Syn. - To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See Dismay.ApÏpall¶, v. i. 1. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.]Gower.2. To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]ApÏpall¶, n. Terror; dismay. [Poet.]Cowper.ApÏpall¶ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. Ð ApÏpall¶ingÏly, adv.ApÏpall¶ment (?), n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.]Bacon.Ap¶paÏnage (?), n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + 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.
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3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. ½Wealth… the appanage of wit.¸Swift.ApÏpan¶aÏgist (?), n. [F. apanagiste.] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.ApÏpal¶ailÏlyng (?), n. [See Apparel, n. & v.] Preparation. [Obs.]Chaucer.
Ap¶paÏratus (?), n.; pl. Apparatus, also rarely Apparatuses (?). [L., from apparare, apparatum, to prepare; ad + prepare to make ready.] 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. 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. 3. (Physiol.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. ApÏpar¶el (?), n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + 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 ?lbs 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. ApÏpar¶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. ApÏpar¶ence (?), n. [OF. aparence.] Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer. ApÏpar¶enÏcy (?), n. 1. Appearance. [Obs.] 2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. 3. The position of being heir apparent. ApÏpar¶ent (?), a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, Ïentis, 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. ÷ horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the ~ meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. Ð ÷ time. See Time. Ð Heir ~ (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; Ð in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. Syn. - Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. ApÏpar¶ent, n. An heir ~. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak. ApÏpar¶entÏly, 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. ApÏpar¶entÏness, n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [R.] Sherwood. Ap·paÏri¶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. ½The heavenly bands… a glorious apparition.¸ Milton.
I think it is the weakness of mine eyesThat shapes this monstrous apparition.Shak.4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; Ð opposed to occultation.Circle of perpetual ~. See under Circle.Ap·paÏri¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. ½An apparitional soul.¸Tylor.ApÏpar¶iÏtor (?), 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.Ø Ap·pau·m‚¶ (?), n. [F. appaum‚; ? (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma.] (Her.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.ApÏpay¶ (?), v. t. [OF. appayer, apaier, LL. appacare, appagare, fr. L. ad + pacare to pacify, pax, pacis, peace. See Pay, Appease.] To pay; to satisfy or appease. [Obs.]Sir P. Sidney.ApÏpeach¶ (?), v. t. [OE. apechen, for empechen, OF. empeechier, F. empˆcher, to hinder. See Impeach.] To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.]And oft of error did himself appeach.Spenser.ApÏpeach¶er , n. An accuser. [Obs.]Raleigh.ApÏpeach¶ment (?), n. Accusation. [Obs.]ApÏpeal¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appealing.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to ~, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + 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.ApÏpeal¶, 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 re‰xamination of for decision.Tomlins.I appeal unto C‘sar.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.ApÏpeal¶, 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 re‰xamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of ~. (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.ApÏpeal¶aÏble (?), a. 1. Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. [Obs.]ApÏpeal¶ant (?), n. An appellant. [Obs.]Shak.ApÏpeal¶er (?), n. One who makes an appeal.ApÏpeal¶ing, a The appeals; imploring. Ð ApÏpeal¶ÏingÏly, adv. Ð ApÏpeal¶ingÏness, n.ApÏpear¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re 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.µ 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.ApÏpear¶, n. Appearance. [Obs.]J. Fletcher.ApÏpear¶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 sings, or circumstances, fitted to ?nake a particular impression or to determine the judg? ?nt as to the character of a person or a thing, an act o? a state; as, appearances are against him.There was upon the tab?nacle, 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.Jo?n. 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 prolongOur 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 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 ~, to be present; to appear in person. Ð To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.Syn. - Coming; arrival; presence; semblance;; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.ApÏpear¶er (?), n. One who appears.Sir T. Browne.ApÏpear¶ingÏly, adv. Apparently. [Obs.]Bp. Hall.ApÏpeas¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. Ð ApÏpeas¶aÏbleÏness, n.ApÏpease¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appeasing.] [OE. apesen, apaisen, OF. apaisier, apaissier, F. apaiser, fr. a (L. ad) + 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.ApÏpease¶ment (?), n. The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.Hayward.ApÏpeas¶er (?), n. One who appeases; a pacifier.ApÏpea¶sive (?), a. Tending to appease.ApÏpel¶laÏble (?), a. Appealable.ApÏpel¶lanÏcy (?), n. Capability of appeal.ApÏpel¶lant (?), a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. ½An appellant jurisdiction.¸Hallam.Party ~ (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; Ð opposed to respondent, or appellee.Tomlins.ApÏpel¶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.ApÏpel¶late (?), a. [L. appelatus, p. p. of appellare.] Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals. ½Appellate jurisdiction.¸ Blackstone. ½Appellate judges.¸Burke.
