6. The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
7. The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater.
J. Jay.
8. The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
9. A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. Ð Ap¶pliÏcaÏtiveÏly, adv.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv. By way of application.
Ap¶pliÏcaÏtoÏry, a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. Ð n. That which applies.
ApÏpli¶edÏly (?), adv. By application. [R.]
ApÏpli¶er (?), n. He who, or that which, applies.
ApÏpli¶ment (?), n. Application. [Obs.]
Marston
Ø Ap·pli·qu‚¶ (?; 277), a. [F., fr. appliquer to put on.] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqu‚ lace; appliqu‚ work.
ApÏplot¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting.] [Pref. adÏ + plot.] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
Milton.
ApÏplot¶ment (?), n. Apportionment.
ApÏply¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.] 1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); Ð with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
He said, and the sword his throat applied.
Dryden.
2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
Yet God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
Milton.
4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply thine heart unto instruction.
Prov. xxiii. 12.
5. To direct or address. [R.]
Sacred vows... applied to grisly Pluto.
Pope.
6. To betake; to address; to refer; Ð used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help.
Johnson.
7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
She was skillful in applying his ½humors.¸
Sir P. Sidney.
8. To visit. [Obs.]
And he applied each place so fast.
Chapman.
Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. Ð Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.
ApÏply¶, v. i. 1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
2. To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.
3. To ply; to move. [R.]
I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water.
T. Moore.
4. To ~ or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
Ø ApÏpog·giaÏtu¶ra (?), n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; apÏ (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; Ð generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.
ApÏpoint¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Appointing.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a salary, refer a cause, fr. LL. appunctare to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement; L. ad + punctum a point. See Point.] 1. To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
When he appointed the foundations of the earth.
Prov. viii. 29.
2. To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
2 Sam. xv. 15.
He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness.
Acts xvii. 31.
Say that the emperor request a parley... and appoint the ??eeting.
Shak.
2. To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.
Num. iv. 19.
These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
Josh. xx. 9.
4. To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn.
Hayward.
5. To point at by way, or for the purpose? of censure or commendation; to arraign. [Obs.]
Appoint not heavenly disposition.
Milton.
6. (Law) To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; Ð said of an estate already conveyed.
Burrill. Kent.
To ~ one's self, to resolve. [Obs.]
Crowley.
ApÏpoint¶ (?), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.
For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithoph?l.
2 Sam. xvii. 14.
ApÏpoint¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appointed or constituted.
ApÏpointÏee¶ (?), n. [F. appoint‚, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.] 1. A person appointed.
The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees.
Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).
2. (law) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
Kent. Wharton.
ApÏpoint¶er (?), n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment.
Kent.
ApÏpoint¶ive (?), a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]
ApÏpoint¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. appointement.] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
2. The state of being appointed to som? service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
4. Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
According to the appointment of the priests.
Ezra vi. 9.
5. (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a ½power of ~¸) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments.
Prescott.
I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands
Void of appoinment, that thou liest.
Beau. & Fl.
7. An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; Ð properly only in the plural. [Obs.]
An expense proportioned to his appointments and fortune is necessary.
Chesterfield.
8. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Syn. - Designation; command; order; direction; establishment; equipment.
ApÏpointÏor¶ (?), n. (Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
ApÏpor¶ter (?), n. [Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear.] A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
ApÏpor¶tion (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
ApÏpor¶tionÏateÏness (?), n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [Obs. & R.]
ApÏpor¶tionÏer (?), n. One who apportions.
ApÏpor¶tionÏment (?), n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.
A. Hamilton.
ApÏpose¶ (?), v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
The nymph herself did then appose,
For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
ApÏpose¶, v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose.
To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
Tyndale.
ApÏposed¶ (?), a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
ApÏpos¶er (?), n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
Ap¶poÏsite (?), a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; Ð followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏly, adv. Ð Ap¶poÏsiteÏness, n.
Ap·poÏsi¶tion (?), n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion.
It grows... by the apposition of new matter.
Arbuthnot.
2. The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
3. (Gram.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first.
Growth by ~ (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.
Ap·poÏsi¶tionÏal (?), a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
Ellicott.
ApÏpos¶iÏtive (?), a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. Ð n. A noun in apposition. Ð ApÏpos¶iÏtiveÏly, adv.
Appositive to the words going immediately before.
Knatchbull.
ApÏprais¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being appraised.
ApÏprais¶al (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
ApÏpraise¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. adÏ + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
2. To estimate; to conjecture.
Enoch... appraised his weight.
Tennyson.
3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.]
