Apollinarians – Appliment

Apollinarians

APOLLINA'RIANS, in Church history, a sect, deriving their name from Apollinaris, bishop of Laodicea, in the 4th Century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ; maintaining that his body was endowed with a sensitive, and not with a rational soul; and that the divine nature supplied the place of the intellectual principle in man.

Apollo-Belvidere, an ancient statue of the first class in excellence.

Apollyon

APOL'LYON, noun [Gr. destroying.]

The destroyer; a name used Revelation 9:11, for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Apologetic

APOLOGET'IC,

APOLOGET'ICAL, adjective [Gr. to speak in defense of; and speech.]

Defending by words or arguments; excusing; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; as an apologetic essay.

Apologetical

APOLOGET'ICAL, a. [Gr. to speak in defense of; and speech.] Defending by words or arguments; excusing; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; as an apologetic essay.

Apologetically

APOLOGET'ICALLY, adverb By way of apology or excuse.

Apologist

APOL'OGIST, noun [See Apology.]

One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of another.

Apologize

APOL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To make an apology; to write or speak in favor of, or to make excuse for; followed by for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.

Apologue

AP'OLOGUE, noun ap'olog. [Gr. a long speech, a fable.]

A moral fable; a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey useful truths. An apologue differs from a parable in this; the parable is drawn from events which pass among mankind, and is therefore supported by probability; an apologue may be founded on supposed actions of brutes or inanimate things, and therefore does not require to be supported by probability. Esop's fables are good examples of apologues.

Apology

APOL'OGY, noun [Gr. discourse.]

An excuse; something said or written in defense or extenuation of what appears to others wrong, or unjustifiable; or of what may be liable to disapprobation. It may be an extenuation of what is not perfectly justifiable, or a vindication of what is or may be disapproved, but which the apologist deems to be right. A man makes an apology for not fulfilling an engagement, or for publishing a pamphlet. An apology then is a reason or reasons assigned for what is wrong or may appear to be wrong, and it may be either an extenuation or a justification of something that is or may be censured, by those who are not acquainted with the reasons.

Aponeurosis

APONEURO'SIS,

APONEU'ROSY, noun [Gr. from, and to send.]

An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the tendinous expansion or fascia of muscles; the tendon or tail of a muscle.

Aponeurosy

APONEU'ROSY, n. [Gr. from, and to send.] An expansion of a tendon in the manner of a membrane; the tendinous expansion or fascia of muscles; the tendon or tail of a muscle.

Apopemptic

APOPEMP'TIC, adjective [Gr. from, and a nerve.]

Denoting a song or hymn among the ancients, sung or addressed to a stranger, on his departure from a place to his own country. It may be used as a noun for the hymn.

Apophasis

APOPH'ASIS, noun [Gr. from, and form of speech.]

In rhetoric, a waving or omission of what one, speaking ironically, would plainly insinuate; as, 'I will not mention another argument, which, however, if I should, you could not refute.'

Apophlegmatic

APOPHLEGMAT'IC, adjective [Gr. from, and phlegm.]

Masticatory; having the quality of exciting discharges of phlegm from the mouth or nostrils.

APOPHLEGMAT'IC, noun A masticatory; a medicine which excites discharges of phlegm from the mouth or nostrils.

Apophlegmatism

APOPHLEG'MATISM, noun An apophlegmatic.

Apophlegmatizant

APOPHLEGMAT'IZANT, noun An apophlegmatic.

Apophthegm

AP'OPHTHEGM,

APOPH'YGE,

APOPH'YGY, noun [Gr. from, and flight.]

1. In architecture, the part of a column, where it springs out of its base; originally a ring or ferrel to bind the extremities of columns, and keep them from splitting; afterwards imitated in stone pillars. It is sometimes called the spring of the column.

2. A concave part or ring of a column, lying above or below the flat member.

Apophyllite

APOPH'YLLITE, noun [Gr. from, and a leaf; so called because of its tendency to exfoliate.]