÷ court, a court having cognizance of appeals.ApÏpel¶late, n. A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.Ap·pelÏla¶tion (?), n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.] 1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.]Spenser.2. The act of calling by a name.3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.Hume.Syn. - See Name.ApÏpel¶laÏtive (?), a. [L. appellativus, fr. appellare: cf. F. appelatif. See Appeal.] 1. Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.Cudworth.2. (gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class ?ApÏpel¶laÏtive, n. [L. appelativum, sc. nomen.] 1. A common name, 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.2. An appellation or title; a descriptive name.God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them.Jer. Taylor.ApÏpel¶laÏtiveÏly, 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.ApÏpel¶laÏtiveÏness, n. The quality of being appellative.Fuller.ApÏpel¶laÏtory (?), a. [L. appellatorius, fr. appellare.] Containing an appeal.An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant.Ayliffe.Ap·pelÏlee¶ , n. [F. appel‚, p. p. of appeler, fr. L. appellare.] (Law) (a) The defendant in a? appeal; Ð opposed to appellant. (b) The person who i? appealed against, or accused of crime; Ð opposed to appellor.Blackstone.
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Ap·pelÏlor (?), 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.µ 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.Ap¶penÏage , n. See Appanage.ApÏpend¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.] [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append?re, v. i., to hang to, append?re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend?re, v. i., to hang, pend?re, v. t., to hang. See Pendant.] 1. 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.2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.A further purpose appended to the primary one.I. Taylor.ApÏpend¶age , n. 1. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.Jer. Taylor.2. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.Antenn‘ and other appendages used for feeling.Carpenter.Syn. - Addition; adjunct; concomitant.ApÏpend¶aged , a. Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.ApÏpend¶ance , n. [F.] Something appendant.ApÏpend¶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; Ð 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.ApÏpend¶ant, n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.ApÏpend¶ence (?), ApÏpend¶enÏcy (?), } n. State of being appendant; appendance. [Obs.]ApÏpend¶iÏcal (?), a. Of or like an appendix.ApÏpend¶iÏcate (?), v. t. To append. [Obs.]ApÏpend·iÏca¶tion (?), n. An appendage. [Obs.]ApÏpend·iÏci¶tis (?), n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.ApÏpend¶iÏcle (?), n. [L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix.] A small appendage.Ap·penÏdic¶uÏlar (?), a. Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]Ø Ap·penÏdic·uÏla¶riÏa (?), n. [NL.] (Zo”l.) A genus of small freeÐswimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larv‘ of other Tunicata. It is the type of the order Copelata or Larvalia. See Illustration in Appendix.Ø Ap·penÏdic·uÏla¶ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo”l.) An order of annelids; the Polych?ta.Ap·penÏdic¶uÏlate (?), a. [See Appendicle.] Having small appendages; forming an appendage.Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf.Withering.ApÏpen¶dix (?), n.; pl. E. Appendixes (?), L. Appendices (?). [L. appendix, Ïdicis, fr. appendere. See Append.] 1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.Normandy became an appendix to England.Sir M. Hale.2. 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.Syn. - See Supplement.ApÏpen¶sion (?), n. The act of appending. [Obs.]Ap·perÏceive¶ (?), v. t. [F. apercevoir, fr. L. ad + percipere, perceptum, to perceive. See Perceive.] To perceive; to comprehend.Chaucer.Ap·perÏcep¶tion (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + perception: cf. F. apperception.] (Metaph.) 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.Leibnitz. Reid.This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.Sir W. Hamilton.ApÏper¶il (?), n. Peril. [Obs.]Shak.Ap·perÏtain¶ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen, OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + 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.Ap·perÏtain¶ment , n. That which appertains to a person; an appurtenance. [Obs. or R.]Shak.ApÏper¶tiÏnance (?), ApÏper¶tiÏnence (?), } n. See Appurtenance.ApÏper¶tiÏnent (?), a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]ÿColeridge.ApÏper¶tiÏnent, n. That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant. [Obs.]Shak.ApÏpete¶ (?), v. t. [L. appetere: cf. F. app‚ter. See Appetite.] To seek for; to desire. [Obs.]Chaucer.
