Webster's Dictionary 1913

5347

Applausive

Ap‐plau″sive (�), a. [LL. applausivus.] Expressing applause; approbative. — Ap‐plau″sive‐ly, adv.

5348

Apple

Ap″ple (ăp″p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. æppel, æpl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. äple, Dan. æble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval,...

5349

Apple (2)

Ap″ple (ăp″p'l), v. i. To grow like an apple; to bear apples. Holland.

5350

Apple pie

Ap″ple pie′ (�). A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar.Apple-pie bed, a bed in which, as a joke, the sheets are so doubled (like the cover of an a...

5351

Apple-faced

Ap″ple–faced′ (�), a. Having a round, broad face, like an apple. “Apple-faced children.” Dickens.

5352

Apple-jack

Ap″ple–jack′ (�), n. Apple brandy.

5353

Apple-john

Ap″ple–john′, n.. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; — called also Johnapple. Shak.

5354

Apple-squire

Ap″ple–squire′ (�), n. A pimp; a kept gallant. Beau. & Fl.

5355

Appliable

Ap‐pli″a‐ble (�), a. [See Apply.] Applicable; also, compliant. Howell.

5356

Appliance

Ap‐pli″ance (�), n. 1. The act of applying; application; subservience. Shak.2. The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various applian...

5357

Applicability

Ap′pli‐ca‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.

5358

Applicable

Ap″pli‐ca‐ble (�), a. [Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applica...

5359

Applicancy

Ap″pli‐can‐cy (�), n. The quality or state of being applicable.

5360

Applicant

Ap″pli‐cant (�), n. [L. applicans, p. pr. of applicare. See Apply.] One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.The applicant for a cup of water.Plumtre.Th...

5361

Applicate

Ap″pli‐cate (�), a. [L. applicatus, p. p. of applicare. See Apply.] Applied or put to some use.Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements.I. Taylor...

5362

Applicate (2)

Ap″pli‐cate (�), v. i. To apply.The act of faith is applicated to the object.Bp. Pearson.

5363

Application

Ap′pli‐ca″tion (�), n. [L. applicatio, fr. applicare: cf. F. application. See Apply.] 1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients ...

5364

Applicative

Ap″pli‐ca‐tive (ăp″plĭ‐kā̍‐tĭv), a. [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.] Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. — Ap″pli‐ca‐t...

5365

Applicatorily

Ap″pli‐ca‐to‐ri‐ly (�), adv. By way of application.

5366

Applicatory

Ap″pli‐ca‐to‐ry, a. Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. — n. That which applies.

5367

Appliedly

Ap‐pli″ed‐ly (�), adv. By application.

5368

Applier

Ap‐pli″er (�), n. He who, or that which, applies.

5369

Appliment

Ap‐pli″ment (�), n. Application. Marston

5370

Appliqué

‖Ap′pli′qué″ (?; 277), a. [F., fr. appliquer to put on.] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as,...

5371

Applot

Ap‐plot″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Applotting.] [Pref. ad- + plot.] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton.

5372

Applotment

Ap‐plot″ment (�), n. Apportionment.

5373

Apply

Ap‐ply″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Applied (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist tog...