Webster's Dictionary 1913

5455

Approof

Ap‐proof″ (�), n. [See Approve, and Proof.] 1. Trial; proof. Shak.2. Approval; commendation. Shak.

5456

Appropinquate

Ap′pro‐pin″quate (�), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. Ld. Lytton.

5457

Appropinquation

Ap′pro‐pin‐qua″tion (�), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. Bp. Hall.

5458

Appropinquity

Ap′pro‐pin″qui‐ty (�), n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. J. Gregory.

5459

Appropre

Ap‐pro″pre (�), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. Fuller.

5460

Appropriable

Ap‐pro″pri‐a‐ble (�), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

5461

Appropriament

Ap‐pro″pri‐a‐ment (�), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification.If you can neglectYour own appropriaments.Ford.

5462

Appropriate

Ap‐pro″pri‐ate (�), a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.] Set apart for a particular use or pers...

5463

Appropriate (2)

Ap‐pro″pri‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Appropriated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Appropriating (�).] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive r...

5464

Appropriate (3)

Ap‐pro″pri‐ate (�), n. A property; attribute.

5465

Appropriately

Ap‐pro″pri‐ate‐ly, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

5466

Appropriateness

Ap‐pro″pri‐ate‐ness, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.

5467

Appropriation

Ap‐pro′pri‐a″tion (�), n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.] 1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusi...

5468

Appropriative

Ap‐pro″pri‐a‐tive (�), a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. — Ap‐pro″pri‐a‐tive‐ness, n.

5469

Appropriator

Ap‐pro″pri‐a′tor (�), n. 1. One who appropriates.2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

5470

Approvable

Ap‐prov″a‐ble (�), a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. — Ap‐prov″a‐ble‐ness, n.

5471

Approval

Ap‐prov″al (�), n. Approbation; sanction.A censor... without whose approval n� capital sentences are to be executed.Temple.Syn. — See Approbation.

5472

Approvance

Ap‐prov″ance (�), n. Approval. Thomson.

5473

Approve

Ap‐prove″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Approved (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probar...

5474

Approve (2)

Ap‐prove″ (ăp‐pro͞ov″), v. t. [OF. aprouer; a (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. ...

5475

Approvedly

Ap‐prov″ed‐ly (�), adv. So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

5476

Approvement

Ap‐prove″ment (�), n. 1. Approbation.I did nothing without your approvement.Hayward.2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together wi...

5477

Approvement (2)

Ap‐prove″ment, n.(Old Eng. Law) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

5478

Approver

Ap‐prov″er (�), n. 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.2. An informer; an accuser. Chaucer.3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. Se...

5479

Approver (2)

Ap‐prov″er, n. [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. Jacobs.

5480

Approving

Ap‐prov″ing, a. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. — Ap‐prov″ing‐ly, adv.

5481

Approximate

Ap‐prox″i‐mate (�), a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.2. Near corr...