APPERTAINMENT
APPERTA'INMENT, noun That which belongs.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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APPERTA'INMENT, noun That which belongs.
APPER'TENENCE, noun [See Appurtenance.]
APPER'TINENT, adjective Belonging; now written appurtenant.APPER'TINENT, noun That which belongs to something else. obsolete [See Appurtenance.]
AP'PETENCE,AP'PETENCY, noun [Latin appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, supplicate or seek, compound. Eng. bid. The primary sense is to strain, ...
AP'PETENCY, n. [L. appetentia, appetens, from appeto, to desire; of ad and peto, to ask, supplicate or seek, compound. Eng. bid. The primary sense is to strain, to urge or press...
AP'PETENT, adjective Desiring; very desirous.
APPETIBIL'ITY, noun The quality of being desirable for gratification.
AP'PETIBLE, adjective [Low Latin appetibilis, from appeto. Desirable; that may be the object of sensual desire.
AP'PETITE, noun [Latin appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence.]1. The natural desire of pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Appetite...
APPETI'TION, noun [Latin appetitio.] Desire. [Rarely used.]
AP'PETITIVE, adjective That desires; that has the quality of desiring gratification; as appetitive power or faculty.
AP'PIAN, adjective Designating something that belongs to Appius, particularly a way from Rome through Capua to Brundusium, now Brindisi, constructed by Appius Claudius adjective...
APPLAUD', verb transitive [Latin applaudo; ad and plaudo, to make a noise by clapping the hands; Eng. loud.]1. To praise by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant...
APPLAUD'ED, participle passive Praised by acclamation, or other means; commended.
APPLAUD'ER, noun One who praises or commends.
APPLAUD'ING, participle present tense praising by acclamation; commending.
APPLAUSE', noun s as z. [Latin applausus.]A shout of approbation; approbation and praise, expressed by clapping the hands, acclamation or huzzas; approbation expressed. in antiq...
APPLAU'SIVE, adjective Applauding; containing applause.
AP'PLE, noun1. The fruit of the apple tree, [pyrus malus,] from which cider is made.2. The apple of the eye is the pupil.Apple of love, or love apple the tomato, or lycopersicum...
AP'PLE-GRAFT, noun A scion of the appletree engrafted.
AP'PLE-HARVEST, noun The gathering of apples, or the time of gathering.
AP'PLE-PIE, noun a pie made of apples stewed or baked, inclosed in paste, or covered with paste, as in England.
AP'PLE-SAUCE, noun A sauce made of stewed apples.
AP'PLE-TART, noun A tart made of apples baked on paste.
AP'PLE-TREE, noun A tree arranged by Linne under the genus pyrus. The fruit of this tree is indefinitely various. The crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which ...
AP'PLE-WOMAN, noun A woman who sells apples and other fruit.
AP'PLE-YARD, noun An orchard; an inclosure for apples.