Apply (2)
Ap‐ply″, v. i. 1. To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.2. To make request; to have recourse with a view ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Appoggiatura
‖Ap‐pog′gia‐tu″ra (�), n. [It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place.] (Mus.) A passing tone pr...
Appoint
Ap‐point″ (ăp‐point″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Appointed; p. pr. & vb. n.Appointing.] [OE. appointen, apointen, OF. apointier to prepare, arrange, lean, place, F. appointer to give a...
Appoint (2)
Ap‐point″ (ăp‐point″), v. i. To ordain; to determine; to arrange.For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel.2 Sam. xvii. 14.
Appointable
Ap‐point″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being appointed or constituted.
Appointee
Ap‐point‐ee″ (�), n. [F. appointé, p. p. of appointer. See Appoint, v. t.] 1. A person appointed.The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees.Circ...
Appointer
Ap‐point″er (�), n. One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.
Appointive
Ap‐point″ive (�), a. Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office.
Appointment
Ap‐point″ment (�), n. [Cf. F. appointement.] 1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuita...
Appointor
Ap‐point‐or″ (�), n.(Law) The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
Apporter
Ap‐por″ter (�), n. [Cf. F. apporter to bring in, fr. L. apportare; ad + portare to bear.] A bringer in; an importer. Sir M. Hale.
Apportion
Ap‐por″tion (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Apportioned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.] To divide and assign in...
Apportionateness
Ap‐por″tion‐ate‐ness (�), n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
Apportioner
Ap‐por″tion‐er (�), n. One who apportions.
Apportionment
Ap‐por″tion‐ment (�), n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division an...
Apposable
Ap‐pos″a‐ble (?), a.(Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.
Appose
Ap‐pose″ (�), v. t. [F. apposer to set to; � (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).The nymph herself d...
Appose (2)
Ap‐pose″, v. t. [For oppose. See Oppose.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. See Pose.To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.Tyndale.
Apposed
Ap‐posed″ (�), a. Placed in apposition; mutually fitting, as the mandibles of a bird's beak.
Apposer
Ap‐pos″er (�), n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts.
Apposite
Ap″po‐site (�), a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.] Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; — followed by to...
Apposition
Ap′po‐si″tion (�), n. [L. appositio, fr. apponere: cf. F. apposition. See Apposite.] 1. The act of adding; application; accretion.It grows... by the apposition of new matter.Arb...
Appositional
Ap′po‐si″tion‐al (�), a. Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.
Appositive
Ap‐pos″i‐tive (�), a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. — n. A noun in apposition. — Ap‐pos″i‐tive‐ly, adv.Appositive to the words going immediately before.Knatchbull.
Appraisable
Ap‐prais″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being appraised.
Appraisal
Ap‐prais″al (�), n. [See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal.] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.
Appraise
Ap‐praise″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Appraised (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Appraising.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.] 1. To set a value; to estimate the wo...