A mineral occurring in laminated masses or in regular prismatic crystals, having a strong and peculiar pearly luster. Its structure is foliated, and when a fragment is forcibly rubbed against a hard body, it separates into thin lamens, like selenite. It exfoliates also before the flame of a lamp. From its peculiar luster, it is sometimes called by the harsh name, ichthyophthalmite, fish-eye stone.

Apophysis

APOPH'YSIS,

APOPH'YSY, noun [Gr. from, and growth.]

The projecting soft end or protuberance of a bone; a process of a bone.

Apoplectic

APOPLEC'TIC,

APOPLEC'TICAL, adjective [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; or predisposed to apoplexy, as an apoplectic habit of body.

APOPLEC'TIC, noun A person affected by apoplexy.

Apoplectical

APOPLEC'TICAL, a. [See apoplexy.] Pertaining to or consisting in apoplexy, as an apoplectic fit; or predisposed to apoplexy, as an apoplectic habit of body.

Apoplexed

AP'OPLEXED, adjective Affected with apoplexy.

Apoplexy

AP'OPLEXY, noun [Gr. from, to strike.]

A sudden deprivation of all sense and voluntary motion, occasioned by repletion or whatever interrupts the action of the nerves upon the muscles.

Dryden, for the sake of measure, uses apoplex, for apoplexy

Aporia

APO'RIA, noun [Gr. from a way or passage.]

1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account of the variety of matter.

2. In the medical art, febrile anxiety; uneasiness; restlessness, from obstructed perspiration, or the stoppage of any natural secretion.

Aporime

AP'ORIME, noun [See Apory.] A problem difficult to be resolved.

Aporon

AP'ORON,

AP'ORY,

APOSIOPE'SIS,

APOSIO'PESY, noun [Gr. of to be silent.]

Reticence or suppression; as when a speaker for some cause, as fear, sorrow, or anger, suddenly breaks off his discourse, before it is ended; or speaks of a thing, when he makes a show as if he would say nothing on the subject; or aggravates what he pretends to conceal, by uttering a part and leaving the remainder to be understood.

Apory

AP'ORY, noun [Gr. from a way or passage.]

1. In rhetoric, a doubting or being at a loss where to begin, or what to say, on account of the variety of matter.

2. In the medical art, febrile anxiety; uneasiness; restlessness, from obstructed perspiration, or the stoppage of any natural secretion.

Apostasy

APOS'TASY, noun [Gr. a defection, to depart.]

1. An abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion.

2. The desertion from a party to which one has adhered.

3. Among physicians, the throwing off of exfoliated or fractured bone, or the various solution of disease.

4. An abscess.

Apostate

APOS'TATE, noun [Gr.]

One who has forsaken the church, sect or profession to which he before adhered. In its original sense, applied to one who has abandoned his religion; but correctly applied also to one who abandons a political or other party.

APOS'TATE, adjective False; traitorous.

Apostatical

APOSTAT'ICAL, adjective After the manner of an apostate.

Apostatize

APOS'TATIZE, verb intransitive To abandon one's profession or church; to forsake principles or faith which one has professed; or the party to which one has been attached.

Apostatizing

APOS'TATIZING, participle present tense Abandoning a church, profession, sect or party.

Apostemate

APOS'TEMATE, verb intransitive To form into an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

Apostemation

APOSTEMA'TION, noun The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess; written corruptly imposthumation.

Apostematous

APOSTEM'ATOUS, adjective Pertaining to an abscess; partaking of the nature of an aposteme.

Aposteme

AP'OSTEME, noun [Gr. from to go off, to recede; and to stand.]

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter; written also corruptly imposthume.

Apostle

APOS'TLE, noun [Latin apostalus; Gr. to send away, to sent.]

A person deputed to execute some important business; but appropriately, a disciple of Christ commissioned to preach the gospel. Twelve persons were selected by Christ for this purpose; and Judas, one of the number, proving an apostate, his place was supplied by Matthias. Acts 1:2.

The title of apostle is applied to Christ himself, Hebrews 3:1. In the primitive ages of the church, other ministers were called apostles, Romans 16:7; as were persons sent to carry alms from one church to another, Philippians 2:1. This title was also given to persons who first planted the Christian faith. Thus Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France; and the Jesuit Missionaries are called apostles.

