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nd prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay.

The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.

ition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.

To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.

st all appear before the judgment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.

A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee.

The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime. Blackstone.

Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.

A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. Kent. Wharton.

One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.

The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

d fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.

es open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.

The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.