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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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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.A-pŏs'tāte, v. i. p. 63To apostatize. [Obs.] Had Peter been truly inspired by God, and moved by his spirit to begin this war, he would not have apostated from his purpose. Fuller.Ap'o-stāt'ic-al, a. p. 63After the manner of an apostate. “An heretical and apostatical church.” Bp. Hall.A-pŏs'ta-tīze, v. i. p. 63To abandon one’s profession or church; to forsake principles or faith which one has professed, or the party to which one has been attached.A-pŏs'te-māte, v. i. p. 63To form into an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman.A-pŏs'te-mā'tion, n. p. 63The formation of an aposteme; the process of gathering into an abscess. [Written corruptly imposthumation.] Wiseman.Ap'os-tēm'a-tŏus, a. p. 63Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.Ăp'os-tēme, n. p. 63See APOSTASY.] An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly impothume.] Wiseman.A-pŏs'til, n. p. 63A marginal note on a letter or other paper. Motley.A-pŏs'tle, n. p. 63A person sent forth or deputed to execute some important business; specifically, one of the twelve disciples of Christ sent forth to preach the gospel. ☞ The title of apostle is also applied to…A-pŏs'tle-shĭp, n. p. 64The office or dignity of an apostle.A·pōs'tle-spoon, n. p. 64(Antiq.) A spoon of silver-gilt, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. B. Jonson.A·pōs'tō·late, n. p. 64A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. “When Judas had miscarried, and lost his apostolate.” Bp. Taylor.Ăp’os-tŏl'ic or Ăp’os-tŏl'ie-al, a. p. 64Pertaining or relating to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age. 2. According to the doctrines of the apostles…Ăp'os-tŏl'ic, n. p. 64(Eccl. Hist.) One of certain sects, who pretended to imitate the practice of the apostles, by abstaining from marriage, from wine, flesh, pecuniary reward, &c., and by wandering about clothed in…Ăp'os-tŏl'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 64In an apostolic manner.Ăp'os-tŏl'ic-al-ness, n. p. 64The quality of being apostolical, or accordant with the doctrines of the apostles.Ăp'os-tŏl'i-çĭsm or A-pŏs'to-lĭç'i-ty, n. p. 64The state or quality of being apostolical.A·pōs'tro·phe, n. p. 64(Gram.) (a.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by a comma placed above the line; as, call’d for called. (b.) The mark used to denote that a…Ăp'os·trŏph'ic, a. p. 64Pertaining to an apostrophe; noting the contraction of a word. Murray.A-pŏs'tro-phize, v. t. p. 64To address by apostrophe. 2. To contract by omitting a letter or letters. 3. To mark with an apostrophe, indicating the omission of a letter.A-pōs'tro-phize, v. i. p. 64To make an apostrophe, or short, detached address in speaking.Ap'os-tūme, n. p. 64Same as APOSTEME. Holland.A·p'o·tăc'tite, n. p. 64(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.A-pŏt'e-lesm, n. p. 64(Med.) The result or event of a disease. [Obs.] 2. (Astrol.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity. [Obs.] Bailey.Ap'o-tĕl'es-māt'ic, a. p. 64Relating to apotelesm; teaching by the science of the stars. “Apotelesmatic or judicial astrology.”A·pōth'e·ca·ry, n. p. 64One who prepares and sells drugs for medicinal purposes. In England, apothecaries also prescribe for diseases, acting as sub-physicians. Dunglison.Ap'o-thē'çi-ŭm, n. p. 64(Bot.) A cluster or case of spore-cells in lichens. Lindley.