Chapter 77

Apace <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pace" (#) , adv. [Pref. a- + pace . OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace .] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.

His dewy locks did drop with brine apace . Spenser.

A visible triumph of the gospel draw<?/ on apace .

I. Taylor.

Apaches <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pa"ches (#) , n. pl. ; sing. Apache (#) . (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

Apagoge <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*go"ge (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ a leading away, fr. <?/ to lead away; <?/ from + <?/ to lead.] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Apagogic, Apagogical <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*gog"ic (#) , Ap`a*gog"ic*al (#) , a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary.

Bp. Berkeley.

Apaid <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*paid" (#) , a. Paid; pleased. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Apair <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pair" (#) , v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Apalachian <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*la"chi*an , a. See Appalachian .

Apanage <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"an*age , n. Same as Appanage .

Apanthropy <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pan"thro*py (#) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ from + <?/ man.] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

Apar, Apara <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A"par (#) , A"pa*ra (#) , n. [Native name apara .] (Zo\'94l.) See Mataco .

Aparejo <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A`pa*re"jo (#) , n. [Sp.] A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

Aparithmesis <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*rith"me*sis (?; 277) , n. [Gr. <?/, from <?/ to count off or over.] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars.

Apart <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*part" (#) , adv. [F. \'85 part ; (L. ad ) + part part. See Part .] 1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton.

The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart .

3. Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness."

Jas. i. 21.

Let Pleasure go, put Care apart . Keble.

4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart .

Apartment <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*part"ment (#) , n. [F. appartement ; cf. It. appartamento , fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars , partis , part. See Apart .] 1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions.

Fielding.

2. A set or suite of rooms.

De Quincey.

3. A compartment. [Obs.]

Pope.

Apartness <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*part"ness (#) , n. The quality of standing apart.

Apastron <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap*as"tron (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ from + <?/ star.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.

Apathetic, Apathetical <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*thet"ic (#) , Ap`a*thet"ic*al (#) a. [See Apathy .] Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

Apathetically <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*thet"ic*al*ly , adv. In an apathetic manner.

Apathist <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"a*thist (#) , n. [Cf. F. apathiste .] One who is destitute of feeling.

Apathistical <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap`a*this"tic*al (#) , a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]

Apathy <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"a*thy (#) , n. ; pl. Apathies (#) . [L. apathia , Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, to suffer: cf. F. apathie . See Pathos .] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair."

Macaulay.

A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. Prescott.

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. Fleming.

&hand; In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns.

Syn. -- Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.

Apatite <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"a*tite (#) , n. [Gr. <?/ deceit, fr. <?/ to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.] (Min.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.

Apaum\'82 <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A`pau`m\'82" (#) , n. See Appaum<?/ .

Ape <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ape (#) , n. [AS. apa ; akin to D. aap , OHG. affo , G. affe , Icel. api , Sw. apa , Dan. abe , W. epa .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiad\'91 , having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates , and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes .

&hand; The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.

2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.

Byron.

3. A dupe. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ape <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ape , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Aping .] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire."

Addison.

The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

Apeak <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*peak" (#) , adv. & a. [Pref. a- + peak . Cf. F. \'85 pic vertically.] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak , when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak . [Spelt also apeek .]

Apehood <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ape"hood (#) , n. The state of being an ape.

Apellous <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pel"lous (#) , a. [Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin.] Destitute of skin.

Brande & C.

Apennine <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"en*nine (#) , a. [L. Apenninus , fr. Celtic pen , or ben , peak, mountain.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy.

Apepsy <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pep"sy (#) , n. [NL. apepsia , fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ uncooked, undigested; <?/ priv. + <?/ cooked, <?/ to cook, digest.] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion.

Coxe.

Aper <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

Ap"er (#) , n. One who apes.

Aperea <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pe"re*a (#) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil ( Cavia aperea ).

Aperient <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*pe"ri*ent (#) , a. [L. aperiens , p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire , parere , to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover , Overt .] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food.

Arbuthnot.

Aperitive <Xpage= Anx*i"e*ty (#) , n. ; pl. Anxieties (#) . [L. anxietas , fr. anxius : cf. F. anxi\'82t\'82 . See Anxious .] 67 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness. >

A*per"i*tive (#) , a. [Cf. F. ap\'82ritif , fr. L. aperire .] Serving to open; aperient.

Harvey.