Chapter 85

Ap`pro*ba"tion (#) , n. [L. approbatio : cf. F. approbation . See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation . Macaulay.

The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth.

Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]

This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation . Shak.

Syn. -- Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. -- Approbation , Approval . Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass." "The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution."

Approbative <Xpage=74>

Ap"pro*ba*tive (#) , a. [Cf. F. approbatif .] Approving, or implying approbation.

Milner.

Approbativeness <Xpage=74>

Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness , n. 1. The quality of being approbative.

2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.

Approbator <Xpage=74>

Ap"pro*ba`tor (#) , n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]

Approbatory <Xpage=74>

Ap"pro*ba`to*ry (#) , a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.

Sheldon.

Appromt <Xpage=74>

Ap*promt" (?; 215) , v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt .] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]

To appromt our invention. Bacon.

Approof <Xpage=74>

Ap*proof" (#) , n. [See Approve , and Proof .] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic]

Shak.

2. Approval; commendation.

Shak.

Appropinquate <Xpage=74>

Ap`pro*pin"quate (#) , v. i. [L. appropinquatus , p. p. of appropinquare ; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic]

Ld. Lytton.

Appropinquation <Xpage=74>

Ap`pro*pin*qua"tion (#) , n. [L. appropinquatio .] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.]

Bp. Hall.

Appropinquity <Xpage=74>

Ap`pro*pin"qui*ty (#) , n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity .] Nearness; propinquity. [R.]

J. Gregory.

Appropre <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pre (#) , v. t. [OE. appropren , apropren , OF. approprier , fr. L. appropriare . See Appropriate .] To appropriate. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Appropriable <Xpage=74>

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.

Appropriament <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pri*a*ment (#) , n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [Obs.]

If you can neglect Your own appropriaments . Ford.

Appropriate <Xpage=74>

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 person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus.

Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet.

It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke.

Appropriate <Xpage=74>

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 right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit .

2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for ; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic]

Paley.

4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Blackstone.

Appropriate <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pri*ate (#) , n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]

Appropriately <Xpage=74>

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

Appropriateness <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pri*ate*ness , n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.

Froude.

Appropriation <Xpage=74>

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 exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.

The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation . Macaulay.

3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone . (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter.

Chitty.

Appropriative <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pri*a*tive (#) , a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act . -- Ap*pro"pri*a*tive*ness , n.

Appropriator <Xpage=74>

Ap*pro"pri*a`tor (#) , n. 1. One who appropriates.

2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

Approvable <Xpage=74>

Ap*prov"a*ble (#) , a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- Ap*prov"a*ble*ness , n.

Approval <Xpage=74>

Ap*prov"al (#) , n. Approbation; sanction.

A censor . . . without whose approval n<?/ capital sentences are to be executed. Temple.

Syn. -- See Approbation .

Approvance <Xpage=74>

Ap*prov"ance (#) , n. Approval. [Archaic]

Thomson.

Approve <Xpage=74>

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 + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove , and cf. Approbate .] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]

Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. Milton.

2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Opportunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson.

He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay.

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron.

His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman.

3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial .

4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration .

5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. Rog<?/<?/<?/.

&hand; This word, when it signifies to be pleased with , to think favorably ( of ), is often followed by of .

They had not approved of the deposition of James. Macaulay.

They approved of the political institutions. W. Black.

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Approve <Xpage=75>

Ap*prove" (#) , v. t. [OF. aprouer ; <?/ (L. ad ) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro , prod , in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve .] (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approvedly <Xpage=75>

Ap*prov"ed*ly (#) , adv. So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

Approvement <Xpage=75>

Ap*prove"ment (#) , n. [Obs.] 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 with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's ) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.

Burrill. Bouvier.

Approvement <Xpage=75>

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.

Approver <Xpage=75>

Ap*prov"er (#) , n. 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement , 2 .

Approver <Xpage=75>

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

Jacobs.

Approving <Xpage=75>

Ap*prov"ing , a. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile . -- Ap*prov"ing*ly , adv.

Approximate <Xpage=75>

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 correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values .

Approximate quantities (Math.) , those which are nearly, but not, equal.

Approximate <Xpage=75>

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 to the level of nature. Burke.

2. To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection. J. Morse.

Approximate <Xpage=75>

Ap*prox"i*mate , v. i. To draw; to approach.

Approximately <Xpage=75>

Ap*prox"i*mate*ly (#) , adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Approximation <Xpage=75>

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.

The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature. I. Taylor.

2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

3. (Math.) (a) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation . (b) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

Approximative <Xpage=75>

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.

Approximator <Xpage=75>

Ap*prox"i*ma`tor (#) , n. One who, or that which, approximates.

Appui <Xpage=75>

Ap`pui" (#) , n. [F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. <?/, dim. of <?/, <?/, foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.]

If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland.

Point d'appui (#) . [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.

Appulse <Xpage=75>

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 act of striking against.

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.

2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian .

Appulsion <Xpage=75>

Ap*pul"sion (#) , n. A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Appulsive <Xpage=75>

Ap*pul"sive (#) , a. Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets .

P. Cyc.

Appulsively <Xpage=75>

Ap*pul"sive*ly , adv. By appulsion.

Appurtenance <Xpage=75>

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; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.

Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.

Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. Bacon.

The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances . Reid.

Appurtenant <Xpage=75>

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 appurtenant to land or buildings .

Blackstone.

Common appurtenatn . (Law) See under Common, n.

Appurtenant <Xpage=75>

Ap*pur"te*nant , n , Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge.

Apricate <Xpage=75>

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.

Aprication <Xpage=75>

Ap`ri*ca"tion , n. Basking in the sun. [R.]

Apricot <Xpage=75>

A"pri*cot , n. [OE. apricock , abricot , F. abricot , fr. Sp. albaricoque or Pg. albricoque , fr. Ar. albirq<?/q , al - burq<?/q . Though the E. and F. form abricot is derived from the Arabic through the Spanish, yet the Arabic word itself was formed from the Gr. <?/, pl. (Diosc. c. 1000) fr. L. praecoquus , praecox , early ripe. The older E. form apricock was prob. taken direct from Pg. See Precocious , Cook .] (Bot.) A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linn\'91us) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced throughout the temperate zone.

April <Xpage=75>

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 begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.

The April's her eyes; it is love's spring. Shak.

April fool , one who is sportively imposed upon by others on the first day of April.

A priori <Xpage=75>

A` pri*o"ri (#) . [L. a ( ab ) + prior former.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori .

3. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.

A priori , that is, form these necessities of the mind or forms of thinking, which, though first revealed to us by experience, must yet have pre\'89xisted in order to make experience possible. Coleridge.

Apriorism <Xpage=75>

A`pri*o"rism (#) , n. [Cf. F. apriorisme .] An a priori principle.

Apriority <Xpage=75>

A`pri*or"i*ty (#) , n. The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning.

Aprocta <Xpage=75>

A*proc"ta (#) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ anus.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of Turbellaria in which there is no anal aperture.

Aproctous <Xpage=75>

A*proc"tous (#) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Without an anal office.

Apron <Xpage=75>

A"pron (?; 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 .] 1. An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.