Chapter 44

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.

A*part"ness (&?;), n. The quality of standing apart.

||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.

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

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

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

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

Ap"a*thy (&?;), n.; pl. Apathies (&?;). [L. apathia, Gr. &?;; 'a 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.

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.

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.

A`pau`mé" (&?;), n. See Appaumé.

Ape (p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zoöl.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, 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.

The ape of the Old Testament was probably 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, 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.

A*peak" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à 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.]

Ape"hood (&?;), n. The state of being an ape.

A*pel"lous (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin.] Destitute of skin. Brande & C.

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.

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

Ap"er (&?;), n. One who apes.

||A*pe"re*a (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).

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.

A*per"i*tive (&?;), a. [Cf. F. apéritif, fr. L. aperire.] Serving to open; aperient. Harvey.

A*pert" (&?;), a. [OF. apert, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire. See Aperient, and cf. Pert, a.] Open; evident; undisguised. [Archaic] Fotherby.

A*pert", adv. Openly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*per"tion (&?;), n. [L. apertio.] The act of opening; an opening; an aperture. [Archaic] Wiseman.

A*pert"ly, adv. Openly; clearly. [Archaic]

A*pert"ness, n. Openness; frankness. [Archaic]

Ap"er*ture (?; 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire. See Aperient.] 1. The act of opening. [Obs.]

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

An aperture between the mountains. Gilpin.

The back aperture of the nostrils. Owen.

3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture.

Ap"er*y (&?;), n.; pl. Aperies. 1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] Kingsley.

2. The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge.

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A*pet"al*ous (*pt"al*s), a. [Pref. a- not + petal.] (Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

A*pet"al*ous*ness, n. The state of being apetalous.

A"pex (&?;), n.; pl. E. Apexes (&?;); L. Apices (&?;). [L.] 1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.]

Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.

||A*phær"e*sis (?; 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis.

||A*pha"ki*a (&?;), n. [NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &?; seed of a lentil.] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison.

A*pha"ki*al (&?;), a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes.

||Aph`a*nip"te*ra (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; invisible ('a priv. + &?; to appear) + &?; a wing.] (Zoöl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

Aph`a*nip"ter*ous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.

Aph"a*nite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; invisible; 'a priv. + &?; to appear.] (Min.) A very compact, dark-colored &?;ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.

Aph`a*nit"ic (&?;), a. (Min.) Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.

{ ||A*pha"si*a (&?;), Aph"a*sy (&?;), } n. [NL. aphasia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; not spoken; 'a priv. + &?; to speak: cf. F. aphasie.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

A*pha"sic (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or affected by, aphasia; speechless.

A*phel"ion (?; 277), n.; pl. Aphelia (&?;). [Gr. &?; + &?; sun.] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

A*phe`li*o*trop"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; + &?; sun + &?; belonging to a turning.] Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

A*phe`li*ot"ro*pism (&?;), n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

||A*phe"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &?; voice.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

A*pher"e*sis (?; 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to take away; &?; + &?; to take.] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.

2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] Dunglison.

||Aph"e*sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a letting go; &?; + &?; to let go.] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

A*phet"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; letting go, fr. &?; to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- A*phet"ic*al*ly, adv. New Eng. Dict.

Aph"e*tism (&?;), n. An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.

Aph"e*tize (&?;), v. t. To shorten by aphesis.

These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.

A"phid (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.

Aph"i*des (&?;), n. pl. (Zoöl.) See Aphis.

A*phid"i*an (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n. One of the aphides; an aphid.

Aph`i*div"o*rous (&?;). [Aphis + L. vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

Aph`i*doph"a*gous (&?;), a. [Aphis + Gr. &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

Aph`i*lan"thro*py (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; not loving man; 'a priv. + &?; to love + &?; man.] Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.

||A"phis (&?;), n.; pl. Aphides (&?;). [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidæ, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.

Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the Aphidæ excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.

A"phis li"on (&?;). (Zoöl.) The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

Aph`lo*gis"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; not inflammable; 'a priv. + &?; set on fire. See Phlogiston.] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.

{ ||A*pho"ni*a (&?;), Aph"o*ny (&?;), } n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; voiceless; 'a priv. + &?; voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

{ A*phon"ic (&?;), Aph"o*nous (&?;), } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

Aph"o*rism (&?;), n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. &?; definition, a short, pithy sentence, fr. &?; to mark off by boundaries, to define; &?; from + &?; to separate, part. See Horizon.] A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.

The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.

Syn. -- Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw; truism; dictum. See Axiom.

{ Aph`o*ris*mat"ic (&?;), Aph`o*ris"mic (&?;), } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

Aph`o*ris"mer (&?;) n. A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.] Milton.

Aph"o*rist, n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms.

{ Aph`o*ris"tic (&?;), Aph`o*ris"tic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;.] In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.

The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

Aph`o*ris"tic*al*ly, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

Aph"o*rize (&?;), v. i. To make aphorisms.

Aph"rite (&?;), n. (Min.) See under Calcite.

{ Aph`ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), Aph`ro*di*si"a*cal (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?; pertaining to sensual love, fr. &?;. See Aphrodite.] Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.

Aph`ro*dis"i*ac, n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.

Aph`ro*dis"i*an (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. C. Reade.

||Aph`ro*di"te (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

2. (Zoöl.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse.

3. (Zoöl.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Aph`ro*dit"ic (&?;), a. Venereal. [R.] Dunglison.

||Aph"tha (&?;), n. [Sing. of Aphthæ.] (Med.) (a) One of the whitish specks called aphthæ. (b) The disease, also called thrush.

||Aph"thæ (&?;), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?; (mostly in pl. &?;, Hipp.) an eruption, thrush, fr. &?; to set on fire, inflame.] (Med.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Aph"thoid, a. [Aphtha + -oid.] Of the nature of aphthæ; resembling thrush.

