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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer." Horsley. A nearer approach to the human type. Owen.

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

To make fit. [Obs.] Bailey

Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

An arachnidan. Huxley.

Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley.

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.

the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant.

Hidden; secret. [Obs.] "The arcane part of divine wisdom." Berkeley.

is court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.

hey] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arranged. Paley.

A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey.

A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty." Paley. "Each article of time." Habington. The articles which compose the blood. E. Darwin.

Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller.

intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc. Lindley.

The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey.

Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. Motley.

A mark of aspiration used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley.

stone. Wharton. Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. Mozley & W.