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osition to another, when the first, being proved, is used to | ΑΡΗO-NY (afo-ne), n. [Gr. a and φωνη.] A loss of voice; prove others. 3. In Athenian law, the carrying to a mazistrate of one caught in the act of transgression. AP-A-GO61€-AL, c. An apagogical demonstration is an indirect way of proof, by showing the absurdity or impossitity of the contrary; corresponding to the reductio ad absurdum, or ad impossibile.

AP-A-LACHT-AN, a. Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians in the western part of Georgia; and to the southem extremity of the Afleganean ridges.

APAN-AGE. See APPANAGE.

A-PANTHRO-PY, π. [Gr. από and ανθρωπος.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

AP-A-RITHME-SIS, n. [Gr.] In rhetoric, enumeration.

A-PART, adv. (Fr. aparte.] 1. Separately; at a distance; in a state of separation, as to place. 2. In a state of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character. 3. Distinctly; separately. 4. Aside; in exclusion of.

APARTMENT, n. [Fr. apartement.) A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions; a place soparated by inclosure. AP-A-THETIC, a. Void of feeling; free from passion; AP-A-THETIC-AL, insensible.-Harris.

APA-THIST,. One destitute of feeling.

APA-THY, . Gr. a and παθος.] Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to pain.-SYN. Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern.

APA-TITE, R. Native phosphate of lime. It usually occurs in six-sided prisms, of a green or greenish color, resembling beryl, but much softer.

APE,. [D. aap; Dan. abe; Sax., Sw., and Ir. apa; Ice. ape.] 1. A genus of quadrupeds, found in the torrid zone of both continents, of a great number of species. In common use, the word extends to all the tribe of monkeys and baboons. 2. One who imitates servilely, in allusion to the manners of the ape; a silly fellow.

ΑΡΕ... To imitate servilely; to mimic.

A-PEAK', ade. 1. On the point; in a posture to pierce.-2.
In scamen's language, perpendicular.
ΑΡΕΝ-ΝΤΝΕ, a. (L. Apenninus.) Pertaining to or designa-
ting a chain of mountains which extends through Italy.

APEN-NINE.

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APHO-RISM (af'o-rizm), n. [Gr. αφορισμος.] A precept or principle expressed in a few words; a detached sentence containing some important truth.-SYN. Apophthegm; adage; maxim; proverb; precept; saying. APH'O-RISM-ER, n. A dealer in aphorisms. APHO-RIST, n. A writer of aphorisms. Nelson. APH-O-RISTIC, a. In the form of an aphorism; in APH-O-RISTIC-AL, the form of short, unconnected sen

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APHRI-ZĪTE, n. A variety of black tourmalin.
APH-RO-DIST-AC, λα. [Gr. αφροδισιος.] Exciting vene-
APH-RO-DI-SI'AC-AL, 3 real desire; increasing the appe-
tite for sexual connection.

APH-RO-DIST-AC, n. A provocative to venery.
APH-RO-DITA, n. In zoology, a genus of marine annelids,
characterized by two rows of membranous scales along
the back. See ANNELID.

APH-RO-DITE, n. [Gr.] A name of Venus. APH'RO-DĪTE, n. [Gr. Αφροδιτη.] A follower of Venus. ΑΡΗ-ΤΗΙΤΑ-LITE, n. A compound salt, consisting princi pally of the sulphates of potash and soda, and common salt, formed by volcanic action at Vesuvius. APHTHONG, n. [Gr. από and φθογγος.] A letter or combination of letters, which, in the customary pronunciation of a word, have no sound.

APHTHOUS, α. [Gr. αφθαι.] Pertaining to thrush; of the nature of thrush, or ulcerous affections of the mouth. Big clow.

APHYL-LOUS, a. [Gr. a and φυλλον, folium.] In botany. destitute of leaves.

A'PI-A-RIST, n. One who keeps an apiary. Kirby. A'PI-A-RY, n. [L. apiarium.) The place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees.

API-AS-TER, n. The bird belonging to the species merops, or bee-eater.

API-CES,

APEN-NINES. .pl. A chain of mountains in Italy.
A-PEPSY, (Gr. & and πεπτω.] Defective digestion; indi- APEX-ES, See

gestion-Cете.

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A-PERI-ENT, π. A medicine which promotes excretions; a laxative; a deobstruent.

4-PERT-TIVE, a. Opening; deobstruent; aperient. FA-PERT, a. [L. apertus.] Open; evident; undisguised. 4-PERTION, . The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap. [Little used.] 4-PERTLY, ade. Openly.-Bale. [Little used.] 4-PERTNESS, a. Openness. [Rarely used.]

A-PERTOR, . A muscle that raises the upper eye-lid. APER-TURE, . 1. The act of opening; an opening; a passage perforated. 2. An opening of meaning; explanation; [not used.] Taylor.- SYN. Passage; cleft; gap; opening; hole.

APER-Y, 2. The practice of aping. Coleridge. A-PETAL-OUS, a. In botany, having no petals, or flowerleaves; having no corol.

A-PETAL-OUSNESS, n. A state of being without petals. Α'ΡΕΧ, π.; pl. APEXES. [L. apex; pl. apices.) The tip, point, or summit of any thing. APHERE-SIS, (af-ere-sis), n. [Gr. από and πίρεω.] 1. The A PHERE-SIS, taking of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word.-2. In the healing art, the removal of any thing noxious. In surgery, amputation.

A-PHANES-IΤΕ, π. [Gr. αφανης.] A copper ore, of a dark bluish green consisting of arsenic acid and oxyd of cop

per.

