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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-prōach', v. i. p. 67To come or go near, in place or time; to draw near; to advance nearer. Wherefore approached ye so nigh the city? 2 Sam. xi. 20. Wherefore exhorting each other; and so much the more as ye see the day…Ap-prōach', v. t. p. 68To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Rare.] Boyle. Even as a resolved general approaches his camp . . . as nearly as he can to the besieged city. W. Scott. 2. To come near to; to…Ap-prōach', n. p. 68The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. “The approach of summer.” Horsley. 2. Access, or opportunity of drawing near. “The approach to kings.” Bacon. 3. A passage or avenue by which…Ap-prōach'a-ble, a. p. 68Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue. Johnson.Ap-prōach'a-ble-ness, n. p. 68The state of being approachable.Ap-prōach'er, n. p. 68One who approaches.Ap-prōach'ing, n. p. 68(Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; — called, also, in-arching and grafting by approach.Ap-prōach'less, a. p. 68Impossible to be approached.Ap-prōach'ment, n. p. 68The act of approaching; approach. [Obs.] Holland.Ăp'pro-bate, a. p. 68Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.Ap'pro-bāte, v. t. p. 68To express approbation of; to manifest a liking, or degree of satisfaction. [Rare.] I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir Wm. Hamilton. This word, though rarely employed by English writers…Ăp'pro-bā'tion, n. p. 68The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; support; as, the laws of God require our approbation. “The silent approbation of…Ăp'pro-bā'tĭve, a. p. 68Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.Ăp'pro-bā'tor, n. p. 68One who approves. [Rare.]Ăp'pro-bā'to-ry, a. p. 68Containing or expressing approbation. “Letters approbatory.” J. Hall.Ap-prŏmpt', v. t. p. 68To quicken. [Obs.] “To apprompt our invention.” Bacon.Ap-prōof', n. p. 68Approval; commendation. [Obs.] Shak.Ap-prŏp'er-āte, v. t. p. 68To hasten; to speed. [Obs.] Bailey.Ap'pro-pin'quāte, v. i. p. 68To draw near. [Obs.] Bailey.Ap'pro-pin-quā'tion, n. p. 68A drawing nigh. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Ap-pro-pinq'ue, v. t. p. 68To approach. Hudibras.Ap-prō'pre, v. t. p. 68To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller.Ap-prō'pri-a-ble, a. p. 68Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Browne.Ap-prō'pri-a-ments, n. pl. p. 68Parts properly or peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualifications. [Obs.] If you can neglect Your own appropriaments, but praising that In others wherein you excel yourself, You shall be much beloved…Ap-prō'pri-āte, v. t. p. 68To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person…Ap-prō'pri-ate, a. p. 68Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. “In its strict and appropriate meaning.” Porteus. “Appropriate acts of divine worship.”…Ap-prō'pri-ate, n. p. 68An appurtenance; something belonging to another. [Obs.] Chapman.Ap-prō'pri-ate-ly, adv. p. 68In an appropriate or proper manner.Ap-prō'pri-ate-ness, n. p. 68The quality of being appropriate, or peculiarly suitable.Ap-prō'pri-ā'tion, n. p. 68The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground, for a park, of a right to one's…Ap-prō'pri-a-tive, a. p. 68Appropriating; making appropriation; as, an appropriative act. McCulloch.Ap-prō'pri-ā'tor, n. p. 68One who appropriates. 2. (Law.) One who is possessed of an appropriated benefice. Blackstone.Ap-prō'pri-e-ta-ry, n. p. 68(Law.) A lay possessor of the profits of a benefice. Spelman.Ap-prōv'a-ble, a. p. 68Worthy of being approved; meriting approbation; meritorious.Ap-prov'a-ble-ness, n. p. 68The quality of being approvable.Ap-prōv'al, n. p. 68Approbation. A censor . . . without whose approval no capital sentences are to be executed. Temple.Ap-prōv'ance, n. p. 68Approbation; approval. [Rare.] Thomson.Ap-prōv', v. t. p. 68To be pleased with; to think well of; to admit the propriety or excellence of; as, we approve the measures of administration; an approved writer. 2. To prove; to confirm. [Obs. or rare.] Wouldst thou…Ap-prov'ed-ly, adv. p. 68So as to secure approbation.Ap-prŏve'ment, n. p. 68Approbation; liking. [Obs.] I did nothing without your approvement. Hayward. 2. (Law.) (a.) A confession of guilt by prisoners charged with crime, together with an accusation of their accomplices and…Ap-prōv'er, n. p. 68One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. 2. (Eng. Law.) (a.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See APPROVEMENT. (b.) A bailiff or steward of a manor. Jacobs.Ap-prov'ing-ly, adv. p. 68In an approving manner.Ap-prŏx'i-mant, a. p. 68Approaching. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.Ap-prŏx'i-mate, a. p. 68Near; next; proximate. [Obs.] 2. (Chem. & Math.) Nearly approaching correctness; not carried out to perfect accuracy; as, approximate results, approximate values. 3. (Zool.) Arranged in the jaws so…Ap-prŏx'i-māte, v. t. p. 68To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. Aikin. To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. Burke.Ap-prŏx'i-māte, v. i. p. 68To come or draw near; to approach. Burke.Ap·prŏx'i·mate-ly, adv. p. 68With near approximation.Ap-prŏx/i-mā'tion, n. p. 68Act of approximating; a drawing, moving, or advancing or being near; approach. The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry…Ap-prŏx'i-mā'tive, a. p. 68Approaching; approximate.Ap-pui', n. p. 68A support or supporter; a prop. [Obs.] If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland.Ăp'pulse or Ap-pūlse', n. p. 68The act of striking against. “In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.” Holder. 2. Arrival; landing. [Rare.] Bryant. 3. (Astron.) The near approach of two heavenly bodies so that both are…Ap·pŭl'sion, n. p. 68The act of striking against.Ap-pŭl'sive, a. p. 68Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.Ap-pŭl'sive-ly, adv. p. 68By appulsion.Ap-pūr'te-nance, n. p. 68(Law.) That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing…Ap-pūr'te-nant, a. p. 68Belonging; pertaining; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenant (Law), that which is annexed to land, and is claimed by grant, or prescription…Ăp’ri-cāte, v. i. p. 68To bask in the sun; to sun one's self. [Obs.] Boyle.A-prĭc'i-ty, n. p. 68Sunshine. [Obs.] Blount.A'pri-cōt, n. p. 68[O. Eng. apricock, O. Eng. & Fr. abricot, Sp. albaricoque, albarcoque, albercoque, alvarcoque, It. albercocci, albicocca, Ger. apricose, Ar. al-birqūq, and al-burqūq. Though the Eng. and Fr. form…A'pril, n. p. 68The fourth month of the year.