the market price of;
-- opposed to depreciate.
-to be sensible of; to distinguish.
-to rise in value. [see note under rise, v. i.]

appreciated
-of appreciate

appreciating
-of appreciate

appreciatingly
-in an appreciating manner; with appreciation.

appreciation
-a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
-accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
-a rise in value;
-- opposed to depreciation.

appreciative
-having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.

appreciativeness
-the quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.

appreciator
-one who appreciates.

appreciatory
-showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.

apprehend
-to take or seize; to take hold of.
-hence: to take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
-to take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
-to know or learn with certainty.
-to anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
-to think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
-to be apprehensive; to fear.

apprehended
-of apprehend

apprehender
-one who apprehends.

apprehending
-of apprehend

apprehensibiity
-the quality of being apprehensible.

apprehensible
-capable of being apprehended or conceived.

apprehension
-the act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
-the act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
-the act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
-opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
-the faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
-anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

apprehensive
-capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
-knowing; conscious; cognizant.
-relating to the faculty of apprehension.
-anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
-sensible; feeling; perceptive.

apprehensively
-in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.

apprehensiveness
-the quality or state of being apprehensive.

apprentice
-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.
-one not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
-a barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
-to bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

apprenticeage
-apprenticeship.

apprenticed
-of apprentice

apprenticehood
-apprenticeship.

apprenticeship
-the service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
-the time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty
-one).

apprenticing
-of apprentice

appressed
-alt. of apprest

apprest
-pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,

apprise
-to give notice, verbal or written; to inform;
-- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
-notice; information.

apprised
-of apprise

apprising
-of apprise

apprizal
-see appraisal.

apprize
-to appraise; to value; to appreciate.

apprizement
-appraisement.

apprizer
-an appraiser.
-a creditor for whom an appraisal is made.

approach
-to come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
-to draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
-to bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
-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.
-to take approaches to.
-the act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
-a access, or opportunity of drawing near.
-movements to gain favor; advances.
-a way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
-the advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
-see approaching.

approachability
-the quality of being approachable; approachableness.

approachable
-capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

approachableness
-the quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.

approached
-of approach

approacher
-one who approaches.

approaching
-of approach
-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
-impossible to be approached.

approachment
-approach.

approbate
-approved.
-to express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

approbation
-proof; attestation.
-the act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
-probation or novitiate.

approbative
-approving, or implying approbation.

approbativeness
-the quality of being approbative.
-love of approbation.

approbator
-one who approves.

approbatory
-containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.

appromt
-to quicken; to prompt.

approof
-trial; proof.
-approval; commendation.

appropinquate
-to approach.

appropinquation
-a drawing nigh; approach.

appropinquity
-nearness; propinquity.

appropre
-to appropriate.

appropriable
-capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.

appropriament
-what is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.

appropriate
-set apart for a particular use or person. hence: belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
-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.
-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.
-to make suitable; to suit.
-to annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
-a property; attribute.

appropriated
-of appropriate

appropriately
-in an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

appropriateness
-the state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.

appropriating
-of appropriate

appropriation
-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.
-anything, especially money, thus set apart.
-the severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. blackstone.
-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.

appropriative
-appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act.

appropriator
-one who appropriates.
-a spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

approvable
-worthy of being approved; meritorious.

approval
-approbation; sanction.

approvance
-approval.

approve
-to show to be real or true; to prove.
-to make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
-to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court
-martial.
-to regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
-to make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
-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.

approved
-of approve

approvedly
-so as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

approvement
-approbation.
-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.
-improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.

approver
-one who approves. formerly, one who made proof or trial.
-an informer; an accuser.
-one who confesses a crime and accuses another. see 1st approvement, 2.
-a bailiff or steward; an agent.

approving
-of approve
-expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.

approximate
-approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
-near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
-to carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
-to come near to; to approach.
-to draw; to approach.

approximated
-of approximate

approximately
-with approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

approximating
-of approximate

approximation
-the act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
-an approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
-a continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
-a value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

approximative
-approaching; approximate.

approximator
-one who, or that which, approximates.

appui
-a support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

appulse
-a driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.
-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
-a driving or striking against; an appulse.

appulsive
-striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.

appulsively
-by appulsion.

appurtenance
-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.

appurtenant
-annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.
-something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.

apricate
-to bask in the sun.

aprication
-basking in the sun.

apricot
-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.

april
-the fourth month of the year.
-fig.: with reference to april being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.

apriorism
-an a priori principle.

apriority
-the quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

aprocta
-a group of turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

aproctous
-without an anal office.

apron
-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.
-something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
-the fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
-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.
-a leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon.
-a piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel.
-a platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.
-a flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
-the piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
-a strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
-the infolded abdomen of a crab.

apron man
-a man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.

apron string
-the string of an apron.

aproned
-wearing an apron.

apronful
-the quantity an apron can hold.

apronfuls
-of apronful

apronless
-without an apron.

aprosos
-opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
-by the way; to the purpose; 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.

apse
-a projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. in early churches the eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
-the bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
-a reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

apsidal
-of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
-of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

apsides
-see apsis.
-of apsis

apsis
-one of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. the more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
-in a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
-same as apse.

apt
-fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
-having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely;
-- used of things.
-inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready;
-- used of persons.
-ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
-to fit; to suit; to adapt.

aptable
-capable of being adapted.

aptate
-to make fit.

aptera
-insects without wings, constituting the seventh linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. these animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

apteral
-apterous.
-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.

apteran
-one of the aptera.

apteria
-naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. see pteryliae.

apterous
-destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.
-destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole;
-- opposed to alate.

apteryges
-an order of birds, including the genus apteryx.

apteryx
-a genus of new zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. it is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. five species are known.

aptitude
-a natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
-a general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
-readiness in learning; docility; aptness.

aptitudinal
-suitable; fit.

aptly
-in an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

aptness
-fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
-disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
-quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
-proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

aptote
-a noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

aptotic
-pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

aptychus
-a shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

apus
-a genus of fresh
-water phyllopod crustaceans. see phyllopod.

apyretic
-without fever;
-- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.

apyrexia
-alt. of apyrexy

apyrexial
-relating to apyrexy.

apyrexy
-the absence or intermission of fever.

apyrous
-incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.