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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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Ap-pār'ençe or Ap-pār'en cy, n. p. 64Chaucer. Gower.Ap-pär'ent, a. p. 64Capable of being seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight or view. “The moon . . . apparent queen.” Milton. 2. Hence, beyond question or doubt; plain; evident; indubitable. It is…Ap-pâr'ent, n. p. 64Heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown, And on that quarrel use it to the death. Shak.Ap-pâr'ent-ly, adv. p. 64Plainly; clearly; with certainty; evidently. “If he should scorn me so apparently.” Shak. 2. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.Ap-pār'ent-ness, n. p. 64Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. Sherwood.Ăp'pa-ri'tion, n. p. 64Appearance; visibility. “The sudden apparition of the Spaniards.” Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. W. Scott. 2. The thing…Ăp’pa-rĭ’tion-al, a. p. 64Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions. And apparitional equal care for each. E. B. Browning.Ap-pär'i-tor, n. p. 64Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the…Ap-pau'me, n. p. 64(Her.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm. Burke.Ap-pāy', v. t. p. 64To satisfy or appease. [Obs.] Sidney.Ap-pēach', v. t. p. 64To accuse; to censure or reproach. And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.Ap-pēach'ment, n. p. 64Accusation. [Obs.] Wotton.Ap-pēal', v. i. p. 64(Law.) To remove a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of re-examination or for decision. Blount. Tomlins. I appeal to Cæsar. Acts xxv. 11. 2. To refer to another for…Ap-pēal′, v. t. p. 65To summon; to challenge. [Rare.] “Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists.” W. Scott. 2. (Law.) (a.) To remove, as a cause, from an inferior to a superior judge or court. We say, the cause…Ap-pēal', n. p. 65(Law.) (a.) The removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. (b.) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c.) The right of…Ap-pēal'/a-ble, a. p. 65Capable of being 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…Ap-pēal'ant, n. p. 65One who appeals. [Obs.] Shak.Ap-pēal'er, n. p. 65One who appeals.Ap-pēar', v. i. p. 65To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible. And God said, Let the dry land appear. Gen. i. 9. 2. To stand in presence of some superior, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons…Ap-pēar′, n. p. 65Appearance. [Obs.] Fletcher.Ap-pēar'ançe, n. p. 65The act of coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me. 2. A thing seen; a phenomenon; as, an appearance in the sky. 3. Semblance, or apparent…Ap-pēar'er, n. p. 65One who appears.Ap-pēar'ing-ly, adv. p. 65Apparently. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ap-pēas'a-ble, a. p. 65Capable of being appeased, quieted, calmed, or pacified.Ap-pēas'a-ble-ness, n. p. 65The quality of being appeasable.Ap-pēase', v. t. p. 65To 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. Syn.—To pacify; quiet; conciliate…Ap-pēase'ment, n. p. 65The act of appeasing; the state of being appeased or in peace. Hayward.Ap-pēas'er, n. p. 65One who appeases or pacifies.Ap-pēa'sĭve, a. p. 65Having the power to appease; mitigating; quieting.Ap-pĕl'lan-çy, n. p. 65Appeal; capability of appeal.Ap-pĕl'lant, n. p. 65(Law.) One who appeals, or removes a cause from a lower to a higher tribunal. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appeals from the Constitution Unigenitus to a general council. Hook. ☞ Party appellant (Law)…Ap-pĕl'late, n. p. 65A person appealed or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See APPELLEE.Ap-pĕl'late, a. p. 65Pertaining to, or having cognizance of, appeals. “Appellate jurisdiction.” Blackstone. “Appellate judges.” Burke. Appellate court, a court having cognizance of appeals.Ăp'pel-lā'tion, n. p. 65The word by which a thing is called and known; name; title. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume. 2. Act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn.—Name; title…Ap-pĕl'la-tĭve, a. p. 65Pertaining to a common name; being the common name of a species. Cudworth.Ap-pĕl'la-tĭve, n. p. 65A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of…Ap-pĕl'la-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 65According 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.…Ap-pĕl'la-tĭve-ness, n. p. 65The quality or condition of being appellative. Fuller.Ap-pĕl'la-to-ry, a. p. 65Containing an appeal. An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe.Ăp'pel-lee', n. p. 65(Law.) (a.) The defendant in an appeal; (b.) The person who is appealed, or prosecuted, by a private man for a crime. Blackstone.Ăp'pel-lôr', n. p. 65(Law.) (a.) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone. (b.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. Blount. Burrill. ☞ This word is…Ăp'pen-aġe, n. p. 65See APPANAGE.Ap-pĕnd', v. t. p. 65To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column. 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing…Ap-pĕnd'aġe, n. p. 65Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. “Modesty is the appendage of sobriety.” Bp. Taylor. Syn.—Addition; adjunct; concomitant.Ap-pĕnd'ançe, n. p. 65Something appendant. Spelman.Ap-pĕnd'ant, a. p. 65Hanging; annexed; attached; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Bp. Taylor. 2.…Ap-pĕnd'ant, n. p. 65That which belongs to another thing, as incidental or subordinate to it.Ap-pĕnd'en-cy, n. p. 65The state or condition of being appendant. [Obs.] Spelman.Ap-pĕnd'i-ēāte, v. t. p. 65To append; to add to. [Obs.] Hale.Ap-pĕnd′i-cā′tion, n. p. 65An appendage or adjunct. [Obs.] “Integrals and appendications to the visible world.” Hale.Ap-pĕnd'i-cle, n. p. 65A small appendage.Ap'pen-dic'ū-late, a. p. 65(Bot.) Having an appendage, as a leaf with lobes attached to the petiole, a calyx with expansions, or a corolla with a nectary. Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf. Withering.Ap-pĕn'dix, n. p. 65Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Hale. 2. Specifically, any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential…Ap-pēnse', a. p. 65(Bot.) Hung up to something above. London.Ap'per-cēive', v. t. p. 65To comprehend; to perceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ăp′per-çep′tion, n. p. 65(Metaph.) The mind’s additional or ad-perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; self-consciousness. Leibnitz. Reid. This feeling has been…Ap-pĕr'il, n. p. 65Peril; danger. [Obs.] Shak.Ăp'per-tāin', v. i. p. 65To belong or relate, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom. “Things appertaining to this life.” Hooker. Give it to him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.Ap'per-tâin'ment, n. p. 65That which appertains to something else; specifically, an appendage of rank or dignity. [Obs.] Shak.Ap-pêr'te-nance or Ap-pêr'te-nence, n. p. 65See APPURTENANCE.