Among the Jews, the title was given to officers who were sent into distant provinces, as visitors or commissioners, to see the laws observed.

Apostle, in the Greek liturgy, is a book contained the epistles of St. Paul, printed in the order in which they are to be read in churches, through the year.

Apostle-Ship

APOSTLE-SHIP, noun The office or dignity of an apostle.

Apostolate

APOS'TOLATE, noun A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. Ancient writers use it for the office of a bishop; but it is now restricted to the dignity of the pope, whose see is call the Apostolic See.

Apostolic

APOSTOL'IC

APOSTOL'ICAL, adjective

1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age.

2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as apostolic faith or practice.

Apostolic constitutions, a collection of regulations attributed to the apostles, but generally supposed to be spurious. They appeared in the 4th century; are divided into eight books, and consist of rules and precepts relating to the duties of christians, and particularly, the ceremonies and discipline of the church.

Apostolic Fathers, an appellation given to the christian writers of the first century.

Apostolical

APOSTOL'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age.2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as apostolic faith or practice.Apostolic constitutions, a collection of regulations attributed to the apostles, but generally supposed to be spurious. They appeared in the 4th century; are divided into eight books, and consist of rules and precepts relating to the duties of christians, and particularly, the ceremonies and discipline of the church.Apostolic Fathers, an appellation given to the christian writers of the first century.

Apostolically

APOSTOL'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of the apostles.

Apostolicalness

APOSTOL'ICALNESS, noun The quality of being apostolical, or according to the doctrines of the apostles.

Apostolics

APOSTOL'ICS, noun Certain sects so called from their pretending to imitate the practice of the apostles, abstaining from marriage, from wine, flesh, pecuniary reward etc., and wandering about clothed in white, with long beards, and bare heads. Sagarelli, the founder of one of these sects, was burnt at Parma in 1300.

Apostrophe

APOS'TROPHE,

APOS'TROPHIC, adjective Pertaining to an apostrophe noting the contraction of a word.

Apostrophic

APOS'TROPHIC, a. Pertaining to an apostrophe, noting the contraction of a word.

Apostrophize

APOS'TROPHIZE, verb intransitive or t.

1. To make an apostrophe, or short detached address in speaking; to address by apostrophy.

2. verb transitive To contract a word by omitting a letter or letters.

3. To mark with a comma, indicating the omission of a letter.

Apostrophized

APOS'TROPHIZED, participle passive Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or letters; marked by an apostrophy.

Apostrophizing

APOS'TROPHIZING, participle present tense Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophy.

Apostrophy

APOS'TROPHY, noun [Gr. from and a turning.]

1. In rhetoric, a diversion of speech; a digressive address; a changing the course of a speech, and addressing a person who is dead or absent, as if present; or a short address introduced into a discourse, directed to some person, different from the party to which the main discourse is directed; as when an advocate, in an argument to the jury, turns and addresses a few remarks to the court.

2. In grammar, the contraction 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 apostrophe.

Apostume

AP'OSTUME, noun An aposteme, which see.

Apotactite

APOTAC'TITE, noun [Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.]

One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.

Apothecary

APOTH'ECARY, noun [Latin and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a chest.]

1. One who practices pharmacy; one who prepares drugs for medicinal uses, and keeps them for sale. In England, apothecaries are obliged to prepare medicines according to the formulas prescribed by the college of physicians, and are liable to have their shops visited by the censors of the college, who have power to destroy medicines which are not good.

2. In the middle ages, an apothecary was the keeper of any shop or warehouse; and an officer appointed to take charge of a magazine.

Apothegm

AP'OTHEGM,

AP'OTHEM, noun [See Apophthegm.]

A remarkable saying; a short, instructive remark.

Apothegmatic

APOTHEGMAT'IC,

APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, adjective In the manner of an apothem.

Apothegmatical

APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, a. In the manner of an apothem.

Apothegmatist

APOTHEG'MATIST, noun A collector or maker of apothems.

Apothegmatize

APOTHEG'MATIZE, verb transitive To utter apothems or short instructive sentences.

