APPURTENANT
APPUR'TENANT, adjective1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right.2. In law, common appurtenant is that which is annexed to land, and can be claimed only by prescription or immemor...
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APRICATE
A'PRICATE, verb intransitive [Latin apricor.] To bask in the sun. [Little used.]
APRICITY
APRIC'ITY, noun Sunshine. [Little used.]
APRICOT
A'PRICOT, nounA fruit belonging to the genus Prunus, of the plum kind, of an oval figure, and delicious taste.
APRIL
A'PRIL, noun [Latin aprilis.] The fourth month of the year.
APRON
A'PRON, noun1. A cloth or piece of leather worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean, or defend them from injury.2. The fat skin covering the belly of a goose....
APRON-MAN
A'PRON-MAN, noun A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
APRONED
A'PRONED, adjective Wearing an apron.
APROPOS
AP'ROPOS, adverb ap'ropo.1. Opportunely; seasonably.2. By the way; to the purpose; a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictl...
APSIS
AP'SIS, noun plu apsides. [Gr. connection, from to connect.]1. In astronomy, the apsides are the two points of a planet's orbit, which are at the greatest and least distance fro...
APT
APT, adjective [Latin aptus, from apto, to fit. Gr. to tie.]1. Fit; suitable; as, he used very apt metaphors.2. Having a tendency; liable; used of things; as, wheat on moist lan...
APTABLE
APT'ABLE, adjective That may be adapted. [Not used.]
APTATE
AP'TATE, verb transitive To make fit. [Not used.]
APTER
AP'TER,AP'TERA, noun [Gr. priv. and a wing.]An insect without wings. The aptera, constituting the seventh order of insects in Linne's system, comprehend many genera. But later z...
APTERA
AP'TERA, n. [Gr. priv. and a wing.]An insect without wings. The aptera, constituting the seventh order of insects in Linne's system, comprehend many genera. But later zoologists...
APTERAL
AP'TERAL, adjective [Supra.] Destitute of wings.
APTITUDE
APT'ITUDE, noun [of aptus, apt.]1. A natural or acquired disposition for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn; men...
APTLY
APT'LY, adverb In an apt or suitable manner; with just correspondence of parts; fitly; properly; justly; pertinently.
APTNESS
APT'NESS, noun1. Fitness; suitableness; as, the aptness of things to their end.2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.3. Quickness of a...
APTOTE
AP'TOTE, noun [Gr. priv, and case.]In grammar, a noun which has no variation of termination, or distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
APYREXY
AP'YREXY, noun [Gr. a priv., to be feverish, from fire.]The absence or intermission of fever.
APYROUS
AP'YROUS, adjective [Gr. priv. and fire.]Incombustible, or that sustains a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.Apyrous bodies differ from those simply refractor...
AQUA
A'QUA, noun [Latin aqua]Water; a word much used in pharmacy, and the old chimistry.Aqua fortis, in the old chimistry, is now called nitric acid.Aqua marina, a name which jeweler...
AQUARIAN
AQUA'RIAN, noun One of a sect of christians, in the primitive church, who consecrated water in the eucharist instead of wine; either under a pretense of abstinence, or because i...
AQUARIUS
AQUA'RIUS, noun [Latin] The water bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st day of January; so called from the rains which prevail at that season, in Ital...
AQUATIC
AQUAT'IC, adjective [Latin aquaticus. See Aqua.]Pertaining to water; applied to animals which live in water, as fishes; or to such as frequent it, as aquatic fowls; applied to p...
AQUATILE
AQ'UATILE, adjective That inhabits the water. [Rarely used.]