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Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

To defend. [Obs.] The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson.

exed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.

to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

et in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

To form or bend into the shape of an arch. The horse arched his neck. Charlesworth.

The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

Bent or curved in the form of a bow. "Arcuate stalks." Gray.

The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness. Coxe.

The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

nclude many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. -- Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar.

On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows. Dryden.

my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. Evelyn.

oking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.

of character." Landor. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.

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

. . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.