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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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A-pŏc'ry-phal-ly, adv. p. 62In an apocryphal manner; uncertainly; not indisputably.A-pŏc'ry-phal-ness, n. p. 62Uncertainty as to authenticity; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.Ăp'o-cryph'ie-al, a. p. 62Apocryphal. (Obs.) “Certain apocryphical and ridiculous stories.” Bp. Bull.Ā'pod, a. p. 62Ap'od-ōūs p. 62Without feet. Swainson.Ăp'o-dal, a. p. 62Without feet. (Ichth.) Destitute of ventral fins, as the swordfish.Ap'ōde, n. p. 62One of certain animals that have no feet; especially one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. ☞ The Bird of Paradise formerly had the name Paradisa apoda, being supposed to have…Ăp'o-deic'tic or Ăp'o-deic'tic-al, a. p. 62Demonstrative; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. ☞ This spelling is better than apodictic.Ap'o-deic'tic-al-ly or Ap'o-dic'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 62So as to be evident beyond contradiction.Ap'o-dic'tic or Ap'o-dic'tic-al, a. p. 62Evident beyond contradiction. The argumentation is from a similitude, therefore not apodictic. Robinson.Ap-o-dĭx'is, n. p. 63Full demonstration. Buck.A-pŏd'o-sĭs, n. p. 63(Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause, which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence…a-pŏd'ĭ-tēr'ĭ-ŭm, n. p. 63(Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the Palaestra where a person took off his dress. Guilt.Ăp'o-gē'an, a. p. 63Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee. Bouvier.Ăp'o·gēe, n. p. 63(Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. ☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to…Ap'o·graph, n. p. 63An exemplar; a copy or transcript. Blount.Ăp'o-lĕp'sy, n. p. 63(Med.) Suppression; retention. Bailey.A-pŏl/li-nā/ri-an, a. p. 63(Rom. Antiq.) Pertaining to certain scenical games in honor of Apollo, instituted A. R. 542, after the battle of Cannæ.A-pŏl'li-nā'ri-an, n. p. 63(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect deriving their name from Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea, in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ, maintaining that his body was endowed with a…A-pŏl'lo, n. p. 63A deity among the Greeks and Romans, and worshiped under the various names of Pean, Nemius, Helius, Pythius, Phœbus, &c. He was the presiding deity of archery, prophecy, music, and medicine, and…A-pŏl'lo Bēl've-dēre' p. 63A celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed one of the noblest representations of the human frame. Brande.A-pŏl'ly-on or A-pŏll'yon, n. p. 63The destroyer; — a name used, Rev. ix. 11, for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.A-pŏl/o-gĕt'ic or A-pŏl/o-gĕt'ic-al, a. p. 63Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; excusing; as, an apologetic essay.A-pŏl/o-gĕt'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 63By way of apology or excuse.A-pŏl/o-gĕt'ics, n. pl. p. 63That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.A-pŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 63One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of another.A-pŏl'ō-gīze, v. i. p. 63To make an apology; to write or speak in favor, or to make excuse; to plead in defense;—followed by for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.Ă-pol'o-gīz'er, n. p. 63One who makes an apology.Ăp'o-lŏgue, n. p. 63A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey useful truths; a moral fable. ☞ An apologue differs from a parable in this: the parable is drawn from events which take place among…A-pŏl'o-gy, n. p. 63Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong or unjustifiable, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. 2. An…A-pŏl'o-gy, v. i. p. 63To offer an apology or excuse; to account. [Obs.] For which he can not well apology. J. Webster.Ap'o-me-om'e-try, n. p. 63The art of measuring things distant.Ap'o-neū-rōg'ra-phy, n. p. 63A description of aponeuroses. Dunglison.Ăp'o-neū-rōl'o-gy, n. p. 63The anatomy of aponeuroses. Dunglison.Ăp'o-neū-rō'sis, n. p. 63(Anat.) A white, shining membrane, composed of interlacing fibers, sometimes continuous with the muscular fiber, and differing from a tendon only in having a flat form. The aponeuroses serve several…Ăp'o-neū-rōt'ic, a. p. 63Pertaining to aponeurosis.Ap'o-neū-rōt'o-my, n. p. 63Dissections of aponeuroses, or tendinous expansions.Ap'o-pēmpt'ic, a. p. 63Sung or addressed to a stranger on his departure from a place to his own country;—applied to a kind of song or hymn among the ancients.A-pŏph'a-sis, n. p. 63(Rhet.) A waiving or omission of what one would plainly insinuate; as, “I will not mention another argument, which, however, if I should, you could not refute.”Ăp'o-phleg-măt'ic, a. p. 63(Med.) Having the quality of exciting discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils.Ap'o-phleg-māt'ic, n. p. 63(Med.) Something which excites discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils. Coxe.Ap'o-phleg'ma-tism, n. p. 63(Med.) Something which excites discharges of phlegm; an apophlegmatic. Bacon.Ap'o-phleg-māt'i-zant, n. p. 63An apophlegmatic.Ap'oph-thegm, n. p. 63See APOTHEGM.Ap'oph-theg-măt'ic-al, a. p. 63Same as APOTHEGMATICAL.A-pŏph'y-ge, n. p. 63(Arch.) That part of a column where it springs out of its base, usually shaped into a hollow;—called also the scape or spring of the column. Garl.A-pŏph'yl-līte or Āp'o-phȳl'lite, n. p. 63(Min.) A zeolitic mineral, occurring in pearly, laminated masses, or glassy, square prisms or octahedrons, which break very readily across, and afford a surface with a pearly luster. It consists of…A-pŏph'y-sĭs, n. p. 63(Anat.) A process or regular prominence or swelling; a prominent part of a bone, forming a continuous part of the body of the bone, in distinction from epiphysis. 2. (Bot.) The enlargement at the…Ap'o-plĕc'tic or Ap'o-plĕc'tic-al, a. p. 63Pertaining to, or consisting in, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic fit. 2. Predisposed to apoplexy; as, an apoplectic habit of body.Ap'o-plēe'tic, n. p. 63A person affected with apoplexy.Ăp'o-plex, n. p. 63Same as APOPLEXY. [Poet. and very rare.] Dryden.Ap'o-plexed, a. p. 63Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak.Ap'o-plēx'y, n. p. 63(Med.) A form of disease characterized by the sudden diminution or loss of sensation and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain. Dunglison.Ap'o-rē'tic-al, a. p. 63Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.A-pōr'i-a, n. p. 63(Rhet.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, as in the following example: “What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the stewardship. I cannot dig; to beg…A-pōs-i-o-pē'sis, n. p. 63(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, “I declare to you that his conduct — but we must not now lose time in…A-pŏs'ta-sy, n. p. 63An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party.A-pŏs'ta-tā, n. p. 63An apostate. [Obs.] To punish this apostata with death. Massinger.A-pŏs'tāte, n. p. 63One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) One who, without a legal dispensation, forsakes a religious order, of which he has made…A-pŏs'tāte, a. p. 63Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy, or defection from one's original principles. “So spake the apostate angel.” Milton. “A wretched and apostate state.” Steele.