Apothem

AP'OTHEM, noun [Gr. from, and word. It would be eligible to reduce this harsh word to apothem ]

A remarkable saying; a short, sententious, instructive remark, uttered on a particular occasion, or by a distinguished character; as that of Cyrus, 'He is unworthy to be a magistrate, who is not better than his subjects; ' or that of Cato, men by doing nothing, soon learn to do mischief.

Apotheme

AP'OTHEME, noun [See Apothecary.]

In Russia, an apothecary's shop, or a shop for the preparation and sale of medicines.

Apotheosis

APOTHE'OSIS, noun [Gr. of God.]

Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince or other distinguished person among the heathen deities. This honor was often bestowed on illustrious men in Rome, and followed by the erection of temples, and the institution of sacrifices to the new deity.

Apothesis

APOTH'ESIS, noun [Gr. to put back.]

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, etc.

Apotome

APOT'OME,

APOT'OMY, noun [Gr. to cut off.]

1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable quantities.

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.

The difference between a greater and lesser semitone, expressed by the ratio 128; 125. The Greeks supposing the greater tone could not be divided into two equal parts, called the difference, or smaller part, apotome; the other, limma.

Apotomy

APOT'OMY, n. [Gr. to cut off.] 1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable quantities.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.The difference between a greater and lesser semitone, expressed by the ratio 128; 125. The Greeks supposing the greater tone could not be divided into two equal parts, called the difference, or smaller part, apotome; the other, limma.

Apotrepsis

APOTREP'SIS, noun [Gr. to turn.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor.

Apotropy

AP'OTROPY, noun [Gr. to turn.]

In ancient poetry, a verse or hymn composed for averting the wrath of incensed deities. The deities invoked were called apotropeans.

Apozem

AP'OZEM, noun [Gr. to boil.]

A decoction, in which the medicinal substances of plants are extracted by boiling.

Apozemical

APOZEM'ICAL, adjective Like a decoction.

Appair

APPA'IR, verb transitive To impair. [Not in use.]

APPA'IR, verb intransitive To degenerate. [Not in use.]

Appall

APPALL', verb transitive [Latin palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]

1. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.

2. To reduce, allay or destroy; as, to appall thirst. [Unusual.]

APPALL', verb intransitive To grow faint; to be dismayed.

Appalled

APPALL'ED, participle passive Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced.

Appalling

APPALL'ING, participle present tense Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement.

Appallment

APPALL'MENT, noun Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement.

Appanage

AP'PANAGE, noun

1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their patrimony; but on condition of the failure of male offspring, they were to revert to the donor or his heir. From the appanage it was customary for the sons to take their surnames.

2. Sustenance; means of nourishing.

Wealth - the appanage of wit.

Apparatus

APPARA'TUS, noun plural apparatuses. [Latin from apparo, to prepare, of ad and par.]

1. Things provided as means to some end; as the tools of an artisan; the furniture of a house; instruments of war. In more technical language, a complete set of instruments or utensils, for performing any operation.

2. In surgery, the operation of cutting for the stone, of three kinds, the small, the great, and the high.

Apparatus is also used as the title of several books, in the form of catalogues, bibliothecas, glossaries, dictionaries, etc.

Apparel

APPAR'EL, noun [Latin paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara]

1. Clothing; vesture; garments; dress.

2. External habiliments or decorations; appearance; as, religion appears in the natural apparel of simplicity.

Glorious in apparel Isaiah 63:1.

3. The furniture of a ship, as sails, rigging, anchors, etc.

APPAR'EL, verb transitive

1. To dress or clothe.

They who are gorgeously appareled are in kings court.

Luke 7:25.

2. To adorn with dress.

She did apparel her apparel

3. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to cover, as with garments; as, trees appareled with flowers; or a garden with verdure.

4. To furnish with external apparatus; as ships appareled for sea.

Appareled

APPAR'ELED, participle passive Dressed; clothed; covered as with dress; furnished.

Appareling

APPAR'ELING, participle present tense Dressing; clothing; covering as with dress; furnishing.

Apparence

APPA'RENCE,

APPA'RENCY, noun Appearance. [Not in use.]