APH-AN-IS TΙΕ, α. [Gr. αφανης.] In mineralogy, indistinct. ΑΡΗΑ-ΝΙΤΕ, a. In mineralogy, a very compact, dark-colored rock, consisting mostly of hornblende.

A-PHELION, π. [Gr. από and ήλιος.) That point of a planet's orbit which is most distant from the sun; opposed to perihelion.

A-PHETA, 2. The name of a planet, supposed by astrologists to be the giver of life in a nativity.-Dict.

A-PHETIC-AL, a. Relating to the apheta.

APH-I-DIVO-ROUS, a. Eating, devouring, or subsisting on the aphis, or plant-louse.

-PHI-LANTHRO-PY. n. (Gr. a and φιλανθρωπία.] Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the first stage of melancholy, when solitude is preferred to society.

IPHIS, In zoology, the puceron, vine-fretter, or plantlouse; a genus of insects, belonging to the order of hemiptera.

APH-LO-GISTIC (af-lo-jistik), a. [Gr. a and φλογιστος.] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp.

APEX.

A-PICU-LA-TED. a. Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

A-PIECE', adv. To each; noting the share of each.
A-PIECES, adv. In pieces.-Beaumont.

APIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt as a divinity.

APIS, n. [L.] In zoology, the bee, a genus of insects. APISH, a. Having the qualities of an ape; inclined to imitate in a servile manner; hence, foolish; foppish; affected; trifling.

APISH-LY, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

APISH-NESS, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

A-PITPAT, adv. With quick beating or palpitation; a word formed from the sound, pit and pat, or from beat.

AP-LA-NATIC, a. [Gr. a and πλανάω.] Αn aplanatic telescope is one which entirely corrects the aberration of color in the rays of light.

A-PLASTIC, a. Not plastic or easily molded.

APLOME, n. [Gr. απλους.] A mineral closely allied to

garnet.

A-PLUSTRE, n. [L.) An ornament of planks rising from the stern of ancient ships, by the side of which rose a pole, with a flag or ribbons attached, to indicate the course of the wind.

A-POCA-LYPSE, n. [Gr. αποκαλυπτω.] Revelation; discovery; disclosure. The name of a book of the New Testament.

A-POE-A-LYPTIC, a. 1. Containing or pertaining to A-POE-A-LYPTIC-AL, revelation; disclosing. 2. Pertaining to the apocalypse. A-POC-A-LYPTIC-AL-LY, adv. 1. By revelation; in the manner of disclosure. 2. In relation to the apocalypse. AP-O-CARPOUS, a. [Gr. απο and καρπος.] In botany, a term denoting that the carpels of a compound pistil are either entirely or partially distinct-Lindley.

Α-ΡΟΘΟ-ΡΑΤE, v. t. To cut off or drop the last letter or syllable of a word.

Α-ΡΟΘΟ-ΡΑ-ΤED, pp. Shortened by the omission of the last letter or syllable.

Α-ΡΟΕΟ-PA-TING, ppr. or a. Cutting off or omitting the last letter or syllable.

Α-ΡΟΕΟ-ΡΕ, η. [Gr. αποκοπη.] The cutting off or omission of the last letter or syllable of a word. A-POCRI-SI-A-RY, 3η. [Gr. αποκρισις.] Anciently, a resA-POC-RI-SI-ARI-US, ident at the emperor's court at Constantinople, in the name of a foreign church or bishop, particularly the pope, answering to the modern nuncio.

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AP-O-CRUSTIC, α. [Gr. αποκρουστικα.] Astringent; re-
pelling.
AP-O-CRUSTIC, n. A medicine which constringes and re-
pels the humors; a repellent.
A-POERY-PНА, п. [Gr. αποκρύπτω.] Literally, such things
as are not published; but in an appropriate sense, books
whose authenticity, as inspired writings, is not admitted.
A-POCRY-PHAL, a. Pertaining to the apocrypha; not
canonical; of uncertain authority or credit; false; ficti-
tious.

A-POCRY-PHAL-LY, adv. Uncertainly; not indisputably.
A-POCRY-PHAL-NESS, n. Uncertainty as to authenticity;
doubtfulness of credit, or genuineness.

APO-DAL, a.

Without feet-In zoology, destitute of ven

tral fins; applied to an order of fishes. APODES, n. pl. [Gr. a and πους, ποδος.] A term applied to animals, particularly certain fabulous birds, supposed to have no legs, and also to some birds whose legs are very short. In zoology, an order of fishes, which have no ventral fins.

λα. [Gr. αποδειξις.] Demonstrative; eviAP-O-DIETΙΕ, AP-O-DICTIC-AL, dent beyond contradiction; clearly proving.

AP-O-DICTIC-AL-LY, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

†AP-O-DIX'IS, n. Demonstration.-Sir G. Buck.

A-POD'O-SIS, n. [Gr.] In grammar, the principal clause of a conditional sentence, expressing the result, as distinguished from the protasis, which expresses the condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him," the latter clause is the apodosis, and the former is the protasis. By some grammarians, this distinction is not confined to conditional sentences, but is extended to others similarly constructed.

AP-O-DY-TE'RI-UM, n. [Gr. αποδυτεριον.] A dressing-room. APO-GEE, n. [L. apogeon, apogeum.) That point in the or bit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

A-POGON, n. A fish of the Mediterranean, belonging to a sub-genus of fishes subordinate to the genus perca (perch).

APO-GRAPH (ap'o-graf), n. [Gr. απογραφον.] An exem-
plar; a copy or transcript.

A-POL-LI-NARI-AN, a. [From Apollo.] The Apollinarian
games were celebrated in honor of Apollo.
A-POL-LI-NA'RI-ANS, n. pl. Followers of Apollinaris of
Laodicea, who denied Christ's humanity.