Aph"thong (?; 277), n. [Gr. &?; silent; 'a priv. + &?; voice, sound, fr. &?; to sound.] A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal (&?;), a.

Aph"thous (&?;) a. [Cf. F. aphtheux.] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Aph"yl*lous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.

A`pi*a"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Umbelliferous.

A"pi*an (&?;), a. Belonging to bees.

A`pi*a"ri*an (&?;), a. Of or relating to bees.

A"pi*a*rist (&?;), n. One who keeps an apiary.

A"pi*a*ry (&?;), n. [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.] A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

Ap"ic*al (&?;), a. [L. apex, apicis, tip or summit.] At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

||Ap"i*ces (&?;), n. pl. See Apex.

A*pi"cian (&?;), a. [L. Apicianus.] Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

A*pic"u*lar, a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex, apicis.] Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.

{ A*pic"u*late (&?;), A*pic"u*la`ted (&?;), } a. [See Apicular.] (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Ap"i*cul`ture (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E. culture.] Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

A*piece" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + piece.] Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." Hume.

A*pie"ces (&?;), adv. In pieces or to pieces. [Obs.] "Being torn apieces." Shak.

A*pik"ed (&?;), a. Trimmed. [Obs.]

Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer.

A"pi*ol (&?;), n. [L. apium parsley + -ol.] (Med.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.

A`pi*ol"o*gist (&?;), n. [L. apis bee + -logist (see -logy).] A student of bees. [R.] Emerson.

||A"pis (&?;), n. [L., bee.] (Zoöl.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.

Ap"ish (&?;), a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.

The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.

Ap"ish*ly, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

Ap"ish*ness, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.

A*pit"pat, adv. [Pref. a- + pitpat.] With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.

Ap`la*cen"tal, a. [Pref. a- + placental.] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

||Ap`la*cen*ta"ta, n. pl. [Pref. a- not + placenta.] (Zoöl.) Mammals which have no placenta.

||Ap`la*coph"o*ra (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &?; a flat cake + &?; to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

Ap`la*nat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?; disposed to wander, wandering, &?; to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.

Aplanatic focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.

A*plan"a*tism (&?;), n. Freedom from spherical aberration.

A*plas"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + plastic.] Not plastic or easily molded.

||A`plomb" (&?;), n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; &?; to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

A*plot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; simple + &?; a cutting.] (Surg.) Simple incision. Dunglison.

||A*plus"tre (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.

||A*plys"i*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a dirty sponge, fr. &?; unwashed; 'a priv. + &?; to wash.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.

||Ap*neu"mo*na (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, a lung.] (Zoöl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

||Ap*nœ"a (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, breath, &?; to breathe, blow.] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

Ap"o (&?;). [Gr. &?;. See Ab-.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

A*poc"a*lypse (&?;), n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to uncover, to disclose; &?; from + &?; to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

2. Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.

The new apocalypse of Nature. Carlyle.

{ A*poc`a*lyp"tic (&?;), A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al (&?;), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.

Apocalyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

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A*poc`a*lyp"tic (*pk`*lp"tk), A*poc`a*lyp"tist, n. The writer of the Apocalypse.

A*poc`a*lyp"tic*al*ly (&?;), adv. By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.

Ap`o*car"pous, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.

A*poc"o*pate (&?;), v. t. [LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope.] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

{ A*poc"o*pate (&?;), A*poc"o*pa`ted (&?;), } a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

A*poc`o*pa"tion (&?;), n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

||A*poc"o*pe, n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; a cutting off, fr. &?; to cut off; &?; from + &?; to cut.] 1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission.

{ Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry (&?;), ||Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us (&?;), } n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. &?; answer, fr. &?; to answer; &?; from + &?; to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

Ap`o*crus"tic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; able to drive off, fr. &?; to drive off.] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. -- n. An apocrustic medicine.

A*poc"ry*pha (&?;), n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. Apocryphas (&?;). [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. &?; hidden, spurious, fr. &?; to hide; &?; from + &?; to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] Locke.

2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly &?;mitted from the King James's Bible.

A*poc"ry*phal (&?;), a. 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A*poc"ry*phal*ist, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]

A*poc"ry*phal*ly, adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.

A*poc"ry*phal*ness, n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.

A*poc`y*na"ceous (&?;), Ap`o*cyn"e*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; dogbane; &?; from + &?; dog.] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.

A*poc"y*nin (&?;), n. [From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.] (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).

{ Ap"od (&?;), Ap"o*dal (&?;), } a. [See Apod, n.] 1. Without feet; footless.

2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

{ Ap"od (&?;), Ap"ode (&?;), } n.; pl. Apods (&?;) or Apodes (&?;). [Gr. &?;, &?;, footless; 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.

||Ap"o*da (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;. See Apod, n.] (Zoöl.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.

Ap"o*dan (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Apodal.

{ Ap"o*deic"tic (&?;), Ap`o*dic"tic (&?;), Ap`o*deic"tic*al (&?;), Ap`o*dic"tic*al (&?;), } a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to point out, to show by argument; &?; from + &?; to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly, Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

Ap"o*deme (&?;), n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. &?; body.] (Zoöl.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

||Ap"o*des (&?;), n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zoöl.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.

Ap`o*dic"tic (&?;), a. Same as Apodeictic.

||Ap`o*dix"is (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;.] Full demonstration.

||A*pod"o*sis (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to give back; &?; from, back again + &?; to give.] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.