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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-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.Ap-pêr'ti-nent, a. p. 65Belonging. [Now written appurtenant.]Ap-pêr'ti-nent, n. p. 65That which belongs to something else. [Obs.] See APPURTENANCE. Shak.Ap-pētē', v. t. p. 65To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ap'pe-tençe or Ap'pe-ten-cy, n. p. 65Fixed and strong natural desire; eager appetite; as, appetence for food, for rest, &c.; specifically, an inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in…Ap'pe-tent, a. p. 65Desiring; very desirous. [Rare.] “Appetent after glory and renown.” Sir G. Buck.Ap'pe-ti-bil'i-ty, n. p. 65The quality of being desirable for gratification. Bramhall.Ăp'pe-ti-ble, a. p. 65Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of sensual desire. [Obs.] Browne.Ăp'pe-ti-ble, n. p. 65Object of desire. [Obs.] South.Ăp'pe-tīte, n. p. 65The desire of some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite is whatever sensible good may be wished for. Hooker. 2. Specifically, a desire of food or drink.…Ăp'pe-tĭ'tion, n. p. 66Desire; instinct; appetite. [Rare.] Holland.Ăp'pe-tī'tive, a. p. 66Having appetite; having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. Hale.Ăp'pe-tīze, v. i. p. 66To create an appetite; to increase or whet the appetite. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. W. Scott.Ăp'pe-tīz'er, n. p. 66Something which creates or whets an appetite.Ăp'pi-an, a. p. 66Pertaining to Appius;—used to designate a way from ancient Rome through Capua to Brundusium, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, 313 B. C.Ap-plaud', v. t. p. 66To praise by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak. 2. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to…Ap-plaud'er, n. p. 66One who applauds, praises, or commends.Ap-plause', n. p. 66The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, beating with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; commendation. The brave man seeks not popular…Ap-plau'sĭve, a. p. 66Applauding; containing applause; plausive. Chapman.Ăp'ple, n. p. 66A well-known fruit-tree of the genus Pyrus; the apple-tree, Pyrus malus of Linnæus. ☞ The European crab-apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. The fruit of…Ăp'ple, v. t. p. 66To form like an apple. Marshall.Ăp'ple-blīght, n. p. 66The aphis or plant-louse, which injures apple-trees.Ăp'ple-brăn'dy or Ăp'ple-jăck, n. p. 66Brandy made from apples. [Amer.] Bartlett.Ăp'ple-bŭt'ter, n. p. 66A sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. [Amer.] Bartlett.Ăp'ple-dŭmp'ling, n. p. 66A dumpling containing an apple.Ăp'ple-fāçed, a. p. 66Having a round, broad face, like an apple. “Apple-faced children.” Dickens.Ăp'ple-jŏhn, n. p. 66A kind of apple which is not ripe till late in the season, and is considered in perfection when shriveled and withered. Shak.Ăp'ple-pīe, n. p. 66A pie made of apples inclosed in paste, or covered with paste. Apple-pie order, perfect order or arrangement. Halliwell.—Apple-pie bed, a bed made up somewhat in the fashion of an apple-turnover, the…Ăp'ple-squīre, n. p. 66A kept gallant. [Obs.] Hall. 2. A page. [Obs.] Marston. 3. A pimp; a pander. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 4. A wittol. [Obs.] Nomenclator, 1685.Ăp'ple-tree, n. p. 66The tree which bears apples: a species of the genus Pyrus (P. malus); its varieties are very numerous. Loudon.Ap-pli'a-ble, a. p. 66Capable of being applied; applicable. Howell.Ap-pli'ance, n. p. 66The act of applying. 2. The thing applied or used; as, to use various appliances; a machine with its appliances. [A sense much used of late.]Ăp'pli-ca-bil'i-ty, n. p. 66The quality of being applicable, or fit to be applied.Ăp'pli-ca-ble, a. p. 66Capable of being applied: fit to be applied, as related to a thing; that may have relation, as to something; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.Ăp'pli-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 66The quality of being applicable; fitness to be applied. Boyle.Ăp'pli-ca-bly, adv. p. 66In such a manner that it may be applied fitly.Ăp'pli-can-cy, n. p. 66The state of being applicable.Ăp'pli-cant, n. p. 66One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be the Messias. Plumtree. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.