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Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison.

igin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.

A kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

es human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. "How he apes his sire." Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke.

a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.

. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added. -- Apostolic king (or majesty), a title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of…

h the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

To address by apostrophe.

To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. A further purpose appended to the primary one. I. Taylor.

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale.

To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. Pope.

The act of adding; application; accretion. It grows . . . by the apposition of new matter. Arbuthnot.

the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison.

gh Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison.

space in a building. The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.

Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.]

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. A distemper eminently armed from heaven. De Foe.

or skill. The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.