Webster's Dictionary 1913

4969

Apaches

A‐pa″ches (�), n. pl.; sing. Apache (�). (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

4970

Apagoge

Ap′a‐go″ge (�), n.(Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

4971

Apagogic

{ Ap′a‐gog″ic (�), Ap′a‐gog″ic‐al (�), } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley.

4972

Apaid

A‐paid″ (�), a. Paid; pleased. Chaucer.

4973

Apair

A‐pair″ (�), v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. Chaucer.

4974

Apalachian

Ap′a‐la″chi‐an, a. See Appalachian.

4975

Apanage

Ap″an‐age, n. Same as Appanage.

4976

Apanthropy

A‐pan″thro‐py (�), n. An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

4977

Apar

‖A″par (�), A″pa‐ra (�), n. [Native name apara.] (Zoöl.) See Mataco.

4978

Aparejo

‖A′pa‐re″jo (�), n. A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

4979

Aparithmesis

‖Ap′a‐rith″me‐sis (?; 277), n.(Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.

4980

Apart

A‐part″ (�), adv. [F. à part; (L. ad) + part part. See Part.] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.Others apart sat on a hil...

4981

Apartment

A‐part″ment (�), n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.] 1. A room in a building; a divis...

4982

Apartment house

A‐part″ment house. A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., f...

4983

Apartness

A‐part″ness (�), n. The quality of standing apart.

4984

Apastron

‖Ap‐as″tron (�), n.(Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

4985

Apathetic

Ap′a‐thet″ic (�), Ap′a‐thet″ic‐al (�) a. [See Apathy.] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

4986

Apathetically

Ap′a‐thet″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In an apathetic manner.

4987

Apathist

Ap″a‐thist (�), n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.

4988

Apathistical

Ap′a‐this″tic‐al (�), a. Apathetic; une motional.

4989

Apathy

Ap″a‐thy (�), n.; pl.Apathies (�). [L. apathia, Gr. �; ἀ priv. + �, fr. �, �, to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See Pathos.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or exciteme...

4990

Apatite

Ap″a‐tite (�), n.(Min.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

4991

Apaumé

A′pau′mé″ (�), n. See Appaumé.

4992

Ape

Ape (āp), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zoöl.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, having teeth of t...

4993

Ape (2)

Ape, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aped; p. pr. & vb. n.Aping.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. “How he apes his sire.” Addison....

4994

Apeak

A‐peak″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à pic vertically.] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the shi...

4995

Apehood

Ape″hood (�), n. The state of being an ape.