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The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.

By way of application.

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n.

Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.] A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall.

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

To bask in the sun. Boyle.

Basking in the sun. [R.]

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

e auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke.

d by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic (#), a.

Same as Auto-intoxication.

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Eradication. [R.] De Quincey.

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

An advocate.

l off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal. [Obs. or Archaic] One who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow. He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.