A-POL'LO, n. A deity among the Greeks and Romans, and
worshiped under the name of Phœbus, or the sun, as the
god of day. He was the presiding deity of archery,
prophecy, music, and medicine, and president and protect-
or of the Muses.

A-POLLO-BEL-VI-DERE'. An ancient statue of Apollo, in
the Belvidere Gallery of the Vatican, at Rome, consid-
ered one of the noblest representations of the human
frame.

A-POLLYON, n. [Gr. απολλυων.] The destroyer; a name
used Rev., ix., 11, for the angel of the bottomless pit.

λα. [Gr. απολογεομαι.] Defending by
A-POL-O-GΕΤΙΕ,
A-POL-O-GETIC-AL, words or arguments; excusing;
said or written in defense, or by way of apology.
A-POL-O-GETIC-AL-LY, adv. By way of apology.
A-POL-O-GETICS, n. That branch of theology which de-
fends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of
their divine authority.

A-POLO-GIST, n. One who makes an apology; one who

speaks or writes in defense of another.
A-POLO-GIZE, v. i. To make an apology; to write or
speak in favor of, or to make excuse for.

A-POLO-GIZ-ER, n. One who makes an apology; a de

fender.

APO-LOGUE (ap'o-log), n. [Gr. απολογος.] Α moral fable;
a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey
useful truths.

APO-LOGU-ER, n. Fabler.-Burton.

A-POLO-GY, n. [Gr. απολογια.] An excuse; something
said or written in defense or extenuation of what appears
to others wrong or unjustifiable.

ΤΑΡ-Ο-ΜΕ-ΘΟΜE-TRY, n. [Gr. απο, μηκος, and μετρον.]
7 де art of measuring things distant.

AP-O-NEU-RO'SIS, n. [Gr. απο and νευρον.] An expansion
of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the tendon or
tail of a muscle.

AP-O-PEMPTIC, a. [Gr. από and πεμπω.] Denoting a hymn
among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger when
departing. It may be used as a noun for the hymn.

A-POPHA-SIS (a-pof'a-sis), n. [Gr. απο and φισις.] In
rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, speaking iron-
ically, would plainly insinuate.

*AP-O-PHLEG-ΜΑΤΙΕ, α. [Gr. από and φλεγμα.] Having
the quality of exciting discharges of phlegm or mucus.

SCE PHLEGMATIC.

AP-O-PHLEG-MATIO, n.

A medicine which excites dis

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charges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.

-Coze.

AP-O-PHLEGMA-TISM, n. An apophlegmatic.
AP-O-PHLEG-MATI-ZANT, n. An apophlegmatic.
APΌΡΗ-THEGM,
APO-THEGM,

2.

[Gr. azo

and φθεγμα.]

}(ap'o-them) A remarkable saying; a short, sen

1. In
tentious, instructive remark.
architecture, the part of a column where it springs out of
A-POPHY-GE (a-pof'e-je), n. [Gr. από and φυγη.]
its base; the spring of a column. 2. A concave part or
ring of a column, lying above or below the flat member.
mineral, which breaks very readily across, and affords a
A-POPHYL-LITE, n. [Gr. από and φυλλον.] A zeolitic
surface with a pearly lustre. It is composed of silica,
lime, and potash.

or protuberance of a bone; a process of a bone.
A-POPHY-SIS, n. [Gr. από and φυσις.] The projecting end

a. Pertaining to or consisting in apo-
AP-O-PLECTIC-AL, plexy, or predisposed to apoplexy.
AP-O-PLECTIC,
AP-O-PLECTIC, n. A person affected by apoplexy.
Shakspeare.
APO-PLEX ED (ap'o-plext), a. Affected with apoplexy.-

ΑΡO-PLEX-Y, n. [Gr. αποπληξια.] A sudden loss of sense
and voluntary motion, occasioned by a suspension of the
functions of the cerebrum, or brain. Dryden uses apoplez
for apoplexy.

n. A problem difficult

to be resolved.

APO-RON,
APO-RIME, "
ing at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account
A-PO'RI-A, n. [Gr. απορια.] 1. In rhetoric, a doubting or be
of the variety of matter.-2. In the medical art, febrile
anxiety; uneasiness.-Coze.

Etluvium-Glanville.
A-PO-SEPE-DIN, n. A peculiar crystallized substance ob-
AP-OR-RHOEA, η.
tained from putrid cheese.-Brande.
A-POS-I-O-PE'SIS, n. [Gr. αποσιωπησις.] Reticency or sup
pression; as when a speaker, from some cause, as fear,
sorrow, or anger, suddenly breaks off his discourse, be-
fore it is ended.

The termination or crisis of a disease by some secretion. A-POSTA-SIS, n. [L.] Among the ancient physicians, 1. 2. The throwing off of exfoliated or fractured bone. 3. An abscess.

what one has professed; a total desertion or departure A-POSTA-SY, n. [Gr. απόστασις.] 1. An abandonment of from one's faith or religion. 2. The desertion from a party to which one has adhered.

A-POSTĀTE, n.

One who has forsaken the church, sect, profession, or party to which he before adhered; a renegade. In the Roman Catholic Church, one who, without a dispensation, forsakes a religious order of which he has made profession.

A-POSTATE, a. False; traitorous.-Spenser.
AP-O-STATIC-AL, a. After the manner of an apostate.
church; to forsake the principles or faith which one has
A-POSTA-TIZE, v. i. To abandon one's profession or
professed, or the party to which one has been attached.
A-POSTA-TIZ-ING, ppr. Abandoning a church, profession,
sect, or party.

and fill with pus.
The formation of an aposteme ;
A-POSTE MATE, v. i. To form into an abscess; to swell
A-POS-TE-MATION, n.
the process of gathering into an abscess; written, cor-
ruptly, imposthumation.

AP-OS-TEMA-TOUS, a. Pertaining to an abscess; partak. ing of the nature of an aposteme.-Journ. of Science. APOS-TEME, n. [Gr. αποστημα.] An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter; written, also, corruptly, imposthume.

A POS-TE-RI-ORI, a. [L. posterior.] Arguments a posteriori are drawn from effects, consequences, or facts; in oppo. sition to reasoning a priori.

ence; a postscript. A-POSTIL, n. [Fr. apostille.] A marginal note or refer.

A-POSTLE (a-pos'sl), n. [L. apostolus; Gr. αποστολος.] Α person deputed to execute some important business; but, appropriately, a disciple of Christ, commissioned to preach the gospel.

AP-OS-TOLIE,

A-POSTO-LATE, n. A mission; the dignity or office of an
A-POSTLE-SHIP, n. The office or dignity of an apostle.
apostle.
a. 1. Pertaining or relating to the
AP-OS-TOLIC-AL, apostles. 2. According to the doc-
trines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
AP-OS-TOLIC-AL-NESS, n. The quality of being apostol.
AP-OS-TOLIE-AL-LY, adv. In the manner of the apostles.
ical, or accordant with the doctrines of the apostles.
pretending to imitate the practice of the apostles.
AP-OS-TOLICES, n. pl. Certain sects so called from their

a diversion of speech; a digressive address; a changing A-POSTRO-PHE, n. [Gr. από and στροφη.] 1. In rhetoric, the course of a speech, and addressing a person, who is dead or absent, as if present.-2. In grammar, the contrac

* See Synopsis. A, E, I, &c, long.-X, E, I, &c., short. -FAR, FALL, WHAT;-PREY;-MARINE, BIRD;-MOVE, BOOK,

tion of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by a comma; as, call'd for called. The comma used for this purpose may also be called an epostrophe.

APOSTROPHIC, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe; noting the contraction of a word.-Murray.

A-POSTRO-PHIZE, o. i. To make an apostrophe, or short, detached address in speaking.

A-POSTRO-PHIZE, v. 1. 1. To address by apostrophe. 2. To contract a word by omitting a letter or letters. 3. To

mark with a comma, indicating the omission of a letter. A-POSTRO-PHIZED, pp. Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or letters; marked by an apostrophe.

A-POSTRO-PHIZ-ING, ppr. Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophe. ΔΡΟ-ТАЄТТТЕ, π. (Gr. απότακτος. One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.

AP-O-TEL-ES-MΑΤΙΘ, α. (Gr. αποτελεσματικός.] Pertaining to astrology, or the doctrines of that science. A-POTHE-CA-RY, n. [L. apotheca.] 1. One who practices pharmacy; one who prepares drugs for medicinal uses, and keeps them for sale.-2. In the Middle Ages, an apothecary was the keeper of any shop or warehouse. APO-THEGM (ap'o-them), n. A remarkable saying; a short, instructive remark. See APOPHTHEGM.

AP-O-THEG-MATIC, 4. In the manner of an apoAPO-THEG-MATIC-AL,

thegm.

AP-O-THEGMA-TIST, n. A collector or maker of apothegms.-Pope.

AP-O-THEGMA-TIZE, τ. i. To utter apothegms, or short, instructive sentences.

AP-O-THEO-SIS, π. (Gr. αποθεωσις.] Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince, or other distinguished person, among the heathen deities.

AP-O-THEO-SIZE, e. t. To deify.-Bacon.

A-POTHE-SIS, . [Gr.] 1. The reduction of a dislocated bone. 2. A place on the south side of the chancel, in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, &c.-Wheler.

Α-ΡΟΤΟ-ΜΕ.Π. (Gr. αποτεμνω.] 1. In mathematics, the difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between 2 and 1-2. In music, that portion of a tone major which remains after deducting from it an interval, less, by a comma, than a semitone major. AP-O-TREPSIS, π. [Gr. από and τρέπω.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor.-Coze.

AP-O-TRO-PEΑ, π. [Gr. απω and τρέπω.] In ancient poetry, verses or hymns composed for averting the wrath of

incensed deities.

ΑΡΟ-ΖΕΜ. π. [Gr. από and ζεω.] A decoction, in which the
medicinal substances of plants are extracted by boiling.
ΑΡ-Ο-ΖΕΜΙ€-AL, a. Like a decoction.-Whitaker.
AP-PAIR', . 1. To impair.

AP-PAIR, . i. To degenerate.

AP-PALL', . 2. [Fr. palir; L. palleo.] 1. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness. 2. To reduce, allay, or destroy: [unusual.]-Thomson. - SYN. To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; scare.

AP-PALL. To grow faint; to be dismayed. AP-PALL'ED (ap-pawld), pp. Depressed or disheartened with fear.

AP-PALLING, ppr. 1. Depressing with fear. 2. a. Adapted to depress courage.

AP-PALLING-LY, ado. In a manner to appall.
AP-PALLMENT, 2. Depression occasioned by fear; dis-

couragement.

APPAN-AGE, n. [Fr. apanage.] 1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons. 2. Sustenance: means of nourishing.-Swift.

APTAN-A-GIST, n. A prince to whom an appanage was granted.

AP-PA-RATUS, n.; pl. APPARATUSES. (L.) 1. Things provided as means to some end; the furniture of a house; instruments of war; a complete set of instruments or utensils for performing any operation or experiment.-2. In surgery, the operation of cutting for the stone.

