dumbness. 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. APEN-NINE. 3 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 APHRI-ZĪTE, n. A variety of black tourmalin. APH-RO-DIST-AC, n. A provocative to venery. 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. gestion-Cете. 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. 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. D APO AP-O-CRUSTIC, α. [Gr. αποκρουστικα.] Astringent; re- A-POCRY-PHAL-LY, adv. Uncertainly; not indisputably. 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- A-POL-LI-NARI-AN, a. [From Apollo.] The Apollinarian A-POL'LO, n. A deity among the Greeks and Romans, and A-POLLO-BEL-VI-DERE'. An ancient statue of Apollo, in A-POLLYON, n. [Gr. απολλυων.] The destroyer; a name λα. [Gr. απολογεομαι.] Defending by A-POLO-GIST, n. One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of another. A-POLO-GIZ-ER, n. One who makes an apology; a de fender. APO-LOGUE (ap'o-log), n. [Gr. απολογος.] Α moral fable; APO-LOGU-ER, n. Fabler.-Burton. A-POLO-GY, n. [Gr. απολογια.] An excuse; something ΤΑΡ-Ο-ΜΕ-ΘΟΜE-TRY, n. [Gr. απο, μηκος, and μετρον.] AP-O-NEU-RO'SIS, n. [Gr. απο and νευρον.] An expansion AP-O-PEMPTIC, a. [Gr. από and πεμπω.] Denoting a hymn A-POPHA-SIS (a-pof'a-sis), n. [Gr. απο and φισις.] In *AP-O-PHLEG-ΜΑΤΙΕ, α. [Gr. από and φλεγμα.] Having SCE PHLEGMATIC. AP-O-PHLEG-MATIO, n. A medicine which excites dis 50 charges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils. -Coze. AP-O-PHLEGMA-TISM, n. An apophlegmatic. 2. [Gr. azo and φθεγμα.] }(ap'o-them) A remarkable saying; a short, sen 1. In or protuberance of a bone; a process of a bone. a. Pertaining to or consisting in apo- ΑΡO-PLEX-Y, n. [Gr. αποπληξια.] A sudden loss of sense n. A problem difficult to be resolved. APO-RON, Etluvium-Glanville. 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. and fill with pus. 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 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 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. 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 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-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 pitiate; assuage; compose; calm; allay; hush; cool; soothe; tranquilize. sire; eagerness or longing. 4. The thing desired; as, pow- being in peace. AP-PE-TITION, n. [L. appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.] AP-PEASED (ap-peezd), pp. Quieted; calmed; pacified. AP-PEASER, n. One who appeases, or pacifies. mitigating; quieting. 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 AP-PELLA-TIVE, a. Pertaining to a common name; noting AP-PELLA-TIVE-LY, adv. According to the manner of AP-PELLA-TO-RY, a. Containing an appeal. AP-PEL-LOR', n. The person who institutes an appeal, or 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, AP-PLAUDED, pp. Praised by acclamation, or other means; AP-PLAUDER, n. One who praises or commends. AP'PLE, v. 1. To form like an apple. Marshal. APPLE-JOHN. An apple which keeps long, but becomes withered.-Shak. APPLE-PIE, n. A pie made of apples inclosed in paste, or genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is indefinitely various. APPLE-WOM-AN, n. A woman who sells apples and other APPLE-YARD, n. An orchard; an inclosure for apples. APPLI-CA-BLE, a. That may be applied; fit to be applied, Fitness to be applied; the quali APPLI-CA-BLE-NESS, n. APPLI-CAN-CY, n. The state of being applicable. 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. 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 APPE-TENCE, n. [L. appetentia.] 1. Desire; especially enter into water and to swim. APPE-TENT, a. Desiring; very desirous.-Buck. APPE-TI-BLE, a. [Low L. appetibilis.] Desirable; that may uses. APPLI-CA-TIVE, a. That applies.-Bramhall. AP-PLIED-LY, adv. In a manner which may be applied. † AP-PLIMENT, n. Application.-Marston. APPE-TITE, n. [L. appetitus.] 1. The natural desire of 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. |