Ap¶peÏtence (?), n. [Cf. F. app‚tence. See Appetency.] A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.Ap¶peÏtenÏcy (?), n.; pl. Appetencies (?). [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.] 1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.They had a strong appetency for reading.Merivale.2. 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.These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.E. Darwin.3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; Ð used of inanimate objects.Ap¶peÏtent (?), a. [L. appetens, p. pr. of appetere.] Desiring; eagerly desirous. [R.]Appetent after glory and renown.Sir G. Buck.Ap·peÏtiÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. [Cf. F. app‚tibilit‚.] The quality of being desirable.Bramhall.Ap¶peÏtiÏble (?), a. [L. appetibilis, fr. appetere: cf. F. app‚tible.] Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.Bramhall.Ap¶peÏtite (?), n. [OE. appetit, F. app‚tit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; ad + 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.µ 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.Ap·peÏti¶tion (?), n. [L. appetitio: cf. F. app‚tition.] Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.Holland.Ap¶peÏti¶tive (?), a. [Cf. F. app‚titif.] Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty.Sir M. Hale.Ap¶peÏtize (?), v. t. To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.Sir W. Scott.Ap¶peÏti·zer (?), n. Something which creates or whets an appetite.Ap¶peÏti·zing (?), a. [Cf. F. app‚tissant.] Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food.The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing.Sir W. Scott.Ap¶peÏti·zing, adv. So as to excite appetite.Ap¶piÏan (?), a. [L. Appius, Appianus.] Of or pertaining to Appius.÷ Way, the great paved highway from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.ApÏplaud¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Applauding.] [L. applaudere; ad + plaudere to clash, to clap the hands: cf. F. applaudir. Cf. Explode.] 1. To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.I would applaud thee to the very echo,That should applaud again.Shak.2. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.By the gods, I do applaud his courage.Shak.Syn. - To praise; extol; commend; cry up; magnify; approve. See Praise.ApÏplaud¶, v. i. To express approbation loudly or significantly.ApÏplaud¶er (?), n. One who applauds.ApÏplaus¶aÏble (?), a. Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]ApÏplause¶ (?), n. [L. applaudere, app?ausum. 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.ApÏplau¶sive (?), a. [LL. applausivus.] Expressing applause; approbative. Ð ApÏplau¶siveÏly, adv.Ap¶ple (?), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. ‘ppel, ‘pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. „ple, Dan. ‘ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob?lys, 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.µ The European crab ~ 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 ~ tree.3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the ~; 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 appleÐpaper, appleÐshaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.÷ blight, an aphid which injures ~ trees. See Blight, n. Ð ÷ borer (Zo”l.), a coleopterous insect (Saperda candida or bivittata), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the ~ tree and pear tree. Ð ÷ brandy, brandy made from apples. Ð ÷ butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. Bartlett. Ð ÷ corer, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. Ð ÷ fly (Zo”l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. ÷ flies belong to the genera Drosophila and Trypeta. Ð ÷ midge (Zo”l.), a small dipterous insect (Sciara mali), the larva of which bores in apples. Ð ÷ of the eye, the pupil. Ð ÷ of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden ~, inscribed ½For 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. Ð ÷ of love, or Love ~, the tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum). Ð ÷ of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. Ð Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of air appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom‘um, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. Ð ÷ sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.] Ð ÷ snail or ÷ shell (Zo”l.), a freshÐwater, operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria. Ð ÷ tart, a tart containing ~. Ð ÷ tree, a tree naturally bears apples. See Apple, 2. Ð ÷ wine, cider. Ð ÷ wormÿ(Zo”l.), the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. Ð Dead Sea ~. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. ½To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.¸ S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.Ap¶ple (?), v. i. To grow like an ~; to bear apples.Holland.Ap¶pleÐfaced· (?), a. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. ½AppleÐfaced children.¸Dickens.Ap¶pleÐjack· (?), n. Apple brandy. [U.S.]Ap¶pleÐjoin· , n. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; Ð called also Johnapple.Shak.Ap¶ple pie· (?). A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.AppleÐpie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an apple turnove?) as to prevent any one from getting at his length between them. Halliwell, Conybeare. Ð AppleÐpie order, perfect order or arrangement. [Colloq.] Halliwell.Ap¶pleÐsquire· (?), n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.ApÏpli¶aÏble (?), a. [See Apply.] Applicable; also, compliant. [Obs.]Howell.ApÏpli¶ance (?), n. 1. The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.Shak.2. 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.Ap·pliÏcaÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.Ap¶pliÏcaÏble (?), 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. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏbleÏness, n. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏbly, adv.Ap¶pliÏcanÏcy (?), n. The quality or state of being applicable. [R.]Ap¶pliÏcant (?), 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.Ap¶pliÏcate (?), a. [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.] Applied or put to some use.Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements.I. Taylor.÷ number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. Ð ÷ ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.Ap¶pliÏcate (?), v. i. To apply. [Obs.]The act of faith is applicated to the object.Bp. Pearson.Ap·pliÏca¶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.2. 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.