AP-PAREL, a. [Fr. appareil.] 1. Covering for the body. 2. External habiliments or decorations; appearance. 3. The furniture of a ship, as sails, rigging, anchors, &c.SYN. Dress; clothing; vesture; garments,

AP-PAREL, v. t. 1. To dress or clothe. 2. To adorn with dress. 3. To dress with external ornaments; to cover, as with garments. 4. To furnish with external apparatus. AP-PARELED, pp. Dressed; clothed; covered as with dress; furnished.

AP-PAREL-ING, ppr. Dressing; clothing; covering as with
dress: furnishing.
AP-PARENCE (ap-pairens), 3n. Appearance. Chau-
AP-PAREN-CY (ap-pair'en-sy), cer. Gower.

AP-PARENT (ap-pair'ent), a. 1. That may be seen; visible

to the eye; within sight or view. 2. Clearly perceptible; as, the divine goodness is every where apparent. 3. Visible; in opposition to hid or secret; as, the apparent motives of an action. 4. Visible; appearing to the eye; seeming, in distinction from true or real; as, the sun's ap parent motion. Heirs apparent are those whose right to an estate is indefeasible, if they survive the ancestor; in distinction from presumptive heirs, who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would inherit, but whose right is liable to be defeated by the birth of a nearer heir.Blackstone.-SYN. Visible: obvious; clear; distinct; plain; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. AP-PARENT-LY (ap-pairent-ly), adv. 1. Openly; evidently. 2. Seemingly; in appearance.

AP-PARENT-NESS (ap-pair'ent-ness), n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. AP-PA-RITION, n. 1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility.-Milton, (little used.) 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.-Milton. 3. A ghost; a spectre; a visible spirit; [now the usual sense.) 4. Mere appearance, opposed to reality. Denham. In astronomy, the first appearance of a heavenly body after having been obscured; opposed to occultation.

AP-PART-TOR, n. [L. apparo.) Among the Romans, any officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.-In England, a messenger or officer who serves the process of a spiritual court, or a beadle in the university, who carries the mace.

AP-PAY', v. t. [Sp. apagar.] To satisfy.
AP-PEACH', v. t. To accuse; to censure.

†AP-PEACHER, n. An accuser.

AP-PEACHMENT, n. Accusation; charge exhibited. AP-PEAL', v. i. [Fr. appeler; L. appello.] 1. To refer to a superior judge or court, for the decision of a cause depending, or the revision of a cause decided in a lower court. 2. To refer to another for the decision of a question controverted, or the counteraction of testimony or facts.

AP-PEAL', v. 1. To call or remove a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court.

AP-PEAL, D. t. In criminal law, to charge with a crime; to accuse; as, to appeal a person of felony. AP-PEAL', n. 1. The removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior tribunal; also, the right of appeal. 2. An accusation; a process instituted by a private person against a man for some crime by which he has been injured. 3. A summons to answer to a charge. 4. A call upon a person; a reference to another for proof or decision. 5. Resort; recourse; as, an appeal to arms.

AP-PEAL'A-BLE, a. 1. That may be appealed; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision. 2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal. AP-PEAL/ANT, n. One who appeals.-Shaks.

AP-PEAL'ED (ap-peeld), pp. Removed to a higher court, as a cause; prosecuted for a crime by a private person, as a criminal.

AP-PEALER, n. One who appeals; an appellor. AP-PEALING, ppr. or a. Removing a cause to a higher tribunal; prosecuting as a private person for an offense;

referring to another for a decision.

AP-PEAR', v. i. [L. appareo.] 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible. 2. To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; [a sense frequent in Scripture.] 3. To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried. 4. To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension. 5. To be clear or made clear by evidence. 6. To seem, in opposition to reality. 7. To be discovered, or laid open.

AP-PEAR', n. Appearance.

AP-PEARANCE, n. 1. The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye. 2. The thing seen; a phenomenon. 3. Apparent likeness; as, an appearance of fire. 4. External show; semblance assumed, in opposition to reality or substance; as, an appearance of candor. 5. Personal presence; exhibition of the person. 6. Exhibition of the character; introduction of a person to the public in a particular character. 7. Probability; likelihood. -Bacon. 8. Manner of appearing, as presented by the person, dress, or manners. 9. A being present in court; a defendant's filing common or special bail to a process. 10. An apparition. Addison.-SYN. Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mein; figure; aspect.

AP-PEARER, n. The person that appears. AP-PEARING, ppr. Coming in sight; becoming evident, making an external show; seeming; having the semblance. AP-PEARING, n. The act of becoming visible; appearance. AP-PEASA-BLE, a. That may be appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified.

AP-PEASA-BLE-NESS, n. The quality of being appeasable. AP-PEASE', v. 1. [Fr. apaiser.] To make quiet; to reduce to a state of peace. -SYN. To pacify; quiet; conciliate; pro

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pitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; cool; soothe; tranquilize.

sire; eagerness or longing. 4. The thing desired; as, pow-
er is the natural appetite of princes. Swift; [rare.]-SYN.
Craving; longing; appetency; desire.

being in peace.

AP-PE-TITION, n. [L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]
† AP-PE-TITIOUS, a. Palatable; desirable.
desiring gratification.
AP'PE-TI-TIVE, a. That desires; that has the quality of

AP-PEASED (ap-peezd), pp. Quieted; calmed; pacified.
AP-PEASEMENT, n. The act of appeasing; the state of AP'PE-TITE, v. t. To desire. Sir T. Elyot.

AP-PEASER, n. One who appeases, or pacifies.
AP-PEA'SIVE (ap-pe'-siv), a. Having the power to appease;

mitigating; quieting.
AP-PELLAN-CY, n.
AP-PELLANT, n. 1. One who appeals, or removes a cause
from a lower to a higher tribunal. 2. One who prose-
cutes another for a crime. 3. One who challenges or sum-
mons another to single combat.-4. In Church history, one
who appeals from the Constitution Unigenitus to a gen-
eral council. Milton.-Party appellant, in law, the party
which appeals.

An appeal; capability of appeal.

+ AP-PELLATE, n. A person appealed, or prosecuted for a crime.-Ayliffe. See APPELLEE.

AP-PELLATE, a. Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance
of appeals; as, "appellate jurisdiction." Const. of U. S.-
Burke.-Party appellate, in law, the party appealed against.
AP-PEL-LATION, n. [L. appellatio.] The word by which
a thing is called and known. Spenser uses it for appeal.-
SYN. Name; title; denomination, description.

AP-PELLA-TIVE, a. Pertaining to a common name; noting
the common name of a species.
AP-PELLA-TIVE, n. 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,

AP-PELLA-TIVE-LY, adv. According to the manner of
nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes
or species.

AP-PELLA-TO-RY, a. Containing an appeal.
AP-PEL-LEE', n. 1. The defendant in an appeal. 2. The
person who is appealed, or prosecuted by a private man
for a crime.

AP-PEL-LOR', n. The person who institutes an appeal, or
prosecutes another for a crime.-Blackstone.

AP-PEND', v. t. [L. appendo.] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended. 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing. Johnson.

AP-PENDAGE, n. Something added to a principal or greater thing. In botany, any part subordinate to another part. -SYN. Addition; adjunct; concomitant.

† AP-PENDANCE,

+ AP-PENDENCE,

}n.

Something annexed. -Bp. Hall.

AP-PENDANT, a. Hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached.

AP-PENDANT, n. That which belongs to another thing, as incidental or subordinate to it.

AP-PENDED, pp. Annexed; attached.

† AP-PENDI-CATE, v. t. To append; to add to.-Hale.

† AP-PEND-I-CATION, n. An appendage or adjunct.

AP-PENDI-CLE, n. A small appendage.

AP-PEN-DIEU-LATE, a.

In botany, furnished with ap

pendages. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. AP-PENDING, ppr. Annexing; attaching.

AP-PENDIX, n.; pl. APPENDIXES. [L. The Latin plural is appendices.] 1. Something appended or added. 2. An adjunct, concomitant, or appendage. 3. More generally, a supplement or short treatise added to a book.

† AP-PER-CEIVE', v. t. [Fr. apercevoir.] To comprehend.

+ AP-PER-CEIVING, n. Perception.-Chaucer.

AP-PER-CEPTION, n. Perception that reflects upon itself;

consciousness.-Reid.

† AP-PERIL, n. Peril; danger.-Shak.

AP'PI-AN, a. Designating something that belongs to Appius,
particularly a way from Rome through Capua to Brundu
sium, now Brindisi, constructed in part by Appius Claudius,
AP-PLAUD', v. t. [L. applaudo.] 1. To praise by clapping
the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. 2. To
praise by words, actions, or other means; to express ap
probation of. SYN. To extol; praise; commend; cry up;
magnify.

AP-PLAUDED, pp. Praised by acclamation, or other means;
commended.

AP-PLAUDER, n. One who praises or commends.
AP-PLAUDING, ppr. Praising by acclamation; commending
AP-PLAUSE', n. [L. applausus.) A shout of approbation;
approbation and praise, expressed by clapping the hands;
acclamation or huzzas; approbation expressed in any way.
-SYN. Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation.
AP-PLAUSIVE, a. Applauding; containing applause.
APPLE, n. [Sax. appl, appil; D. appel; Germ. apfel; Dan.
able; Sw. aple.] 1. The fruit of the apple-tree (pyrus ma-
lus], from which cider is made. 2. The apple of the eye is
the pupil. Apple of love, or love-apple, the tomato, or
solanum lycopersicum.

AP'PLE, v. 1. To form like an apple. Marshal.
APPLE-GRÄFT, n. A scion of the apple-tree ingrafted
APPLE-HÄRVEST, n. The gathering of apples, or the
time of gathering.

APPLE-JOHN. An apple which keeps long, but becomes

withered.-Shak.

APPLE-PIE, n. A pie made of apples inclosed in paste, or
covered with paste.
APPLE-SAUCE, n. A sauce made of stewed apples.
A tree arranged by Linnæus under the
APPLE-TART, n. A tart made of apples baked on paste.
APPLE-TREE, n.

genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is indefinitely various.
The crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from
which all others have sprung.

APPLE-WOM-AN, n. A woman who sells apples and other
fruit.

APPLE-YARD, n. An orchard; an inclosure for apples.
AP-PLIA-BLE, a. That may be applied. See APPLY.
AP-PLIANCE, n. The act of applying, or thing applied.
AP-PLI-CA-BILITY, n. The quality of being applicable, or
fit to be applied.

APPLI-CA-BLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied,
as related to a thing; that may have relation to something
else.

Fitness to be applied; the quali

APPLI-CA-BLE-NESS, n.
ty of being applicable.
APPLI-CA-BLY, adv. In such a manner that it may be ap-
plied.

APPLI-CAN-CY, n. The state of being applicable.
APPLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes re
quest; a petitioner.

APPLI-CATE, n. A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ordinate.

