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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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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.Ā'phis, n. p. 62(Entom.) The puceron, vine-fretter, or plant-louse; a genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera. The aphis has a short body, transparent wings, and jointed antennae. Some—usually females—are…Aph'lo-gis'tic, a. p. 62Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.A'ph'o-noûs, a. p. 62A-phōn'ic p. 62Without voice; voiceless.Aph'o-ny, n. p. 62(Med.) A loss of voice. Coxe.Ăph'o-rĭsm, n. p. 62A precept or principle expressed in a few words; a short sentence containing some important truth; as, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or of the civil law. The three ancient commentators on Hippocrates…Ăph'o-ris-măt'ic or Ăph'o-rĭs'mic, a. p. 62Pertaining to, or containing, aphorisms.