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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A'ny, a. p. 61[A-S. ænig, ænīg, O. Sax. enīg, O. H. Ger. einic, Ger. einig, D. eenig. This word is derived from an, ein, one, and the termination ig, ic, which in the Teutonic dialects corresponds to the Latin ic…A'ny, adv. p. 61To any extent; at all; as, are you any better? [Colloq.]A'ny-how, adv. p. 61In any way; at any rate; in any event. [Colloq.] Ld. Nelson.A'ny-whêre, adv. p. 61In any place. Udal.A'ny-whith'er, adv. p. 61To any place.A'ny-wīse, adv. p. 61In any way. “Anywise a good relative.” Barrow.Ā-ō′ni-an, a. p. 61Pertaining to Aonia, in Bœotia, or to the Muses who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian font, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the muses.Aʹo-rĭst, n. p. 61(Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.A'ō-rist, a. p. 61Indefinite or indeterminate as to past time. Harris.A′o-rĭst'ic, a. p. 61Pertaining to an aorist, or indefinite tense; indefinite.Ā-ôr'tā, n. p. 61(Anat.) The great artery, or trunk of the arterial system, proceeding from the left ventricle of the heart, and giving origin to all the arteries, except the pulmonary arteries. ☞ It first rises…Ā-or'tal or Ā-or'tic, a. p. 61Pertaining to the aorta, or great artery. Darwin.A-pāce', adv. p. 61With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spencer. A wide diffusion and visible triumph of the gospel draws on apace. I. Taylor.Ăp'a-gō'ge, n. p. 61(Logic.) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary thing. It corresponds to the reductio ad absurdum. Ernesti. 2. (Math.) A progress or…Ăp'a-gōg'ie-al, a. p. 61Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity or impossibility of the contrary; as, an apagogical demonstration.A-păg'y-noüs, a. p. 61(Bot.) Fructifying at once; perishing immediately after flowering; monocarpous. Brande.A-pāid', n. p. 61Appaid; satisfied. [Obs.] Chapman.Ap′a-lā′chi-an, a. p. 61See APPALACHIAN.Ăp'an-age, n. p. 61See APPANAGE.A-păn’thro-py, n. p. 61An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.Ăp′a-rĭth′me-sĭs, n. p. 61(Rhet.) Enumeration of parts, or particulars.A-pärt', adv. p. 61Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Jesus departed thence into a desert place apart. Matt. xiv. 13. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. 2.…A-pärt'ment, n. p. 61A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. 2. A set or suite of rooms. [Obs.] Shak.Ap-äs'tron, n. p. 61(Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where it is farthest from its primary.A-păt'e-lite, n. p. 61(Min.) A hydrous sulphate of the peroxide of iron, peculiar in containing but little water. Dana.Ap'a-thêt'ic, a. p. 61Void of feel-Ap'a-thêt'ie-al p. 61ing; free from passion; insensible; passionless. Harris.Ap'a-thĭst, n. p. 61One who is destitute of feeling.Ap'a-thist'ic-al, a. p. 61Apathetic. [Rare.] Seward.Ap'a-thy, n. p. 61Want, or a low degree, of feeling; privation of passion, or insensibility to pain;—applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is stoicism, a calmness of mind incapable of…Ăp'a-tite, n. p. 61(Min.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, of a green or greenish color, and resembling beryl, but much softer. Dana.A-pau'mee, n. p. 61See APPAUMEE.Ape, n. p. 61(Zool.) A quadrumanous mammal of the genus Pithecus, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. 2. One who imitates servilely, in allusion to…Ape, v. t. p. 61To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate servilely. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.A-pēak’, adv. p. 61On the point; in a posture to pierce. Johnson. 2. (Naut.) Perpendicular. The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn so as to bring the ship’s bowl directly over it. [Spelt also apeak.] Totten.A-pĕl'ioùs, a. p. 61Destitute of skin. Brande.Ăp'en-nine, a. p. 61Pertaining to, or designating, a chain of mountains extending from the Alps, south of the plains of Piedmont, and around the Gulf of Genoa, to the center of Italy, and thence south-east to the…A-pĕp'sy, n. p. 61(Med.) Defective digestion; indigestion. Coxe.Āp'er, n. p. 61One who apes.A-pē'ri-ent, a. p. 61(Med.) Having the quality of opening; laxative. Arbuthnot.A-pē'ri-ent, n. p. 61(Med.) A remedy that promotes excretion; a laxative.A-pĕr'i-tive, a. p. 61Serving to open; deobstruent; aperient. Harvey.A-pĕrt′, a. p. 61Open; evident; undisguised. [Obs.] Fotherby.A-pēr'tion, n. p. 61The act of opening, or the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or passage. [Rare.] Wiseman.A-pĕrt'ly, adv. p. 62Openly. [Rare.]A·pĕrt'ness, n. p. 62Openness. [Rare.] Holder.A-pĕrt'or, n. p. 62(Anat.) A muscle that raises the upper eyelid. Quincy.Ăp'er-tūre, n. p. 62The act of opening. [Obs.] Holder. 2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. “An aperture between the mountains.” Gilpin. 3. The…Āp'er-y, n. p. 62The practice of aping. Coleridge.A-pĕt'al-oŭs, a. p. 62(Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves; having no corol.A-pĕt'al-oŭs-ness, n. p. 62A state of being apetalous, or without petals.Ā′pex, n. p. 62The tip, point, or summit of any thing; specifically, (a.) The cap of an ancient flamen or priest. (b.) The crest of an ancient helmet. 2. The mark of a long syllable.A-phær'e-sĭs or A-phēr'e-sis p. 62Synop., § 130}, n. [Lat. aphæresis, Gr. ἀφαίρεσις, from ἀφαιρεῖν, to take away, from Gr. ἀπό, from, and αἱρεῖν, to take.] 1. (Gram.) The taking of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word.…Ăph'a-nip'ter-oŭs, a. p. 62Pertaining to the Aphaniptera, an order of apterous haustellate insects, of which the common flea is a type. Brande.Āph'a-nīte, n. p. 62(Min.) A very compact, dark-colored rock, consisting of pyroxene with some feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.A-phēl’ion, n. p. 62(Astron.) That point of a planet’s or comet’s orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being called the perihelion.A-phĭd'i-an, n. p. 62(Entom.) One of the genus Aphis.A-phĭd'i-an, a. p. 62Pertaining to the aphis.Ăph'i-dĭv'o-roŭs, a. p. 62Devouring, or subsisting on, the aphis, or plant-louse. Darwin.Ăph'i-lān'thro-py, n. p. 62Want of love to mankind; specifically (Med.), the first stage of melancholy, when solitude is preferred to society. Coxe.