Webster's Dictionary 1828

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APEX

A'PEX, nounplural apexes. [Latin apexplural apices.]The tip, point of summit of any thing. In antiquity, the cap of a flamen or priest; the crest of a helmet. In grammar, the ma...

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APEXES

A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]

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APHANITE

APH'ANITE, noun [Gr. to appear.]In mineralogy, compact amphibole in a particular state.

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APHELION

APHE'LION, noun [Gr. from, and the sun.]That point of a planet's orbit which is most distant from the sun; opposed to perihelion.

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APHERESIS

APHERE'SIS, noun [Gr. from, and to take.]1. The taking of a litter or syllable from the beginning of a word. Thus by an apheresis omittere is writter, mittere.2. In the healing ...

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APHIDIVOROUS

APHIDIV'OROUS, adjective [of aphis, the puceron or vine fretter, and voro, to eat.]Eating, devouring, or subsisting on the aphis, or plant-louse.

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APHILANTHROPY

APHILAN'THROPY, noun [of a neg. and to love, and man.]Want of love to mankind. In medicine, the first stage of melancholy, when solitude is preferred to society.

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APHIS

A'PHIS, noun In zoology, the puceron, vine fretter, or plant-louse; a genus of insects, belonging to the order of hemipters. The aphis is furnished with an inflected beak, and w...

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APHLOGISTIC

APHLOGIS'TIC, adjective [Gr. inflammable.]Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.

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APHONY

APH'ONY, noun [Gr. voice.]A loss of voice; a palsy of the tongue; dumbness; catalepsy.

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APHORISM

APH'ORISM, noun [Gr. determination, distinction; from to separate.]A maxim; a precept, or principle expressed in few words; a detached sentence containing some important truth; ...

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APHORISMER

APHORISM'ER, noun A dealer in aphorisms.

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APHORISTIC

APHORIS'TIC,APHORIS'TICAL, adjective In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an aphoristic style.

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APHORISTICAL

APHORIS'TICAL, a. In the form of an aphorism; in the form of short unconnected sentences; as an aphoristic style.

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APHORISTICALLY

APHORIS'TICALLY, adverb In the form or manner of aphorisms.

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APHRITE

APH'RITE, noun [Gr. froth; the schaum erde, or earth scum, of Werner; the silvery chalk of Kirwan.]A subvariety of carbonate of lime, occurring in small masses, solid or tender ...

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APHRIZITE

APH'RIZITE, noun A variety of black tourmalin.

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APHRODISIAC

APHRODIS'IAC,APHRODISI'ACAL, adjective [Gr. venereal, Venus, from froth.]Exciting venereal desire; increasing the appetite for sexual connection.APHRODIS'IAC, noun A provocative...

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APHRODISIACAL

APHRODISI'ACAL, a. [Gr. venereal, Venus, from froth.]Exciting venereal desire; increasing the appetite for sexual connection.

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APHRODITA

APHRODI'TA, noun1. In zoology, a genus of the order of Molluscas, called also sea-mouse. The body is oval, with many small protuberances or tentacles on each side, which serve a...

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APHRODITE

APH'RODITE, noun [Gr.] A follower of Venus.

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APHTHONG

APH'THONG, noun [Gr. without, and sound.]A letter or combination of letters, which, in the customary pronunciation of a word, have no sound.

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APHTHOUS

APH'THOUS, adjective [Gr. ulcers in the mouth.]Pertaining to thrush; of the nature of thrush or ulcerous affections of the mouth.

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APHYLLOUS

APH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. a leaf.]In botany, destitute of leaves, as the rush, mushrooms, garlic, some sea-weeds, etc.

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APIARY

A'PIARY, noun [Latin apiarium, of apis, a bee.]The place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees.

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APIASTER

A'PIASTER, noun [From apis, a bee.]The bird called a bee-eater, a species of merops. The apiaster has an iron colored back, and a belly of bluish green.

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APICES

A'PICES, A'PEXES. [See Apex, and Anther.]