Webster's Dictionary 1913

5482

Approximate (2)

Ap‐prox″i‐mate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Approximated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Approximating.] 1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.To approximate the inequality of riches...

5483

Approximate (3)

Ap‐prox″i‐mate, v. i. To draw; to approach.

5484

Approximately

Ap‐prox″i‐mate‐ly (�), adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

5485

Approximation

Ap‐prox′i‐ma″tion (�). n. [Cf. F. approximation, LL. approximatio.] 1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating....

5486

Approximative

Ap‐prox″i‐ma‐tive (�), a. [Cf. F. approximatif.] Approaching; approximate. — Ap‐prox″i‐ma‐tive‐ly, adv. — Ap‐prox″i‐ma‐tive‐ness, n.

5487

Approximator

Ap‐prox″i‐ma′tor (�), n. One who, or that which, approximates.

5488

Appui

‖Ap′pui″ (�), n. [F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. �, dim. of �, �, foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, t...

5489

Appui (2)

‖Ap′pui″ (?), n.(Man.) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle. — Point d'appui (�), any point of support or...

5490

Appulse

Ap″pulse (?; 277), n. [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.] 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the a...

5491

Appulsion

Ap‐pul″sion (�), n. A driving or striking against; an appulse.

5492

Appulsive

Ap‐pul″sive (�), a. Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

5493

Appulsively

Ap‐pul″sive‐ly, adv. By appulsion.

5494

Appurtenance

Ap‐pur″te‐nance (�), n. [OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance, LL. appartenentia, from L. appertinere. See Appertain.] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct...

5495

Appurtenant

Ap‐pur″te‐nant (�), a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance.] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appu...

5496

Appurtenant (2)

Ap‐pur″te‐nant, n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.Coleridge.

5497

Apricate

Ap″ri‐cate (�), v. t. & i. [L. apricatus, p. p. of apricare, fr. apricus exposed to the sun, fr. aperire to uncover, open.] To bask in the sun. Boyle.

5498

Aprication

Ap′ri‐ca″tion, n. Basking in the sun.

5499

Apricot

A″pri‐cot, n. [OE. apricock, abricot, F. abricot, fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque, fr. Ar. albirqūq, al-burqūq. Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabi...

5500

April

A″pril (�), n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.] 1. The fourth month of the year.2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begi...

5501

Apriorism

A′pri‐o″rism (�), n. [Cf. F. apriorisme.] An a priori principle.

5502

Apriority

A′pri‐or″i‐ty (�), n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

5503

Aprocta

‖A‐proc″ta (ȧ‐prŏk″tȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + πρωκτόσ anus.] (Zoöl.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

5504

Aproctous

A‐proc″tous (–tŭs), a.(Zoöl.) Without an anal orifice.

5505

Apron

A″pron (ā″pŭrn or ā″prŭn; 277), n. [OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map.] ...

5506

Apron man

A″pron man′ (�). A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. Shak.

5507

Apron string

A″pron string′ (�). The string of an apron.To be tied to awife'sormother'sapron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother.He was so made that he could not submit to b...

5508

Aproned

A″proned (�), a. Wearing an apron.A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned.Pope.