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Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [Colloq. or Lowx] I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson.

h expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.

of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

horizon. -- Apparent time. See Time. -- Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

y, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

n invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis.

The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.

That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. I have a la…

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

mentary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface. Cussans.

f a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton.

To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scots law]

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. -- Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere. (See Indicator card.) -- Atmospheri…