AP-PER-TAIN', v. i. [Frappartenir; L. ad and pertinco.] To AP-PLICATION, n. [L. applicatio.] 1. The act of laying on.

belong, whether by right, nature, or appointment.

† APPLI-CATE, v. t. To apply.-Pearson.
APPLI-CATE-OR'DI-NATE, A right line applied at right
angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by
the curve. Bailey.

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2. The thing applied. 3. The act of making request, or soliciting. 4. The act of applying as means; the employment of means. 5. The act of fixing the mind; intense ness of thought; close study; attention. 6. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate the agreement or disagreement.-7. In sermons, that part of the discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical

AP-PER-TAINING, ppr. Belonging.

AP-PER-TAINING, n. That which appertains.

AP-PER-TAINMENT, n. That which belongs.

† AP-PERTE-NANCE, v. t. To have as right belonging.

-Shak.

+ AP-PERTI-NENT, n. That which belongs to something
else.-Shak. See APPURTENANCE.

APPE-TENCE, n. [L. appetentia.] 1. Desire; especially
APPE-TEN-CY, carnal desire; sensual appetite. 2. The
disposition of organized bodies to select and imbibe such
portions of matter as serve to support and nourish them.
3. An inclination or propensity in animals to perform cer-
tain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to

enter into water and to swim.

APPE-TENT, a. Desiring; very desirous.-Buck.
AP-PE-TI-BILI-TY, n. The quality of being desirable for
gratification.

APPE-TI-BLE, a. [Low L. appetibilis.] Desirable; that may
be the object of sensual desire.

uses.

APPLI-CA-TIVE, a. That applies.-Bramhall.
AP'PLI-CA-TO-RI-LY, adv. In a manner which applies.
AP'PLI-CA-TO-RY, a. That includes the act of applying.
APPLI-CA-TO-RY, n. That which applies. Taylor.
AP-PLIED (ap-plide), pp. Put on; put to; directed; em
ployed.

AP-PLIED-LY, adv. In a manner which may be applied.
AP-PLIER, n. One who applies.

† AP-PLIMENT, n. Application.-Marston.
AP-PLY, v. 1. [L. applico.] 1. To lay on; to put one thing
to another; as, to apply a plaster to a wound. 2. To use
or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case;
as, to apply a remedy. 3. To put, refer, or use, as suitable
or relative to something; as, to apply an argument. 4. To
fix the mind; to betake; to engage and employ with at
tention. 5. To address or direct; as, "sacred vows ар-

APPE-TITE, n. [L. appetitus.] 1. The natural desire of
pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the

body or of the mind. 2. A desire of food. 3. Strong de

Sce Synopsis, A, E, I, &c., long.-Ä, E, I, &c., short. FÄR, FALL, WHAT; PREY ;-MARINE, BIRD;-MOVE, BOOK, AP-PORTION-ING, ppr. Distributing out in just propor-†

plied to Pluto."-Pope; (rare) 6. To make application; to have recourse by request. 7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. Sidney; [obs.]

APPLY, E. & L. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy. 2. To make request; to solicit: to have recourse, with a view to gain something. AP-PLYING, ppr. Laying on; making application. AP-POG-GI-A-TURA, n. [It.] A small note in music, between other notes, used for transition or expression. AP-POINT, . &. [Fr. appointer.] 1. To fix; to settle; to establish; to make fast; as, to "appoint times and seasons." 2. To constitute, ordain, or fix by decree, order, or decision; as, to appoint officers. 3. To allot, assign, or designate; as, to appoint tasks. 4. To purpose or resolve; to fix the intention. 5. To ordain, command, or order. 6. To settle; to fix, name, or determine by agreement; as, to appoint a meeting. Milton uses the word in a peculiar sense: "Appoint not heavenly disposition," i. e., blame not (do not point at by way of censure) the disposition which God makes of things.

ΑΡ-ΡΟΪΝΤ, Ε.Ε. To ordain; to determine.-2 Sam., xvii., 14. AP-POINT-A-BLE, 4. That may be appointed or constituted. -Madison.

AP-POINTED, pp. or a. 1. Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted. 2. Furnished; equipped with things necessary.

AP-POINT-EE", n. 1. A person appointed. Wheaton's Reports. 2. A foot soldier in the French army, who, for long service and bravery, receives more pay than other privates. AP-POINTER, R. One who appoints. AP-POINTING, ppr. Setting; fixing; ordaining; constituting: assigning.

AP-POINT MENT, n. 1. The act of appointing to office. 2. The act of fixing by mutual agreement; as, an appointment for transacting business. 3. Decree; established order or constitution. 4. A direction given; as, it was done by the appointment of the magistrates. 5. Equipment; furniture, as for a ship, or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management. 6. The accoutrements of military officers, as belts, gorgets, &c.: used in the plural. 7. An allowance to a person; a salary or pension, as to a public officer: properly used only in the plural. 8. A devise or grant to a charitable use. - SYN. Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment. AP-PORTER, n. [Fr. apporter.) A bringer in; one who brings into the realm.

AP-PORTION, e. t. [L. ad and portio.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to distribute, among two or more, a just part or share to each.

LAP-PORTION-ATE-NESS, 2. Just proportion. AP-PORTIONED, pp. Divided; set out or assigned in suitable parts or shares.

AP-PORTION-ER, n. One who apportions.

AP-PRE-CI-A'TION, n. 1. A setting a value on, a just val uation or estimate of merit, weight, or any moral consideration. 2. A rising in value; increase of worth or value. -Marshal. [Not used in this latter sense in England, and but little in America.]