Apparency

APPA'RENCY, n. Appearance. [Not in use.]

Apparent

APPA'RENT, adjective [See Appear.]

1. That may be seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

2. Obvious; plain; evident; indubitable; as, the wisdom of the creator is apparent in his works.

3. Visible, in opposition to hid or secret; as, a man's apparent conduct is good.

4. Visible; appearing to the eye; seeming, in distinction from true or real, as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

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 their children.

Apparently

APPA'RENTLY, adverb

1. Openly; evidently; as, the goodness of God is apparently manifest in his works of providence.

2. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

Apparition

APPARI'TION, noun [See Appear.]

1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used.]

2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

3. A ghost; a specter; a visible spirit. [This is now the usual sense of the word.]

4. Mere appearance, opposed to reality.

Apparitor

APPAR'ITOR, noun [Latin apparo, to prepare, or appareo, to attend.]

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.

Appay

APPA'Y, verb transitive To satisfy. obsolete [See Pay.]

Appeach

APPE'ACH, verb transitive To accuse; to censure, or reproach. obsolete [See Impeach.]

Appeachment

APPE'ACHMENT, noun Accusation; charge exhibited. obsolete

Appeal

APPE'AL, verb intransitive [Latin apello; ad and pello, to drive or send; Gr. We do not see the sense of call in pello, but to drive or press out, is the radical sense of calling, naming. This word coincides in elements with Latin balo, Eng. bawl, and peal.]

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.

I appeal to Cesar. Acts 21:1.

2. To refer to another for the decision of a question controverted, or the counteraction of testimony or facts; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged.

APPE'AL, verb transitive To call or remove a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court. This may be done after trial and judgment in the lower court; or by special statute or agreement, a party may appeal before trial, upon a fictitious issue and judgment. We say the cause was appealed before or after trial.

APPE'AL, verb transitive In crimianal law, to charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a criminal prosecution, for some hainous offense; as, to appeal a person of felony. This process was anciently given to a private person to recover the weregild, or private pecuniary satisfaction for an injury he had received by the murder of a relation, or by some personal injury.

APPE'AL, noun

1. The removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior tribunal, as from a common pleas court to a superior or supreme court. Also the right of appeal

2. An accusation; a process instituted by a private person against a man for some hainous crime by which he has been injured, as for murder, larceny, mayhem.

3. A summons to answer to a charge.

4. A call upon a person; a reference to another for proof or decision.

In an oath, a person makes an appeal to the Deity for the truth of his declaration.

5. Resort; recourse.

Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.

Appealable

APPE'ALABLE,

1. That may be appealed; 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; applied to persons; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.

Appealant

APPE'ALANT, noun One who appeals. [Not used.]

Appealed

APPE'ALED, participle passive Removed to a higher court, as a cause; prosecuted for a crime by a private person, as a criminal.

Appealer

APPE'ALER, noun One who appeals; an appellor.

Appealing

APPE'ALING, participle present tense Removing a cause to a higher tribunal; prosecuting as a private person for an offense; referring to another for a decision.

Appear

APPE'AR, verb intransitive [Latin appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear or be manifest.]

1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible.

The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh. Leviticus 13:57.

And God said, Let the dry land appear Genesis 1:9.

2. To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; a sense frequent in scripture.

The Lord appeared to Abram, and said. Genesis 1:92.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush. Exodus 3:2.

3. To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried. The defendant, being called, did not appear

We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:10.

4. To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension.

Let thy work appear to thy servant. Psalms 90:16.

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John 3:2.

5. To be clear or made clear by evidence; as, this fact appears by ancient records.

But sin that it might appear sin. Romans 7:13.

6. To seem, in opposition to reality.

They disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Matthew 6:16.

7. To be discovered, or laid open.

That they shame may appear Jeremiah 13:26.

APPE'AR, noun Appearance. obsolete

Appearance

APPE'ARANCE, noun

1. The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

2. The thing seen; a phenomenon; as an appearance in the sky.

3. Semblance; apparent likeness.

There was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire. Numbers 9:15.