R. Browning.
Appraised the Lycian custom.
Tennyson.
µ In the United States, this word is often pronounced, and sometimes written, apprize.
ApÏpraise¶ment (?), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizement.] The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.
ApÏprais¶er (?), n. [See Appraise, Apprizer.] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
Ap·preÏca¶tion , n. [L. apprecari to pray to; ad + precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer.] Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.]
A solemn apprecation of good success.
Bp. Hall.
Ap¶preÏcaÏtoÏry (?), a. Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]½Apprecatory benedictions.¸
Bp. Hall.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏble (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚ciable.] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏbly, adv.
ApÏpre¶ciÏant (?), a. Appreciative. [R.]
ApÏpre¶ciÏate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating.] [L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise.] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
To appreciate the motives of their enemies.
Gibbon.
2. To recognize the worth of; to esteem highly; as, I am afraid you do not appreciate my friend.
3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; Ð opposed to depreciate. [U.S.]
Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money.
Ramsay.
4. To be sensible of; to distinguish.
To test the power of b??s to appreciate color.
Lubbock.
Syn. - To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem. Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. ½Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;¸ and another remarks, ½It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using.¸ So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, ½It requires a pe??liar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;¸ ½He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;¸ ½The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.¸ Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an ½ominous silence¸ which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, ½If you knew now to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.¸ In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, ½I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request.¸ Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence.
ApÏpre¶ciÏate, v. i. To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.]
J. Morse.
ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tingÏly (?), adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation.
ApÏpre·ciÏa¶tion (?), n. [Cf. F. appr‚ciation.] 1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.
J. R. Green.
3. A rise in value; Ð opposed to depreciation.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtive (?), a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏly, adv.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtiveÏness, n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence.
ApÏpre¶ciÏa·tor (?), n. One who appreciates.
ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏry (?), a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. Ð ApÏpre¶ciÏaÏtoÏriÏly (?), adv.
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Ap·preÏhend¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprehending.] [L. apprehendere; ad + prehendere to lay hold of, seize; prae before + Ïhendere (used only in comp.); akin to Gr. ? to hold, contain, and E. get: cf. F. appr‚hender. See Prehensile, Get.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. [Archaic]
We have two hands to apprehended it.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.
3. To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
Fuller.
The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
Gladstone.
4. To know or learn with certainty. [Obs.]
G. You are too much distrustful of my truth.
E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend
The means and manner how.
Beau. & Fl.
5. To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
Macaulay.
Syn. - To catch; seize; arrest; detain; capture; conceive; understand; imagine; believe; fear; dread. Ð To Apprehend, Comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehended many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. ½We may apprehended much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters.¸
Trench.
Ap·preÏhend¶, v. i. 1. To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
2. To be apprehensive; to fear.
It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Rowe.
Ap·preÏhend¶er (?), n. One who apprehends.
Ap·preÏhen·siÏbi¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being apprehensible. [R.]
De Quincey.
Ap·preÏhen¶siÏble (?), a. [L. apprehensibilis. See Apprehend.] Capable of being apprehended or conceived. ½Apprehensible by faith.¸ Bp. Hall. Ð Ap·ÏpreÏhen¶siÏbly, adv.
Ap·preÏhen¶sion (?), n. [L. apprehensio: cf. F. appr‚hension. See Apprehend.] 1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Sir T. Browne.
2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
Simple apprehension denotes no more than the soul's naked intellection of an object.
Glanvill.
4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
µ In this sense, the word often denotes a belief, founded on sufficient evidence to give preponderation to the mind, but insufficient to induce certainty; as, in our apprehension, the facts prove the issue.
To false, and to be thought false, is all one in respect of men, who act not according to truth, but apprehension.
South.
5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life.
Addison.
Syn. - Apprehension, Alarm. Apprehension springs from a sense of danger when somewhat remote, but approaching; alarm arises from danger when announced as near at hand. Apprehension is calmer and more permanent; alarm is more agitating and transient.
Ap·preÏhen¶sive (?), a. [Cf. F. appr‚hensif. See Apprehend.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive... friend, is listening to our talk.
Hawthorne.
2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.
Jer. Taylor.
3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
Judgment... is implied in every apprehensive act.
Sir W. Hamilton.
4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
Tillotson.
Reformers... apprehensive for their lives.
Gladstone.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.
Milton.
Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏly, adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Ap·preÏhen¶siveÏness, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.
ApÏpren¶tice (?), n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice.] 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.]
Blackstone.
ApÏpren¶tice , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing .] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
ApÏpre¶ticeÏage , n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
ApÏpren¶ticeÏhood, n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
ApÏpren¶ticeÏship, n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twentyÐone).
ApÏpressed¶, ApÏprest¶ } , a. [p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.) Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,
Gray.
ApÏprise¶ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.] [ F. appris, fem. apprise, p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.] To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; Ð followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
ApÏprise¶, n. Notice; information. [Obs.]
Gower.
ApÏpriz¶al , n. See Appraisal.
ApÏprize¶ , v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
ApÏprize¶ment , n. Appraisement.
ApÏpriz¶er , n. 1. An appraiser.
2. (Scots Law) A creditor for whom an appraisal is made.
Sir W. Scott.
ApÏproach¶ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Approached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw ?igh; to advance nearer.
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?
2 Sam. xi. 20.
But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Heb. x. 25.
2. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
ApÏproach¶, v. t. 1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. [Archaic]
Boyle.
2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer.
Temple.
3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
ApÏproach¶, n. [Cf. F. approche. See Approach, v. i.] 1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. ½The approach of summer.¸
Horsley.
A nearer approach to the human type.
Owen.
2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
The approach to kings and principal persons.
Bacon.
3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Macaulay.
5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
6. (Hort.) See Approaching.
ApÏproach·aÏbil¶iÏty (?), n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
ApÏproach¶aÏble (?), a. Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
ApÏproach¶aÏbleÏness, n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
ApÏproah¶er (?), n. One who approaches.
ApÏproach¶ing, n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; Ð called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.
ApÏproach¶less, a. Impossible to be approached.
ApÏproach¶ment (?), n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic]
Holland.
Ap¶proÏbate (?), a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.]
Elyot.
Ap¶proÏbate (?), v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.
µ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house.
Pickering (1816).
Ap·proÏba¶tion (?), n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Many... joined in a loud hum of approbation.
Macaulay.
The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.
Animals... love approbation or praise.
Darwin.
3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]
This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation.
Shak.
Syn. - Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. Ð Approbation, Approval. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. ½We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.¸ ½He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.¸ ½The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.¸
Ap¶proÏbaÏtive (?), a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation.
Milner.
Ap¶proÏbaÏtiveÏness, n. 1. The quality of being approbative.
2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.
Ap¶proÏba·tor (?), n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]
Ap¶proÏba·toÏry (?), a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.
Sheldon.
ApÏpromt¶ (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. adÏ + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]
To appromt our invention.
Bacon.
ApÏproof¶ (?), n. [See Approve, and Proof.] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic]
Shak.
2. Approval; commendation.
Shak.
Ap·proÏpin¶quate (?), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic]
Ld. Lytton.
Ap·proÏpinÏqua¶tion (?), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.]
Bp. Hall.
Ap·proÏpin¶quiÏty (?), n. [Pref. adÏ + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.]
J. Gregory.
ApÏpro¶pre (?), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.]
Fuller.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏble (?), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
Sir T. Browne.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏment (?), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.[Obs.]
If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments.
Ford.
ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.] Set 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.
Stillingfleet.
It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas.
Locke.
ApÏpro¶priÏat? (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appropriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Appropriating (?).] 1. To 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 or use, in exclusion of all others; Ð with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.
3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic]
Paley.
4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.
Blackstone.
ApÏpro¶priÏate (?), n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
ApÏpro¶priÏateÏly, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
ApÏpro¶priÏateÏness, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
Froude.
ApÏpro·priÏa¶tion (?), n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.] 1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.
2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.
The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation.
Macaulay.
3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone. (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.
Chitty.
ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtive (?), a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. Ð ApÏpro¶priÏaÏtiveÏness, n.
ApÏpro¶priÏa·tor (?), n. 1. One who appropriates.
2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.
Blackstone.
ApÏprov¶aÏble (?), a. Worthy o? be?? approved; meritorious. Ð ApÏprov¶aÏbleÏness, n.
ApÏprov¶al (?), n. Approbation; sanction.
A censor... without whose approval n? capital sentences are to be executed.
Temple.
Syn. - See Approbation.
ApÏprov¶ance (?), n. Approval. [Archaic]
A parents... deign approvance.
Thomson.
ApÏprove¶ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to ~, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, ~, prove. See Prove, and cf. Approbate.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience.
Milton.
2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Opportunities to approve... worth.
Emerson.
He had approved himself a great warrior.
Macaulay.
'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
Byron.
His account... approves him a man of thought.
Parkman.
3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a courtÐmartial.
4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
Rog???.
µ This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.
They had not approved of the deposition of James.
Macaulay.
They approved of the political institutions.
W. Black.
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