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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 ½moral¸ 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 night 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.Ap¶pliÏcaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏtiveÏly, adv.Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv. By way of application.Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏry, a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. Ð n. That which applies.ApÏpli¶edÏly (?), adv. By application. [R.]ApÏpli¶er (?), n. He who, or that which, applies.ApÏpli¶ment (?), n. Application. [Obs.]MarstonØ Ap·pli·qu‚¶ (?; 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, appliqu‚ lace; appliqu‚ work.ApÏplot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting.] [Pref. adÏ + plot.] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.Milton.ApÏplot¶ment (?), n. Apportionment.ApÏply¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.] 1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); Ð 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 lastTo 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; Ð 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 ½humors.¸Sir P. Sidney.8. To visit. [Obs.]And he applied each place so fast.Chapman.Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. Ð Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.ApÏply¶, 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 ~ or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).Ø ApÏpog·giaÏtu¶ra (?), n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; apÏ (L. ad) + 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; Ð generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.ApÏpoint¶ (?), 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. ad + 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 ??eeting.Shak.2. 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; Ð said of an estate already conveyed.Burrill. Kent.To ~ one's self, to resolve. [Obs.]Crowley.ApÏpoint¶ (?), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph?l.2 Sam. xvii. 14.ApÏpoint¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appointed or constituted.ApÏpointÏee¶ (?), n. [F. appoint‚, 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.ApÏpoint¶er (?), n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.Kent.ApÏpoint¶ive (?), a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]ApÏpoint¶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 ½power of ~¸) 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 handsVoid of appoinment, that thou liest.Beau. & Fl.7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; Ð 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.ApÏpointÏor¶ (?), n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.ApÏpor¶ter (?), n. [Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear.] A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.]Sir M. Hale.ApÏpor¶tion (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + 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.ApÏpor¶tionÏateÏness (?), n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]ApÏpor¶tionÏer (?), n. One who apportions.ApÏpor¶tionÏment (?), 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.ApÏpose¶ (?), v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) + 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.ApÏpose¶, 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.ApÏposed¶ (?), a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.ApÏpos¶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.Ap¶poÏsite (?), a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; Ð followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏly, adv. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏness, n.Ap·poÏsi¶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 ~ (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.Ap·poÏsi¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.Ellicott.ApÏpos¶iÏtive (?), a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. Ð n. A noun in apposition. Ð ApÏpos¶iÏtiveÏly, adv.Appositive to the words going immediately before.Knatchbull.ApÏprais¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appraised.ApÏprais¶al (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.ApÏpraise¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. adÏ + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.2. To estimate; to conjecture.Enoch… appraised his weight.Tennyson.3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.]R. Browning.Appraised the Lycian custom.Tennyson.µ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.ApÏpraise¶ment (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement.] The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.ApÏprais¶er (?), n. [See Appraise, Apprizer.] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.Ap·preÏca¶tion , n. [L. apprecari to pray to; ad + precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer.] Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.]A solemn apprecation of good success.Bp. Hall.Ap¶preÏcaÏtoÏry (?), a. Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]½Apprecatory benedictions.¸Bp. Hall.ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚ciable.] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏbly, adv.ApÏpre¶ciÏant (?), a. Appreciative. [R.]ApÏpre¶ciÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + 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.2. To recognize the worth of; to esteem highly; as, I am afraid you do not appreciate my friend.3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; Ð 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 b??s 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. ½Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;¸ and another remarks, ½It 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, ½It requires a pe??liar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;¸ ½He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;¸ ½The 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 ½ominous silence¸ which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, ½If you knew now 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, ½I 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.ApÏpre¶ciÏate, v. i. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]J. Morse.ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tingÏly (?), adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation.ApÏpre·ciÏa¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. appr‚ciation.] 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; Ð opposed to depreciation.ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtive (?), a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏly, adv.ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏness, n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tor (?), n. One who appreciates.ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv.
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Ap·preÏhend¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + Ïhendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. ? to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr‚hender. See Prehensile, Get.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]We have two hands to apprehended 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 apprehendThe 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. Ð 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. ½We 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.Ap·preÏhend¶, 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.Ap·preÏhend¶er (?), n. One who apprehends.Ap·preÏhen·siÏbi¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being apprehensible. [R.]De Quincey.Ap·preÏhen¶siÏble (?), a. [L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. ½Apprehensible by faith.¸ Bp. Hall. Ð Ap·ÏpreÏhen¶siÏbly, adv.Ap·preÏhen¶sion (?), n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F. appr‚hension. See Apprehend.] 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.Sir T. Browne.2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object.Glanvill.4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.µ In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue.To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension.South.5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life.Addison.Syn. - Apprehension, Alarm. Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient.Ap·preÏhen¶sive (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚hensif. See Apprehend.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive… friend, is listening to our talk.Hawthorne.2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.Jer. Taylor.3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.Judgment… is implied in every apprehensive act.Sir W. Hamilton.4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.Tillotson.Reformers… apprehensive for their lives.Gladstone.5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.Milton.Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏly, adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏness, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.ApÏpren¶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.ApÏpren¶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.ApÏpre¶ticeÏage , n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.]ApÏpren¶ticeÏhood, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]ApÏpren¶ticeÏship, 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 twentyÐone).ApÏpressed¶, ApÏprest¶ } , 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.ApÏprise¶ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.] [ F. appris, fem. apprise, p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.] To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; Ð followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.ApÏprise¶, n. Notice; information. [Obs.]Gower.ApÏpriz¶al , n. See Appraisal.ApÏprize¶ , v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.ApÏprize¶ment , n. Appraisement.ApÏpriz¶er , n. 1. An appraiser.2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.Sir W. Scott.ApÏproach¶ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw ?igh; 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.ApÏproach¶, 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.ApÏproach¶, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ½The 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.ApÏproach·aÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness.ApÏproach¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.ApÏproach¶aÏbleÏness, n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.ApÏproah¶er (?), n. One who approaches.ApÏproach¶ing, n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; Ð called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.ApÏproach¶less, a. Impossible to be approached.ApÏproach¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic]Holland.Ap¶proÏbate (?), a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.]Elyot.Ap¶proÏbate (?), v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.Sir W. Hamilton.µ 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).Ap·proÏba¶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. Ð 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. ½We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.¸ ½He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.¸ ½The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.¸Ap¶proÏbaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation.Milner.Ap¶proÏbaÏtiveÏness, n. 1. The quality of being approbative.2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.Ap¶proÏba·tor (?), n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]Ap¶proÏba·toÏry (?), a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.Sheldon.ApÏpromt¶ (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]To appromt our invention.Bacon.ApÏproof¶ (?), n. [See Approve, and Proof.] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic]Shak.2. Approval; commendation.Shak.Ap·proÏpin¶quate (?), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic]Ld. Lytton.Ap·proÏpinÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.]Bp. Hall.Ap·proÏpin¶quiÏty (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.]J. Gregory.ApÏpro¶pre (?), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.]Fuller.ApÏpro¶priÏaÏble (?), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.Sir T. Browne.ApÏpro¶priÏaÏment (?), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.]If you can neglectYour own appropriaments.Ford.ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + 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.ApÏpro¶priÏat? (?), 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; Ð 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.ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]ApÏpro¶priÏateÏly, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.ApÏpro¶priÏateÏness, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.Froude.ApÏpro·priÏa¶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.ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtive (?), a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. Ð ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtiveÏness, n.ApÏpro¶priÏa·tor (?), n. 1. One who appropriates.2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.Blackstone.ApÏprov¶aÏble (?), a. Worthy o? be?? approved; meritorious. Ð ApÏprov¶aÏbleÏness, n.ApÏprov¶al (?), n. Approbation; sanction.A censor… without whose approval n? capital sentences are to be executed.Temple.Syn. - See Approbation.ApÏprov¶ance (?), n. Approval. [Archaic]A parents… deign approvance.Thomson.ApÏprove¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to ~, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, ~, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? ApproveFirst 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 courtÐmartial.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.Rog???.µ 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.<— p. 75 —>
ApÏprove¶ (?), v. t. [OF. aprouer; ? (L. ad) + 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.ApÏprov¶edÏly (?), adv. So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.ApÏprove¶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.ApÏprove¶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.ApÏprov¶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.ApÏprov¶er, n. [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.]Jacobs.ApÏprov¶ing, a. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. Ð ApÏprov¶ingÏly, adv.ApÏprox¶iÏmate (?), a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.÷ quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.ApÏprox¶iÏmate (?), 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.ApÏprox¶iÏmate, v. i. To draw; to approach.ApÏprox¶iÏmateÏly (?), adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.ApÏprox·iÏma¶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.ApÏprox¶iÏmaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. approximatif.] Approaching; approximate. Ð ApÏprox¶iÏmaÏtiveÏly, adv. Ð ApÏprox¶iÏmaÏtiveÏness, n.ApÏprox¶iÏma·tor (?), n. One who, or that which, approximates.Ø Ap·pui¶ (?), n. [F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. ?, dim. of ?, ?, foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.]If a 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.Ap¶pulse (?; 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + 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.ApÏpul¶sion (?), n. A driving or striking against; an appulse.ApÏpul¶sive (?), a. Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.P. Cyc.ApÏpul¶siveÏly, adv. By appulsion.ApÏpur¶teÏnance (?), 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.ApÏpur¶teÏnant (?), a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; inc?dent; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.Blackstone.Common ~. (Law) See under Common, n.ApÏpur¶teÏnant, n, Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.Coleridge.Ap¶riÏcate (?), 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.Ap·riÏca¶tion , n. Basking in the sun. [R.]A¶priÏcot , n. [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirq?q, alÐburq?q. 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. ?, pl. (Diosc. c. 1000) 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 Linn‘us) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.A¶pril (?), n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.] 1. The fourth month of the year.2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.The April's her eyes; it is love's spring.Shak.÷ fool, one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of ÷.Ø A· priÏo¶ri (?). [L. a (ab) + prior former.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.2. Presumptive; presumptively; without examination.3.(Philos.) Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.A priori, that is, form these necessities of the mind or forms of thinking, which, though first revealed to us by experience, must yet have pre‰xisted in order to make experience possible.Coleridge.A·priÏo¶rism (?), n. [Cf. F. apriorisme.] An a priori principle.A·priÏor¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.Ø AÏproc¶ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? anus.] (Zo”l.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.AÏproc¶tous (?), a.ÿ(Zo”l.) Without an anal office.A¶pron (?; 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 ~; 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. ½The 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) (Zo”l.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.A¶proned (?), a. Wearing an apron.A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned.Pope.A¶pronÏful (?), n.; pl. Apronfuls (?). The quality an apron can hold.A¶pronÏless, a. Without an apron.A¶pron man· (?). A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.]Shak.A¶pron string· (?). The string of an apron.To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron 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.