4. External show; semblance assumed, in opposition to reality or substance; as, we are often deceived by appearances; he has the appearance of virtue.

For man looketh on the outward appearance 1 Samuel 16:7

5. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; as, he made his first appearance at court or on the stage.

6. Exhibition of the character; introduction of a person to the public in a particular character, as a person makes his appearance in the world, as a historian, an artist, or an orator.

7. Probability; likelihood. This sense is rather an inference from the third or fourth; as probability is inferred from external semblance or show.

8. Presence; mien; figure; as presented by the person, dress or manners; as, the lady made a noble appearance

9. A being present in court; a defendant's filing common or special bail to a process.

10. An apparition.

Appearer

APPE'ARER, noun The person that appears.

Appearing

APPE'ARING, participle present tense Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the semblance.

APPE'ARING, noun The act of becoming visible; appearance.

Appeasable

APPE'ASABLE, adjective That may be appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified.

Appeasableness

APPE'ASABLENESS, noun The quality of being appeasable.

Appease

APPE'ASE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin pax. See Peace.]

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.

[This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state.]

Appeased

APPE'ASED, participle passive Quieted; calmed; stilled; pacified.

Appeasement

APPE'ASEMENT, noun The act of appeasing; the state of being in peace.

Appeaser

APPE'ASER, noun One who appeases, or pacifies.

Appeasive

APPE'ASIVE, adjective Having the power to appease; mitigating; quieting.

Appellant

APPEL'LANT, noun [See Appeal.]

1. One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal.

2. One who prosecutes another for a crime.

3. One who challenges, or summons another to single combat.

4. In church history, one who appeals from the Constitution Unigenitus to a general council.

Appellate

APPEL'LATE, noun A person appealed, or prosecuted for a crime. [Not now used. See Appellee.]

APPEL'LATE, adjective Pertaining to appeals; having cognizance of appeals; as 'appellate jurisdiction.'

Appellation

APPELLA'TION, noun [Latin appellatio. See Appeal.]

Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. Spenser uses it for appeal.

Appellative

APPEL'LATIVE, adjective Pertaining to a common name; noting the common name of a species.

APPEL'LATIVE, noun A common name in distinction from a proper name. A common name or appelative stands for a whole class, genus or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus man is the name of the whole human race, and fowl of all winged animals. 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, London, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston.

Appellatively

APPEL'LATIVELY, adverb According to 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.

Appellatory

APPEL'LATORY, adjective Containing an appeal.

Appellee

APPELLEE', noun

1. The defendant in an appeal.

2. The person who is appealed, or prosecuted by a private man for a crime.

Appellor

APPELLOR', noun The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.

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

Append

APPEND', verb transitive [Latin appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.]

1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record.

2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing.

Appendage

APPEND'AGE noun Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.

Appendance

APPEND'ANCE,

APPEND'ANT, adjective

1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a paper.

2. In law, common appendant, is a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of land, to put commonably beasts upon the lord's waste, and upon the lands of other persons within the same manor. An advowson appendant, is the right of patronage or presentation, annexed to the possession of a manor. So also a common of fishing may be appendant to a freehold.

APPEND'ANT, noun That which belongs to another thing, as incidental or subordinate to it.

Appendant

APPEND'ANT, a. 1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a paper.2. In law, common appendant, is a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of land, to put commonably beasts upon the lord's waste, and upon the lands of other persons within the same manor. An advowson appendant, is the right of patronage or presentation, annexed to the possession of a manor. So also a common of fishing may be appendant to a freehold. APPEND'ANT, n. That which belongs to another thing, as incidental or subordinate to it.

Appended

APPEND'ED, participle passive Annexed; attached.

Appendence

APPEND'ENCE, noun Something annexed. [Not used.]

Appendicate

APPEND'ICATE, verb transitive To append; to add to. obsolete

Appendication

APPENDICA'TION, noun An appendage or adjunct. obsolete

Appendicle

APPEND'ICLE, noun A small appendage.

Appending

APPEND'ING, noun That which is by right annexed.

Appendix

APPEND'IX, noun plural appendixes. [Latin The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.]

1. something appended or added.

Normandy became an appendix to England.

2. An adjunct, concomitant, or appendage.

3. More generally, a supplement or short treatise added to a book.

Apperception

APPERCEP'TION, noun [ad and perception.]

Perception that reflects upon itself; consciousness.

Appercetive

APPERCE'TIVE, verb transitive To comprehend. obsolete

Apperil

APPER'IL, noun Peril; danger, [Not in use.]

Appertain

APPERTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach to, to extend to, hence to belong. See Tenant.]

To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment.

Give it to him to whom it appertaineth. Leviticus 6:5.

[See Pertain.]

Appertaining

APPERTA'INING, participle passive Belonging.

Appertainment

APPERTA'INMENT, noun That which belongs.

Appertenence

APPER'TENENCE, noun [See Appurtenance.]

Appertinent

APPER'TINENT, adjective Belonging; now written appurtenant.

APPER'TINENT, noun That which belongs to something else. obsolete [See Appurtenance.]

Appetence

AP'PETENCE,

AP'PETENCY, noun [Latin appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, supplicate or seek, compound. Eng. bid. The primary sense is to strain, to urge or press, or to advance. See Bid.]

1. In a general sense, desire; but especially, 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, or such particles as are designed, through their agency, to carry on the animal or vegetable economy.

These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency, they absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.

3. An 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.

4. According to Darwin, animal appetency is synonymous with irritability or sensibility; as the appetency of the eye for light, of the pops to secrete milk, etc.

5. Attraction, or the tendency in bodies to move toward each other and unite.

Appetency

AP'PETENCY, n. [L. appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, supplicate or seek, compound. Eng. bid. The primary sense is to strain, to urge or press, or to advance. See Bid.] 1. In a general sense, desire; but especially, 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, or such particles as are designed, through their agency, to carry on the animal or vegetable economy.These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency, they absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.3. An 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.4. According to Darwin, animal appetency is synonymous with irritability or sensibility; as the appetency of the eye for light, of the pops to secrete milk, &c.5. Attraction, or the tendency in bodies to move toward each other and unite.

Appetent

AP'PETENT, adjective Desiring; very desirous.

Appetibility

APPETIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being desirable for gratification.

Appetible

AP'PETIBLE, adjective [Low Latin appetibilis, from appeto. Desirable; that may be the object of sensual desire.

Appetite

AP'PETITE, noun [Latin appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence.]

1. The natural desire of pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Appetites are passions directed to general objects, as the appetite for fame, glory or riches; in distinction from passions directed to some particular objects, which retain their proper name, as the passion of love, envy or gratitude. Passion does not exist without an object; natural appetites exist first, and are then directed to objects.

2. A desire of food or drink; a painful sensation occasioned by hunger or thirst.

3. Strong desire; eagerness or longing.

4. The thing desired.

Power being the natural appetite of princes.

Appetites are natural or artificial. Hunger and thirst are natural appetites; the appetites for olives, tobacco, snuff, etc. are artificial.

In old authors, appetite is followed by to, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object, as an appetite for pleasure.

To be given to appetite is to be voracious or gluttonous. Proverbs 23:2.

Appetition

APPETI'TION, noun [Latin appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]

Appetitive

AP'PETITIVE, adjective That desires; that has the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power or faculty.

Appian

AP'PIAN, adjective Designating something that belongs to Appius, particularly a way from Rome through Capua to Brundusium, now Brindisi, constructed by Appius Claudius adjective R. 441. It is more than 330 miles in length, formed of hard stone squared, and so wide as to admit two carriages abreast.

Applaud

APPLAUD', verb transitive [Latin applaudo; ad and plaudo, to make a noise by clapping the hands; Eng. loud.]

1. To praise by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.

2. To praise by words, actions or other means; to express approbation of; to commend; used in a general sense.

Applauded

APPLAUD'ED, participle passive Praised by acclamation, or other means; commended.

Applauder

APPLAUD'ER, noun One who praises or commends.

Applauding

APPLAUD'ING, participle present tense praising by acclamation; commending.

