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1,063 words match “APT”

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

proverbs. Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.

lo, 2. -- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine. -- Cape pigeon (Zoöl.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. -- Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] -- The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also use…

A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.

CAPITULAR n. 3 definitions

An act passed in a chapter.

CAPITULARLY adv.

In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne.

CAPITULARY n. 3 definitions

The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.] There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. Heylin. There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. Trench.…

Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.

A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]

A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Adapted to eating flesh. -- n.

An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

To get possession of by force; to capture. The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon.

in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison. He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.

CATCH v. 2 definitions

To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

Captavating; alluring.

Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music.