Ap¶roÏsos· (?), a. & adv. [F. ? propos; ? (L. ad) + 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; suitably to the place or subject; Ð a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion? though not strictly belonging to the narration.Apse (?), n. pl. Apses (?). See Apsis.] 1. (Arch.) (a) 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 ~ was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence: (b) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.2. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.µ This word is also written apsis and absis.Ap¶siÏdal (?), a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.Ap¶siÏdes (?), n. pl. See Apsis.Ø Ap¶sis (?), n. pl. Apsides (?). See Apse. [L. apsis, absis, Gr. ?, ?, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. ? to fasten.] 1. (Astron.) 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.2. (Math.) In a curve referred to polar co”rdinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.3. (Arch.) Same as Apse.Apt (?), a [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. ? to fasten, Skr. ¾pta fit, fr. ¾p to reach attain.]1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.They have always apt instruments.Burke.A river… apt to be forded by a lamb.Jer. Taylor.2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; Ð used of things.My vines and peaches… were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.Temple.This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leafÐcutting ant.Lubbock.3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; Ð used of persons.Apter to give than thou wit be to ask.Beau. & Fl.That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers.F. Harrison.4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. ½An apt wit.¸Johnson.Live a thousand years,I shall not find myself so apt to die.Shak.I find thee apt… Now, Hamlet, hear.Shak.Syn. - Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; ???line?; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt.Apt, v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [Obs.] ½To apt their places.¸B. Jonson.That our speech be apted to edification.Jer. Taylor.Apt¶aÏble (?), a. [LL. aptabilis, fr. L. aptare.] Capable of being adapted. [Obs.]Sherwood.Ap¶tate (?), v. t. [L. aptatus, p. p. of aptare. See Apt.] To make fit. [Obs.]BaileyØ Ap¶teÏra (?), n. pl. [NL. aptera, fr. Gr. ? without wings; ? priv. + ? wing, ? to fly.] (Zo”l.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linn‘n 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.Ap¶terÏal (?), a. 1. (Zo”l.) Apterous.2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; Ð applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.R. Cyc.Ap¶terÏan (?), n. (Zo”l.) One of the Aptera.Ø ApÏte¶riÏa (?), n. pl. [NL. See Aptera.] (Zo”l.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryli‘.Ap¶terÏous (?), a. 1. (Zo”l.) Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.2. (Bot.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; Ð opposed to atate.Ø ApÏter¶yÏges (?), n. pl. [NL. See Apteryx.] (Zo”l.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.Ø Ap¶teÏryx (?), n. [Gr. ? priv. + ? wing. Cf. Aptera.] (Zo”l.) 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.Apt¶iÏtude (?), n. [F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.] 1. 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.He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops.Macaulay.2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman.Milton.3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.He was a boy of remarkable aptitude.Macaulay.Apt·iÏtu¶diÏnal (?), a. Suitable; fit. [Obs.]Apt¶ly (?), adv. In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.Apt¶ness, n. 1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.The aptness of his quotations.J. R. Green.<— p. 76 —>