Webster's Dictionary 1828

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APACE

APA'CE, adverb [a and pace.]With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily; with haste; hastily; applied to things in motion or progression; as, birds fly apace; weeds grow apace

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APAGOGE

AP'AGOGE,APAGOG'ICAL, adjective An apagogical demonstration is an indirect way of proof, by showing the absurdity or impossibility of the contrary.

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APAGOGY

AP'AGOGY, noun [Gr. from, to draw aside, of from and to drive.]1. In logic abduction; a kind of argument, wherein the greater extreme is evidently contained in the medium, but t...

2947

APALACHIAN

APALACH'IAN, adjective Pertaining to the Apalaches, a tribe of Indians, in the westen part of Georgia. Hence the word is applied to the mountains in or near their country, which...

2948

APANTHROPY

APAN'THROPY, noun [Gr. from, and man.]An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

2949

APARITHMESIS

APARITH'MESIS, noun [Gr.] In rhetoric, enumeration.

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APART

AP'ART, adverb [a and part; See Part.]1. Separately; at a distance; in a state of separation, as to place.Jesus departed thence into a desert place apart Math. 14.2. In a state ...

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APARTMENT

AP'ARTMENT, noun [See Part.]A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions; a place separated by inclosure.

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APATHETIC

APATHET'IC, adjective Void of feeling; free from passion; insensible.

2953

APATHY

AP'ATHY, noun [Gr. passion.]Want of feeling; an utter privation of passion, or insensibility to pain; applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is stoic...

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APATITE

AP'ATITE, noun [From Gr. to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.]A variety of phosphate of lime; generally crystallized in low, flat, hexahedral prisms, so...

2955

APE

APE, noun1. A genus of quadrupeds, found in the torrid zone of both continents, of a great variety of species. In common use, the word extends to all the tribe of monkeys and ba...

2956

APEAK

APE'AK, adverb [a and peak, a point. See peak.]1. One the point; in a posture to pierce.2. In seamen's language, perpendicular. The anchor is apeak when the cable is drawn so as...

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APENNINE

AP'ENNINE, adjective [Latin apenninus; ad and penninus, an epithet applied to a peak or ridge of the Alps.]Pertaining to or designating a chain of mountains, which extend from t...

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APENNINES

AP'ENNINES, noun The mountains above described.

2959

APEPSY

APEP'SY, noun [Gr. diges.]Defective digestion; indigestion. [Little used.]

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APER

A'PER, noun One who apes. in zoology, the wild boar.

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APERIENT

APE'RIENT, adjective [Latin aperiens, aperio.]Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; laxative.APE'RIENT, noun a medicine which promoties the circulation of the f...

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APERITIVE

APER'ITIVE, adjective Opening; deobstruent; aperient.

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APERT

APERT', adjective [Latin apertus.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Not used.]

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APERTION

APER'TION, noun The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or passage. [Little used.]

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APERTLY

APERT'LY, adverb Openly [Little used.]

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APERTNESS

APERT'NESS, noun [Latin apertus.] Openness. [Rarely used.]

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APERTOR

APERT'OR, noun A muscle that raises the upper eye lid.

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APERTURE

AP'ERTURE, noun1. The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole through any solid substance.2. An opening of meaning; expla...

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APETALOUS

APET'ALOUS, adjective [Gr. a flower-leaf or petal.]In botany, having no petals, or flower-leaves; having no corol.

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APETALOUSNESS

APET'ALOUSNESS, noun A state of being without petals.