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A bringer in; an importer. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne.

ting to the faculty of apprehension. Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. Sir W. Hamilton.

A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott.

ation of; to approve; to sanction officially. I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton.

being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Inhabiting the water. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

rett. Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. Sir W. Scott.

ormed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower. Sir P. Sidney.

Heat. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

The act of drying, or the state of growing dry. The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.

A short aria, or air. "A military ariette." Sir W. Scott.

A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Severe criticism. [Obs.] Sir J. Harrington.

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic usage." Sir W. Hamilton.

nment, political economy, and social science. -- Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.

To impute. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes. Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.

Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.