AP-PRE-HEND', v. t. [L. apprehendo.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of physically; as, to apprehend a criminal. 2. To take with the understanding; that is, to conceive in the mind; to understand, without passing a judgment, or making an inference. 3. To think; to believe or be of opinion, but without positive certainty. 4. To fear; to entertain suspicion or fear of future evil. SYN. To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread.

AP-PRE-HENDED, pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; believed; feared. AP-PRE-HENDER, n. One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears.

AP-PRE-HENDING, ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; believing; fearing.

AP-PRE-HEN'SI-BLE, a. That may be apprehended or con

ceived.

AP-PRE-HEN'SION, n. 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. 2. The act of taking or arresting. 3. The mere contemplation of things, without affirining, denying, or passing any judgment; simple intellection. 4. An inadequate or imperfect idea. 5. Opinion; conception. 6. The faculty by which new ideas are conceived. 7. Fear; dread; suspicion; the prospect of future evil, accompanied with uneasiness of mind.

AP-PRE-HEN'SIVE, a. 1. Quick to understand. 2. Fearful; in expectation of evil. 3. Suspicious; inclined to believe; as, I am apprehensive he will disappoint us. 4. Sensible; feeling; perceptive.-Milton.

AP-PRE-HENSIVE-LY, adv. In an apprehensive manner. AP-PRE-HEN'SIVE-NESS, n. The quality of being apprehensive; readiness to understand; fearfulness. AP-PRENTICE, n. [Fr. apprenti.] 1. One who is bound by covenant to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn his art, mystery, or oссиpation, in which his master is bound to instruct him.-2. In old law books, a barrister; a learner of law.

AP-PRENTICE, v. t. To bind to, or put under the care of a master, for the purpose of instruction in the knowledge of a trade or business.

tions or shares.

AP-PORTION-MENT, n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares.

AP-POSE, .t. [Fr. apposer.] 1. To put questions; to ex. amine-Bacon. 2. To apply.-Harvey.

AP-POSER, a. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions.

APPOSITE (ap'po-zit), a. [L.appositus.] Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted.

APPO-SITE-LY, adv. Suitably; fitly; properly.

APPO-SITE-NESS, n. Fitness; propriety; suitableness. AP-PO-SITION, n. 1. The act of adding to; addition; accretion to 2. In grammar, the state of two nouns denoting the same thing and put in the same case, without a connecting word between them.

| AP-POST-TYIVE, a. Apposite; applicable.-Knatchbull. AP-PRAISAL, n. A valuation by authority; an appraise

ment.

AP-PRAISE (ap-praze), v. 1. (Fr. apprecier.] To set a value on; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose. See APPRIZE.

AP-PRAISEMENT, n. The act of setting the value; a valnation. See APPRIZEMENT.

AP-PRAISER, a. One who values. See APPRIZER, AP-PRECATION, n. [L. apprecor.) Earnest prayer.-Hall. APPRE-CA-TO-RY, 4. Praying or wishing any good. AP-PRECIA-BLE (ap-presha-bl), a. 1. That may be appreciated; valuable. 2. That may be estimated or determined; as, an appreciable quantity.

AP-PRECIATE (ap-preshate), v. t. [Fr. apprecier.] 1. To value; to set a price or value on; to estimate. 2. To raise the value of Ramsay. (Not used in this latter sense in England, and but little in America.]

AP-PRECIAΤΕ, π. 4. Το rise in value; to become of more vaine. [Not used in England, and but little in America.) AP-PRECIA-TED, pp. Valued; prized; estimated; advanced

in valae.

AP-PRECIA-TING, ppr. Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value.

AP-PRENTICE-FEE, n. A premium received by a master for instructing an apprentice.

† AP-PRENTICE-HOOD, n. Apprenticeship.-Shak. AP-PRENTICE-SHIP, n. 1. The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. 2. The service, state, or condition of an apprentice; a state in which a person is gaining instruction under a master. AP-PRENTIS-AGE, n. Apprenticeship.-Bacon. AP-PRESS'ED, (ap-prest), a. In botany, pressed close; lyAP-PREST, Sing near the stem, or applying its upper surface to the stem.

AP-PRISE', v. t. [Fr. appris.] To give notice, verbal or written.-SYN. To inform; acquaint; make known; communicate.

AP-PRISED (ap-prizd), pp. Informed; having notice or knowledge communicated.

Valued; having the worth

AP-PRISING, ppr. Informing; communicating notice to. AP-PRIZE, v. t. [ad and price, prize; D. prys; Ger. preis; W. pris; Fr. priser, to prize.] To value; to set a value, in pursuance of authority. AP-PRIZED (ap-prizd), pp. fixed by authorized persons. AP-PRIZEMENT, n. 1. The act of setting a value under some authority or appointment; a valuation.-Blackstone. 2. The rate at which a thing is valued; the value fixed, or valuation.

AP-PRIZER, n. A person appointed to rate, or set a value on articles,

AP-PRIZING, ppr. Rating; setting a value under authority.

AP-PRIZING, n. The act of valuing under authority. AP-PROACH, v. i. [Fr. approcher.] 1. To come or go near, in place; to draw near; to advance nearer. 2. To draw near in time. 3. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to advance near to a point aimed at in science, literature, government, morals, &c.; to approximate. 4. To draw near in duty, as in prayer or worship.

AP-PROACH', v. t. 1. To come near to. 2. To have access carnally.-Lev. xviii.

AP-PROACH', n. 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. 2. Access; as, the approach of kings.Milton. 3. A path or avenue leading from the public road to a house or dwelling.-4. In fortification, works thrown up by the besiegers, to protect them in their advances toward a fortress.

AP-PROACH'A-BLE, a. That may be approached; access

ible.

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