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One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.

To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon.

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

Approaching; approximate. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly, adv. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness, n.

One who, or that which, approximates.

A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. "The weather being too hot for the apron." Hughes.

The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.

Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work. The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist. Cudworth.

A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.

Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd.

A collection of inanimate objects. [Obs.] Howell.

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others. I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. J. H. Newman.

A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.