Webster's Dictionary 1913

5509

Apronful

A″pron‐ful (�), n.; pl.Apronfuls (�). The quantity an apron can hold.

5510

Apronless

A″pron‐less, a. Without an apron.

5511

Apropos

Ap″ro‐pos′ (ăp″rō̍‐pō′), a. & adv. [F. à propos; à (L. ad) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See Propound.] 1. Opportunely or opportune; se...

5512

Apse

Apse (ăps), n.; pl. Apses (–sĕz). [See Apsis.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and,...

5513

Apsidal

Ap″si‐dal (ăp″sĭ‐dal), a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.

5514

Apsides

Ap″si‐des (ăp″sĭ‐dēz), n. pl. See Apsis.

5515

Apsis

‖Ap″sis (ăp″sĭs), n.; pl.Apsides (ăp″sĭ‐dēz). See Apse. [L. apsis, absis, Gr. αψἵσ, αψἱ̑δοσ, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. ἅπτειν t...

5516

Apt

Apt (�), a. [F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. � to fasten, Skr. āpta fit, fr. āp to reach attain.] 1. F...

5517

Apt (2)

Apt, v. t. [L. aptare. See Aptate.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. “ To apt their places.” B. Jonson.That our speech be apted to edification.Jer. Taylor.

5518

Aptable

Apt″a‐ble (�), a. [LL. aptabilis, fr. L. aptare.] Capable of being adapted. Sherwood.

5519

Aptate

Ap″tate (�), v. t. [L. aptatus, p. p. of aptare. See Apt.] To make fit. Bailey

5520

Aptera

‖Ap″te‐ra (�), n. pl. [NL. aptera, fr. Gr. � without wings; ἀ priv. + � wing, � to fly.] (Zoöl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an arti...

5521

Apteral

Ap″ter‐al (�), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Apterous.2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; — applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or am...

5522

Apteran

Ap″ter‐an (�), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Aptera.

5523

Apteria

‖Ap‐te″ri‐a (�), n. pl. [NL. See Aptera.] (Zoöl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliæ.

5524

Apterous

Ap″ter‐ous (�), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.2. (Bot.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; — opposed to alate.

5525

Apteryges

‖Ap‐ter″y‐ges (�), n. pl. [NL. See Apteryx.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

5526

Apteryx

‖Ap″te‐ryx (�), n. [Gr. ἀ priv. + πτέρυξ wing. Cf. Aptera.] (Zoöl.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw a...

5527

Aptitude

Apt″i‐tude (�), n. [F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.] 1. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency t...

5528

Aptitudinal

Apt′i‐tu″di‐nal (�), a. Suitable; fit.

5529

Aptly

Apt″ly (�), adv. In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

5530

Aptness

Apt″ness, n. 1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.The aptness of his quotations.J. R. Green.2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; ...

5531

Aptote

Ap″tote (ăp″tōt), n. [L. aptotum, Gr. � indeclinable; ἀ priv. + � fallen, declined, � to fall.] (Gram.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

5532

Aptotic

Ap‐tot″ic (�), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

5533

Aptychus

‖Ap″ty‐chus (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + �, �, fold.] (Zoöl.) A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others,...

5534

Apus

‖A″pus (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �. See Apode, n.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

5535

Apyretic

Ap′y‐ret″ic (�), a. [Pref. a� not + pyretic.] (Med.) Without fever; — applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison.