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n diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] Bacon.

keness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. For man looketh…

After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

Expressing applause; approbative. -- Ap*plau"sive*ly, adv.

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

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. Locke.

Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.

An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.

An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

family. [Rarely used in sing.] Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom explored press. Lamb.

hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.

To blame; to accuse; to charge with. [Obs.] Thoughts and expressions . . . which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality. Dryden.

A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

ess cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.

Striking; attracting attention; impressive. This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman.