APOSTROPHIZED
APOS'TROPHIZED, participle passive Addressed by way of digression; contracted by the omission of a letter or letters; marked by an apostrophy.
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APOSTROPHIZING
APOS'TROPHIZING, participle present tense Addressing in a digression; contracting or marking by apostrophy.
APOSTROPHY
APOS'TROPHY, noun [Gr. from and a turning.]1. In rhetoric, a diversion of speech; a digressive address; a changing the course of a speech, and addressing a person who is dead or...
APOSTUME
AP'OSTUME, noun An aposteme, which see.
APOTACTITE
APOTAC'TITE, noun [Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.]One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.
APOTHECARY
APOTH'ECARY, noun [Latin and Gr. apotheca, a repository, from to deposit or lay aside, or from a chest.]1. One who practices pharmacy; one who prepares drugs for medicinal uses,...
APOTHEGM
AP'OTHEGM,AP'OTHEM, noun [See Apophthegm.]A remarkable saying; a short, instructive remark.
APOTHEGMATIC
APOTHEGMAT'IC,APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, adjective In the manner of an apothem.
APOTHEGMATICAL
APOTHEGMAT'ICAL, a. In the manner of an apothem.
APOTHEGMATIST
APOTHEG'MATIST, noun A collector or maker of apothems.
APOTHEGMATIZE
APOTHEG'MATIZE, verb transitive To utter apothems or short instructive sentences.
APOTHEM
AP'OTHEM, noun [Gr. from, and word. It would be eligible to reduce this harsh word to apothem]A remarkable saying; a short, sententious, instructive remark, uttered on a particu...
APOTHEME
AP'OTHEME, noun [See Apothecary.]In Russia, an apothecary's shop, or a shop for the preparation and sale of medicines.
APOTHEOSIS
APOTHE'OSIS, noun [Gr. of God.]Deification; consecration; the act of placing a prince or other distinguished person among the heathen deities. This honor was often bestowed on i...
APOTHESIS
APOTH'ESIS, noun [Gr. to put back.]1. The reduction of a dislocated bone.2. A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books...
APOTOME
APOT'OME,APOT'OMY, noun [Gr. to cut off.]1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable quantities.2. In music, that portion of a tone major which remains after d...
APOTOMY
APOT'OMY, n. [Gr. to cut off.]1. In mathematics, the difference between two incommensurable quantities.2. In music, that portion of a tone major which remains after deducting fr...
APOTREPSIS
APOTREP'SIS, noun [Gr. to turn.] The resolution of a suppurating tumor.
APOTROPY
AP'OTROPY, noun [Gr. to turn.]In ancient poetry, a verse or hymn composed for averting the wrath of incensed deities. The deities invoked were called apotropeans.
APOZEM
AP'OZEM, noun [Gr. to boil.]A decoction, in which the medicinal substances of plants are extracted by boiling.
APOZEMICAL
APOZEM'ICAL, adjective Like a decoction.
APPAIR
APPA'IR, verb transitive To impair. [Not in use.]APPA'IR, verb intransitive To degenerate. [Not in use.]
APPALL
APPALL', verb transitive [Latin palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]1. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses i...
APPALLED
APPALL'ED, participle passive Depressed or disheartened with fear; reduced.
APPALLING
APPALL'ING, participle present tense Depressing occasioned by fear; discouragement.
APPALLMENT
APPALL'MENT, noun Depression occasioned by fear; discouragement.
APPANAGE
AP'PANAGE, noun1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their patrimony; but on condition of the failure of male offspring, they were to reve...