APPROPINQUATE
APPROPIN'QUATE, verb intransitive] Latin appropinquo.] To draw near. [Not used.]
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APPROPINQUATION
APPROPINQUA'TION, noun A drawing night. [Not used.]
APPROPINQUE
APPROPINQUE, verb intransitive To approach. [Not used.]
APPROPRIABLE
APPRO'PRIABLE, adjective [From appropriate.]That may be appropriated; that may be set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use.
APPROPRIATE
APPRO'PRIATE, verb transitive [Latin ad and proprius, private, peculiar. See Proper.]1. To set apart for, or assign to a particular use, in exclusion of all other uses; as, a sp...
APPROPRIATED
APPRO'PRIATED, participle passive Assigned to a particular use; claimed or used exclusively; annexed to an ecclesiastical corporation.
APPROPRIATENESS
APPRO'PRIATENESS, noun Peculiar fitness; the quality of being appropriate, or peculiarly suitable.
APPROPRIATING
APPRO'PRIATING, participle present tense Assigning to a particular person or use; claiming or using exclusively; severing to the perpetual use of an ecclesiastical corporation.
APPROPRIATION
APPROPRIA'TION, noun1. The act of sequestering, or assigning to a particular use or person, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose; as, of a piece o...
APPROPRIATOR
APPRO'PRIATOR, noun1. One who appropriates.2. One who is possessed of an appropriated benefice.
APPROPRIETARY
APPRO'PRIETARY, noun A lay possessor of the profits of a benefice.
APPROVABLE
APPROV'ABLE, adjective [See Approve.]That may be approved; that merits approbation.
APPROVAL
APPROV'AL, noun Approbation. [See Approve.]
APPROVANCE
APPROV'ANCE, noun Approbation. [See Approve.]
APPROVE
APPROVE', verb transitive [Latin approbo; of ad and probo, to prove or approve See Approbate, Prove and Proof.]1. To like; to be pleased with; to admit the propriety of; as, we ...
APPROVED
APPROV'ED, participle passive Liked; commended; shown or proved to be worthy of approbation; having the approbation and support of.Study to show thyself approved to God. 2 Timot...
APPROVEMENT
APPROVE'MENT, noun1. Approbation; liking.2. In law, when a person indicated for felony or treason, and arraigned, confesses the fact before plea pleaded, and appeals or accuses ...
APPROVER
APPROV'ER, noun1. One who approves. Formerly one who proves or makes trial.2. In law, one who confesses a crime and accuses another. [See Approvement.] Also, formerly, one who h...
APPROVING
APPROV'ING, participle present tense Liking; commending; giving or expressing approbation.APPROV'ING, adjective Yielding approbation; as an approving conscience.
APPROXIMANT
APPROX'IMANT, adjective Approaching. [Not used.]
APPROXIMATE
APPROX'IMATE, adjective [Latin ad and proximus, next. See approach.]Nearest to; next; near to. [This word is superseded by proximate.]APPROX'IMATE, verb transitive To carry or a...
APPROXIMATION
APPROXIMA'TION, noun1. Approach; a drawing, moving or advancing near.2. In arithmetic and algebra, a continual approach or coming nearer and nearer to a root or other quantity, ...
APPROXIMATIVE
APPROX'IMATIVE, adjective Approaching; that approaches.
APPULSE
APPULSE, noun appuls;. [Latin appulsus, of ad and pello, to drive.]1. The act of striking against; as in all consonants there is an appulse of he organs.2. In astronomy, the app...
APPULSION
APPUL'SION, noun The act of striking against by a moving body.
APPULSIVE
APPUL'SIVE, adjective Striking against; driving towards; as, the appulsive influence of the planets.
APPURTENANCE
APPUR'TENANCE, noun so written for appertenance. See Appertain.]That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage. Appropriately, such buildings, rights and improve...