Applause

APPLAUSE', noun s as z. [Latin applausus.]

A shout of approbation; approbation and praise, expressed by clapping the hands, acclamation or huzzas; approbation expressed. in antiquity, applause differed from acclamation; applause was expressed by the hands, and acclamation by the voice. There were three species of applause the bombus, a confused din made by the hands or mouth; the imbrices and testae, made by beating a sort of sounding vessels in the theaters. Persons were appointed for the purpose of applauding, and masters were employed to teach the art. The applauds were divided into choruses, and placed opposite to each other, like the choristers in a cathedral.

Applausive

APPLAU'SIVE, adjective Applauding; containing applause.

Apple

AP'PLE, noun

1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus, ] from which cider is made.

2. The apple of the eye is the pupil.

Apple of love, or love apple the tomato, or lycopersicum, a species of Solanum. The stalk is herbaceous, with oval, pinnated leaves, and small yellow flowers. The berry is smooth, soft, of a yellow or reddish color, of the size of a plum. It is used in soups and broths.

AP'PLE, verb transitive To form like an apple

Apple-Graft

AP'PLE-GRAFT, noun A scion of the appletree engrafted.

Apple-Harvest

AP'PLE-HARVEST, noun The gathering of apples, or the time of gathering.

Apple-Pie

AP'PLE-PIE, noun a pie made of apples stewed or baked, inclosed in paste, or covered with paste, as in England.

Apple-Sauce

AP'PLE-SAUCE, noun A sauce made of stewed apples.

Apple-Tart

AP'PLE-TART, noun A tart made of apples baked on paste.

Apple-Tree

AP'PLE-TREE, noun A tree arranged by Linne under the 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. New varieties are springing annually from the seeds.

Apple-Woman

AP'PLE-WOMAN, noun A woman who sells apples and other fruit.

Apple-Yard

AP'PLE-YARD, noun An orchard; an inclosure for apples.

Appliable

APPLI'ABLE, adjective [See Apply.] That may be applied. This word is superseded by applicable.

Appliance

APPLI'ANCE, noun The act of applying, or thing applied. obsolete

Applicability

APPLICABIL'ITY, noun [See Apply.] The quality of being applicable, or fit to be applied.

Applicable

AP'PLICABLE, adjective That may be applied; fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have relation to something else; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

Applicableness

AP'PLICABLENESS, noun Fitness to be applied; the quality of being applicable.

Applicably

AP'PLICABLY, adverb In such a manner that it may be applied.

Applicant

AP'PLICANT, noun One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner.

The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be the Messias.

The court require the applicant to appear in person.

Applicate

AP'PLICATE, noun A right line drawn across a curve, so as to be bisected by the diameter; an ordinate.

Applicate-Ordinate

AP'PLICATE-ORDINATE. A right line at right angles applied to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

Application

APPLICA'TION, noun [Latin applicatio. See Apply.]

1. The act of laying on; as the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

2. The thing applied; as, the pain was abated by the application

3. The act of making request or soliciting; as, he made application to a court of chancery.

4. The act of applying as means; the employment of means; as, children may be governed by a suitable application of rewards and punishments. This is the first signification directed to moral objects.

5. The act of fixing the mind; intenseness of thought; close study; attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.

6. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate the agreement or disagreement; as, I make the remark and leave you to make the application

7. In theology, the act by which the merits of Christ are transferred to man, for his justification.

8. In geometry, a division for applying one quantity to another, whose areas, but not figures, shall be the same; or the transferring a given line into a circle or other figure, so that its ends shall be in the perimeter of the figure.

9. In sermons, that part of the discourse, in which the principles before laid down and illustrated, are applied to practical uses.

Applicative

AP'PLICATIVE, adjective That applies.

Applicatory

AP'PLICATORY, adjective That includes the act of applying.

AP'PLICATORY, noun That which applies.

Applied

APPLI'ED, participle passive Put on; put to: directed; employed.

Appliedly

APPLI'EDLY, adverb In a manner which may be applied. [Not in use.]

Applier

APPLI'ER, noun One that applies.

Appliment

APPLI'MENT, noun Application. [Not in use.]