APPORTIONED
APPO'RTIONED, Divided; set out or assigned in suitable parts or shares.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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APPORTIONER
APPO'RTIONER, noun One that apportions.
APPORTIONING
APPO'RTIONING, participle present tense Setting out in just proportions or shares.
APPORTIONMENT
APPO'RTIONMENT, noun The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a dividing and assigning to each proprietor his just portion of an undivided right or p...
APPOSE
APPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin appono. See Apposite.]1. To put questions; to examine. [See Post.]2. To apply.
APPOSER
APPO'SER, noun An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. In the English Court of Exchequer there is an officer called the foreign apposer This is ordinarily pronounce...
APPOSITE
AP'POSITE, adjective s as z. [Latin appositus, set or put to, from appono, of ad and pono, to put or place.]Suitable; fit; very applicable; well adapted; followed by to; as, thi...
APPOSITELY
AP'POSITELY, adverb Suitably; fitly; properly.
APPOSITENESS
AP'POSITENESS, noun Fitness; propriety; suitableness.
APPOSITION
APPOSI'TION, noun1. The act of adding to; addition; a setting to.By the opposition of new matter.2. In Grammar, the placing of two nouns, in the same case, without a connecting ...
APPRAISE
APPRA'ISE, verb transitive [Latin ad and pretium, price. See Price and Appreciate.]This word is written and often pronounced after the French and Italian manner. But generally i...
APPRAISEMENT
APPRA'ISEMENT, noun The act of setting the value; a valuation. [See Appreciate.]
APPRAISER
APPRA'ISER, noun One who values; appropriately a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods and estate. [See Apprizer.]
APPRECIABLE
APPRE'CIABLE, adjective apprishable. [See Appreciate.]1. That may be appreciated; valuable.2. That may be estimated; capable of being duly estimated.
APPRECIATE
APPRE'CIATE, verb transitive apprishate. [Latin ad and pretium, value, price. See Price.]1. To value; to set a price or value on; to estimate; as, we seldom sufficiently appreci...
APPRECIATED
APPRE'CIATED, participle passive Valued; prized; estimated; advanced in value.
APPRECIATING
APPRE'CIATING, participle present tense Setting a value on; estimating; rising in value.
APPRECIATION
APPRECIA'TION, noun1. A setting a value on; a just valuation or estimate of merit, weight, or any moral consideration.2. A rising in value; increase of worth or value.
APPREHEND
APPREHEND', verb transitive [Latin apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize.]1. To take or seize; to take hold of. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking...
APPREHENDED
APPREHEND'ED, participle passive Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared.
APPREHENDER
APPREHEND'ER, noun One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears.
APPREHENDING
APPREHEND'ING, participle present tense Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing.
APPREHENSIBLE
APPREHEN'SIBLE, adjective That may be apprehended or conceived.
APPREHENSION
APPREHEN'SION, noun1. The act of taking or arresting; as, the felon, after his apprehension escaped.2. The mere contemplation of things without affirming, denying, or passing an...
APPREHENSIVE
APPREHEN'SIVE, adjective1. Quick to understand; as, an apprehensive scholar.2. Fearful; in expectation of evil; as, we were apprehensive of fatal consequences.[This is the usual...
APPREHENSIVELY
APPREHEN'SIVELY, adverb In an apprehensive manner.
APPREHENSIVENESS
APPREHEN'SIVENESS, noun The quality of being apprehensive; readiness to understand; fearfulness.